Betty Bogaard Agave Quilters Guild guest speaker in October was Pam Rackley, owner of Sweet Pz Dezigns, a long arm quilting and full retail shop in Gilbert. Pam’s passion is sharing the love of quilting with others. Her featured topic was paper piecing using Lori Holt’s designs. (Please note that our originally scheduled October speaker,…
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…
Betty Bogaard The new season for the Agave Quilters Guild begins on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 1 p.m. in the Navajo Room at the Sun Lakes Country Club (25601 E. Sun Lakes Blvd). Anyone with an interest in quilting, textiles, or fabric arts is welcome to attend. At this meeting, we will introduce our newest…
Betty Bogaard The Agave Quilters Hand Sewing friendship group continues to meet every Tuesday morning throughout the year. All Agave members are welcome to join. Each member brings a project to work on—such as embroidery, appliqué, cross-stitch, hand quilting, or finishing a binding. The group has only one rule: no sewing machines! Following their morning…
Betty Bogaard The Agave Quilters continue to create throughout the summer. Many of our members are currently piecing and quilting patriotic quilts for local veterans. Our goal is to complete these by November 1 when they will be delivered to the Arizona Patriot Guard Riders to be gifted during the holiday season, as part of…
Jody Edwards, Desert Threads Quilt Chapter of AQG As many of our community members begin the departure to cooler climates for the summer, so follow many of our Desert Threads members. Since we stay very busy here with social activities and classes for our members during the winter months, we may wonder, “How do quilters…
Loretta Moyer As you know, any type of quilting or sewing is a craft of passion. I have been a quilting fanatic for more than a decade, having dedicated countless thousands of hours to the hobby I have loved. But like all good things, time takes its toll. The time has come for me to…
Jody Edwards As cooler weather and our winter residents begin to return, Desert Threads will also return to our regularly scheduled meetings. Our monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month in the Lecture Hall of the Computer Learning Center at Cottonwood. Quilters and sewists of all skill levels are encouraged to…
Mary La Tourelle Yes, fall is approaching, and on Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Agave Quilters Guild will kick off our new season. The meeting will be held in the Navajo Room at Sun Lakes Country Club at 1 p.m. All people interested in quilting are invited to attend. There’s sure to be lots of summer…
Sue Bart At the first meeting for 2024, members learned an easy technique for creating patchwork in which seams line up perfectly. Pam Rackley, the guest speaker, showed some favorite new products and a demo of how grid foundations are used. Pam showed some samples by Ten Sisters EasyPiecing Grid and SmartGrid. Some members have…