Make a Difference and save up to $300!
Home of the Sparrow is a wonderful non-profit organization that provides emergency shelter and assistance to homeless women and children of McHenry county and northern Illinois. [...]
Stitching On State in We All Sew!
Imagine our joy when we saw that Laura Wasilowski blogged about her experience with the Bernina 750 at Stitching On State, with our very own [...]
Fall/Winter 2013 Classes & Events
Welcome to our Fall/Winter 2013 class session. We are excited about the wonderful assortment of project and skill builder classes, workshops, clubs and events [...]
Get Hopping with the NIQS Shop Hop!
Enjoy a summer of Shop Hopping during the 3rd annual Northern Illinois Quilt Shop Hop. Visit wonderful shops in 1, 2, or all 3 regions. [...]
Summer Class Listings Are Here!
Our Summer Class list is now on our website and I am thrilled! Our instructors have put together a wonderful assortment of classes and social [...]
Feathered Star Updates!
To those of you who are working on the Feathered Star project: we have received some file corrections and updates and I will be adding [...]
What’s important
It was First Saturday yesterday and we were busy! Lots of wonderful visiting, planning and sharing always makes me smile. Something else that happened stood [...]
Lap Quilts for Little Angels
Last Sunday, the Friendship Star quilting bee gathered at the Old House and spent the afternoon sewing wheelchair sized lap quilts for the kids at [...]
Grand ReOpening Recap
What a wonderful celebration we had last weekend! We were packed and everyone stayed, shopped and visited for a very long time. We even had [...]