Day Group:
2nd & 4th Wednesdays
10:00 am
Soy Capital Bank,
455. N. Main St.
Decatur, IL 62523


Night Group:
2nd & 4th Mondays
6:30 pm
Grace Baptist Church
3770 N. Water
Decatur, IL 62526




Night Group's 2010 Block of the Month: Program will start in December 2009. Must register with Mary Traxler to participate.

Day Group's 2010 Block of the Month: Program will start in January 2010. Must register with Sharon Jack to participate.

Workshops are open to guild members only. Contact Sharon Jack with any questions.

 

Welcome to the
Decatur Quilt Guild

The Decatur Quilt Guild is a not-for-profit organization, which strives to spread the art of quilting to all who are interested. Members do many charity projects, such as making quilt for wounded soldiers returning from war, quilts for Project Linus, as well as charity quilts which are given to a non-profit organization to help them in their fund-raising efforts. The Decatur Quilt Guild also provides mini-quilt shows to area nursing homes and is also a participant in the National Quilt Day.

The longer members are involved with this organization, the more they become aware of the comfort that quilts bring to those who need comforting. It is the Members' hope that they make their situation a little more tolerable.

 

2010 Quilt Fest

Quilt Fest 2010

Preparations for Quilt Fest are well underway. This year's Fest will take place March 26 & 27 at the Decatur Civic Center. Please visit our Quilt Fest page for more information. Registration for quilts and for our wonderful mini classes have begun. We look forward to seeing all of you and your beautiful quilts!

 

 

Stockings for Operation Santa

On August 24, 2009, members present at the night guild meeting made stockings for the Operation Santa organization, whose goal is to make 35,000 stockings for our military members overseas. Our goal was to make 100 stockings this evening, but we far exceeded this goal by doubling our number to 200 stockings completed! This was a fun and productive evening where members were sewing/serging, cutting, turning stockings right sides out, and pressing. We bagged the stockings in sets of 50. We also collected items to include in the stockings. We have until the 2nd meeting in October to make additional stockings and collect items to fill them. Our goal is an additional 100 stockings by October. If you want to contribute you can visit Operation Santa for directions to make the stockings.

Making Stockings for Operation Santa

If you want to donate items to put in the stockings, Operation Santa requests the following:

Operation Santa requests no soap, chocolate, tea, glass, aerosol, full size products, or peanut butter products.

Thank you to Luise Olgesby for bringing this project to our attention!

 

Hunter's Star Class

The Decatur Quilt Guild was pleased to have Lynne Mears from the Cotton Patch in Woodlawn, IL, visit us in August to teach the Hunter's Star class. Members were able to learn a new way to piece this beautiful star using a new Hunter's Star ruler and strip piecing. For more pictures from this class, visit our Photo Gallery.

Hunter's Star Class, August 2009