The Lakeside Quilting Guild supported by the Michele Makinen Education Fund is pleased to present Quilting and Community: Building a World One Stitch at a Time, a lecture by Dr. Tracy Vaughn-Manley on September 12th @ 7 pm.  Dr. Vaughn-Manley is a renowned quilter and Assistant Professor of Black Studies at Northwestern University.  She will examine how Black women writers use quilts/quilting in their work to assert individual and collective agency and engage in community building.

Admission:  Free to Lakeside Quilting Guild members/ $10 for guests
Date/Time:  September 12, 2023 @ 7 pm
Place: Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL

More about Dr. Vaughn-Manley
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How Should I Quilt That? - Whether quilting on a longarm or a domestic machine, we all struggle with the same thing….How do we decide how to quilt our quilts.  Let’s get those quilt tops quilted!!!!  Come and let me share my tips and tricks with you to help you in this process.  This is a fun lecture that is just packed with great quilts!!!    

June 13, 2023 @ 7 pm on Zoom

The program is free to paid members of Lakeside Quilting Guild.  Cost is $5.00 for guests. Payment is accepted by Zelle to ldeg@uchicago.edu. Please make sure your e-mail address is on the Zelle payment so you receive the link to the program on Zoom.

About Jane Hauprich : I am an award winning quilter and quilt instructor. I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

I first started piecing quilts in 1998.  I have learned a lot since that time and most likely have a lot more to learn.
I have had a Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen and then upgraded to a Handi Quilter Avante. I now own a Handi Quilter Capri and a Handi Quilter Amara with ProStitcher. 

I specialize in free motion custom quilting.  All of my custom quilting is free motion. While I do tend to use my ProStitcher for quilting edge to edge customer quilts.  My love of free motion stems from loving the creative side of quilting and you will more than likely find me at my long arm more often than I am piecing quilts at my regular sewing machine anymore.

My quilting philosophy is this……I believe that each quilt is special and deserves quilting that accentuates it’s beauty and uniqueness.

I teach free-motion quilting classes using your home machines, mid-arms, or longarms.  These classes enable quilters to finish their own quilts.  In each level of classes (beginners, intermediate or advanced) I teach designs that include all over patterns, and designs that will fit into squares, triangles and sashings, so that when you are done with a class you will be able to quilt one of your own quilt tops using what you have learned in class. My virtual classes have been a huge success!!

LQG will be at the Community Art Fair!  

Come by our tent (near the entrance to the Bixler Playlot) to see our quilted handcrafts and displays.  

The Community Art Fair is located on the north side of 57th Street between Ray School and Kenwood, adjacent to the 57th Street Art Fair 

Art Fair Hours:
Saturday, June 3, 2023
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
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Sunday, June 4, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join the Lakeside Quilting Guild on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 for "Color Magic" with Julia Graves.  This program will be virtual and free to members; guests ($5 cost) can also view the presentation.  Guests should contact ldeg@uchicago.edu to arrange payment and obtain the link for the presentation.

Julia Graves started her quilting business, Special Occasion Quilts LLC, in 2007 and teaches, lectures, designs patterns, makes commission quilts, longarms for others and sells & services APQS longarm machines.  She won Best Longarm Machine Workmanship Wall Quilt Category at the 2016 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, has had quilts published in books by Gloria Loughman, Katie Pasquini-Masupust and MJ Kinman, was an Artist in Residence at Empty Spools in 2019, and taught at Empty Spools Seminars and  Hudson River Valley Art Workshops. 

​Julia has been sewing since she was ten and always loved fabric, needle arts and the entire creative process.  She did her apprenticeship as a quilter by making a quilt for each of her nieces and nephews (and thinks she should have counted them before making this promise – there were 32!).  She has since made more quilts than she can count, many for charity, and is partial to scrap quilts and working with color to achieve amazing results.  Visit her gallery on her website at http://www.soquilts.com.  You can also find her on Instagram at #juliagraves82, or Facebook at soquilts.  Julia lives in Leesburg Virginia.
  

Need to restock your crafting cupboard?  Build up your quilting stash?  The Lakeside Quilting Guild is holding a sale with lots of fabric (sold by the pound), yarn, buttons, rulers, art supplies, quilting & art books, paints and more.   Great bargains and really nice materials!

Saturday, August 27th
10 AM - 4 PM
First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Porter Room
6400 S. Kimbark Ave

Email with any questions:  lakeside_quilters@yahoo.com 

Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island

Presented by Dana Jones
 
You’ll be transported to a tiny island — just 13 acres — in the central Philippines as you enjoy images and stories of the colorful quilts and the more than 100 quiltmakers of Caohagan Island. You’ll see photos of more than 50 of these handmade, one-of-a-kind quilts plus be introduced to the unique techniques developed by these quiltmakers whose tools are simply fabric and scissors, needle and thread. I spent more than a month on the island, quilted with the residents, went fabric shopping with them on nearby Cebu Island, and snorkeled the reef that surrounds Caohagan. Those who view the quilts come away smiling, inspired by the creativity of these women and men.

Tuesday, August 9, 2022 6:30-9PM CDT.
Lecture starts at 7PM
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If you would like to attend this lecture, please contact lakeside_quilters@yahoo.com – The lecture is free to guild members and $5.00 for guests
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Have you been unable to join us on Zoom?  Miss seeing what everyone is working on?  Come and look at the weekly LQG Show and Tell and be inspired!    All of our April Show and Tell slides are ready for your enjoyment.
Look for the link on the right side of this page and "See our weekly "Show and Tell" slideshows" any time.  But here for your immediate enjoyment is April 5th!

Carole Lyles Shaw will be joining Lakeside Quilting Guild on Tuesday, April 12 at 7 pm for a lecture on what makes a modern quilt (pre-lecture gathering time starts at 6:30 pm). 

​Carole started teaching herself to quilt to make quilts for her wonderful nieces and nephews.  She found her first quilting home with the African American Quilters of Baltimore, who gently taught her the best techniques to express her quilt vision.

Today, she designs patterns to help beginning and experienced quilters confidently dive into modern quilting. she is excited about modern quilting because it is all about bringing individualism and free expression to the way we design and make quilts today.  She hopes that her patterns will inspire you to find ways to let your own creative voice shine.

If you would like to attend this lecture, please contact lakeside_quilters@yahoo.com   -- The lecture is free to guild members and $5 for guests.