Events
Gain a front-row seat to all the stories, comments and jokes when our speakers present, as well as the artwork, quilts and insights explaining their creative processes. It’s fascinating!
Our guild hosts numerous events yearly, with visitors are welcome as space permits. 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 presentations on a wide variety of quilt topics. Workshops may follow presentations on subsequent days.
Our programs are held at Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 460 Sunset Ridge Road, Northfield, IL, at 7 pm. Workshops are at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1133 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook.
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.
Due to COVID-19, all Fall programming — lectures, workshops and service — will be held virtually until the State reaches Phase 5 of the reopening.
Members, please watch for guild emails with Zoom Links to the guild meetings and workshops. Guests, please contact info@illinoisquilters.com to register for a lecture and guild meeting. A $10.00 fee will be charged, and will be discounted from your membership fee when you join the guild.
2020-21 Calendar:
IQI Programs and Workshops
Latifah Saafir
Zoom Program:
How Many Ways
to Sew a Curve?
to Sew a Curve?
Thursday,
August 6, 2020
(6:30-9pm)
August 6, 2020
(6:30-9pm)
Pat Burke
Zoom Workshop:
Shannon Fabrics
Luxury Projects
Luxury Projects
Saturday,
October 3, 2020
(9am-12pm)
October 3, 2020
(9am-12pm)
Jean Impey
Zoom Program:
Cre-a-tiv-ity:
Has Someone Stolen
Yours?
Has Someone Stolen
Yours?
Thursday,
November 5, 2020
(6:30-9pm)
November 5, 2020
(6:30-9pm)
Holiday Potluck
Zoom Program:
Share Your
Covid-19 Quilts
Covid-19 Quilts
Thursday,
December 3, 2020
(6:30-9pm)
December 3, 2020
(6:30-9pm)
Maggie Weiss
Zoom Program:
Textile Adventures
on the Tokaido Road
on the Tokaido Road
Thursday,
January 7, 2021
(6:30-9pm)
January 7, 2021
(6:30-9pm)
Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill
Zoom Program:
Aurifilosophy
Presentation &
Trunk Show
Presentation &
Trunk Show
Thursday,
February 4, 2021
(6:30-9pm)
February 4, 2021
(6:30-9pm)
Jaimie Davis
Zoom Program:
History &
Mystery of Baltimore
Album Quilts
Mystery of Baltimore
Album Quilts
Thursday,
March 4, 2021
(7-9pm)
March 4, 2021
(7-9pm)
Patricia Belyea
Zoom Program:
Alluring
World of Japanese
Yakata Quilts
World of Japanese
Yakata Quilts
Thursday,
May 6, 2021
(7pm)
May 6, 2021
(7pm)
Rose Parr
Zoom Program:
Sew Smart:
The Ergonomics of
Healthy Quilting
The Ergonomics of
Healthy Quilting
Thursday,
July 8, 2021
(7pm)
July 8, 2021
(7pm)
Fall Retreat
Fall Retreat:
Crowne Plaza
Chicago-
Northbrook
Chicago-
Northbrook
Friday-Sunday,
October 1-3, 2021
(2 days)
October 1-3, 2021
(2 days)
Challenge Quilt
The Challenge Quilt is an opportunity offered to the membership yearly: One or two members create a challenge for members to participate in, with the specifics of fabric, size, theme and techniques pre-determined.
At the August and September meeting, members often purchase fabric packs for a minimal amount of $10.00 and then have until the June meeting to complete the challenge. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“Service days” are fun and friendly, an easy-going group who would love to have you join us. Quilt knowledge and help are freely given, so bring questions as you give some time. Service meets at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church and there is always a need for “kid” fabrics, especially for boys (nothing scary or violent).
You’ll find we have projects ready to be quilted and others for piecing. Or bring a service-related project to work on. Some “quilt kits” are available for home sewing and are collected at our monthly meetings. Pack a lunch, a sewing machine and supplies; the irons and boards and a large cutting board are in the sewing room. Tea and coffee are provided, and a refrigerator is nearby.
Quilt Sizes needed: Younger children (5-10 years): 40-45″ x 48-60″. Older children (11-18 years): 36-44″ x 36-48″.
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 Events.
The 2021 IQI Raffle Quilt
Raffle Tickets for the 2021 Raffle Quilt (“Ruby Jubilee”) will be on sale until 3:45pm, Sunday, November 7th 2021 at the Fine Art of Fiber, held at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Because of Covid-19, this Raffle quilt will be raffled until November 7, 2021. If there is no live show at the Botanic Garden, our Raffle Quilt tickets will be mixed up and the winner chosen by our guild president and the winner called.
The 2020-2021 IQI Raffle quilt celebrates the 40 years of Illinois Quilters Inc. The quilt is based on “The Washington Medallion”, a Sue Garman feathered-star quilt pattern. All fabric was donated by members and was quilted by Evanston Quilt Company. Twenty-one members helped to piece this stunning quilt.
Tickets are $1.00 per ticket or six tickets for $5.00, and cash or checks are accepted. Members are asked to buy or sell $25.00 worth of tickets yearly. You can purchase your tickets on our Shop page, or send a check to our P.O. box address (Illinois Quilters, Inc., P.O. Box 39, Wilmette, IL 60091).
The Raffle Ticket Chairperson will write your name and phone on all on-line purchased tickets. Each ticket needs a phone number on each stub to go into the drawing. The winner need not be present, the winner will be called, and arrangements made to deliver the quilt.
Thanks for your support! All Raffle Quilt proceeds are used to cover our program costs in the next year. This is a vital effort, and a creative expression of our guild.
IQI’s Block of the Month by Moda Blockheads 3
IQI’s Block of the Month
by Moda Blockheads 3
by Moda Blockheads 3
Welcome to IQI’s Block of the Month!
We’ve chosen 12 blocks from the Moda Blockheads 3 collection to create.
Each block is designed by a different designer and many give instructions to make 4”, 6”, 8” or 12” blocks.
For further tips on block construction and to see the entire Blockheads 3 collection, visit Moda’s blog at https://my.modafabrics.com/inspiration-resources/block-heads-3-archive. For inspiration on color placement, sizing and setting ideas, follow Moda Blockheads’ Facebook page.
Each month, the featured block will become “live” and you can download the pattern. The remaining blocks will not work until their month arrives! Make your block and share it at our meeting during Show and Tell. Use your stash or make the blocks scrappy. More details will be in each Oakleaf during 2021. We can’t wait to see your quilts at the end of the year!
Snail Mail:
Illinois Quilters, Inc.
P.O. Box 39
Wilmette, IL 60091
P.O. Box 39
Wilmette, IL 60091
© Illinois Quilters, Inc. | Design: Steve Juliusson
