Calendar of Scheduled Events
New activities and events will be added as they are scheduled.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a presentation by Sara Hardwig, designer of wool embroidery patterns for Blueberry Backroads: "Embroidery Applique."
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a presentation by Juliana Christenson from Rapid City SD. She will have a trunk show and teach a Bargello class and a Judy Neimeyer class this week at the Red Hen Retreat Center.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a garage sale of quilting-related items.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a presentation TBD.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a Christmas Party.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting and the making of Service Quilts.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with the tentative program: "A Brief History of Quilting in the U.S."
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a presentation TBD.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a presentation TBD.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with mini-sessions by Country Quilters.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a presentation TBD.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - 7:00 pm at Willmar Community Center. Dues and visitor fees apply, visitors welcome. Monthly meeting with a presentation by Loretta Fensky called "Artsy 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
May 8 - Nancy Kaslauskas, Thread Calligraphy
June 12 - Demo Day with Country Quilters Helen Behrends, Dorothy Anderson, Jean Ruter and Ramona Berg.
July 10 - Sandra Schlagel, Fiber Artist, Memory Quilts
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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