Our mission is to preserve, educate,
promote and share in the art of quilting.
Decatur Quilters Guild
Decatur, IL
PROGRAMS & EVENTS
All programs are open to visitors and guests.
Guests may visit twice before joining the guild.
May 11, 2022
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
May 25, 2022
- SPRING LUNCHEON
- - - menu: POTLUCK salads & desserts
- - - Installation of 2022-2023 Officers
- - - UFO #3 due
June 8, 2022
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
- - - Ideas for the year
- - - Instructions for Brown Bag
- Quilt Fest Meeting
June 22, 2022
- Demo: Judi's 2" squares Quick Trick
- Sew Along VETERANS QUILTS
(Bring sewing machine or plan to iron or cut)
July 13, 2022
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
July 27,2022
- Ice Cream Social
- Christmas in July
- Brown Bag exchange
- games
August 10, 2022
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
August 24,2022
- Ilene's thread catcher
- sew day for boutique items
August ??
- Craft Show at Mt. Zion
September 14, 2022
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
- UFO #1 due
September 28, 2022
- Class: Perfect Prairie Points with Kathy Park bring machine & materials
October 12, 2022
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
October 26, 2022
- Class: Quilt Blocking with David Traxler
- Boutique Sew Day
- Scrapbook Day - if you don't want to sew, help sort out our Historians files and update our scrapbooks.
November 9, 2022
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
- DEMO: How to use Minky Cuddle by
Kathy Park
November 23, 2022
- NO MEETING
- HAPPY THANKSGIVING
December 14, 2022
- Christmas Luncheon
- Program: Quilt Judging
- Block Exchange
- Brown Bag Exchange
December 28, 2022
- No Meeting
- Happy Holidays
January 11, 2023
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
- UFO #2 due
- Demo: Journal/Notebook Cover
by Cheryl Feyen
January 25, 2023
- Rummage Sale
February 8, 2023
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
February 22, 2023 9am - 3 pm
- Retreat Day
- Boutique Sew
bring own lunch and snack
March 8, 2023
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
March 22, 2023
- Quilt Fest Preparation
- Sew day for boutique items
April 12, 2023
- Meet at Civic Center for Quilt Fest Set Up
April 14-15, 2023
- QUILT FEST
April 26, 2023
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Election of Officers
- Demo: Sewing Machine clean/repair
- Sew Day
May 10, 2023
- Board Meeting
- Business Meeting
- - - Quilt Fest Report
- - - Quilting Journey
- - - Book Report or Sewing Tip
- UFO #3 due
May 24, 2023
- Spring Luncheon
- Installation of Officers
Basic quilting classes
Would you like to learn to quilt?
The Decatur Quilters Guild offers basic quilting classes.
WHEN: CLASSES WILL BEGIN SOON
CALL THE NUMBER BELOW FOR INFORMATION AND TO RESERVE A SPOT
The next class will be an 8-10 week class.
Guild Members: Free
Non-Guild Members: Two options
1. Make a $25 donation to the guild for the set of classes
2. Join the guild for $25 and the classes will be free in addition to all the other benefits of being a guild member.
CLICK HERE to contact Linda Boles for more information or call Linda: 217-412-0262
Mary Traxler taught a class in the Laura Heine method of raw edge applique with her own drawings.
We then used the completed Bunnies in a scavenger hunt at Quilt Fest 2022.
Painted Quilt Barn Class - Aug 10, 2019
Taught by taught by Kevin Safarik from Overbrook Quilt Connection, Overbrook, Kansas
ILLUSIONS QUILT Class