It’s time to vote!
The Board positions of Vice President, Program Director and Membership Chair will be on the ballot for elections to be held during the September meeting. Here is a preview of the ballot for next month. All the candidates are relatively new guild members. Their enthusiasm and experience will be a great addition to the leadership of the guild. …

September ElectionsRead More »

Signup for the 2023 Quilt Challenge is still open!
All participants will get a Fat Quarter of the same fabric. The challenge is to use some of it, some way in the quilt. You can use a sliver or the entire fat quarter, as long as it is recognizable. Quilts can be up to 144″ around the perimeter. …

2023 Challenge QuiltRead More »

For those signed for the advent exchange the due date is looming! All items need to be turned in by our October guild meeting but it’s not too late to sign up. Participants make 12 small items and purchase 12 small items to swap. These items are turned in and then swapped out and wrapped by the coordinator. Boxes with the 24 swapped out items are returned to participants at our November meeting to be opened starting December 1st. Sign up at any guild or UFO event or by contacting:  advent@nlcqg.org.

Our new 12 days of Christmas’ block kit swap is a go! Participants will be exchanging ‘kits’ that include the fabric needed to make star blocks. Block choices are already coming in so if you’d like to participate, now’s the time to sign up! Contact advent@nlcqg.org for details and with any questions.

Thank you for supporting our ornament of the month program since the beginning of January! The last 2 ornaments are a beautiful 8-pointed lace star and a globe string quilted ornament. We hope you have fun with them!  …

Ornament of the MonthRead More »

It’s time to vote!
At our September meeting we’ll be casting our ballots for Vice President, Membership and Program chairs. The positions of Vice President remains without a candidate.

The responsibilities of the Vice President are:
1. Back up board members when they are not able to attend guild meetings.
2. Coordinate guild inventory and checkouts.
This is a great way to ease into helping this organization continue it promote the art and education of quilting along with being a welcoming, encouraging group for its members.
If you are interested please contact president@nlcqg.org

Several new items have been added to the website.

• The 2023 monthly newsletters will now be available in the drop down menu on the Members Corner tab at the top of this page.
• You can also view the Ornament of the Month Pattern in the drop down menu on the Members Corner tab.
• Skill builder events have been added to the monthly UFOs
• Advent Exchange
• 2023 Challenge Quilt
• New quilt-as-you-go wheelchair quilt pattern – Building Block on Charity page tab

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