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Mission:

The purpose of Dakota County Star Quilters shall be to contribute to the growth of knowledge about quilting techniques, patterns, history and quilt-making by providing educational meetings, fun and fellowship, by sponsoring and supporting quilting activities, by encouraging quilt-making, and by promoting the appreciation and knowledge of quilts.

 

We are located in Dakota County, Minnesota, near Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Meetings:

Visitors are always welcome. Thinking of joining?  Come to a meeting and get to know us.

DCSQ meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month, 7-9 pm, at the Eagan Community Center, Eagan, Minnesota.  (Click here for directions.) 

In February, our meeting is at our annual quilt show at the Dakota County Historical Society in South St Paul.

 The July meeting is a potluck picnic at a park in Eagan.

 

Bag of Stuff Challenge Quilts

The idea behind the Bag of Stuff challenge was for the quilter to put into a paper bag several pieces of fabric from her stash that she wanted to see end up as a wall hanging.  She could include embellishments, buttons, beads, lace, etc.  The person making the quilt could add fabrics from her own stash and could choose to use the embellishments or not.  For this year's challenge, everyone was supposed to try to include a circular or curved element in the wall hanging.

Sylvia organized the challenge, and took all the bags, randomized them and redistributed them.  Anyone who brought a bag got a different bag to work on, with the goal being to create a quilt no larger than 20 inches on a side.  The person who got the bag did not know whose bag she received.  The resulting quilts were shared at the November 2008 meeting.

Click here to page down to Color Our World Crayon Challenge Quilts.

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	Quilt was made by Diane Schotl from Kaye Goers' Bag of Stuff "A circular table decoration; it is just beautiful.  It has netting on top of it."
	A Log Cabin quilt made by Arvie Beckman from Janet Schueller's Bag of Stuff. 17" x 17"
	"Christmas Stocking" made by Kaye Gordon from Marsha Millonig's Bag of Stuff.  15" x 24" "Kaye made two quilts for me in the Bag of Stuff Challenge.   She liked one better than the other but gave me the beautiful pieced top.  I finished it at our retreat and enjoyed having two holiday quilts in my home."     "Christmas Stocking" made by Kaye Gordon from Marsha Millonig's Bag of Stuff.  15"  x 19" "Kaye did a fantastic job creating a holiday quilt for me The embellishments are really cute."
	"Bag of Stuff Challenge Sampler" made by Sandi Irish from Jeanette Root's Bag of Stuff.  19" x 19" Sandi said that she forgot to include the curved element until the quilt was almost finished, so she added rick rack to the border for the curves.
	"Magnificent Moth" made by Trisha Millonig from Sally Mortenson's Bag of Stuff. "One of the batiks in my bag of stuff had large red, blue and green dots.  Trisha saw a moth in her yard that had dots on its wings, and they reminded her of the dotted batik.  She embellished the dots, which makes the quilt shimmer in the sunlight."
	"My Quilted Cottage" made by Harriet Jahnke from Cindy Hilleary's Bag of Stuff. 17" x 17"
	Made by Jackie Grinde from Beth Kobliska's Bag of Stuff.   "I picked out the wildest fabrics I could find to really challenge whoever got my bag of sturr, and I was thrilled with the results."   Jackie made 2 quilts, because the first quilt (on top) came out larger than the maximum size in the challenge rules.
	Made by Ginger Hendrickson from Jackie Grinde's Bag of Stuff.
	Made by Kathy Grinsteinner from Trisha Millonig's Bag of Stuff.   "After receiving my completed quilt, I decided to personalize it in honor of my father, who was a captain in the U.S. Army Air Force and was stationed in Italy in World War II."
	Batik Star made by Cindy Hilleary from Kathy Grinsteinner's Bag of Stuff
	"The Garden" made by Doris Kraemer from Sandi Irish's Bag of Stuff.   "Doris did this using my pastel purples and greens."
	"Sunrise through the Window" made by Jeannette Root from Karen Shear's Bag of Stuff.
	Made by Karen Shear from Doris Kraemer's Bag of Stuff "Bright cats with curved borders.  I embellished with Laurel Burch cat buttons.  Quilted with multi-colored thread."
	"Celebrating Sue" Pieced and quilted by Doris Kraemer. "This bag of stuff was hiding in plain sight, but I didn't know it.  Days before the deadline I bought the cheater fabric to substitute and had it almost complete.  Then I found the Bag of Stuff fabric, which I completed for Sandi Irish.
Other Quilts from 2008 Bag of Stuff, that were not entered in the show.
	Made from Harriet Jahnke's Bag of Stuff.
	Made from Ginger Hendrickson's Bag of Stuff.
	Made from Arvie Beckman's Bag of Stuff.
	Made by Beth Kobliska from Carol Jacob's Bag of Stuff.   3 paper pieced stars.
Color Our World Crayon Challenge Sandi Irish organized this year's quilt show challenge.  Each quilter got a crayon, and was challenged to make a quilt that was 75% the color, or shades of the color of her crayon.