Monday evening meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and Tuesday morning meetings start at 9:30 a.m., unless otherwise noted.

NOTE: The JULY PICNIC will be held at the Fox Valley Presbyterian Church in Geneva !!  

2010-2011 PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS

Registration guidelines for all Prairie Star Quilters Guild programs

• PSQG policy for each workshop is: if we DO NOT REACH OUR MINIMUM ENROLLMENT NUMBER 30 DAYS PRIOR TO A SCHEDULED WORKSHOP, WE WILL HAVE TO CANCEL THE WORKSHOP– SO SIGN UP EARLY!
• All supply lists may be found below in the information about each workshop as they are available. Also you may visit the referenced links in order to learn more about the workshop and the teacher.
• All lectures/trunk shows take place during the regularly scheduled monthly guild meetings at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Charles on the 4^th Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. and at 9:30 a.m. the following Tuesday morning, with exceptions as noted.
• Unless otherwise noted, all workshops take place at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Charles . 
• For workshops that occur over the lunch hour, lunch will be available for a small fee, aproximately $10.
• Payment in full must be received at the time of registration.
• Questions about workshops / speakers can be sent to
  Susan Jensen jensencbs@yahoo.com (630-232-9089)  
  Susan Strasser strasser@aps.anl.gov (630-443-6640),
  Mary Stewart  maryk_stewart@hotmail.com (630-260-1756),
  Jen Martin jen@mark-martin.com (815-404-4479)

AUGUST 2010

Jill Mead, Rag Merchant

Lectures:

Monday, August 23 – InVestment Dressing

Tuesday, August 24 – What do you say to a naked lady?

Workshop: Monday, August 23, 2010

  SUPPLY LIST

SEPTEMBER 2010

Carrie Nelson, Miss Rosie’s Quilt Company, http://www.missrosiesquiltco.com/

Lectures:  Trunk Shows (scraps aplenty)

Workshops:

Sunday, September 26 (half-day):  A Schnibbles Quilt “DARCY”     NOTE!! This workshop will be held at the Fox Valley Presbyterian Church (same place we held our picnic).

The supply list for this quilt can be found here

Here are two versions:

The supply list for this quilt can be found here

OCTOBER 2010

Karen Kay Buckley, http://www.karenkaybuckley.com/index.php

Lectures:  To border or not to border

Workshop:  Monday, October 25 (9a-4p) Heard it through the Grapevine Supply List

Workshop to be held at the University of Illinois/Kane County Extension Center On Randall Rd in St. Charles.

NOVEMBER 2010

Lectures:  Quilt Show Recap:  The Parade of Ribbons!

Workshops:

Monday, November 22 (full-day) – Sue Pawlowski, Seasoned with Quilts

Double Wedding Ring quilt (Accucut kit provided)

Tuesday, November 23 (half day) – Sue Pawlowski
Double Wedding Ring table runner (Accucut kit provided)

JANUARY 2011

The Fine Line, http://www.finelineca.org/

Lectures:  Dying Fabrics and Fibers:  Challenges and Excitement

Workshops:

Saturday, January 22 (full-day) – Cotton  dying

Monday, January 24 (full day) – Wool dying

FEBRUARY 2011

Janet Blazekovich

Lectures:  What’s all this about SNS (a.k.a., Square in a Square)?

Workshop:

Monday, February 21 (full day) – A quilt which will use several of the SNS options- see the sample at the Workshop Desk at the Guild Meeting

MARCH 2011

Teresa Kasch and the PSQG Ewe Bee

Lectures:  Presentation on Working with Wool and Trunk Shows

PM Chapter: Ewe in the Moonlight

AM Chapter: Ewe in the Sunlight

Workshop:

Tuesday, March 24 1-4pm – Kathy Wall will be teaching a new project specially designed for us!

May 2011

Helen Squire, http://www.helensquire.com/

Banquet Lecture:    Helen Squire Live

Note:  Helen’s historical lectures are often called hysterical!

Workshop:

Tuesday, May 24 – Helen’s Copy and Use Quilting Advice

Past Programs