March 28, 2016 Meeting
Regular meeting 9:00 am and Quilt Show Meeting at 11:00 am
April 2016 retreat at Patridge River Retreat, Staples MN
April 18th, 19th and 20th. Cost is $53.44 per person for eight individuals.
April 25, 2016
Regular Meeting 9:00 am We will have quest speaker Marty Mann at 10:00 am. Marty is a retired quilt appraiser and will be talking to the group about the history of quilting.
Bring your completed Sensory Quilts!!
June 27, 2016
Regular meeting 9:00 am. Julie Smith will be the presenter for our meeting.
November 15, 2016 (Tuesday)
1:00 pm at the Hope Fellowship Hall . . . Brenda will show members how to make fabric bags. Bring your sewing machines, home decor fabric, 2 fat quarters, 16" zipper or longer, craft fuse or decobond for interfacing. A jeans needle is recommended along with a zipper foot and edge stitching foot. Some bags use a foam called "Soft and Stable. Please see the web site Kelbysews.com for additional information.
November 28, 2016
Regular meeting 9:00 am. Brenda will present a program on how to prepare a quilt for quilting.
December 12 2016
11:00 am at Charlie's UpNorth. Theresa Eclov from Faith in Action will be our speaker. Bev Wignes of Heartland Quilters was able to join us for lunch and discussed her upcoming Lonestar class. Please bring personal care items for the Family Safety Network and your completed panel challenge.
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January 23, 2017
Regular meeting at 9:00 am. Members are asked to stay after the meeting and sew the ALS quilt donated by Jan Tanner.
February 27, 2017
Regular meeting at 9:00 am. Members are asked to stay after the meeting and finish sewing the quilt tops donated by Julie Smith. If you have white on white, red and or blue fabric please bring those with you.
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January 27, 2014 - changed to February 3rd re weather
Regular Meeting 10:00 am
Dignity Quilt for Northern Peace is complete !!! Thank you, everyone, for all your hard work.
February 2014 retreat at Camp Patmos!!!!
February 17th, 18th and 19th. Cost is $20.00 per day for overnight and $10.00 per day if not staying overnight. Meals are potluck, bring a favorite dish or two to share. There is limited room so please contact Jo Allen (218-987-2307) to hold your spot.
February 24th, 2014
Regular Meeting 10:00 am
March 24, 2014
Regular meeting 10:00 am - will include a program from Kathie Cole of Park Rapids on "How to Adjust Quilt Patterns". Kathie will be joining our regular meeting and begin her presentation at approx. 10:45 am.
Thank you Kathie, hope we can get you back for your presentation on "Color" . . .
April 28, 2014
Regular meeting 10:00 am
May 19, 2014
Regular Meeting 10:00 am - we are hoping to have Brenda discuss "Preparing Your Quilt Top and Back for Machine Quilting".
Great presentation by Brenda, thank you. We also learned from a visiting quilter that Robert Kaufman has an App for figuring out fabric amounts for borders!! Easy to use while shopping at your favorite quilt store.
June 23, 2014
Regular Meeting 10:00 am - Birthday Block Quilt Challenge
August 25, 2014
Regular Meeting 9:00 am
September 15, 2014
Regular Meeting 9:00 am
September 25th and 26th, 2014
Quilt Show at Northern Lights Casino Hotel and Event Center
October 27th, 2014
Regular Meeting 9:00 am - Demonstration on how to make a hanging sleeve for your quilt.
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January 26th, 2015
Regular meeting 9:00 am - Bring your Round Robin Row for the 2015 quilt challenge. Please refer to Brenda's emails for guidelines, etc. Discuss possible retreat.
February 23, 2015
Regular Meeting 9:00 am at Jimmy's Family Restaurant.
Round Robin Row exchange.
March 23, 2015
Regular Meeting 9:00 am - Julie Smith talked about Little dresses for Africa, pillowcase dresses - web site is www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/pillow-case-pattern/
Julie brought several britches she had made for Britches for Boys for Africa - web site is www.nancyzieman.com/blog/nancys-corner/britches-for-boys-in-africa/
Meryle reported that the VA facilities have too many lap robes but are in need of quilts for beds. Size needed are 63" x 87". Kay from Monika's Quilt Shop in Park Rapids is actively involved with sewing quilt tops for the VA care facilities in MN and she will also get them to where they need to go.
Plans are underway for our quilt retreat in April at the Partridge River Retreat House. Dates are April 28th, 29th and 30th.
We are also hoping to have Kathy Cole at our May or June meeting for her "Color" presentation.
April 27th, 2015
Regular meeting at 9:00 am. Our May meeting will be an all day sew day at Hope Lutheran. We will be working on charity quilts, etc. Saturday, May 23rd is the Grand Opening for Mother Originals, Pequot Lakes, check them out on facebook. The Brainerd Quilt Show will be June 19th and 20th this year. The quilt retreat at Partridge River was a bit success and a great time.
May 18th, 2015
Guild met at 8:00 am to set up for a day of sewing. Tops were completed for our veterans and also baby tops for Pregnancy Support, Walker.
June 22nd, 2015
We are hoping to host Julie Lewis of Longville. She will do a trunk show of her quilts.
July 27th, 2015
Regular meeting at 9:00 am. We will have a special program "Color Presentation" by Kathie Cole of Park Rapids.
