Meeting Programs & Events
Unless otherwise stated, all meeting programs are held at:
Faith United Methodist Church
432 59th Street, Downers Grove, IL, 60516
7:00 - 9:00 PM
March 25, 2026
“Journey as a Quilter”
Guicy Guice
Giuseppe Ribaudo, also known as Giucy Giuce, will share his background growing up in a Sicilian-American family in Long Island, learning to sew from his grandmother, and later discovering a passion for quilting during college.
After moving around the country, Giucy Giuce returned to New York to pursue a career in textiles, eventually working at Andover Fabrics and launching several fabric collections including a collection called Nonna, an homage to his grandmother, as well as a true crime-inspired trilogy.
In 2020, Giucy Giuce relocated to Portland, Maine, where he continues to design, lecture, and teach quilting workshops.
April 22, 2026
Lecture
Catherine Redford
A maker since childhood, Catherine Redford is an award-winning quilter and a popular teacher at the local and national level. Catherine is a frequent magazine contributor and has enjoyed being a guest on Quilting Arts TV, Love of Quilting and theQuiltShow.com. She is enjoying the resurgence of interest in handwork, teaching classes for all skill levels and writing the embroidery book Butterfly Stitches (C & T 2020). A BERNINA Ambassador, Catherine delights in finishing her own quilts on a domestic machine! The second edition of her book, Modern Machine Quilting was published by C&T in December 2025.
May 27, 2026
“Blending Modern and Traditional Techniques: A Trunk Show”
Jennifer Wagner
More information to come.
June 24, 2026
“True Crime Obsessions: Clues in the Piecework”
Millie Kehrli
Millie Kehrli, Ph.D. is an independent researcher, writer, and educator whose work explores women's creative traditions-especially quilt-making and the relationships between creativity, lifelong learning, and quality of life. Dr.
Kehrli's experience includes museum education, public school teaching, magazine writing and editing, and quilt exhibit curation. She teaches quilt workshops and offers a variety of quilt history and quilt literature classes.
We will meet in the church, and Millie will present by Zoom.
July 22, 2026
Lecture
Lynn Schmidt
More information to come.