The Illinois Quilters guild (IQI) meets the first Thursday of each month, September to June. IQI meetings feature nationally known quilters and quilting instructors and are typically followed by workshops on the Fridays and Saturdays following the Thursday meeting. The full schedule of events with details on dates, times and locations is available from the link above. The featured speakers for 2013-2014 will be:
Jan Aaron - The what's what of Modern quilts
Mary Buvia - Idea to Reality
Mary K. Fons-War and Piecing: Confessions of a Quilt Mafia Daughter
Suzanne Marshall-The Evolution of a Quiltmaker
Lenore Crawford
Pamela Holland-The Journey of Discovery through Quilting
Phillippa Naylor-The Evolution of a Quilt Maker