Current Projects

2012 Monthly Fat Quarter Raffle

Members are invited to participate in a fat quarter raffle at each guild meeting in 2012. Simply bring a fat quarter that follows the monthly theme listed below. Winners leave with a handful of fat quarters!

January -- Red or hearts

February -- Green or shamrocks

March -- Pastel or Easter

April -- Spring flowers

May -- Sailboats, water, nautical

June -- Red, white or blue for 4th of July

July -- Picnic, bugs or food

August -- Apples or school theme

September -- Halloween or orange

October -- Fall colors, Thanksgiving

November -- Red, green or Christmas

December -- Snowflakes, winter

2012 Charity Quilts

Yvonne Neisler, charity quilt chairperson, and Teri Stajduhar from Sherman Hospital show a small sampling of the baby quilts donated to the hospital at the January 2010 meeting.

The Algonquin Quilters' Guild provides baby quilts on an ongoing basis to Sherman Hospital and/or St. Joseph Hospital, both in nearby Elgin, Illinois.

The baby quilt project will continue in 2012. All members are asked to make and donate a minimum of one baby quilt each year. Quilts may be turned in to Yvonne Neisler at the monthly meetings.

Finished quilts should measure 36 x 36 inches and can be pillow-turned.

Guild Library

The Algonquin Quilters' Guild has a library of books that can be borrowed by members at no cost. Books can be checked out during the general monthly meetings. We have an impressive number of titles; be sure to take a look!

Click here for a list of some of the book titles available.

Favorite Quilting Tips

Guild members shared favorite quilting tips at a Fall 2009 meeting. The tips have been compiled into the following document, which may be helpful to review when starting a new quilt project. Click here to access the document.