Blanca Sanchez What We’ve Been Sewing We had six members with machines humming away amongst the laughter and beautiful voices singing to ’50-’60-’70s music via a YouTube channel on the TV in the community sewing room. A total of five tops were completed along with three more to be completed at home. Quite the sewing…
Blanca Sanchez Happy New Year Desert Threads! What a wonderful first formal meeting it was! Our new President, Barbara Johnston opened things up with a delightful story about baking cookies—a sweet reminder that, like a good batch of cookies, great quilts and friendships, take patience, the right ingredients, and a little bit of love. She…
Blanca Sanchez We all know that time flies yet we’re usually quite surprised when it really does happen and our final meeting for the year is here and our Quilty friends go to their summer homes (those fortunate to have them) and our quilt group becomes a small group of quilters having impromptu and casual…
Blanca Sanchez There is so much to share I’m not sure where to begin. So, I’ll begin with March’s activities in our group meetings. Our March speaker was Gina Perkes, the owner of The Copper Needle quilt store in Payson, Aruz. and an inspirational, national award-winning quilter. Her trunk show was filled with award winning…
Blanca Sanchez, Desert Threads Chapter of AQG February was a blink of an eye, and March came in with more amazing quilting and fiber arts projects and upcoming inspiring programs. We will have hosted our third Community Service Retreat project with 3-Yard Quilts patterns the first weekend in March for our service projects, and the…
Blanca Sanchez, Desert Threads Quilt Chapter of AQG The Desert Threads quilt group is celebrating a season full of creativity, connection, and community service. This fall, members have been hard at work sharing their talents through both learning opportunities and charitable projects. One of the group’s proudest accomplishments this year is the completion of the…
Jody Edwards, Desert Threads Quilt Chapter of AQG Last month, we met many Sun Lakes residents during the Community Day Open Houses. Desert Threads had a table set up, and it was covered with beautiful quilts made by our members. There were a couple of reoccurring comments we heard at every event: • “Oh, I…
Blanca Sanchez, Desert Threads Quilt Chapter of AQG Hello Quilty Friends, We have been reading about vintage quilt blocks, such as the Kansas City Star in the past month’s article. Today, I’d like to share with you some more interesting and motivating inspiration about nostalgic vintage quilt patterns. In the link below, you’ll learn about…
Jody Edwards, Desert Threads Quilt Chapter of AQG As we all know, Arizona has the perfect weather for many winter activities and hobbies. But in the summer months, we look for different types of activities to fill those long, hot days, and quilting is a great hobby for summers in Arizona. This summer, Desert Threads…
Jody Edwards, Desert Threads Quilt Chapter of AQG Desert Threads Quilters had 10 quilters display their quilts at the Arizona Quilters Guild (AQG) Quilt Show in Mesa in January, with seven of them bringing home awards! The AQG Quilt Show is an annual show with quilts entered by AQG members from all over the state.…