January Meeting
Tuesday, Jan 13th 7:00pm
Social time 6:30
Eagan Community Center
1501 Central Parkway, Eagan, MN 55121
Tuesday, Jan 13th 7:00pm
Social time 6:30
Eagan Community Center
1501 Central Parkway, Eagan, MN 55121
Meetings are scheduled for the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Each meeting is about 2 hours. The meeting starts at 7:00 but people start arriving at 6:30 for social time. The meeting is structured as follows: announcements, a speaker or topic and show and tell. All are welcome regardless of your skill level. Join in and share ideas and the love of quilting.
Visitors - Visitors are welcome! The first meeting you attend is free. Subsequent visits cost $5 to help cover cost of the space and continuing programs. We hope you will consider joining the guild, it is $36.00 per calendar year. Dues are pro-rated if you join later in the year.
Directions: The community center is off of Pilot Knob Road between Lone Oak Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan. Turn west off of Pilot Knob onto Center Parkway. Follow the Center Parkway to the sign for the Eagan Community Center and turn right. Follow the signs for "all deliveries" which is the second right turn. The road will wind around to the lower level of the parking lot. Enter through the lower level door and look for the sign indicating our meeting room, normally the second door on the left. If you park on the main level and enter from the main entrance, you will take the elevator or stairs down.
Visitors - Visitors are welcome! The first meeting you attend is free. Subsequent visits cost $5 to help cover cost of the space and continuing programs. We hope you will consider joining the guild, it is $36.00 per calendar year. Dues are pro-rated if you join later in the year.
Directions: The community center is off of Pilot Knob Road between Lone Oak Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan. Turn west off of Pilot Knob onto Center Parkway. Follow the Center Parkway to the sign for the Eagan Community Center and turn right. Follow the signs for "all deliveries" which is the second right turn. The road will wind around to the lower level of the parking lot. Enter through the lower level door and look for the sign indicating our meeting room, normally the second door on the left. If you park on the main level and enter from the main entrance, you will take the elevator or stairs down.
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
January Meeting
Jean McElvain, curator of the Goldstein Museum of Design at the University of
Minnesota, will speak about the impact of quilting on fashion using photographs of quilts and
wearables from the Goldstein’s collection.
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*If you have an idea, topic, or speaker to suggest, please send a joint message to Julie Finch and Jill Lawrence.
Other Activities:
Community Service
Our current projects continue to focus on making:
- Kids’ quilts for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
- Placemats for Meals on Wheels.
Kits have been made and will be brought to upcoming
meetings and the fall retreat. These are easy and take about 20–25 minutes to make. They
do not have a binding. The Hastings chapter needs about 100 placemats—40 for men and 60
for women. To date, we have completed 10 for men, 5 for women, and 10 that are gender-
neutral, for a total of 25. Note that Trish will not be at the August meeting so if you have any
completed placemats, please bring them to the September meeting.
Thanks to all who have participated.
Call for Orphan Blocks!
Plans for a future meeting activity will include orphan blocks . We ask that
members donate any orphan blocks that you have and are ready to pass
along. The blocks can be any size, color, or pattern. There will be a basket
at the meeting for you to put them in as we collect for the next few
months . Thank You to everyone that has contributed to the basket so far!
Community Service
Our current projects continue to focus on making:
- Kids’ quilts for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
- Placemats for Meals on Wheels.
Kits have been made and will be brought to upcoming
meetings and the fall retreat. These are easy and take about 20–25 minutes to make. They
do not have a binding. The Hastings chapter needs about 100 placemats—40 for men and 60
for women. To date, we have completed 10 for men, 5 for women, and 10 that are gender-
neutral, for a total of 25. Note that Trish will not be at the August meeting so if you have any
completed placemats, please bring them to the September meeting.
Thanks to all who have participated.
Call for Orphan Blocks!
Plans for a future meeting activity will include orphan blocks . We ask that
members donate any orphan blocks that you have and are ready to pass
along. The blocks can be any size, color, or pattern. There will be a basket
at the meeting for you to put them in as we collect for the next few
months . Thank You to everyone that has contributed to the basket so far!
February Challenge — “250th Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence”
Our challenge project for the show will go along with the patriotic theme, using the Declaration as our inspiration. You could use a quilt pattern from the era of the Revolutionary War or another period of American history, or you could use a general patriotic theme. You could do something related to the Fourth of July, which celebrates the signing. If you’re feeling really creative, you could take a word or phrase from the Declaration, or you could tell your own American story.
We’ll display the quilts on the felt panels we used for the suffrage challenge we did in 2020, so the quilts need to be 24” x 24”.
The finished quilts will be revealed at our February 2026 DCSQ meeting and will be shown at the show in March.
Our challenge project for the show will go along with the patriotic theme, using the Declaration as our inspiration. You could use a quilt pattern from the era of the Revolutionary War or another period of American history, or you could use a general patriotic theme. You could do something related to the Fourth of July, which celebrates the signing. If you’re feeling really creative, you could take a word or phrase from the Declaration, or you could tell your own American story.
We’ll display the quilts on the felt panels we used for the suffrage challenge we did in 2020, so the quilts need to be 24” x 24”.
The finished quilts will be revealed at our February 2026 DCSQ meeting and will be shown at the show in March.
Please know, your safety is very important to us. Our in person meetings have been following CDC guidelines and we are also working with Eagan Community Center on cleaning and safety protocols. Please click here for current CDC guidelines.