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
February 9th meeting Sharyn Resvick MQ 2025 Quilter of the Year
March 9th meeting Sew Quilty Quilt Shop, Arlington, MN
April 13th meeting Comfort Quilt Sewing night
May 11th meeting Tamara Darragh
June 8th meeting zoom speaker Lynn Hellman
July 13th meeting Summer Picnic
August 10th meeting 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
February 9th CAQC Meeting:
Our February 9th speaker is CAQC member Sharyn Resvick, 2025 MN Quilter of the year!
Quilting is Sharyn’s passion in life. Sharyn loves making all styles of quilts from the reproductions to the modern, simple patterns to the most complex. But her favorites are detailed, precision-pieced, traditional quilts, many being star-themed quilts or applique quilts using her signature Invisible Machine Applique. Sharyn is perhaps best known for her "Threads of Time" historical collection which she will just briefly touch on but will also show her journey in quilting from her early scrap quilts to her latest modern quilts made through her Retreats in Retirement.
Dates to Put on Your Calendar
• February 4, DAGS Small Group, 10:30 to 1:30
• February 7, Mount Calvary Saturday Group, 9 to 3
• February 24, Quilt Show Planning Meeting 5:30 Chanhassen Library Wilder Room
• March 10 – March 27, Dakota County Star Quilters' 31st annual quilt show will be held at the
Dakota County Historical Society Museum, 130 3rd Avenue North in South Saint Paul
The museum is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Thursdays from 9 a.m.–8 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Sharyn Resvick will present a lecture on the history of quilting on March 10 at 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
• April 10 – 11, New Ulm Quilt Show 2026, 9 am to 4 pm, Admission $10
• April 21, 1-3, Try Something New, Longfellow Room, Chanhassen Library
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.
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.