Please join us for our next meeting, October 5, 2019 at Gary United Methodist Church, 224 N. Main St, Wheaton IL 61087  9:30 AM

NILAG member Dori LeStarge will give a talk on "Repurposed Design". Many of us make scrappy quilts to use up bits and pieces of fabric.  We can do the same with our quilting designs. Come learn how to reuse discarded household items with great shapes into quilting motifs.

Dori has been quilting for 38 years and longarm quilting for 17 years.  She uses a stitch-regulated Prodigy machine.  Since her degree is in Graphic Arts, all of Dori's work is done freehand from the front of the machine. She specializes in custom heirloom quilting, custom T-shirt construction and memory quilts.

You can find Dori on Instagram under Highmeadow Lane.  https://www.instagram.com/highmeadowlane/

We had a great meeting Aug 3rd 2019. Our guest speaker was Debbie Wesenberg.  Debbie showed us many examples of quilting, using her custom longarm and sit-down, machine templates.  Can't wait to what everyone creates.  Debbie can be found at www.facebook.com/dkappliquestudio

We have rescheduled the February NILAG meeting. Mark your calendar now! 

Saturday, March 9, 2019

9:30 a.m.

Gary Methodist Church

224 N Main St, Wheaton (park in rear lot)

BRING—

Member form and $25 dues

Show & Tell 

Quilts of VALOR quilts 

NO Quilts Beyond Borders quilts as Carla is still in Florida.

PROGRAM—

Schoolhouse

Each schoolhouse will be 10 to 20 minutes.

Dori LeStarge—exercises and stretches for quilters to keep your body healthy

Gwen Roarke—large orange peel designs

 Lawana Perez—feathers for beginners to advanced stitchers

Nancy Mueller & Nancy Sturgeon— freehand Graffiti quilting

Kathy Herbach -- alternate binding techniques 

Fish Bowl of Questions

—questions about running a quilt business, questions about problem quilts, or even questions about what to quilt

We have decided to cancel the NILAG meeting scheduled for this Saturday, February 2, 2019 in Wheaton due to possible icy road conditions. So many of you travel a good distance to get to the meeting, and we don't want you to deal with icy roads. Better safe than sorry! 

We wanted to let you know as soon as possible so that there is no chance that any of you will show up at the church door on Saturday morning. 

At this time we are looking into the possibility of rescheduling the meeting to March 2, but first have to check availability of the church. We'll get back to you on this as soon as we find out.  

Thanks for understanding. Stay warm. 

Rita Farrell

President