April Meeting
Tuesday, April 14, at 7:00 p.m.
Social time 6:30
The April meeting will feature Lori Admietz on
collage quilting. Lori will also be selling patterns (hers and
Laura Heine’s) and will have kits available.
This promises to be a fun night.
Eagan Community Center
1501 Central Parkway, Eagan, MN 55121
Tuesday, April 14, at 7:00 p.m.
Social time 6:30
The April meeting will feature Lori Admietz on
collage quilting. Lori will also be selling patterns (hers and
Laura Heine’s) and will have kits available.
This promises to be a fun night.
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:
May Meeting
The May meeting (May 12) will feature Bob Purcell from YLI Threads. If you’ve ever met Bob at a quilt show, you
know he’s forgotten more about thread than most of us know. He has a knack for making it understandable and easy.
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Calling our quilt historians and keepers of old quilts!
We’ve had such great history and design lessons from Jean McElvain and Sharyn Resvick, it got me thinking about what
else we have hiding in this group. If you would like to bring in n old quilt or two to share (along with any history), please
email Julie Finch ([email protected]) so I can organize a program around them.
And if you’re a history buff, please email me as well so that you can participate.
We’ve had such great history and design lessons from Jean McElvain and Sharyn Resvick, it got me thinking about what
else we have hiding in this group. If you would like to bring in n old quilt or two to share (along with any history), please
email Julie Finch ([email protected]) so I can organize a program around them.
And if you’re a history buff, please email me as well so that you can participate.
*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 the following organizations.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace,
www.facebook/com/SHPSouthMetro and shpbeds.org
This is a national nonprofit organization that provides beds and bedding to children in need.
Quilts should be approximately 60” x 80”.
We’ve donated close to 100 quilts to this group. Beth Kobliska has a contact person for dropping off quilts.
360 Communities
www.360CommuniƟes.org
This organization accepts quilts of all sizes and distributes them with various organizations throughout Dakota County. They have a drop-off site in Burnsville. DCSQ has donated many quilts to them in the past.
Quilts for Kids
www.quilts for kids.org
This national nonprofit organization is dedicated to providing quilts to comfort kids facing serious illnesses, trauma or abuse, or national disasters. Wildflower Quilt Company in Lakeville is a local drop-off site.
Preferred quilt sizes are 38” x 44” up to 40” x 46”.
Bundles of Love Charity
www.bundlesoflove.org
This Minnesota all-volunteer nonprofit organization is dedicated to helping infants and their families. They provide clothing, bedding, and other necessities for infants in need, including correctly sized clothing for premature infants, infant burial garments and keepsakes for families who have suffered the loss of a baby, and “comfort” items such as quilts, hats, and booties for sick infants in hospital intensive care units. They accept donations of fabric and supplies; see the
website for details.
Preferred quilt sizes are 36” x 48” up to 40” x 50”.
Meals on Wheels placemat project
Trisha delivered 100 placemats to the Hastings chapter of Meals On Wheels at the end of March. They were very appreciative and thought the placemats were all beautiful. Trisha will be checking with other local chapters to see if they are interested in some as well. Thanks to everyone who has participated.
A call for entries
Rosemount Quilt and Fiber Art Show—An Opportunity to Show Your Quilts.
We received the following notice from the Rosemount Area Arts Council. Here’s an opportunity to show your quilts.
Quilt and Fiber Art Show, Art Blast 2026, June 25–June 27, 2026
The Rosemount Area Arts Council is issuing a “Call to Quilters and Fiber Art Artists” for the quilt show to be held during Art Blast. Quilters/fiber artists are to submit a photo of their work(s) for consideration to display at the Quilt and Fiber Art Show at the Rosemount Steeple Center at 14375 South Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN 55068.
The show will take place during Art Blast week. The show will be held
Thursday,June 25, through Saturday, June 27, 2026.
The following categories will be represented:
Decorative/textile art quilts;
Traditional quilts – king, queen, or single;
Wall hangings;
Fiber art – including wool work, felting, weaving, embroidery, cross stitch, fiber jewelry, Hardanger,
etc.
All entries (no more than 3 submissions) must include the size (length x width) of the piece.
Please submit a .jpeg photo of your items by May 29 to Jean Crewson at [email protected].
Please list the name of the creator, phone number, email address, title of the piece, name of the quilter,and category for which you are entering as well as size.
Deadline for submission is Friday, May 29. Information concerning the drop-off of entries and any other information concerning the show will be sent 2 weeks prior to the quilt show.
For more information about the Quilt/Fiber Art Show or additional questions, please contact Jean Crewson at [email protected] or call/text 952-994-1480.
www.RosemountArts.com [email protected]
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 the following organizations.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace,
www.facebook/com/SHPSouthMetro and shpbeds.org
This is a national nonprofit organization that provides beds and bedding to children in need.
Quilts should be approximately 60” x 80”.
We’ve donated close to 100 quilts to this group. Beth Kobliska has a contact person for dropping off quilts.
360 Communities
www.360CommuniƟes.org
This organization accepts quilts of all sizes and distributes them with various organizations throughout Dakota County. They have a drop-off site in Burnsville. DCSQ has donated many quilts to them in the past.
Quilts for Kids
www.quilts for kids.org
This national nonprofit organization is dedicated to providing quilts to comfort kids facing serious illnesses, trauma or abuse, or national disasters. Wildflower Quilt Company in Lakeville is a local drop-off site.
Preferred quilt sizes are 38” x 44” up to 40” x 46”.
Bundles of Love Charity
www.bundlesoflove.org
This Minnesota all-volunteer nonprofit organization is dedicated to helping infants and their families. They provide clothing, bedding, and other necessities for infants in need, including correctly sized clothing for premature infants, infant burial garments and keepsakes for families who have suffered the loss of a baby, and “comfort” items such as quilts, hats, and booties for sick infants in hospital intensive care units. They accept donations of fabric and supplies; see the
website for details.
Preferred quilt sizes are 36” x 48” up to 40” x 50”.
Meals on Wheels placemat project
Trisha delivered 100 placemats to the Hastings chapter of Meals On Wheels at the end of March. They were very appreciative and thought the placemats were all beautiful. Trisha will be checking with other local chapters to see if they are interested in some as well. Thanks to everyone who has participated.
A call for entries
Rosemount Quilt and Fiber Art Show—An Opportunity to Show Your Quilts.
We received the following notice from the Rosemount Area Arts Council. Here’s an opportunity to show your quilts.
Quilt and Fiber Art Show, Art Blast 2026, June 25–June 27, 2026
The Rosemount Area Arts Council is issuing a “Call to Quilters and Fiber Art Artists” for the quilt show to be held during Art Blast. Quilters/fiber artists are to submit a photo of their work(s) for consideration to display at the Quilt and Fiber Art Show at the Rosemount Steeple Center at 14375 South Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN 55068.
The show will take place during Art Blast week. The show will be held
Thursday,June 25, through Saturday, June 27, 2026.
The following categories will be represented:
Decorative/textile art quilts;
Traditional quilts – king, queen, or single;
Wall hangings;
Fiber art – including wool work, felting, weaving, embroidery, cross stitch, fiber jewelry, Hardanger,
etc.
All entries (no more than 3 submissions) must include the size (length x width) of the piece.
Please submit a .jpeg photo of your items by May 29 to Jean Crewson at [email protected].
Please list the name of the creator, phone number, email address, title of the piece, name of the quilter,and category for which you are entering as well as size.
Deadline for submission is Friday, May 29. Information concerning the drop-off of entries and any other information concerning the show will be sent 2 weeks prior to the quilt show.
For more information about the Quilt/Fiber Art Show or additional questions, please contact Jean Crewson at [email protected] or call/text 952-994-1480.
www.RosemountArts.com [email protected]
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!
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.