Ellen Brittingham Sew-N-Sews is a club for sewing enthusiasts who enjoy working with any type of fiber arts. Our general meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month in the Navajo Room at Sun Lakes Country Club. Our business meeting starts at 1 p.m. (the exceptions are for our Christmas and Spring Luncheons,…
Ellen Brittingham The Sew-N-Sews general meeting for February was held Feb. 8. Several visitors and five new members joined the existing members. We were reminded of the several special interest groups that meet each month. There are three regular charity groups that meet each month. They are Pads4Paws, Walker Bags, and the Children’s Charities. Sew…
Ellen Brittingham The January Sew-N-Sews meeting featured a program by Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop. Heidi presented a slide show explaining the steps she goes through to design a quilt pattern. She showed several examples of quilt patterns available in her store. One of her examples was a succulent pillow that resembles a succulent…
Ellen Brittingham The Sew-N-Sews members have been busy with holiday sewing and are now ready to start a new year of activities related to sewing. A machine repair afternoon in November was very successful. Our helpful mechanic Jose Hernandez cleaned and oiled 14 sewing machines for our members. He also took home the machines from…
Ellen Brittingham We are a group of over 100 people who love sewing. Our general meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month in the Navajo Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club. The business meeting starts at 1 p.m., but we invite you to come early to see what goodies are on…
Phyllis Prysock We look forward to our November meeting with Penny Sturges. Penny is the owner of Quilts Illustrated and designs bags of all kinds. Come and see what new ideas she has for us. That meeting will be on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 1 p.m. in the Navajo Room at Sun Lakes Country Club,…
Phyllis Prysock Our September meeting was a great get-together. We welcomed back some of those members who were away for the summer and enjoyed seeing old friends. Our program was a Mega Show and Tell, with our members showing off all the projects they completed over the summer and in our Christmas in July workshops.…
Phyllis Prysock We look forward to getting together with all our sewing friends when we resume our monthly general meetings on Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. in the Navajo Room of Sun Lakes Country Club. Many of us have done some cleaning out in our sewing studios, and we anticipate members will bring lots of…
The first Dolly Dressers meeting of fall will occur on Sept. 1 at 1 p.m. in the Oakwood Sewing Room. All current and prospective members are encouraged to attend. We will discuss reorganization, charity donations, and sewing for our dolls. We want to thank a resident of Oakwood for a most generous donation of collector…
Phyllis Prysock Sew-N-Sews met May 11 for the last time before our summer break. We installed new officers for the next two years. Our new officers are President Phyllis Prysock, Vice President Patty Hutson, Secretary Ann Barberg, and Treasurer Janet Rogers. We thank all for volunteering, and a special thank you to all of the…