Welcome Quilters
The Northern Lake County Quilters Guild (NLCQG) is an organization of enthusiastic quilters from northeast Illinois and southeast Wisconsin. We meet monthly in the Antioch, Illinois Township Center. In addition, we have workshops presented by nationally known teachers, special events such as local shop hops and UFO days where we gather to work on our unfinished or charity projects. If you enjoy quilting, we hope you will consider joining our guild! Learn more about our upcoming events by reading our blog.
News
- March 25th UFO Venue Change
Due to early voting, our March UFO day has a venue change.
Date/Time: March 25th, from 9:30am to 4:00pm
Location: Lake Villa District Library – AS Program Room A/B
140 N. Munn Road Lindenhurst, IL - Ornament of the Month
NLCQG Ornament of the Month 2023
This project is planned for 2023, starting in January, ending in October, with the collecting the ornaments in November for the tree decoration. The finished ornaments will be used to decorate a Christmas tree at the Antioch Kringle’s Christmas Village as an outreach endeavor, a way to increase the guild’s publicity. We expect to save the collection of ornaments to decorate a tree for many years to come. The enclosed link has more information about the total venue https://www.antiochchamber.org/pages/kringles-christmas-villageContact Dung or Gail through ornaments@nlcqg.org
Click this link: Ornament of the Month Page to view each month’s ornament instructions:
- Bingo in July
Our July meeting will include not only our traditional ice cream social, but we will also be surrounded by mystery quilts while playing Quilter’s BINGO!Quilter’s Bingo requires you to make your own bingo cards so while you’re working on those projects in March, April, May and June, save a couple of scraps to add to your Bingo board!
There will be a ‘bingo board square’ box available at guild and UFO meetings. Feel free to add 2 1/2” squares to it to share with others, or take some 2 1/2” squares from it to complete your boards. Click the following link for all instructions for making your boards: NLCQG Quilter’s Bingo Instructions
Questions may be sent to president@nlcqg.org
- 2023 Mystery Quilt Along – with Updated Flyer Information
There’s still time to sign up for our 2023 Mystery Quilt Along! This is our first guild fund raiser for 2023 so please spread the word far and wide! The quilt along is all virtual (emails, a facebook group and via zoom) so quilters from all over can join us. If you need a last-minute gift for a quilting friend, this just maybe it!Updated Flyer – Click the following link for details: NLCQG Mystery Quilt link
It’s always fun to quilt with friends whether in person or virtually. We hope to quilt along with you this winter. Any questions? Contact: mystery@nlcqg.org.
- Dear Jane Quilt Group
Are you interested in learning about making a Dear Jane quilt? We are meeting at 6:00pm before our December meeting. Interested but don’t want to do all the blocks? That’s ok, make few and create a table runner, lap quilt, or some other project. So come to the meeting to see what it’s all about. No cost to participate. If you wish to be a part of this Dear Jane group, please send an email to: dearjane@nlcqg.org.
Please join us for a fun and productive UFO day at the Lake Villa District Library AS Program Room A/B, 140 N. Munn Road Lindenhurst, IL from 9:30 AM to 4 PM where we sew and make new friends. Any member of the Northern Lake County Quilters Guild is welcome to attend. Friends of members are also welcome for a $5 guest fee. There is no registration cost.
In this workshop we will learn basic bag construction. Join Shar as together we make a square bottom walker bag with a front pocket. The skills you acquire are easily transferable to a future similar style tote bag. Participants have the option of keeping their completed walker bag or donating it.
Presentation by Lynn Dykstra: Solids and Prints: Using the Fabric on Your Shelves
Using Solids with Prints (9am-4pm)