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Upcoming Events:
November Meeting: Tues., Nov 8th, 2016, Eagan Community Center December Meeting: Tues., Dec 13th, 2016, Lighthouse Church in Rosemount We meet the 2
nd Tuesday
of each month. Dues are $24/year. Directions to the Eagan Community Center: 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 Center Parkway to the sign for the Eagan Community Center and turn right. Follow the signs for “All Deliveries” (second right turn). The road winds around to the lower level of the parking lot. Enter through the lower-level door and look for the sign indicating where we are meeting Note: No outside food or beverages are allowed in the community center. Concessions are available.
Quilt Quip for the month: Hi Ho,Hi Ho, it’s off to sew we go!
See you at our meeting on Tuesday, November 8th, 7pm, at the Eagan Community Center
Note From DCSQ Chair - Kathy Lindstrom
Hey all! The next quilt guild meeting is on Election Day. As I announced at October's meeting, we will not have a speaker, it will be a hand project and fellowship time. Going to retreat? Bring your cutting mat and pre-cut fabric on Tuesday so you can spend more time sewing at retreat. Most importantly, vote next Tuesday, or earlier if you want to take advantage of that opportunity. I will not be at the next meeting, as I'm running a race from San Francisco to Napa Valley. Karen Asmundson will be around and has the fabric bundles I promised at the last meeting. You need to have voted to be eligible to win them! And be sure to bring Show and Tell too! December's meeting is our annual dinner-note the earlier start time on that day and different location. But before that is retreat at Camp Wapo, a sure sign fall is here. Sew on!
DCSQ Meeting Summary - Tuesday October 11, 2016 –
Sunny Kline
Melissa Griggs, Quilt Judge, presented a wonderful informative and entertaining talk about judging at quilt shows. First, she told us that the show committee that is organizing the show determines the rules for the show, such as the categories, prize money and ribbons to be awarded, and many other details of the show, hires the judges, and gets volunteers to help the judges. She described the process that takes place in the judging room, and all the different jobs that volunteers can do in the judging room. Then she discussed all the important aspects of judging, and what the judges look for as they are selecting the winners in the various categories. She had a number of beautiful quilts that she has made and entered in shows, and used them to illustrate both desirable and undesirable features of quilts, from the judging point of view.
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See pictures of some of her quilts in this newsletter. She talked about overall appearance, color and design, construction and workmanship, quilting, and finishing as important features the judges carefully evaluate. Melissa described the arduous training required to become a certified quilt judge, and told some amusing stories about things that happened while she was serving as a volunteer, and as a judge at quilt shows. She emphasized that the judges are always very respectful and professional when judging, and provide their feedback in positive, constructive terms on the feedback forms. She encouraged all of us to enter a quilt show soon!
Community Service – Beth Kobliska
I hosted community service sewing days at my house in September and October, when we made 3 twin size t-shirt quilts and have 4 twin size French Braid quilts in process. This month we will work on baby quilt on Friday, November 18, and Saturday, November 19. We’ll start at 9 am at my home and sew as long as people want to stay. Just come as you are. No need to bring your sewing machine or other equipment. I can set up as many as 7 sewing machines, 2 cutting stations, and 2 ironing boards. I also have plenty of all the sewing notions we need – rotary cutters, rulers, pins and pin cushions, thread snips, etc. Stop by for a couple hours or all day. I’ll provide lunch, drinks and snacks, and of course all the fabric for these quilts. If you have ever wanted to try free motion quilting on a longarm, I'll have my Gammill set up so you can play. Please RSVP so I know how many people to expect. Beth Kobliska 651-340-0024 or email me at [email protected] 8546 College Trail, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 Pinwheels and Zig Zag Baby Quilt Pattern:
13th Annual Quilt Retreat – Pat Basch
The fun begins November 9, 2016.
The registration form, map and packing list can be found on our website at www.dcsq.org under the retreat tab. For more information; contact Pat Basch at [email protected].
2016 Quilt Retreat Sponsor: The Daylight Company is once again providing our retreat attendees (and membership) with a discount code to purchase their lights. The slimline table lamp and sewing machine lamp are two of their best products for quilters providing daylight lighting with cool energy efficient LED bulbs. Other products you may be interested in include the slimline LED floor lamp, task lamp, light-box, magnifying lamp or luminos table LED lamp.
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To purchase their products at 30% off, go to the website www.daylightcompany.com. The promo code is QL2016, and expires November 30, 2016.
Daylight Company Daylight Company US - Table&Floor Lamps ..www.daylightcompany.com Offers lamps that simulate natural light for color matching and healthy eyes as well as magnifiers. Provides testimonials.
Dog Bed Scraps—Moratorium on Deliveries to Karen Asmundson
Two things: First, I delivered 386 pounds of fabric scraps to Wearever Recycling. It amounted to about 40 bags that I’d been accumulating since last April. Way to go everyone! You helped keep those materials out of the landfill. Second, I’d like to declare a moratorium on receiving any more dog bed scraps until the January meeting. I have a remodeling project at home and don’t want to have more stuff around than necessary. I also don’t want the scraps to get contaminated with sheet rock dust, etc. Please continue to save your fabric, batting, t-shirt and polar fleece scraps but keep them at YOUR house until after the first of the year. I’ll continue to investigate outlets for our scraps. Keep in mind that if you have a hunk of usable fabric fat quarter size or larger, it could be donated to the Quilt Show Store for resale/reuse.
Sewing Kit/purses – Gerry McBride
Thanks to everyone who helped to make the sewing kit/purses. We had a total of 38 of them made from our quilting group and they were packaged together with all kinds of sewing stuff. We also collected 93 empty medicine bottles and they were made into quick sewing kits. Someone asked me from the quilt group where they were going to be shipped and I found out that they were going to....Tanzania, Zambia, Saint Lucia, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Namibia.
December Christmas Party – Susan Skoog and Arlette Kreager
Plan for an evening of quilting camaraderie and celebrating the winter/Christmas season. Our December meeting, beginning at 6:30 PM, will be held at the Lighthouse Church 3285 144th St W, Rosemount, MN 55068. We will have our ever-popular soup and salad supper! Sign-ups for attending the supper and to bring an appetizer, fruit or vegetable salads, and desserts will be available at the November meeting. We will also be collecting Food Shelf donations. If you are unable to sign up, please email your intention to Susan Skoog at [email protected] of attendance so we can let the "caterer" know how many to prepare for.
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Even if you haven’t been able to attend our monthly meetings recently, we’d love to see you in December just for the fun of getting together. And remember to bring a new or classic Christmas Quilt for show and tell for the December meeting.
Quilt Show 2017 Update
We Need you to Strip!
“Strip” your fabric that is. Yes, we need your fabric strips, yardage, those projects you just haven’t gotten to. We need them now. Remember, the quilt store is one of our main ways to raise money to bring in speakers such as Mary Fons and other nationally known speakers. The team that have volunteered to organize the store needs fabric to put together. Don’t have time to organize or cut it? Give it to us and we will take it from there. I spent 20 minutes in my sewing room and was able to come up with several treasures that I know I will never get to that I will be donating to our store. I plan on spending a few minutes each week weeding through the shelves. There are boxes in the back of the meeting room for you to place “new” fabric (2010 and newer) and “vintage” fabrics (2009 and older). Remember, we are only accepting 100% cotton quilting fabric, no polyester, upholstery or dress fabrics. Minky will be the only exception. You can also bring quilting patterns now too. Books and magazines can be dropped off at the quilt drop off day on February 9-10.
Website Information – Sue Tobias
Website updates: 2017 Quilt Show information is on our website–go check it out. You can also find information about upcoming meetings under the meetings tab. You can always check out what you have to look forward to at our next meeting. Did you know you can access our website on your smart phone or tablet? Check it out! As a reminder, the “members only” page will have information specifically for our membership. The password is i am a member . Remember to include the spaces between the words.
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Web Site Tip
http://quiltersresources.net is a website that lists quilt shows and other events, shops, museums, guilds, and other stuff for quilters. Check it out, especially if you are planning to be traveling around and have time to visit a museum, quilt shop, or be a visitor at another guild!
Melissa Griggs Quilts
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Show and Tell Pictures from our October meeting.
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And a Blast from the Past:
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Chair
Kathy Lindstrom 651-324-3553 [email protected] [email protected] Vice Chair
Membership/Greeter
Molly Moran 651-260-3339 [email protected]
Treasurer
Marsha Millonig 651-269-2461 [email protected] Trisha Millonig 651-452-6007 [email protected]
Show Chair
Kathy Lindstrom 651-324-3553 [email protected] Refreshments
Susan Skoog 651-455-8104 [email protected] Secretary
Sunny Kline 801-645-4730 [email protected]
Web Site Chair
Sue Tobias 952-393-4596 [email protected] Sunshine
Molly Moran 651-260-3339 [email protected]
Education/Activities
Arlette Kreager 612-666-1392 [email protected]
Retreat Chair
Pat Basch 651-452-0707 [email protected]
Community Service
Trisha Millonig 651-452-6007 [email protected] Elizabeth Kobliska. 651-340-0024
Newsletter
Jackie Grinde 651-452-8216 [email protected]
DCSQ Web Site: www.dcsq.org
DCSQ Blog: http://dcsq.blogspot.com
The purpose of Dakota County Star Quilters is to offer an interesting and informative forum to share our common interest in the art of quilting. The group has 9 regular monthly meetings and 3 special meetings each year. The regular meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, one block north of the intersection of Yankee Doodle Road and Pilot Knob Road.
