February 14th meeting. The guest speaker will be Gail Bakkom, one of the authors of "Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past". Gail is a long-time member of the Minnesota Quilt Project (the standing committee of Minnesota Quilters who document historical quilting). She is a member of the American Quilt Study project as well as an avid scholar of textile arts. Gail will show slides and describe her once-in-a-lifetime trip to France to study French textiles.
March 13th meeting. Members have been challenged to make scrap quilts using the "Leaders and Enders" method described in a book by Bonnie Hunter. The meeting will reveal the quilts that the members have come up with.
April 10th meeting. The guest speaker will be Jennifer Keltner, the group editor from "American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine".
May 8th meeting. This will be the Comfort Quilt sew-in. Members are being asked to pre-sew blocks in one of four fabric choices, 1) Homespun, 2) Floral, 3) Batik & 4) Kid/Bright. The cornerstones are to made from white or light fabric. Directions for making the blocks can be found in the February Newsletter or can be downloaded here.
July 10th meeting. This is the annual picnic in the park meeting held at Fireman's Park in Chaska.
August 14th meeting. The guest speaker will be Faye Hoch of Twin Cities Quilting.
September 11th meeting. The guest speaker will be Debbie Bowles of Maple Island Quilts.
October 9th meeting. The featured topic will be Barn Quilts.
November 13th meeting. The guest speaker will be Chris Hoover of Whirligig Designs.
December meeting. This will be the annual holiday party.
Previous 2012 meetings
January 10th meeting. This is the organizational meeting where the club plans events for the upcoming year.
Club member Lori Allison of Allison Designs will be giving a presentation on "101 Tips Tricks & Techniques to Make Your Quilt Life Faster, Easier, Better". We should have plenty of quilts for the show with all those ideas!
January 13th-16th Long Lake Retreat. Details can be found on the Reminders page.
2011 meetings
January 11th meeting. Annual organizational meeting.
January 14th-17th. Quilt Retreat at Long Lake Conservation center near Aitkin, Mn.
February 8th meeting. The featured speaker was Mary Pat "Mattie" Rhoades from Quiltsmart.
March 8th meeting The featured speaker was Patricia Cox.
April 12th Workshop. An afternoon workshop was offered by Angela Lawrence prior to the evening meeting. Check out Angela’s website for more information about the "Simply Paisley" class.
April 12th meeting. The featured speaker was Angela Lawrence.
May 10th meeting. This was our annual comfort quilt night. Directions for the blocks used in the quilts can be downloaded here and here.
June 14th meeting. The featured speaker was club member Chris Barnard. Her patterns can be found on her website, www.scribblerdesigns.com.
July 12th meeting. This was our annual potluck picnic at Fireman's Park in Chaska. Proceeds from the live auction and garage sale were donated to Jodi's Network of Hope and earmarked for safety education at local elementary schools.
August 9th meeting. The featured speaker was Susan Nelson, a CAQC club member. Susan designs are marketed under Prairie Sky Quilting patterns.
September 13th meeting. The featured speaker was Diane Caruso, designer of CatNap Quilts.
October 11th meeting. This was Mystery Quilt night. The block was a simple diagonally striped block that was paper pieced.
November 9th meeting. Both Resolution Quilts and "I Remember Mama" Quilts were due to be finished. Because of the longer "show and tell" session, there was no speaker.
December 13th meeting. The annual Holiday Party was held at the Island View Golf Club in Waconia.
January 12th meeting. Annual planning meeting.
Febuary 9th meeting. The featured speakers were Nancy Raschka-Reeves and Susan Dyer owners of Glad Creations quilt shop, Glad Creations Quilt Block.
March 9th meeting. The featured speakers were Jeanette Asplin and Sue Johnson the owners of the Quilt Yourself LLC a longarm quilting shop
in Savage, MN.
April 13th meeting. The meeting featured the "This Is Me" small quilts reveal. Quilt embellishment techniques were also discussed.
May 11th meeting. This was our annual comfort
quilt sew-in. The club used Bonnie Hunter's Bricks and Stepping-Stones pattern
for our comfort quilt.
June 8th meeting. The speaker was Marilyn
Ginsburg, a master gardener and a free lance pattern designer for
Thimbleberries®.
July 13th meeting. Our annual potluck picnic
was held in Fireman's Park in Chaska. All proceeds from our auction and a garage sale were donated to CAP
Agency.
August 3rd meeting. The featured speaker was Sandi Irish of Irish Chain
patterns.
September 14th meeting. The featured speaker
was Linda Hohag of Brandywine Design.
October 1-3 workshops. Three workshops by Kaye England were offered during our "Fall Splendor of Quilts" quilt show. The workshops were "My Three Ladies", "Scrap Mania" and "Civil War Quilts".
October 12th meeting. The featured speaker was Doris
Hareland of Monticello, who often
teaches at Quilted Treasures Quilt Shop in Rogers, MN.
November 9th meeting. The featured speaker was Celine Perkins of Perkins Dry Goods patterns.
December 14th meeting. The annual Holiday Party was held at the Island View Golf Club in Waconia.
January 13th meeting. Annual planning meeting
February 10th meeting. The featured speaker was John Giardano.
March 10th meeting. The meeting was cancelled due to weather.
May 12th meeting. Comfort quilt night. See the finished quilts on the Show & Tell page.
June 9th meeting. The featured speaker for this month was Jo Goranson.
July 14th meeting. Annual potluck picnic at Fireman's Park in Chaska.
August 11th meeting. Bus tour of 3 members quilt workshops.
September 8th meeting. The featured speaker was Jane Spolar, www.quiltpoetry.com.
October 13th meeting. Mystery Quilt night. Click here to download the fabric requirements and cutting directions See the Show & Tell page for pictures of the sample quilts.
