QFK Illinois Chapter Sponsored Expo Charity for Second Year

Again this year Chicago's Original Sewing & Quilt Expo will be sponsoring QFK Illinois Chapter as the Expo's charity. The event will be held March 22 - 24 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in the Reniansance Hotel. Our booth space provided by the Expo's producers will include electricity and tables. Linda Zs will be providing three Pfaff Select 3.0 sewing machines and Pfaff Grand Quilter mid-arm quilting machine for use during the show. Deb's Quilterywill provide: professional quilting services, Pellon cotton batting, and Supeior thread for all quilts created during the Expo. The booth will also have cutting and pressing stations.

The booth will allow sewers/quilters attending the Expo to stop by and work on quilts for as long as they desire. Our goal for the three-day event is 30 quilts, last year we completed 18. The quilts will be donated to Chicago Children's Memorial Hospital oncology unit.

If you are interested in volunteering to work as a Show Ambassador please click here for more information. You can get free show admission and earn free classes.

We are hopeful that the expsoure from this year's Original Sewing & Quilt Expo will help QFK Illinois Chapter meet our monthly goal of 50 quilts.

          

{Type Your Site Name Here}

{Type a slogan for your site here}

(c) 2012 Quilts for Kids Illinois Chapter, Inc.

Last Updated: January 7, 2012

<<Return to Home Page

Quilts

  for

  Kids

Illinois Chapter, Inc.

Pictures from 2011 Chicago Original Sewing & Quilt Expo

Chapter Director, Bob Urquhart, signs up a new volunteer.

Bob Urquhart takes a break to pose for a photo during the Expo.

Linda of LindaZs stops by the booth to say, "HI!".

Deb Figved of Deb's Quiltery at work on the APQS Lenni longarm quilter.

Ellen Granda takes a needed break after six hours of piecing and long arm quilting.

(l to r) Donna Svehla, Anita Masters, Pat Kemp and Mary Lambert show off some of their handiwork. All are members of Il. Assoc. for Home and Continuing Education part of U of I Extension Office

Chapter Board President, Randy Hanssen, explains volunteer opportunities to one of the many show attendees that stopped by the QFK booth.

Two of many quilts that will be donated to the oncology unit of Children's Memorial Hospital.