CMQG Board Meeting
Our board will meet either online or in-person. All members are invited to attend. If you're interested, contact the board and we'll provide meeting details.
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All meetings are 2-5 pm on the third Sunday of the month, unless otherwise noted.
Meetings almost always include time for show and tell, so please bring your latest creation!
NOTE: Children under 18 are not currently allowed at our meetings in the Rush Memorial Hospital location due to current hospital rules.
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Centennial Room
520 S. Maple Ave
Oak Park, IL 60304
Our board will meet either online or in-person. All members are invited to attend. If you're interested, contact the board and we'll provide meeting details.
This meeting will include a presentation of member’s creative spaces. Enjoy a glimpse into other member's creative spaces, large and small, each one unique to the maker’s personality and style. Gain ideas and inspiration from the ways that other quilters organize their tools and their space.
Explore the world around you by translating it into a pictorial quilt! In this step-by-step course, we will translate your community's buildings and architectural elements into foundation paper piecing designs that capture your world. We will start with an overview of how to break down an architectural image into piecable components. Then, each participant will […]
How do you develop a quilting style? Do you even need to? What elements of your quilting come together to make your personal aesthetic? Inspiration sources, color choices, shapes, and quilting style all play a role in making our quilts a reflection of who we are. Throughout this trunk show, you will see the recurring […]
Our board will meet in the Centennial Room at Rush Oak Park Hospital before our regular meeting. All members are invited to attend.
Join us for a robust conversation about things you should... and shouldn't... do to get into a quilt show. Bring your questions!
We all have a finite amount of time in the day, and we all have various commitments and demands on that time. Social media can make us feel like everyone is finishing more quilts than we are. Don’t you ever wonder how they find the time? Laura does! Attendees will learn how other quilters manage […]
Bring a gift, take home a gift. Make something small and fun – and non-holiday specific, as we have members of many faiths. We’ll also enjoy a potluck of treats!
Join us as we celebrate the quilting journeys of a handful of our members. This month’s meeting features four members who will showcase their quilts in our annual mini trunk show: Jane Shapiro, Angie Wright, Amanda Nadig and Lindsay Olson. As they tell their story, you will see their progression in skill and development of […]
Our board will meet either online or in-person. All members are invited to attend. If you're interested, contact the board and we'll provide meeting details.
Have you been wanting to try hand quilting? Or learn new hand quilting techniques? Join us for member demos during this hands on (literally!) program. Bring an 18” square quilt sandwich. We’ll provide needles and thread so you can practice what you learn!
Our guild is 15 years old and we want to celebrate with you! We’ll be meeting at the Park District of Forest Park building for food, social time, and fun quilty activities! More info to come!
