Country Crossroads Quilt Guild

The Guild received a wonderful “Thank you” email from a Mom about her daughter’s excitement and journey towards earning her Girl Scout badge in Textile Artist. As you will see from the note, her daughter used our website’s page on Resources in doing her work. I have added the suggested new resource link to our website.

Here is her note: I hope you’re having a great day so far! I’m reaching out because the Country Crossroads Quilt Guild site was really helpful for my daughter, Aubrey, who is trying to earn her Textile Artist Girl Scout badge!

Aubrey has loved her Girl Scout journey so far and is taking it very seriously. It’s so awesome to see her try new things and learn new skills while really enjoying it at the same time! She is especially enjoying to learn to quilt… I’m a quilter myself so I love that she’s taking an interest in this! I’m going to try to find a class we can both take at a local community center or library… maybe we’ll even start a business together some day. 🙂

We both wanted to say thank you for putting the site together. The Resources page is fantastic: https://countrycrossroadsquiltguild.com/resources/

It has some great resources that were helpful to Aubrey for her work towards her badge and her new found passion!

We were actually able to spend some time together last night to look for some more resources together.. here’s one of our favorites that we came across: https://naplab.com/guides/bedroom-blankets/

Aubrey is really excited to show her leader the resource we found… and it would be a special bonus if you were able to add it to the site too! Would you be willing to add it to the Resources page?

Let me know.. her meeting is this coming Wednesday evening… any chance you could add it by then? 🙂 We really hope this can be useful to other scouts, individuals, and families!

Thanks again for your help,

For our program for Monday July 17, 2023, at 7pm, Country Crossroads Quilt Guild, we welcome the return of Phyllis Fay from Studio 180 Design. Her evening program will feature a humorous lecture titled “Motivate Me to Use My Stash!” She will make you think twice about what you already have and how you can use it to make several scrap quilts. She will provide a trunk show of just a few dozen of her scrappy quilts along with a few suggestions on how you hold yourself accountable to use your scraps and stash in the future. For Members Phyllis will present an all-day workshop using scraps and the Studio 180 Wedge Star tool.

Guild meetings are held at the Forreston Grove Church, 7246 Freeport Road; Forreston, IL on the third Monday of each month at 7 pm, with ample time to meet and greet members before the meeting. Visitors are welcome; for Visitors there is a fee of $5 at the door. For more information call Program Committee Chairs Dawn Vehmeier 815-291-4592 or Ann Tully 815-238-2218, or Guild President Shelly Holverson 815-297-2381.

June 19, 2023

For our program for Monday June 19, 2023, at 7pm, Country Crossroads Quilt Guild, we welcome local fabric and quilt designer Jill Shaulis, from Yellow Creek Quilt Designs in Pearl City. Jill will present “Stephenson County and Beyond!” introducing us to her latest fabric line entitled Stephenson County (by Robert Kaufman – released October 2022). Her trunk show will include new patterns based on Stephenson County landmarks as well as designs from her latest book and other popular “new” things. Members will have the opportunity to participate in an all-day workshop lead by Jill teaching us how to make a paper-pieced Barn Swallow table runner. Member signup is required before June 12. Coming up on July 17, our program presenter Phyllis Fay from Tucker University will present a humorous lecture titled “Motivate Me to Use My Stash!”

May 15, 2023

Country Crossroads Quilt Guild has an incredibly special musical entertainment program planned featuring Lil Rev (Marc Revenson) – a heart-warming, one-man show that weaves a unique tapestry of songs, stories, poems, and quilting lore. He dedicates his program to the millions of quilters whose gifts of patience have kept the world warm in the thick of winter, brought a piece of home to the thick of war, and showered daily lives with a love that is unique to all who strive to let their stitches tell the story. You won’t want to miss this fun evening. Visitors are welcome to join us for this special event. (Visitor fee $5).

April 17, 2023

For our program for Monday April 17, 2023, at 7pm, Country Crossroads Quilt Guild, Rhonda Streich from Sassy Farm Chicks Quilt Company in Orfordville, WI, will present a trunk show. Rhonda will also be presenting a workshop for the members, starting at 10 am, teaching a technique creating a Mariner’s Compass using strip piecing.

March 20, 2023

For our program for Monday March 20, 2023, at 7pm, Country Crossroads Quilt Guild, Judy Bender of Belvidere will be presenting a trunk show of her work with raw edge applique, including some of her original designs. Judy will also be presenting a workshop for the members, starting at 10 am, teaching Shannon Brinkley’s technique of raw-edge scrappy applique.

Guild meetings are held at the Forreston Grove Church, 7246 Freeport Road; Forreston, IL the third Monday of each month at 7 pm, with ample time to meet and greet members before the meeting. Visitors are very much welcome; for Visitors there is a fee of $5 at the door. For more information call Program Committee Chairs Dawn Vehmeier 815-291-4592 or Ann Tully 815-238-2218, or Guild President Shelly Holverson 815-297-2381.

February 20, 2023

Our program for Monday February 20, 2023, at 7pm, Country Crossroads Quilt Guild will be a roundtable discussion on “Tips and Recommendations Your Longarm Quilter Wished You Knew.” The discussion will be led by several of our current members who are experienced Longarm Quilters. This event is meant to be interactive, so join us and share your longarm experiences and questions.

January 16, 2023

On Monday, January 16, at 7 pm, Country Crossroads Quilt Guild will be kicking off the new year with a fun evening of games, with prizes of course, designed to get to know your fellow quilters hidden talents and secrets. We welcome all guests to join in this fun evening.

The Country Crossroads Quilt Guild, will be putting on a fabulous quilt show on April 29th & 30th. We’ve had to postpone it the past two years due to Covid which only means that it will be even better than ever this year!!!
Our members have been creating some gorgeous quilts for the show, as well as creating some beautiful items to sell in the boutique. And your ticket to the show will automatically enter you in the drawing for a chance to win the stunning raffle quilt shown in the picture below. Additional raffle tickets are also for sale at $1 each or 6 for $5.
So please mark your calendars now for April 29th & 30th. Our quilt show “All About Love” will be held in Oregon, IL, at the Rock River Center. Only $5 entrance fee and with that, you get a raffle ticket for our Beautiful Raffle Quilt. Hope to see you there!!

Join us on Monday, February 21, 2022 at 7 p.m. for our next guild meeting. The program is Machine Maintenance with Nate Mattison.

The February Newsletter has been added. Click on Newsletters on the above menu bar, click on 2022 Newsletters and click on February 2022. Or click here.

Join us on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 7 p.m. for our next guild meeting. The program is Every quilt has a story behind it–why you made it, who it was made by or for, etc. Wouldn’t it be something if in 100 years someone discovers a quilt with your name on it? At our January program, Ruth Whitney and Carol Bellows will be sharing many ideas and suggestions for quilt labels.

The January Newsletter has been added. Click on Newsletters on the above menu bar, click on 2022 Newsletters and click on January 2022. Or click here.

Click here to see more pictures from our meeting.

Click here to see more pictures from our meeting.

This month, guild members got together outside for a little social gathering (at a distance) and some Show and Tell. Fun time by all! Click here to see more pictures.

Guild members got together in the parking lot for a quilt parade (Show and Tell) and a little social gathering (at a distance). Fun time by all! Click here to see more pictures.