Welcome to the East Iowa Heirloom Quilters (EIHQ) website.  We invite you, as a member or guest to enjoy your visit.  Please use this site as a source of information about our Guild and its programs and activities, as well as a resource for information about quilting activities in and around the Cedar Rapids/Marion area.        Meeting Times and Location  Guild meetings are the fourth Monday of every month at 9 am and 7 pm, except October and December.  The annual meeting is held the fourth Monday in October at 6 pm.  There is no meeting in December.  Meetings are held at the American Legion Building at 625 31st Street in Marion.   For Mapquest directions, please click here.    SNOW POLICY--   If the Cedar Rapids Community Schools are on a 2-hour delay due to weather, there will not be a morning meeting.   Workshop will go on as planned and begin at 1 pm.   There will be a 7 pm evening meeting.   If the Cedar Rapids Community Schools dismiss early  due to weather, there will be a morning meeting.   Workshop will go on as planned and begin at 1 pm.   There will not be a 7 pm evening meeting.       If the Cedar Rapids Community Schools cancel the entire school day due to weather, the entire guild meeting day is cancelled; no morning meeting, no workshop, no evening meeting.      How to Join Membership is open to anyone interested in quilting. The Guild year runs from October 1 to September 31. Dues are $30.00 per year payable in September.  Guests are always welcome! After one visit, guests are requested to become guild members. For new members joining after April 1, dues are $15.00. Junior membership, intended for children interested in quilting, is $10 per year.  For more information about membership, click here.

May 29, 2012 Mildred (Millie) Sorrells, West Central Illinois   NOTE:  this meeting is on Tuesday due to Memorial Day   9 am and 7 pm Lectures:  PAST TO THE PRESENT  This program is a trunk show from 1981 up to the present.  Millie will show and discuss her award-winning quilts and wall hangings, her inspirations, designs, color choices and some funny and not-so-funny things that happened while making them.   Contains all kinds of techniques that she has used, both handwork and machine. Note:  There was an article in the AMERICAN QUILTER magazine, March 2011 issue on Millie Sorrells titled “Light on the Prairie”. ( Jan has a copy if anyone would like to read.)   Workshop (1-4 pm):  DIMENSIONAL APPLIQUE TECHNIQUES  (photo courtesy of Millie Sorrells)     We will be making a Baltimore Album style of block containing leaves, stuffed stems and a ruched flower.  She will also show us several other ideas using the ruching technique.    Workshop cost:  $30.00 (does not include supplies).  Click here for supply list.   Pleaseclick here to visit Millie's website.              For more information on 2012 Lectures and Workshops, please click here.       STASH BUSTING UFO CHALLENGE 2012  See Members Only section for a list of the rules and forms.

Contact Info East Iowa Heirloom Quilters PO Box 1382 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-1382 E-mail:  eihqguild@yahoo.com     Follow East Iowa Heirloom Quilters on Facebook.