St. Cloud Heritage Quilters

08/25/2026

As the summer is winding down, so is the month of August. September starts to bring the fall weather, cooler days, leaves turning color, cleaning gardens to prep for winter, buying mum plants, decorating for fall inside and outside, lots of fall activities happening around us.

Our next Guild meeting will be September 3rd, doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 7:00 @ Love of Christ Lutheran church on Pinecone road.

We will be welcoming Elizabeth Bayer, who will present the joyful story of the Annandale Art & Textile Center (AATC), a vocational weaving center that employs adults with a variety of learning styles and abilities as weavers. AATC also features a beautiful gift gallery with woven items crafted on site plus the works of over 55 local artists. With a full arts center, AATC also offers a large variety of creative classes, including weaving, knitting, felting, nalbinding, and
so much more.

Hope to see you there!

****** REMINDER*******
Guild elections will be held in October, and we have several important positions that need to be filled. Our Guild continues to be successful because members step forward to share their talents and time. Now is the perfect opportunity for you to become involved and help shape the future of our organization. Please check the newsletter for the open postions.

07/29/2026

I think Mother Nature is having a hot flash with the weeks of extreme heat and humidity. Hopefully, you are staying well hydrated and staying in the AC. Have you spent time in your sewing rooms, Shop Hopping, deep cleaning rooms, organizing stuff, bing watching tv/movie series, reading books or gathering with friends/family? It would be nice if you would share in the comments.

Guild newsletter were sent out this week, check out the happenings about a 2 day sewing event, Quilts of Honor and Quilt Show updates.

As the month of July is wrapping up, August is around the corner and our next meeting will be on August 6th.

Our speaker will be Cindy Bader - "Concept to Creations"
creator of Patterns on the Prairie

Cindy Bader is the quilt pattern designer behind Patterns on the Prairie (based out of Marshall, MN) she was a vendor at our last Quilt Show. She teaches mosaic applique using fusible techniques designed to make quilts "faster, simpler, and more beginner friendly". Her goal is to create well written patterns that are easy to follow and let quilters of any experience level create modern, gorgeous unique quilts. Cindy will explain her creative process from initial concept to final pattern creation.

Check out her website at www.patternsontheprairie.com

I'm excited to see her presentation, at show and tell I will be showing the butterfly that I made.

See you in August!

07/02/2026

Is it just me or do you feel like June just flew by. How many attended the Finding Freedom Quilt Shop Hop? It was my 1st Shop Hop, had lots of fun traveling to new stores, found some favorites along the way.

***Reminder that our meeting has been moved to July 9th, same place and time*** Enjoy your time with family and friends celebrating America's 250th Birthday.

Our speaker will be Jean Gilbertson, our founding member of St Cloud Heritage Quilters. She will be sharing her quilting journey from 1989 to Current.

Next meetings:
August 6th - Cindy Bader from Patterns on the Prairie
September 3rd - Elizabeth Burger - Annandale Textile
October 1st - Elections and Alice Sue Becker with "Rippin Good Tools"
November 5th- Veterans Special night- Quilt of Honor
December 3rd - Holiday Party

05/22/2026

Minnesota Quilt Show is right here in St. Cloud this year. Their website is mnquilt.org, if you want to get more information on ticket pricing at the door, advanced ticket purchase, speakers and lecture information, and a list of the vendors that will be there. Let's make it a fantastic turn out! Tell your family and friends!

05/22/2026

June happenings ~ in the area

Finding Freedom Shop Hop

05/22/2026

Hope you had ladies had a wonderful Mother's day. Enjoy your long Memorial Day weekend. Safe travels for those of you who are traveling this weekend.

Thursday, June 4th is our next guild meeting. Doors open at 6:30 p.m with meeting starting at 7:00 p.m. Our speaker this month is Laura Deleski.

Button Button Who's got Buttons?
Laura is a vintage Button collector. Learn the history of buttons and how Laura became a collector of these useful little gems. You can bring buttons to share with Laura. Learn if they are vintage and if have any value.

04/29/2026

Signs of spring are showing up outside, flowers starting to bloom, trees getting their buds, yards turning green, happy singing birds and people getting out of their houses enjoying the fresh air by walking, riding bike or seeing kids playing outside. I saw a snapping turtle already this spring.

Our May meeting will be on the 7th - doors open at 6:30 p.m at Love of Christ Lutheran Church on Pine Cone Road. Meeting will start at 7:00.

Chaska Quilt Guild will have on display their raffle quilt for their 2026 Quilt Show and will be selling tickets.

Our speaker this month is our very own Terri Bahn, who is a very talented art quilter. Her presentation will be on “Creating A Portrait Art Quilt” . She will be showing and explaining many different techniques to create a portrait art quilt. She hopes to inspire our members to try a technique using their pet or favorite person as the focal point of the quilt. One technique is perfect for a beginner and she will share that with the group.

04/02/2026

Reminder that our meeting is moved to April 16th due to the Easter.

Our April 16th speaker will be our very own Marlyn Anderson. She will be doing a trunk show on her journing from the beginning to current. It's going to be so much fun getting to see all of her paper piecing Fireworks quilts and many other quilts.

See you all on the 16th - doors open at 6:30, meeting will start at 7

03/22/2026

Our guild hosted a Sewing day today and had around 16 people. Was a productive get together. Quite a few of us complete tops, got binding sewn on quilts, a project cut out, an apron was made and one machine quilted. Lots of conversations. As always new things were learned. Who else spent the day sewing?

03/05/2026

SPEAKER COLBY CARTLEDGE HAS AN ACTIVITY PLANNED FOR OUR MEETING TOMMOROW NIGHT, MARCH 5TH - CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR DETAILS ON WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING WITH YOU.

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