The first meeting for our new year will be Wednesday, Sept. 13, in the Lecture Hall located in the Cottonwood Computer Training Center. This is a new location for Desert Threads meetings and provides a larger room for our gathering. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m., but doors will be open at 9 a.m. for…
The hot summer months in the south half of Arizona is when many of our quilters will catch up on unfinished projects, start new ones, prepare holiday gifts, or escape to the high country. Perhaps they go on a tour of quilt shops or quilt shows in out-of-town locations. There are many shops around the…
In December the Sun Lakes Quilting Ladies delivered 44 lap quilts to Neighbors Who Care for their clients. Many hours of “love” went into making each quilt by three Quilting Ladies, knowing these quilts will keep our own special residents warm during the winter months. This project starts with the wonderful financial support of the…
Debi Loofburrow We held our first meeting of this season on Sept. 7, and our members have been very busy! Many shared their amazing UFO challenge finished projects. We all needed a little push to get us busy! Our next meeting is on Oct. 5, where our new board members will introduce themselves to the…
Sue Bart Look for a beautiful quilt featuring a golfing theme when you attend the Activities Open Houses sponsored by the HOAs during October. We will be giving the quilt away to a lucky winner in October. The Open Houses are held at each of the clubhouses on three different Saturday mornings in October. Desert…
Sue Bart Our first meeting for the new season will be in the Phoenix Room in Cottonwood at Sun Lakes. Kimm Wheeler will give a presentation about entering your quilt in quilt shows. She’ll talk about why you would want to do this and how to enter the Arizona Quilters Guild Show, March 23-25, 2023,…
The May meeting featured Diana Jones demonstrating how fabric can be dyed using the Ice Dye Technique. She showed many fabric examples that were first tied, then set in a tub with a variety of colored dye and ice. As the ice melts, it causes the dye to seep into the fabric and create a…
Sue Bart The Welcome Center of Phoenix receives refugees who have entered the United States legally through the asylum-seeking process. This Center is a stop-over for legal refugees to obtain much-needed supplies, food, change of clothing, personal items, and tote bags before they continue on to sponsors around the United States. Desert Threads is making…
The Feb. 9 meeting was a different format for Desert Threads members. Four experienced members set up tables to demonstrate different techniques. Members rotated every 15 minutes to a different topic. Diana Jones explained different battings and when and why you would use them. Mary Platt showed two different techniques for making half-square triangles, including…
Come join the fun with the SunBird Sunny Quilters. We meet Thursday afternoons in the Hopi Room from 1 to 5 p.m., and all day the second Saturday of the month. Bring your sewing machines or hand projects and meet new quilters. On the first Thursday of the month, we enjoy lunch in the Horizon…