Calendar of Scheduled Events
New activities and events will be added as they are scheduled.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a presentation by Nancy Kaslauskas, "Artsy Quilts." Nancy has been quilting for twenty years and ten years ago developed a technique she called "thread calligraphy" - a method of doing lettering on a regular sewing machine. She will show a variety of things she has done over the years, including redwork done by her Mom, art quilting challenges, and just her "crazy ideas" that she brought to reality.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with three to four quilt-related demonstrations by Country Quilters members. Helen Behrends will demonstrate how to make a table runner using dimensional pinwheels. Dorothy Anderson will demonstrate a hand quilting technique using the rocking stitch. Jean Ruter will demonstrate how to put on binding, especilally how to do the finishing. A fourth demonstration may be added.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a presentation by Sandra Schlagel, fiber artist, "Quilting Your Memories: using photos, journal entries, and mementos to create meaningful quilts."
Past Events - 2018
January 9 - Melanie Schatz-Pattay
February 13 - Community Service Quilt Making Day
March 13 - Linda Lagergren, Patchwork Blessings
April 10 - Amanda Effering, Creative Stitches
Past Events - 2017
January 10 - cancelled due to bad roads and weather
February 14 - Linda Lagergren, Patchwork Blessings
March 14 - The Quilt Club
April 11 - Sherri Moening, Brooten
May 9 - Community Service
June 13 - Cindy Staub, Quilt Doodle Designs
July 11 - Cathy Geier - Patchworks that Praise
July 12 - Strip Piecing Applique Landscape Workshop
August 8 - Lori Allison, All About Color Quilting
September 12 - Pauline Prawl, Willmar
October 10 - Sue Heinz, Kismet Quilting
November 14 - Heather Mulder Peterson, Anka's Treasures
December 12 - Holiday Party
Past Events - 2016
January 12 - Mickey Zimmer and April Zimmer, Sweetwater Cotton Shoppe
January 23 - English Paper Piecing Workshop
February 9 - Community Service Quilts Workshop
March 8 - Sharon Banister: Concept to Quilt
April 12 - Marilyn Bujalskii: Counted cross-stitch quilts
May 10 - Shar Jorgenson: Fear Not! Exposing the scary side of quilting - curved pieces and y-seams
June 14 - speaker cancelled due to circumstances beyond control
July 12 - Amanda Jean Nyberg of Crazy Mom Quilts: "Sunday Morning Quilts"
August 9 - Denise Muller, Colorz Quilt Shop: "Color and Choosing Fabrics"
September 2 - Pat Knoechel, sister to Eleanor Burns of Quilt in a Day, presented quilts and supplies from Eleanor's latest book
September 13 - Becky Carlson from Millie P's Quilt Cove presented a trunk show and answered quilting questions
October 11 - Chris Barnard of Scribbler Design in Chaska: "Feed Sacks and Depression-Era Quilts"
November 8 - Pam Dindorf of Aardvark Quilts in Rice: "Using Color and fabric in my work as a designer"
December 13 - Holiday Party
Past Events - 2015
January 13 - Community Service Quilts Workshop
February 10 - Jan Martin: Designing Quilts
March 10 - Sue Poser, Grubers: The X-Block
April 14 - Jean Rasmussen, Lorna Yanish, Deb Bomstad: Favorite Hand Applique Techniques
May 12 - Tracy and Fabrics Plus Staff: Sewing Binding on by Machine
June 9 - Susan Thorson: All About Scrappy Quilts
July 11 - Mary Chalmers and her Award Winning Quilts
July 14 - Quilters Rummage Sale
August 11 - Annemarie Yohnk, Quilts Remembered: Redwork, In the Beginning
September 4 - Pat Knoechel: Quilt in a Day
September 8 - Susan Stein: Off-Beat Sampler Quilts
October 23 - Darci Schipnewski: Holidays, Wools, and One Pattern Several Ways
November 10, 2015 - Faye Hoch: "Perspectives on Quilting: The Differences and Similarities of Traditional, Contemporary and Modern Quilts."
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - Christmas Party with treats, games, presents and prizes.
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