Many of us donated UFOs for the Holiday raffle and lightened our load. But also, many of us gained UFOs from winning(?) at the Holiday raffle. Join our 2024 UFO (Unfinished Objects) Challenge by pledging to finish some of these up by using UFOs from 2023 or older! …
The Kringle’s Christmas Tree was decorated November 16th. Please visit and enjoy the tree and display at Antioch Kringle’s Christmas Village now through New Year’s Day at #510 Orchard Street on the far end of the Piggly Wiggly Plaza in Antioch. You may also vote for your favorite tree (Pick us! Pick us!)
Many, many thanks to Gail and Dung for spearheading this project all year!
During our zoom meeting months of January and February, our guild will be sponsoring a quilted postcard exchange. It’s not complicated, sign up and you’ll receive an email at the end of December with your January partner. Send your partner a quilted postcard at any time during January and they’ll send you one in return! At the end of January, you’ll receive an email indicating your February partner and you’ll just repeat the process. Easy peasy! New this year, we will issuing the invitation to join in to other guilds so you may find a brand new pen pal! …
There is always something new happening in NLCQG! With the interest indicated on our October ballot, Carolyn Kujawinski has offered to head up a Wool Appliqué Group!…
Our 2nd annual guild mystery quilt will start in February of 2024! The announcement flyer is attached to the December 2023 Newsletter (click here).
Once a week, for 9 weeks this winter, our guild will be releasing clues via email for an intriguing, pieced quilt pattern that is perfect for beginners, but also has enough options to interest the experienced quilter. This year’s finished quilt is designed to be 52” x 52” but there will be instructions included to make it smaller or larger. Sign up starts by emailing mystery@nlcqg.org. Looking forward to quilting along with everyone this winter.
Contact: president@nlcqg.org for more details on any of these activities.
One day not enough to work on your UFOs? Join us for three days of sewing!
Thursday, December 28th & Friday, December 28th (9am -9pm) Saturday, December 30th 9 am – 9 pm (Saturday 9 am – 5 pm)
Antioch Township Center 1625 Deep Lake Rd, Lake Villa
Cost: $10.00 per person **
** Funds donated to the Antioch Township Food Pantry. (an additional $5.00 per day for non-guild members)
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There was not enough interest in the October fidget quilt skill builder, so we are going to cancel it at this point. Hopefully we will be able to reschedule it in 2024.
In this workshop we will be making a fidget quilt using either a planned or serendipitous design, the choice is yours. We will be making a quilt foundation which will then be embellished with a variety of ribbons, buttons, trims, yo-yos, etc. This fun mini-quilt provides an opportunity to “play” and let your creativity flow. Participants have the option of keeping their completed fidget quilt or donating it. …
October 2023 Skill Builder – Fidget Quilts CancelledRead More »
At the Wednesday October 4, Sewing for Sale, Lynn Ray demonstrated bag construction to help fill our Farmers Market booth. The following link includes several bags demonstrated.
Wednesday October 4, Sewing for Sale, 2:00–5:00 pm. Clean up and take a break for dinner and be ready for our usual evening meeting as doors open at 6:00 pm.
Help fill our Farmers Market booth and learn tote bag techniques! Lynn Ray will demo bag construction. Bring your usual sewing supplies, and if you wish, fun fabric that you think would be good for a bag. We will be suppling fabric if you don’t bring your own.
Thank you to all the sewers who came to our September Strip Sewing day. I’m looking forward to see the finished quilts we all started. We still have many strips left! If you’re ready for more strip quilts, check out our page of links for free patterns and inspiration.
Please direct all questions about these sewing days to Roberta at charity@nlcqg.org
