November Meeting
Tuesday, November 18th
(Note that the meeting is on the third Tuesday of the month rather than our regular second Tuesday.)
Beth Kobliska will show different ideas for seƫting quilt blocks.
Looking for different ideas on how to set your quilt blocks? That’s the topic of our November meeting. I set my first sampler quilt in a grid with sashing, then felt so adventurous when I added cornerstones. Later came pieced sashing to make Friendship Stars. Dare I try setting blocks on point? What about two-block quilts that form a secondary pattern? Do all the blocks need to be the same size? A Fat Quarter Sampler, a group project, used 12”, 8”, and 4” blocks. I loved how all the different blocks
worked together. Later we did another group project, using the Women of the Bible pattern, with a similar idea, based on 15”, 10”, and 5” blocks. I was hooked on traditional blocks with a modern setting. Then came Gypsy Wife (renamed Wanderer’s Wife), with different-size blocks set with background strips. I used neutrals for my strips to show off the pieced blocks, but some people used bolder strip fabrics for a completely different look. A few months ago I decided it was time finish a quilt I had started with 12” sampler blocks. Sashing—nope—too mundane. I considered a medallion setting, but with 12” blocks and multiple borders, it would have been huge. So I designed a faux medallion by drafting 12” blocks that formed two concentric diamonds, mixed in with the sampler blocks, and that gave me the idea for doing a program on different block settngs.
At the November meeting I hope you’ll bring your Fat Quarter Sampler, Gypsy Wife, or Women of the Bible quilts, a two-block quilt, pieced sashing, or any other quilt with a nontraditional setting. Please contact me,Beth Kobliska ([email protected]) if you have a quilt to share for this presentation.
Tuesday, November 18th
(Note that the meeting is on the third Tuesday of the month rather than our regular second Tuesday.)
Beth Kobliska will show different ideas for seƫting quilt blocks.
Looking for different ideas on how to set your quilt blocks? That’s the topic of our November meeting. I set my first sampler quilt in a grid with sashing, then felt so adventurous when I added cornerstones. Later came pieced sashing to make Friendship Stars. Dare I try setting blocks on point? What about two-block quilts that form a secondary pattern? Do all the blocks need to be the same size? A Fat Quarter Sampler, a group project, used 12”, 8”, and 4” blocks. I loved how all the different blocks
worked together. Later we did another group project, using the Women of the Bible pattern, with a similar idea, based on 15”, 10”, and 5” blocks. I was hooked on traditional blocks with a modern setting. Then came Gypsy Wife (renamed Wanderer’s Wife), with different-size blocks set with background strips. I used neutrals for my strips to show off the pieced blocks, but some people used bolder strip fabrics for a completely different look. A few months ago I decided it was time finish a quilt I had started with 12” sampler blocks. Sashing—nope—too mundane. I considered a medallion setting, but with 12” blocks and multiple borders, it would have been huge. So I designed a faux medallion by drafting 12” blocks that formed two concentric diamonds, mixed in with the sampler blocks, and that gave me the idea for doing a program on different block settngs.
At the November meeting I hope you’ll bring your Fat Quarter Sampler, Gypsy Wife, or Women of the Bible quilts, a two-block quilt, pieced sashing, or any other quilt with a nontraditional setting. Please contact me,Beth Kobliska ([email protected]) if you have a quilt to share for this presentation.
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:
November Meeting
November 11, 2025
Eagan Community Center
Topic: Beth Kobliska showing us different ideas for setting quilt blocks.
December Meeting
December 9, 2025
Location TBD
Year-End Holiday Potluck
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 Maria Gathje or 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.