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this Page for what is NEW, and NEWS,
and HOT INFO about the Prairie Star
Quilters Guild, our meetings and programs, our workshops and
activities!!
Volunteers for the Quilt Show
There are still openings for volunteers to help at the Quilt Show for
Friday, October 15th for 5:00pm – 8:00pm. Help is
needed at the tables for the Raffle Quilt and Raffle Basket, and
openings for the Quilter’s Café are Friday 11:00am –
2:00pm, 5:00pm – 8;00pm, and Saturday, October 16th 2:00pm –5:00pm.
If you have not volunteered, please think
about helping at the Quilt Show. Admission
is free on the day you volunteer to help. Contact Barbara Stewart at
barb_stewart@att.net or
630-406-0445
HELP NEEDED WITH RAFFLE QUILT SHOWINGS!!!
We need
members who are willing to visit the meetings of other Quilt Guilds in
our area to present our Raffle Quilt and sell Raffle Tickets!! Remember:
this is one of our prime means of raising money for our lectures and
other guild expenses. Our volunteer needs are as follows:
| Date (all evenings) |
Town |
Guild |
Guild Member(s) to take quilt |
| July 7 (Wednesday) |
Antioch |
Northern Lake County Quilters |
Deb Figved (DONE) |
| July 16-17 (Friday-Sat. ) |
Batavia |
Batavia Quilt Show |
Marty is collecting names |
| July 20 (Tuesday) |
Lake Bluff |
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NEED A VOLUNTEER! |
| August 2 (Monday) |
Oswego |
We Go Quiltin |
NEED A VOLUNTEER! |
| August 16 (Monday) |
Joliet |
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NEED A VOLUNTEER! |
| August 26 (Thursday) |
Algonquin |
Algonquin Quilters Guild |
Marty Jacobs |
| Sept. 2 (Thursday) |
Northbrook |
(IQI) Illinois Quilters Inc. |
NEED A VOLUNTEER! |
| Sept. 16 (Thursday) |
Plainfield |
Pride of Prairie |
Susan Strasser |
| Sept. 23 (Thursday) |
DeKalb |
DeKalb Quilt Guild (FYI Quilt Show is October 1 and 2 |
Liz Fitzgerald, Jan Sharpless (if daughter not in town)
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| TBA |
Crystal Lake |
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NEED A VOLUNTEER! |
| TBA |
Glen Ellyn |
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NEED A VOLUNTEER! |
| TBA |
Ottawa |
|
NEED A VOLUNTEER! |
| TBA |
Salt Creek |
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NEED A VOLUNTEER! |
CALL DEB FIGVED TODAY AT Home:
630-837-6393 or Cell: 630-338-7415!!!!
QUILT EXHIBIT AT THE
MILWAUKEE
ART MUSEUM
Dear
Quilting/Crafting Enthusiast:
The
Milwaukee
Art Museum
would like to invite you come see our upcoming exhibition, American
Quilts: Selections for the Winterthur Collection. The exhibition
will showcase 40 uniquely crafted quilts that document women’s
political, social, and cultural lives in the formative period of the
early American republic. Learn about this special time in American
quilting history and connect with others who share your passion for
quilting.
As an incentive to visit this great exhibition, we would like to extend
to you an offer to visit at a discount. Present
this coupon when you visit the
Milwaukee
Art Museum
between May 22- September 6, 2010, you will receive $2 off of your
admission.
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