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Travel Thread Catcher

In between tuning up your machines with Michael and working on charity quilts with Roberta, we’ll be offering a quick and easy ‘Travel Thread Catcher’ demo! Join us at 11:30am on May 10th as we show how quickly to sew up a thread catcher you can add to your retreat bag. No cost and no rsvp necessary. Contact skillbuilders@nlcqg.org

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Skill Builders & Charity Sews – on the move!

Due to location changes and space constraints, our skill builder classes and demos as well as our charity sews will now be combined and be their own event.  Mark your calendars for:

Date: August 17th    Location: Lake Villa Library
Skill Builder: Jelly Roll Tips and Tricks from 10:00 – 12:00
Charity Sew from 1:00 – 3:30. …

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Skill Builder – June 29th, 1pm –Twister Demo

Twister Sisters Designs has many twister tools, we even have some in our guild library as well as pattern books! There’s the original Twister, the Midi, the Lil’, the Mini, the Tiny, the Itty Bitty… have we listed them all? Come join Cathy for this twister template demo and learn all about this versatile template!  Email skillbuilders@nlcqg.org with any questions and to sign up.

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Skill Builder -Jelly Roll Shuffle – April 20th

Have you ever wanted to learn how to take a Jelly roll and make it come to life without cutting it up into a million pieces? This skill builder will teach you the proper way to work with a jelly roll while learning a new technique that takes your jelly roll to a next level! Advance signup required. Cost: $10 Email skillbuilders@nlcqg.org with any questions and to sign up. …

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February 24th Skill Builder – Quick No Corners – Table Runner

Join Nancy for this quick and fun table runner!  Handouts will be provided for fabric placement, a quick way to sew your squares together (without a ton of pins) and then directions for sewing the sections together. Advance sign up required, deadline February 21st.

Email skillbuilders@nlcqg.org with any questions and to sign up. Teacher: Nancy Brieschke   Time: 10:00 – 1:00   Cost: $10.00

 

 

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October 2023 Skill Builder – Fidget Quilts Cancelled

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. …

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