Shannon Lanning Our March 5 meeting was a remarkably busy one with a speaker, an anniversary celebration, a business meeting, an abundance of Show and Tell, and plenty of camaraderie. First up was our speaker Madonna Baker, owner of Mad B’s Quilt and Sew in Mesa (an authorized BERNINA dealer). The shop offers longarm quilting,…
Mary La Tourelle At our March 5 meeting we will celebrate the guild’s 30th anniversary! Originally called Agave Needlers, we began in the Spring of 1995 after a small ad was placed in the Splash calling for interested quilters to attend an informational meeting to discuss forming a new chapter of the Arizona Quilters Guild.…
Bill Becker, Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation Treasurer The mission of the Agave Quilters Guild is to promote the appreciation of quilting, to encourage quilt making and collecting, to contribute to the knowledge of quilting through education, and to promote friendships and philanthropic endeavors. The Agave Quilters Club has seven Friendship Groups, which have been…
Mary La Tourelle With 107 members strong, the Agave Quilters Guild is starting the new season off with all kinds of activities. We meet the first Wednesday of the month, September through May, at 1 p.m. in the Navajo Room at Sun Lakes Country Club (25601 S. Sun Lakes Blvd.) and offer monthly speakers, smaller…
Debi Loofburrow At our May 3 meeting, it was all about UFOs! At least seven members (so far) shared some unfinished projects they’d like to complete this summer. We have until the November meeting to complete these in order to be entered in the raffle to win. Those who weren’t able to come to the…
Jeanne Becker, Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation Treasurer The mission of the Agave Quilters Guild is to promote the appreciation of quilting, encourage quilt making and collecting, contribute to the knowledge of quilting through education, and to promote friendships and philanthropic endeavors. This $1,500 grant complies with the Foundation’s Mission Statement in that it will…
Debi Loofburrow At our April 5 meeting 50 quilts were shared by our members for an Antique Quilt old-fashioned bed turning. So many wonderful stories of quilts being handed down from generation to generation were shared. Many of these gems were “well-loved,” some had very little binding, and several had holes in them, but they…
Debi Loofburrow At our April 5 meeting 50 quilts were shared by our members for an Antique Quilt old-fashioned bed turning. So many wonderful stories of quilts being handed down from generation to generation were shared. Many of these gems were “well-loved,” some had very little binding, and several had holes in them, but they…
Debi Loofburrow We held our first meeting of the new year on Jan. 4 with guest speaker Debra Kay, regional rep for the Studio Art Quilters Association of Arizona (SAQA). Debra shared many of her beautiful art quilts and explained the techniques used to make each one special. It was an educational and inspiring presentation.…
Debi Loofburrow Agavé held our Holiday Boutique on Nov. 19, and by all accounts, it was a huge success! Attendees were able to choose from a great variety of items and seemed content to be out holiday shopping after the void felt during COVID-19. Our annual holiday luncheon was held at Palo Verde Country Club…