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Weaving Our Civic Fabric: Quilting Basics I

Detail of a quilt

A workshop presented in collaboration with Red Line Service

Quilt detail courtesy of Sarah Nishiura.

  • National Public Housing Museum, 919 S. Ada Street, Chicago, IL 60607

  • Free

Join us for a two-session workshop to explore the Log Cabin quilt block with artist Sarah Nishiura.

In these beginner-friendly workshops, you’ll learn essential quilting techniques while creating your own Log Cabin-themed piece. Learn about fabric selection, cutting, piecing and finishing.

Co-presented with Red Line Service, this workshop includes a shared meal. Red Line Service provides people with lived experience of being unhoused or housing insecure train fare to attend this event. Please register in advance.


About the series

This event is part of Weaving Our Civic Fabric, a series of monthly Red Line Service workshops that bring artists and community members together in the Good Chaos Empowerment Hub at the National Public Housing Museum for collaborative art-making and skill-building.

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