Brooks Scofield The Agave Quilters of Sun Lakes are planning an exciting kick-off meeting for the new season. The special guest speaker for the September meeting is Carolyn Woods of Totally Tidy, a well-known and respected leader in the field of home and hobby/craft organization. Mrs. Woods started her own company several years ago and…
The Agave Quilters of Sun Lakes may not be having meetings this summer, but that does not mean that quilting is taking a vacation. Most Agave members will use the free time this summer to work on their entries for Agave’s 2016 President’s Challenge for the 2016 Agave Quilt Show. The theme of Faith Bragg’s…
Anne Munoz, a gifted Agave quilter, recently won the Moda Piece and Comfort quilt challenge at the local (store) level. Here, in the greater Phoenix area, the challenge was sponsored by Mesa quilt shop, A Quilters Oasis. After winning at the local level, Anne’s quilt was entered, along with many other shop winning quilts, in…
All Agave members should save the 1:00 p.m. April 1 meeting for Master Quilter Sharon Schamber. Sharon has a wonderful studio in nearby Payson where she creates all of her fabulous quilts. The Agave Guild is very lucky to have Sharon as a presenter where we will be able to see her quilts up-close and…
Brooks Scofield The Agave Quilt Guild sponsored Art Group recently completed a superb wall hanging for the upcoming Agave Quilt Show that will be held on March 28. This unique contemporary quilt illustrates President Faith Bragg’s show theme of “Holidays and Celebrations” in a very distinctive way. Over the 2014 summer and into the fall,…
The Agave Quilters got off to a fantastic start in 2015 with a wonderful Trunk Show in January by Barbara Polston of Phoenix. Barbara introduced Agave members to her newest book, Quilting with Doilies: Inspirations, Techniques, and Projects published by Schiffer, and now available on Amazon. Included in the January trunk show were all the fabulous…
The Agave Quilt Guild of Sun Lakes opens the 2015 year with nationally known speaker, writer and quilter Barbara Polston on the January 7 at the Oakwood Ballroom at 1:00 p.m. At the meeting, Barbara will debut her newest quilting book, Quilting with Doilies, published by Schiffer. Advanced copies may be available at the meeting…
December and the holiday season has finally arrived and the Agave Quilt Guild will hold their annual Holiday Party on the first Wednesday of December. All of the available tickets have already been sold and everyone is looking forward to a fabulous lunch at the Oakwood Ballroom. Agave says thank you to hospitality coordinators Jeanette…
Johnie Scofield The Agave Quilters got off to a fabulous start this fall. Our “Quilters Who Care” group has designed the cutest ladies bag possible and is distributing kits at each meeting. Come and get a kit at the November meeting and return it in December! All completed bags will go to local women’s shelters…
Johnie Scofield The Agave Quilters of Sun Lakes got off to a fabulous start in September with their first guild meeting of the year held September 3 in the Oakwood Ballroom of the Oakwood Country Club. One of the founding members, Dorrie Meehan, was given a small token of appreciation and love for all that…