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.
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!
Emilie Trahan, QuiltCon 2021 Best In Show winner, will share her personal quilting journey and creative process, and will discuss how improvisation can be implemented in our quilts. This will be a virtual meeting.
Do you use solids in your quilting? Have you wondered “why this brand or that brand”? Do you simply buy what is on hand at your LQS or big box craft store? Have you ever bought what you thought was the same color by the same manufacturer and found them to be not quite the […]
Kathy Cook is a modern improv quilter from Bloomington, Illinois. A member and former president of Bloomington/Normal MQG, she loves to share her enthusiasm and obsession for quilting. She is honored to have had quilts juried into QuiltCon and was chosen to be a member of the QuiltCon jury last year. Find her on IG […]
Sew-In at Thimbles in Lockport Thimbles Quilts, 940 S State St, Lockport, IL 60441 PLEASE NOTE: This is a Saturday!
In this workshop, you will learn how to make a modern quilt inspired by the indigo fabrics of Japan. Our instructor is David Owen Hastings a noted modern quilter, graphic designer and teacher. With guidance from David, each participant will develop a simple geometric block based on unfolded origami shapes and combine them into a […]
David Owen Hastings, modern quilter, graphic designer and teacher, will guide you through a creative process for designing your own modern abstract quilts, taking inspiration from architectural photos. You will learn the quilt-as-you-go method, sewing the top pieces, batting and backing simultaneously. You’ll then add texture and complexity with David’s unique approach to walking foot […]
David is a modern quilter, graphic designer and textile artist living in the Pacific Northwest. His lecture will transport us virtually to an indigo dyeing workshop in Japan. In this talk, David will share his love of Japanese culture through hand dyed blue and white textiles made with shibori and katasome techniques. David will talk […]
