Friday, October 5, 2012

I hope everyone enjoyed the last days of summer. Looks like Fall is here with winter just around the corner. That's Minnesota for you!

Our next meeting will be held on Saturday, October 13th at 11:00. Our featured guest will be Carol Schwankl, who will telling us what judges look for in award winning quilts. I am really looking forward to hearing Carol speak.

For our January meeting, we had hoped to have a panel discussion to answer questions from our members regarding all things quilting related. I had asked for members to submit topics that they would like discussed, but as of yet, no one has emailed me anything. Hopefully I receive some responses before our January meeting or you may just have to listen to me talk about my kids, LOL.

Hope to see you all at the October meeting, hopefully without snow on the ground!

Mary

Monday, July 9, 2012

July Meeting

Our next meeting is this Saturday, July 14th, at 11:00. We will have a short business meeting followed by our presenter, Norma Riehm. Norma will be giving a trunk show of her beautiful fiber art pieces, as well as a demonstration. This presentation is open to all members, NOT a class. I hope that you will join us.

See you Saturday,

Mary Nordeng
President

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Upcoming Meetings

Here is a preview of our upcoming meetings!

July 14th, 2012--Norma Riehm from Hayward, WI. Award winning quilter, fiber artist and teacher, Norma will share her fiber art quilts and show quilts.

October 13th, 2012---Carol Schwankl will be sharing her expertise of show quilts. Carol is working on becoming a certified quilt judge and will share her knowledge regarding what judges look for.

Please check back for more information about upcoming programs. I will post more details as I receive them.

March 10, 2012

Our upcoming meeting this Saturday will feature Bonnie Bosma, longarm quilter and teacher. She will give a program during the meeting about batting and share her tips and tools of the trade. The meeting will start at 11:00 and run until we are finished.

If you are able to provide refreshments, please do so.

Hope to see you all on Saturday.

Mary

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

January Meeting

I had a wonderful time at our meeting on Saturday. Sue Heinz gave a wonderful presentation about her friend, Elmer. From the feedback I have received, it sounds like everyone enjoyed her class. I'm disappointed I was unable to attend the class. I did come home stuffed after all the great food at our pot luck.

I had several people request the recipe for my salad, so here you are:

-Mixed salad greens--I used the precut and washed salad bags, 1 bag of romaine and 1 bag of baby spinach blend.
-Small amount of thinly sliced red onion
-1 container of crumbled Feta cheese- I used the sun-dried tomato feta
-small bag of walnuts, carmalized--I used pecans
Dressing:
-equal amounts of olive oil, white vinegar, and sugar
-1/4 tsp dried mustard
-2 Tbsp poppy seed

Combine the dressing and mix well. Pour over salad just before serving.

I hope everyone will be able to attend our next meeting in March. I will post details as soon as I have them confirmed.

Mary Nordeng