Quilters guild hosting show Saturday and Sunday in New Lenox

The Lockport Heritage Quilters Guild also creates veterans quilts

September 20, 2024 at 1:00 pm CDT

Sharon Falck was gifted this Morningstar quilt by Lakota quilters to thank her for her work with them. — The Heritage Quilters Guild - Lockport's "Harvest of Quilts" show will include quilts on display, raffle baskets and silent auction on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

The Heritage Quilters Guild – Lockport will host its 2024 quilt show Saturday and Sunday in New Lenox.

The “Harvest of Quilts” quilt show will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Liberty Junior High School, 151 Lenox St. in New Lenox. Admission is $6.

In addition to the many quilts attendees may view on display, the quilt show includes raffle baskets, a merchant mall, a silent auction and a member boutique.

Throughout the year, the Heritage Quilters Guild – Lockport hosts speakers and workshops; social quilting events; and creates and then donates quilts to the SOS Children’s Village, nursing homes and veterans, according to the Heritage Quilters Guild website.

For information, visit heritagequiltersguild.com.

Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.