Current or ongoing Charity projects, announcements and events
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. …
Click here for Charity Challenge information and pattern.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and The Children’s Advocacy Center in Gurnee would like to give blue blankets to their participants. The blankets don’t have to be a solid blue, just primarily blue with each side measuring 36 inches or longer. The deadline is March 30th. …
Our April meeting will hold one of a quilter’s favorite past times; picking out fabric! Announcing our first ever Charity Challenge!
It’s the perfect challenge; it is free to join, the fabric is free, easy rules and there will be prizes! The two-part goal makes it even better, bringing comfort and joy to our seniors, and using our stash of donated fabric. …
It’s time to get in touch with your inner child! Now that the holidays are over, let’s calm down with some coloring. Our January 3, 2024 Charity Sewing Day will be creating colorful squares to be sewn into patchwork quilts. …
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
Charity sewing days are back and looking to make up for lost time. We have booked the Township Center for afternoon sewing before our next three guild meetings. …
At our July meeting, we introduced our project for nursing home residents this upcoming holiday season; 8” x 10” mug rugs. Are you considering making a few? Do you have a favorite 8” block pattern you are going to use? Do you need some inspiration? A couple of quilters shared with me they plan to use the paper piecing design from the workshop at our recent retreat. What a great idea! If you have questions, please stop by the charity table or email charity@nlcqg.org.
