Upcoming Workshops

Learn something new.

Workshops provide the continuous education that is encouraged as part of the FCQ Guild mission statement.

Non-MEMBERS: Workshop registration is available 90 days prior to Workshop Date. Workshops are filled on a first come, first served basis.

If a registered person is unable to attend a workshop, contact Rosemary Sullivan (fcqsite@gmail.com) for a potential replacement from the waiting list should one exist. No refunds are issued unless a workshop is cancelled.

Divine Savior Parish Hall
6700 Main Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515

NON-MEMBER
Full Day WKSHOP: $60
Half Day WKSHOP: $40
MEMBER:
Full Day WKSHOP: $50
Half Day WKSHOP: $30

MEMBERS:‍ ‍The guild password is required.

For any workshop listed on this page, register online using one of the buttons here, or contact Rosemary Sullivan.

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Feathered Edge Star

Joe Cunningham

November 19 9:00AM - 4:00 PM

Class Level: All

Using my system of simple freeform piecing, which can create many shapes, we will make enough varied and wonky feather edged stars to make a small quilt. Using two highly contrasting fabrics, we can create a powerful and fun graphic design, or using a bag of scraps we can create an entirely fascinating field of stars.

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Joe Cunningham has been a professional quilt artist since 1979. He has written essays on the subject for museum catalogues, books and magazines. His book, Men and the Art of Quiltmaking was the first book on its subject. In 2004 he received a $30,000 Shulte Grant from the Fort Mason Foundation. In 2009 he received a grant to study with the Gees Bend quilters in Alabama. In 2010 he was artist in residence at the De Young Museum in San Francisco, which purchased one of his quilts for its permanent collection. Joe travels throughout the country to give lectures and workshops on quiltmaking. His ten books on quiltmaking include the first biography of a living quilter, the first book on men who make quilts (Men and the Art of Quiltmaking,) and a definitive book on marking quilts for quilting called Quilting with Style, published by AQS. He has been seen on the Peabody Award-winning PBS series Craft in America, the HGTV series “Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson,” as well as “The Quilt Show” with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, and others. Cunningham has performed his musical quilt show, “Joe the Quilter,” for guilds and theaters nationwide. His latest book is "Man Made Quilts: Civil War to the Present," a catalogue for the show of the same name at the Shelburne Museum. His quilts are in the permanent collections of the DeYoung museum, The Shelburne Museum, The Newark Museum, The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles and many private collections. He has been invited to give lectures in museums and colleges including the DeYoung Museum, University of Michigan, the Chicago Art Institute, the Shelburne Museum, and the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, The National Quilt Museum and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles.
Joe began making quilts in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. He eventually moved to San Francisco where he maintains a gallery/studio to make and show his quilts. He lives with his wife, Carol LeMaitre, above her Pilates studio, Sanchez Street Studios. Cunningham travels the world to show quilts and teach as well as teaching his popular online classes from his studio.

For any workshop listed on this page, register online using one of the buttons here, or contact Rosemary Sullivan.

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Mastering Your Stripology Ruler: Back Home

Lynn Vock

Saturday, March 27, 2027 9:00AM - 4:00 PM

Class Level: All

A great size-adjustable project using flying geese! Don’t worry if you don’t have a Stripology ruler, we’ll have some to share and you’ll understand why you need one!