Programs

Gain a front-row seat to all the stories, comments, and jokes when we meet, and oooh and ahhh over the skill of the art, the quilts and insights from artist explaining their creative process. Quilts are passed around and questions answered. It’s fascinating!
Our guild offers lectures and workshops to members and guests. All gatherings are casual. Photos are usually allowed, and a question-and-answer session ends the lectures.
Our meetings begin at 7pm on the first Thursday evening of most months with doors opening at 6:30, so you can explore the library & various guild tables. 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. Up-to-date information is found in our monthly “OakLeaf” newsletter emailed to all members.
Most lectures are in-person and available by Zoom. Watch for the guild email with the Zoom link sent before the meetings. Guests: register and pay $10.00 for the Zoom link and you’ll be sent an email the day before the meeting. We will discount that fee from your membership if you join the guild. Or attend in person and pay $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!

2023-24 Calendar:
IQI Programs and Workshops

Marin Hanson

Portrait of Marin Hanson
Live & Zoom Lecture:
Why Study Quilts:
An International
Perspective
Thursday
September 7, 2023
(6:30-9pm)

Fall Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse illustration
Live Workshop:
Fall
Schoolhouse

Saturday,
September 9, 2023
(10am-3pm)

IQI Member Showcase

Portrait of Amy Parker
Live Lecture:
Amy Parker,
Amy Spungen and
Ariel Towers
Thursday,
October 5, 2023
(6:30-9pm)

Tory West

Portrait of Tory West
Live Workshop:
“Little Bird”
Needle Keeper
in Wool
Saturday,
October 7, 2023
(9am-2:30pm)

December Potluck

Photo of red casserole pot
Live Meeting:
Social Meeting
and Potluck
Thursday,
December 7, 2023
(6-9pm)

Jane Dunnewold

Portrait of Jane Dunnewold
Zoom Lecture:
Archetypes and
the Creative Process
Thursday,
January 4, 2024
(6:30-9pm)

Lynn Contri

Portrait of Lynn Contri
Live Lecture:
Quilt Repair
and Restoration
Thursday,
February 1, 2024
(6:30-9pm)

Lynn Dykstra

Portrait of Lynn Dykstra
Live Workshop:
Using Solids
with Prints
Saturday,
February 3, 2024
(9:30am-3pm)

Lynn Dykstra

Portrait of Lynn Dykstra
Live Lecture:
Solids and Prints:
Using Fabric
On Your Shelves
Thursday,
March 7, 2024
(6:30-9pm)

Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse illustration
Live Workshop:
Schoolhouse to
Celebrate National
Quilting Month
Thursday,
March 9, 2024
(9:30am-4pm)

Allie McCathren

Portrait of Allie McCathren
Live Lecture:
Painting with
Fabric Scraps

Thursday,
April 4, 2024
(6:30-9pm)

Allie McCathren

Portrait of Allie McCathren
Live Half-Day
Workshop:
Deco Tiles
Quilt Mini
Saturday,
April 6, 2024
(9:30am-1pm)

Allie McCathren

Portrait of Allie McCathren
Live Workshop:
Seaglass Quilt

Saturday,
April 6, 2024
(9am-4pm)

Sue Pawlowski

Portrait of Sue Pawlowski
Live Lecture:
A Year of
Thread and Scraps
Thursday,
May 2, 2024
(6:30-9pm)

Sue Pawlowski

Portrait of Sue Pawlowski
Live Workshop:
Good for
the Gander
Friday,
May 3, 2024
(9am-1pm)

Sue Pawlowski

Portrait of Sue Pawlowski
Live Workshop:
Dancing
with Squares
Saturday,
May 4, 2024
(9:30am-4:30pm)

June Potluck

Photo of red casserole pot
Live Meeting:
Potluck and  

Election of Officers
Thursday,
June 6, 2024
(6-9pm)

Workshop registration form

If you’re not paying for your workshops online, click here to download and print your registration form. Indicate which workshop(s) you’re attending and your payment method: PayPal, Zelle or check. Then mail the form to: IQI, PO Box 39, Wilmette, IL 60091-0039.

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 and theme specified.
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!
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.
Service quilts for kids
IQI members are active in service to the guild and to the greater communities we are part of. You will find us volunteering at the annual Fine Art of Fiber show each fall, making items for the boutique table and constructing the annual raffle quilt.
We encourage you to join monthly “Service Sews” to work on projects for our communities. Pack lunch and your sewing machine, we provide materials and ideas. If you know of specific needs in your community, please get contact information so we can explore how to help that organization. Some of our current projects are baby quilts for the Simpson School in Chicago and fidget mats for Alzheimer patients. We are glad to take your overflow projects and get them a new home.
Watch for our monthly dates in the Oakleaf newsletter. Questions or ideas? Want to help? Contact Jan Skilbeck.
Our Service Sews have a new location:
Immanuel Lutheran Church
1850 Chestnut Ave.
Glenview, IL 60025
We will be meeting in Fellowship Hall in the church basement. Please enter the building from the west side parking lot as the elevator is on that side. There are also five stairs to the new location if you don’t use the elevator.