February 2020

The Calendar page has been updated with the 2020 program schedule.

Please join us this Saturday Feb 1st, 2020  Sarah Evans will share "Rita's Quilt".  In September 2019, Sarah Evans volunteered to longarm a quilt which was an unfinished estate sale find.  By November the project had garnered nationalmedia attention.  Sarah will tell us about her quilt preparation of over vintage blocks embroidered by 100 different artists.  She will share her process of creating Rita's Quilt from inspiration to completion.  Sarah Evans is a designer, piecer, quilter and teacher of textile arts who has been quilting for over 15 years.

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

NEW LOCATION

We have a new location for our meetings....

Gary United Methodist Church

224 N. Main St

Wheaton IL 61087

Use door #5 in the rear of the building, that is where the parking lot is located.

Take elevator to the lower level then walk ahead to the meeting room.

Dues for 2017 are $25.00 

Guest Fee: $10.00

The next meeting is

DATE:  Feb 4, 2017 

TIME:  9:30 AM to 12:30 PM (we have to do our own set up and take down, so anyone that can help please come at 9:00 AM)

Please see the new Calendar Page for a full list of programs.

Bill Kerr Program

On December 3, 2017 NILAG members were treated to the "eye candy" of Bill Kerr and Weeks Ringle.  Bill presented his program "Color in a Supporting Role". We learned how great quilts use color to support a big idea or design intention. Members came away with a new understanding of how color can be used to create unity, movement or to give "edge" to areas of our quilts.  

United States of green

 Glyphs (featured in Modern Quilts Illustrated #9)

Pacific (featured in Modern Quilts Illustrated #8) 

Argyle  (featured in Modern Quilts Illustrated 11)

 Pickup Sticks  (featured in Magic Inch Quilts)

Jewel Box  (featured in Modern Quilts Illustrated #8)

Please visit their web site to see more quilt photos or to purchase books and patterns.  https://www.modernquiltstudio.com/

We also had great show and tell:

On Oct 1, 2017, NILAG was pleased to present Sandy Smith's No Hassle Feathers  lecture and drawing workshop.    Sandy showed us many types of feathers that are easy to accomplish since they have no backtracking.  We all came home with our sketch book filled with ideas.   

Sandy's workshop is the basis for our next Skill Builder project.  Use the feathers presented in Sandy's workshop to make your own feather sample.  Size should be at least 18 inches, pieced or whole cloth.  The layout is your choice and you can use any many feather as you like.  Bring your project to the Feb meeting. 

Show and tell from Oct 2017

Review of Aug 2016 Meeting

NILAG would like to thank our three "schoolhouse" presenters for sharing their knowledge and talent at our Aug 2016 meeting. Members were able to rotate and see all three presentations. 

Presenters were:

Carla Treimer - “Information for Showing Your Quilts”

Amy Parker - “Keeping a Quilt Square and Straight”

Kathy Downie - “Fabric Painting”

And of course there was show and tell...

Review of June 2016 Meeting

In June 2016, Nancy McNally brought a wonderful trunk show. She shared information on design and finishing choices.  You can view more of Nancy's quilts and purchase her patterns at   http://nancymcnallyquilts.com/

Other show and tell