Membership
Individual / Student
- Youth membership is available for youth to age 18 and students with a student ID card.
- MQ News, our monthly newsletter, emailed to you with information about upcoming meetings, quilt shows around the Midwest, quilt shops' special events, and much more.
- Thursday Thimbleful email sent to members on Thursdays with the latest news.
- Access to virtual meetings and events. (access link emailed to members in advance).
- Early registration for The Minnesota Quilt Show.
- Membership discounts for the MQ annual show and other MQ events.
- Access to our library and video library at the Textile Center of Minnesota. Read more about this below.
- Voting privileges.
- Access to the online Member Directory.
Business
- All benefits and privileges enjoyed by regular members (see left).
- Name and Link on Business Member page of the Minnesota Quilters, Inc. website during your membership term.
- Helpful Referrals to your business location by MQ office staff.
- Your business Name and Location published in January, April, July and September issues of the MQ monthly newsletter.
- Name and Location Listed in the MQ Annual Report published at the end of each calendar year.
- Opportunity to apply for vending at an MQ monthly meeting.
- Eligibility for Frequent Advertiser rates for ads in the MQ monthly newsletter. View current ad rates.
- Two (2) free business card size ads during calendar year in MQ monthly newsletter.
- Opportunity to apply to offer workshops to MQ members in coordination with MQ Education calendar if space and/or schedules allow. For further information regarding this opportunity, contact the MQ Education Director at ed@mnquilt.org.
Additional Member Benefit
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. is an Affiliate Guild of the Textile Center. A benefit of membership in MQ is that members can check out materials from the Textile Center library. Along with groups in many other states, the Minnesota Quilt Project began documenting state quilts in the late 1980s. The project in Minnesota led to publication of the book "Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past" in 2005. Documentation groups in other states also published books, many of which were collected by MQP. The books tell the stories of quilters; images of quilters and the quilts they created are featured. Overall, the collection highlights the breadth of technical skills and creativity of quilters across America. View the list of books here.
MQP has collected copies of "Uncoverings," the yearly quilt research publication of the American Quilt Study Group. These journals are available also in the Textile Center Library.
The Textile Center is located in Minneapolis at 3000 University Ave SE.