QCNYS
Quilters Consortium of New York State
QCNYS 40th Anniversary Year of Celebration 2026
The Anniversary Planning Committee is beginning in earnest to gather together the many ideas that have been floating around for how to celebrate the 40th Anniversary.
The planning committee has decided to make it a year long celebration by featuring an Era of QCNYS history at each of our four quarterly meetings during 2026.
We have divided the 40 years into Eras of 10 years,
according to the date that each guild became a member of QCNYS.
Era 1 = 1986-1995
Era 2 = 1996-2005
Era 3 = 2006-2015
Era 4 = 2016-2025
Our aim is to have each member guild share and celebrate their individual histories through oral presentations, stories, story boards, video’s, show and tells, etc. as well as sharing the past history of QCNYS. The specific components of each meeting will be determined and planned with the guilds of that Era.
WRITE YOUR GUILD’S HISTORY
To assist in this planning we are asking each guild in the four Eras to write a history of their guild that will be shared and be the basis for the program of each of the quarterly meetings. (Please print the “Write Your Guild History” PDF to help you and your guild with this Four Era History project.)
These histories will be gathered together into a “Book of 40 Years” at the December 2026 quarterly meeting which will be the concluding celebration.
The stories/histories are filled with gems of information and knowledge that include the many contributions of individual members who have helped to build the threads that are woven into this history of 40 years of QCNYS.
One of the other important ways we have decided to share the history of the past 40 years is through a taped video interview with Eugenia Barnes. We will present a segment of this interview at each of the quarterly meetings. Eugenia, was one of the beginning pioneers of the concept of QCNYS.
MORE CELEBRATION HIGHLIGHTS
Another element of the Program for each of the quarterly meetings in 2026 will be a presentation by a member of the QCNYS Board giving highlights of our early history and important developments and changes throughout our history.
A raffle quilt in honor of all our Founders will also be made to celebrate this Anniversary Year.
We hope to have a display of photos, fabrics, and perhaps a quilt from each of the four Eras.
YOUR TALENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS
We will need the input and talent of each of you to make these quarterly meetings during 2026, celebrations of sharing, learning and fun. Your contributions are important and valuable.
40TH ANNIVERSARY Meeting Celebration Hosts
March 2026 – Thumbstall Quilt Guild
June 2026 – Thread Bears Quilters Guild, Onieda.
September 2026 – Keuka Quilters, Penn Yan
December 2026 – Lake to Lake Quilt Guild, Gorham
Era 1: 1986-1995
March 2026 Meeting Celebration
HOST GUILD: Thumbstall Quilt Guild, Marcellus
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1986-1988
QCNYS President Diane Sutherland from Common Threads Quilt Guild
1986 (Founding Guilds)
Common Threads Quilters Guild, Vestal
Lake to Lake Quilt Guild, Gorham
Tompkins County Quilt Guild, Ithaca
1987
Candlelight Quilters, Baldwinsville
Plank Road Quilt Guild, Cicero
1988
Thumbstall Quilt Guild, Marcellus
Genesee Valley Quilt Club, Rochester
Mohawk Valley Quilt Club, New Hartford
1989-1990
QCNYS President Laurel Barber from North Country Quilt Guild
1990-1991
QCNYS President Barbara Shamp from Lake to Lake Quilt Guild
1991 – 1992
QCNYS President Cele Rosenthal from Towpath Quilt Guild
1992 – 1995
QCNYS President Willa Baranowski from Southtowns Piecemakers
1994
QCNYS President Patricia Nelson from Piecemakers of Elmira
1995 – 1997
QCNYS President Susan Toukatly from Mohawk Valley Quilt Club
Era 2: 1996-2005
June 2026 Meeting Celebration
HOST GUILD: Thread Bears Quilters Guild, Oneida
1997-1998
QCNYS President Pat Barnum
1997
Towpath Quilt Guild, Fayetteville, NY
1998 – 1999
QCNYS President Elaine Schmidt
1999 – 2000
QCNYS President Norma Lamb, Log Cabin Quilters
2000 – 2004
QCNYS President Dolly Monteleone, Towpath Quilt Guild
2001
Museum Quilt Guild, Batavia
2004 – 2006
QCNYS President Jean Lathrop, Piecemakers of Elmira
2005
Morningstar Quilt Guild, East Aurora
North Country Quilting Guild, Watertown
Piecemakers of Elmira Quilt Guild, Horseheads
Era 3: 2006-2015
September 2026 Meeting Celebration
HOST GUILD: Keuka Quilters, Penn Yan
2006 – 2008
QCNYS President Jean Lathrop, from Piecemakers of Elmira
2006
Amherst Quilters Guild
2007
Kenmore Quilters Guild, Kenmore
Mexicali Quilt Guild, Mexico
Snow Country Quilters
2008 – 2010
QCNYS President Diane Miller from Carriage House Quilts
2010 – 2013
QCNYS President Pamela Langdon from Genesee Valley Quilt Club
2010
Grape Country Quilters, Naples
The Quilt Guild of Webster Inc, Webster
Tug Hill Quilters, Lowville (date approximated)
2012
Heart in Hand Guild of the Finger Lakes, Farmington
2013
Irondequoit Quilt Club, Rochester
Southtowns Piecemakers Quilting Guild, East Aurora
2014 – 2015
QCNYS President Ann Hawkins from Lake to Lake Quilt Guild
2014
Piecemakers of Ilion Quilt Guild, Herkimer
2015
Reverse Curves Quilt Group, Williamson
Pieceful Gals, Rome
Era 4: 2016-2025
December 2026 Meeting Celebration
1986 HOST GUILD: Lake to Lake
2016 – 2020
QCNYS President Ann Hawkins from Lake to Lake Quilt Guild
2016
Endless Mountains Quilt Guild, Sayre, PA
2017
Magic Needles Quilt Club, Montrose, PA
2018
Corning Quilters Guild, Painted Post
Erie Canal Quilt Guild, Newark
2020
York Town Quilt Guild, York
2021 – 2023
QCNYS President Linda Trischler from Grape Country Quilters
2021
Huntington Quilters, Huntington
2022
Broome County Quilters Guild, Endwell
2023
QCNYS President Pam Capen from Towpath Quilt Guild
2024
Twin City Quilters Guild, North Tonawanda
2024 – 2026
QCNYS President Munna Rubaii from Tompkins County Quilt Guild
2025
Log Cabin Quilters, Clarence
Perinton Quilt Guild, Fairport
WRITE YOUR GUILD’S HISTORY
To assist in this planning we are asking each guild in the four eras to write a history of their guild that will be shared and be the basis for the program of each of the quarterly meetings.
Please print the “Write Your Guild History” PDF to help you and your guild with this Four Era History project.
TO PRINT or DOWNLOAD the PDF, please click on the >> in the upper right hand corner of the PDF window.
