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 Meeting Dates
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
September 14th CAQC Meeting - The featured speaker will be Amarilys Henderson. Her presentation is entitled "Curbing Trend to Your Unique Voice".
Amarilys Henderson is a professional watercolor artist and fabric designer with Moda fabrics. Her presentation reflects on her quilting journey through design and offers ways to take in what’s fresh, but not quite your taste and make it your own. She will show samples of her past lines, a look into the fabric design process, and give us a preview of what’s to come.
Amarylis is also published author and illustrator and an online instructor of design and watercolor techniques. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, her work as a surface designer has had her work on ceramics, paper goods, home décor and packaging—as well as the fabrics. She and her family live in Rochester, Mn.
Her website is https://www.watercolordevo.com and she can also be found on Instagram and YouTube.
Dates to Remember:
• July 29 (8am-7pm) & July 30 (8am-2pm), Piece Corps Fabric Sale, All Saints Lutheran Church, Norwood
• August 29, 9-3, Mount Calvary Saturday Group
• September 2, DAGS Group
• September 17, Stitch Together Group
• September 18 & 19, Apple River Quilt Guild, St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1050 Keller Ave N, Amery, WI
• September 24, Set Up for the CAQC Fall Show
• September 25 & 26, CAQC Fall Show
• September 25 -26, The Fargo Moorhead Quilters announces its biennial Metro Quilt Expo at the Veterans Memorial Arena, 1201 7th Ave E in West Fargo
• October 16–17, Evening Star Quilters present A Quilter’s Christmas Market, Mahtomedi District Education Center, 1520 Mahtomedi Ave, East side of White Bear Lake
• October 16-17, Symphony of Quilts, Quilters’ Sew-ciety, Holy Spirit Catholic School, 5455 50th Ave NW, Rochester, MN
• October 21, 1-3, Try Something New Group
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.
April 13th CAQC Meeting. This was the annual Comfort Quilt Work Night. Members met to stitch together 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.
May 11th CAQC Meeting. The featured speaker was Tamara Darragh, a MN based modern quilter and pattern designer of both quilts and bags, as well as a blogger and an Instagram poster (@remivailstudio). Tamara shared her thoughts (and examples) of how to "Explore Thread in Quilting". Her website and on-line ‘store’ can be found at remivailstudio.com.
June 8th CAQC Meeting. The featured speaker was Lyn Heilman from BattingSuperSale.com. Lyn presented a fun and educational lecture, "Batting: What’s Inside Matters", on how to choose batting for your project. She shared the “why and when” for the different fibers and bonding methods and what you can expect from them in your finished quilt.
July Picnic was rescheduled to August 10th. The club's annual Picnic in the Park meeting was held at the Klingelhutz Pavillon in Lake Ann Park, Chanhassen, MN .
There was:
• a rummage table with a money donation box
• a Buy It Now box with prices marked for immediate sale
• an auction table with the more valuable items saved for live bidding.
Members brought potluck dishes to share
August 17th CAQC Meeting - The featured speaker was Margaret Maki. Her presentation was a trunk show entitled "From Flour Sack Quilts to Baltimore Album Quilt". Margaret's quilts demonstrate a wide range of interests, and all are impeccably done.
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