FCQ 2024 Workshops and Quilting Events

FCQ Meeting
Mar
26

FCQ Meeting

Program: Quilt Trip Around the World with Alice Ridge

I have been quilting for over 40 years, and for 35 of those years, my husband was Active Duty Army.  He and I have traveled all over the world together, for both business and pleasure. 

This trunk show presentation is an exploration of the different styles of quilting and needlework that I have encountered in my travels.

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Mock Molas
Mar
27

Mock Molas

  • 432 59th Street Downers Grove, IL, 60516 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn how to modify the traditional and very detailed Mola by using felt to make a project that keeps the style and colors of the original, but is so much easier and faster! It is a hand work class, but it is easy and relaxing!

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Shipshewana on the Road
Mar
29

Shipshewana on the Road

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? How about a day of shopping for the most unique trinkets and treasures under the sun? For the past two decades, Shipshewana On The Road Gift, Food and Craft Show has brought the most interesting, most innovative, most creative and just plain awesome products to our customers. You’ll find thousands of unique items that you may not find anywhere else! Come and join us! You’ll be glad you did! Learn more: https://shipshewanaontheroad.com/st-charles-il-spring-2025/

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Shipshewana on the Road (Copy)
Mar
30

Shipshewana on the Road (Copy)

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? How about a day of shopping for the most unique trinkets and treasures under the sun? For the past two decades, Shipshewana On The Road Gift, Food and Craft Show has brought the most interesting, most innovative, most creative and just plain awesome products to our customers. You’ll find thousands of unique items that you may not find anywhere else! Come and join us! You’ll be glad you did! Learn more:

https://shipshewanaontheroad.com/st-charles-il-spring-2025/

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FCQ Meeting
Apr
23

FCQ Meeting

Lecture: Antique Quilts

Pat Yamin

What makes a quilt an antique? The piecing by hand or machine, quilt pattern, weave and color of the fabric, as well as the batting are taken into consideration when identifying the age of a quilt.

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FCQ Meeting
May
28

FCQ Meeting

Program: June Coburn - “Boro: Making Something Out of Nothing”

Boro stitching is a Japanese textile art form that involves repairing and reworking clothing and bedding using scraps of fabric and running stitches.

The story of boro in Japan is the story of lives lived in extreme poverty, by hardworking people who had little, but still admired beauty and kept/repaired their valuable textiles—not just for years, but for lifetimes.

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FCQ Meeting
Jun
25

FCQ Meeting

Denyse Schmidt – The Thread - My Creative Journey

The instinct to create is universal, but what is it that spurs some to continue on that path and forge a career from it? Join Denyse Schmidt, former graphic designer and graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, as she takes you on a richly visual (and sometimes hilarious) journey highlighting the twists and turns, the influences and inspirations, that led to her unique quilts becoming a commercial venture in 1996.

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Free Wheeling Single Girl
Jun
26

Free Wheeling Single Girl

Spend the day with Denyse Schmidt making your own version of her best-selling Single Girl pattern. Learn to transform the patchwork process into an in-the-moment creative flow. This simple technique will have you stitching up Single Girl blocks quickly and easily, and change your perspective about any quilt pattern!

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FCQ Meeting - Holiday Party
Dec
11

FCQ Meeting - Holiday Party

FCQ Holiday Party !

Special Events—Snow Much Fun

Faithful Circle’s Holiday Party will be on December 11 th at 6:00 pm in the fellowship hall of the church, a

purchased ticket required.

Tickets are sold out but please contact Becky Anuskiewicz to be placed on the waiting list if a cancelation

ticket becomes available.

It’s going to be Snow Much Fun with delicious food from Paisans of Lisle, the ever popular 6” block

fabric exchange, plus comedic entertainment.

We will continue the tradition of the 6” square fabric exchange. In keeping with our Snow Much Fun

theme, the 6” squares exchanged should be snow themed fabric. Snowflakes, snowmen, snowballs,

snow angels are all included in the fun. Start with 1 yard of quilt store quality fabric and cut it up into

forty-two 6” squares. The fabric square exchange is an optional activity but has been a highlight of past

holiday parties. Participants will divide into groups and form circles, and then we’ll take turns walking

around the circle to trade squares. If you haven’t participated in the exchange before and think this

sounds a little crazy, be assured that it works and it’s a lot of fun. Bring your squares, jump in, and you’ll

take home 42 new Snow Much Fun 6” squares.

Show you care, Donate Underwear is back again. In the spirit of sharing, we are collecting new bras and

underwear with tags, to be given to DuPagePads. https://dupagepads.org/about-dupagepads/ Your

donated underwear will help the homeless throughout DuPage County.

Submitted by: Sheri Kimmey, Becky Anuskiewicz, Kathryn Keller, Joan Costenero

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Quilt Festival Houston
Nov
2

Quilt Festival Houston

The International Quilt Festival is the largest annual quilt show in the U.S. and takes place each fall in Houston, Texas. Festival regularly attracts more than 40,000 people from over 25 countries all around the world. There’s shopping at more than 700 booths for quilts, fabric, supplies, and crafts, along with 350 classes and lectures for all experience levels. Festival features more than 1,200 quilts and unique works of textile art on display. We also have editions in the spring and summer in different cities.

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Quilt Festival Houston
Nov
1

Quilt Festival Houston

The International Quilt Festival is the largest annual quilt show in the U.S. and takes place each fall in Houston, Texas. Festival regularly attracts more than 40,000 people from over 25 countries all around the world. There’s shopping at more than 700 booths for quilts, fabric, supplies, and crafts, along with 350 classes and lectures for all experience levels. Festival features more than 1,200 quilts and unique works of textile art on display. We also have editions in the spring and summer in different cities.

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Quilt Festival Houston
Oct
31

Quilt Festival Houston

The International Quilt Festival is the largest annual quilt show in the U.S. and takes place each fall in Houston, Texas. Festival regularly attracts more than 40,000 people from over 25 countries all around the world. There’s shopping at more than 700 booths for quilts, fabric, supplies, and crafts, along with 350 classes and lectures for all experience levels. Festival features more than 1,200 quilts and unique works of textile art on display. We also have editions in the spring and summer in different cities.

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Laura Heine Collage Quilts and Fabric Tinting with Linda Lambert
Oct
24

Laura Heine Collage Quilts and Fabric Tinting with Linda Lambert

Learn Laura Heine’s process of collage quilting. While creating your design you will look at value, hues, and motifs to layer fabric while creating your collage quilt. We will use a kit for this class and you may use your scrap stash for future designs. Learn Laura Heine's techniques to successfully create, secure, and quilt your work of art!

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Riverwalk Quilters Guild presents Small Quilt Auction and Gift Boutique
Oct
10

Riverwalk Quilters Guild presents Small Quilt Auction and Gift Boutique

  • Grace United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Date - Thursday, October 10, 2024
Place - Grace United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall
300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville, Illinois
(Lower level - enter from the west side of the building)
Time - Viewing of quilts opens at 6:00
Auction begins promptly at 7:00
Average selling price of quilts is between $25 and $100+
Cash, personal checks, or credit cards are accepted for payments.

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