Programs

Gain a front-row seat to all the stories, comments and jokes when we meet together, and oooh and ahhh over the skill of the artwork, quilts and insights from artists explaining their creative processes. Quilts are passed around and questions answered. It’s fascinating!

Our guild hosts numerous events yearly, and visitors are welcome. Events are casual; members come with projects to share and questions to ask one another. Photos are usually allowed, and a question-and-answer session ends the lecture. Often a display table with the speaker’s supplies, materials, CDs and books is available during the meeting.

IQI meetings are at 7pm on the first Thursday evening of most months and feature a lecture on a wide variety of quilt topics. Workshops may follow on subsequent days. Our programs and workshops are held at Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 460 Sunset Ridge Road, Northfield, IL.

Scroll down to sign up early for all of our events below. For those who’d rather download and mail a registration form, please click this link. Up-to-date information is found in our monthly OakLeaf newsletter emailed to all members.

Members: most lectures are in-person and available by Zoom. Watch for guild emails with Zoom links to the meetings. Guests: please register for the Zoom link and you’ll be sent an email one day before the meeting. A $10.00 fee will be charged and later discounted from your membership fee if you join the guild. If you attend in person, the Guest fee is $10.00 at the door. We hope you’ll join us!

How to pay with Zelle

A great new way to send a payment to the guild is to add Zelle to our online banking. To get started using Zelle, just go to your bank’s website, find their Zelle information and follow the steps. Then you can add the Zelle app to your cellphone.

Then using the Zelle app, purchase a program. Indicate that payment should be sent to illinoisquiltersinc@gmail.com (In the box specifying what you’re paying for, please note what the purchase is, otherwise you can’t complete payment.) That’s it – easy-peasy!

2022-23 Calendar:
IQI Programs and Workshops

June Potluck

Live Meeting:

Potluck
and Elections

Thursday,
June 3, 2022
(7pm)

Carolyn Ducey

In-Person /
Zoom Lecture:

International
Quilt Museum at 25

Thursday,
September 1, 2022
(6:30-9pm)

Jane Sassaman

Live Lecture:

Textile
Treasure Garden

Thursday,
October 6, 2022
(6:30-9pm)

Jane Sassaman

Live Workshop:

Leaf Sampler:
Personalities of a Leaf

Saturday,
October 8, 2022
(9am-3pm)

December Potluck

Live Meeting:

Social Meeting
and Potluck

Thursday,
December 1, 2022
(6:30-9pm)

Ann Brauer

Zoom Lecture:

40 Years
of Quilt-making

Thursday,
January 5, 2023
(6:30-9pm)

Alison Selivon

Live Workshop:

Making Memories:
T-Shirt Quilt
Workshop

Saturday,
January 7, 2023
(9am-4pm)

Judy Zoelzer Levine

Live Lecture:

Sheer Delight

Thursday,
February 2, 2023
(6:30-9pm)

Judy Zoelzer Levine

Live Lecture:

Sheer Delight

Thursday,
February 2, 2023
(6:30-9pm)

Judy Zoelzer Levine

Live Workshop:

Bead It

Friday,
February 3, 2023
(1-4pm)

Judy Zoelzer Levine

Live Workshop:

Silks, Satins and
Other Fun Stuff

Saturday,
February 4, 2023
(9am-4pm)

Maggie Weiss

Live Lecture:

Quilting Matters –
Raising Awareness
with Textile Art

Thursday,
March 2, 2023
(6:30-9pm)

Maggie Weiss

Live Workshop:

About Face

Saturday,
March 4, 2023
(9am-4pm)

Connie Martin

Live Lecture:

Pre-Civil War Quilts:
Secret Codes to
Freedom

Thursday,
April 13, 2023
(6:30-9pm)

Carol Wilhoit

Live Workshop:

Walk Around the Block:
Walking Foot Quilting

Saturday,
April 15, 2023
(9am-4pm)

Cindy Grisdela

Live Workshop 1:

Artful Improv

Fri., May 5, 2023
(9am-4pm)
Sat., May 6, 2023
(9am-12pm)

Cindy Grisdela

Live Workshop 2:

Curves and Stripes

Saturday,
May 6, 2023
(1-4pm)

Cindy Grisdela

Live Workshops 1&2:

Artful Improv,
Curves and Stripes

Friday, May 5, 2023
Saturday, May 6, 2023
(9am-4pm)

June Potluck

Live Meeting:

Potluck and
Election of Officers

Thursday,
June 1, 2023
(6:30-9pm)

To sign up for a workshop by check, please click here to export the PDF form to your desktop. Then print, complete and mail it (along with your payment) to: Illinois Quilters, Inc., P.O. Box 39, Wilmette, IL 60091.

Challenge Quilt

The Challenge Quilt is a fun project offered yearly to the guild. Organizers create a “challenge” project for members to create, with the specifics of fabric, size, theme and techniques pre-determined.

At the August and September meetings, members sign up for a small fee and get the details. The competed projects are exhibited and voted on at the June meeting. The fun is seeing the variety of responses to the original challenge! Challenge Quilts are displayed as a group at the Fine Art of Fiber each fall.

Community Service and Friendship Days:
The Service Committee will post the meeting dates in The Oakleaf newsletter. Check the dates and join us!
Members can make kids’ quilts at home per guidelines below. There are also quilt tops ready to be quilted.
Contact info@illinoisquilters.com with questions, donations or pickup of tops and batting.

Service and Friendship Days:
Due to Covid-19, Service will post their meeting dates when available.
Please make kids’ quilts at home per guidelines below. Top ready for quilting are available.
Contact info@illinoisquilters.com with questions, donations or pickup of tops.

Community Service
and Friendship Days:
The Service Committee will post the meeting dates in The Oakleaf newsletter. Check the dates and join us! Members can make kids’ quilts at home per guidelines below. There are also quilt tops ready to be quilted. Contact info@illinoisquilters.com with questions, donations or pickup of tops and batting.

All IQI members are required to participate in service to the guild and the greater community. IQI offers volunteering at the Fine Art of Fiber show, sewing the Raffle Quilt, or quilting for children and teens. Area not-for-profits and DCFS-related programs receive our quilts.

Saturday “Service Days” are fun and friendly. We are an easy-going group who would love to have you join us. Pack a lunch, a sewing machine and supplies; the irons and boards and a large cutting mat are in the sewing room. Tea and coffee are provided, and a refrigerator is nearby.

Quilt knowledge and help are freely given, so bring questions as you give some time. There is always a need for “kid” fabrics, especially for boys (nothing scary or violent).

The Service Committee has projects ready to be quilted and others for piecing. Some “quilt kits”are available for home sewing and are collected at our monthly meetings.

Quilt Sizes needed: Younger children (5-10 years): 36-44” x 36-48”. Older children (11-18 years): 40-45” x 48-60”.

Any questions? Email either Lynn Bradburn or Diana Burrows at info@illinoisquilters.com. Service Days run from the Fall to Spring; see our dates in The Oakleaf newsletter.