Whether you’re just starting out or you’re an experienced quilter, you’ll be welcome here. Even if you just enjoy quilts but don’t want to make your own, come to our meetups. We meet the third Saturday of every month except December. Check our events calendar for times and locations. We hope you’ll come as a guest but have so much fun you’ll stay as a member
Recent Posts
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Bonnie Anderson
Medical help has always been Bonnie’s specialty. She is a retired Nurse Practitioner. Bonnie is from Indiana, where she attended school and college. Her NP degree is from Kentucky. Bonnie is one of several people who was infected by the quilting bug because of Virginia Dambach. They met through church, and Virginia advised her not… Read more
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Aura Lee Mohror
What a delight to find that Aura Lee Mohror, who moved to South Dakota, is back in town to stay! “I was born and raised in Minnesota. I spent 6 years in the AirGuard. I graduated from the University of New Mexico with a secondary English Ed degree. I have spent my education career in… Read more
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Nominate a Quilter
One of the reasons quilters join a group is to get to know other quilters. Even if you regularly attend our monthly meet ups, you won’t get to know every single member, and even worse they may not get to know you. Our Member Spotlight aims to remedy that. Each Member Spotlight will feature a… Read more
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Stephanie Lacher
Stephanie Lacher, our newsletter editor, has been a member of QGND for over 20 years. She has served as editor most of that time. “Nobody has kicked me out yet!” she says with a laugh. Stephanie is from Fargo, although her family moved to the country where she attended Kindred High School, followed by Moorhead… Read more
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Laurie Rott
Quilter & Quilt Collector Laurie Rott, Fargo, displays the only family quilt in her collection, from the farm near Amenia where she grew up. She’s not sure which ancestor made it. Barbara Brackman identifies this as Martha’s Choice, published by Nancy Cabot in 1934. It’s very similar to a well-known pattern, Hearts & Gizzards. Laurie learned to… Read more
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Lori Olek
You may know Lori Olek as a long-arm machine quilter. In fact, she founded the Red River Machine Quilters group 25 years ago. In the early 1990’s Lori apprenticed with long-armer Barb Herrick, a former QGND president and one of the earliest long-arm quilters in the area. There she learned how to do pantograph designs.… Read more