Our in-person meetings will be held at the Chanhassen Recreation Center, 2310 Coulter Blvd., Chanhassen, MN. The regular meeting night will be the second Monday of the month. See the individual meeting information for any changes to time or place for special meetings. Our meeting social time starts at 6:30 pm, the business portion starts at 7pm unless listed otherwise for an individual meeting. Some in-person meetings will feature a speaker presentation over Zoom.
NOTE: If the Eastern Carver County School District calls a snow day, the Community Center is closed, and our meeting will be canceled.
Meeting News
Upcoming 2026 Meetings
April 13th meeting Comfort Quilt Sewing night starts at 6 pm.
May 11th meeting Tamara Darragh
June 8th meeting zoom speaker Lynn Hellman
July 13th meeting Summer Picnic
August meeting changed date August 17th Margaret Maki
September 14th meeting Amarylis Henderson
September 25th-26th "Fall Splendor of Quilts" Quilt Show
October 12th meeting Linda Dynan
November 9th meeting zoom speaker Julius Rempe-Knight
December 14th meeting Holiday Party
2026 Meeting Details
April 13th CAQC Meeting: This is the annualComfort Quilt Work Night with a special start time at 6 p.m.`
Join fellow members in stitching quilts that will make their way into the hands of abuse victims, veterans, elder care residents, young single mothers, children who are severely sick or injured, and various others who need help or comfort.
Here is how comfort quilt work night works:
• Come with your sewing machine, an extension cord, and basic supplies, ready to sew together a quilt top along with several other members.
• Ironing boards and irons are also needed.
• If you prefer not to bring a machine, you can serve as an assistant to the sewers, helping to cut, pin, and press.
• The committee will bring batting and fabric from the club’s comfort quilt stash, as well as kits made from the comfort quilt blocks you’ve turned in over the last few months. Pick from kits, bundles, or loose fabric to make something that evening or take home to finish later.
• You can also stop by just to pick up fabric. Many club members like to use their stash to make a comfort quilt but rely on the club to supply backing and batting.
Come browse our selection. Throughout the evening, we will have a few prize drawings.
• The biggest request for fabric is for backing, if you have pieces of fabric of at least 1½ yards taking up space in your closet, consider donating the yardage to the club. Neutral or blender fabrics are best, but we can use it all!
To help us better plan for the evening, please email Carolyn S. at the email listed in the April newsletter and let her know if you plan to bring a sewing machine and/or an ironing board. We look forward to seeing everyone! Please, remember that start time is 6 pm.
Note: A reminder for any persons who attended the January retreat and took pre-cut blocks to make for our Comfort Quilts. Please bring those blocks to the April sewing night (completed or not) so that they can be added them to the blocks already turned in. The blocks were from a coordinated kit, and need to be returned to finish the quilt. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please contact Carolyn S. to make arrangements to get them to her at a convenient time. Thanks much.
Dates to Put on Your Calendar
• April 1, DAGS Small Group, 10:30 to 1:30
• April 10 – 11, New Ulm Quilt Show 2026, 9 am to 4 pm, Admission $10,
Royal Oak Event Center, 301 20th Street S, New Ulm, MN
• April 10(9-5) & April 11(10-4), Northfield Quilters Quilt Show 2026, Admission $5,
Little Prairie Methodist Church, 2980 130th St. E, Dundas, MN,
• April 17, 10 – 3, Boutique Craft Day, Chanhassen Library
• April 21, 1-3, Try Something New Group, Longfellow Room, Chanhassen Library
• May 1 (10-7) & May 2 (9 – 4) Maple Grove Quilters, Geese in the Garden Quilt Show, Admission $7
• May 6, 11:30 – 4:30, Boutique Craft Day, Chanhassen Library
• May 26, Quilt Show Committee Meeting at 5:30 at the Chanhassen Library
• June 11 – 13, MQ Show at River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud
Check out the newsletter or the CAQC Club News page for additional Information.
Previous 2026 Meetings
The January 2026 meeting was our usual kickoff meeting. The highlight were the reveals of our 2025 Mystery Quilt, our 2026 Quilt Show Raffle Quilt, and the drawings for the 2025 Resolution Quilt winners.
February 9th meeting. The featured speaker was the Minnesota Quilter of the year for 2025, Sharyn Resvick.
Our March 9th speakers were Kristine Knudsen and Kristen Rickaby, owners of the Sew Quilty quilt store in Arlington. Check out their website to learn more about these fun women and their store.
Previous 2025 Meetings
January 13th meeting. This will be an organizational meeting for 2025 Committees. Two CAQC members, former math teachers, shared math tips and tricks to make your quilt project planning clearer in their presentation "What’s Math Got to Do With It?!".
January 16 – 19, 2025 The 2025 Retreat was held at Green Lake Bible Camp near Spicer.
February 10th meeting The featured speaker was Diane Murtha Diane presented her lecture "License to Play".
March 10th meeting The featured speaker was Heidi Parkes.
April 14th meeting This meeting was our annual Comfort Quilt Work Night. Members stitch quilts that will make their way into the hands of refugees, abuse victims, veterans, elder care residents, and children who are severely sick or injured.
May 12th meeting The featured speaker was CAQC member Penny Kaspszak. Penny presented an entertaining view of her quilting journey.
June 9th meeting A small reception was held to honor CAQC member Sharyn Resvick.who was selected by the Minnesota Quilters as the 2025 Minnesota Quilter of the year.
The regular meeting featured a presentation by speaker Debby Boyles who described her artistic journey and shared a trunk show of her quilts and textile works.
July 14th meeting The annual CAQC potluck picnic was held on Monday, July 14 at Lake Ann in Chanhassen in the Klingelhutz Pavilion.
August 11th meeting The featured speaker was Jean McElvain, a curator of the Goldstein Museum of Design. Jean discussed the impact of quilting on fashion through photographs of quilts and wearables from the Goldstein Museum of Design’s collection.
September 8th meeting A last minute speaker cancellation changed the meeting plans. Attendees were treated to a trunk show of the many Comfort Quilts that have been turned in. Then we broke up into small groups and shared quilting histories, favored quilting styles, quilters that we followed online and in general got to know more about fellow CAQC members.
The October 13th meeting The featured speaker was MJ Kinman presenting "Gems of the Smithsonian and the Quilts They’ve Inspired". MJ shared the history and lore of these gems and introduced their eccentric, intriguing and often outrageous owners throughout the ages. Then she lead us through the step-by-step process she uses to transform images into quilt designs and shared her quilts based on these gems. She says, “It’s all about the faceting pattern!”
The November 10th meeting featured speaker will be Tom Maidl. His presentation was "Country Classic Quilting: It’s All About the Journey" describing his personal journey and featuring a trunk show.
The CAQC 2025 Holiday Party was heald at Turtles 1890 Social Club, 112 Lewis Street, Shakopee.
Previous 2024 Meetings
January 8th Meeting. This was our usual kickoff the year meeting with the new board. A portion of the meeting was focused on discussing our club's purpose and developing a to welcoming statement for the club.
February 12th 7pm. An English Paper Piecing Party was demoed at the meeting. Members were give a trial packet and instruction for getting started with the EPP method of quilting.
March 11th meeting. The featured speaker was Australian quilter Rachaeldaisy Dodd. Rachael presented a trunk show featuring her colorful distinctive style.
April 8th meeting. This was the club's annual comfort quilt work night. Special starting time is 6 pm.
May 13th meeting. The featured speaker was Heather Peterson of Anka's Treasures.
June 10th meeting . The featured speaker was former CAQC member Patti Coppock! Patti currently makes improvised designs in her work. Some of her recent work has been inspired by her grandchildren's drawings and one of these quilts, “Sam and Pam”, was acquired by the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, NE.
July 8th meeting. The annual CAQC picnic was held in the Lakeside Pavilion at Lake Ann Park in Chanhassen.
August 19th meeting: The featured speaker was Karla Dahms.
September 9th meeting: The featured speakers were Jacques Elate Joss and Carmen Elate, co-founders of the creative studio, atelier mamaku.
October 14th meeting: Our Zoom speaker was Tara Faughnan. She presented her lecture “Value Creates the Design”.
November 11th meeting: Our Zoom speaker was Colby Cartledge. She presented her lecture “Don’t Get Stuck in a Scrap Trap!" where she discussed her method of scrap organization.
December 9th Holiday party