Cynthia Schwartz The PebbleCreek Quilters organization announced the winner of the 2023 Opportunity Quilt. The lucky winner was Mo Davies from Glendale. Mo commented that she bought $5 worth of tickets and was thrilled to win such a wonderful quilt. Congratulations to Mo Davies—enjoy your quilt!
Cathy Howell The PebbleCreek quilter lost a very dear and supportive friend in September of 2023. Kathleen O’Connell joined the Estrella Mountain Quilters/PebbleCreek Quilt Club shortly after moving into her home in 2001 and was an active member ever since. She had a varied artistic background, having been a weaver and painter prior to moving here from New…
Cynthia Schwartz Diane Rottman, a member of the PebbleCreek Quilters Club, recently taught a Paper Piecing class. Paper Piecing is a technique used by quilters to easily sew complex designs. The method uses a paper template, folding fabric, sewing on the paper lines, and finishing by tearing off the paper. Paper Piecing is not a new…
Cynthia Schwartz Every month, the PebbleCreek (PC) Quilters club proudly displays our members’ quilted creations in the Fiber Arts display window located in the Creative Arts Center (CAC). Chris Booth is responsible for choosing a theme for each month and arranging the items for display. The May 2023 display window was in observance of Memorial…
Cynthia Schwartz When creating a quilt, PebbleCreek quilters produce a lot of scraps of fabric. Some scraps are less than an inch and other pieces are much larger. In the past, fabric scraps were being tossed into the garbage and thrown in the dumpster. The question came up: What else could we do with scraps?…
The PebbleCreek (PC) Quilters club introduced the newly elected 2023-24 board members at the annual spring luncheon held on April 10 in the Tuscany Ballroom. Elected members are: President: Debbie Arsenault Vice-President: Linda Rowe Treasurer: Darlene Helker Secretary: Julie Baird Publicity: Cynthia Schwartz Community Service: Hiromi Bashore Education: Deb Campbell Long Arm Chairperson: Roberta Penchina…
Linda Rowe The PC Quilters Club has a long history of supporting our veterans by making quilts and sponsoring a veteran’s luncheon. For the last few years, we have also donated a quilt to the Luke Chapter of the Military Officers Association of American (MOAA) for their annual fundraiser. PC Quilt Club member Cynthia Schwartz…
Linda Rowe No one was more surprised than Virgie Manley when her husband, Joel, told her they needed to go pick something up. As it turned out, Joel had bought just five tickets online from the PC Quilters Club for the 2020 Opportunity Quilt. Joel was very excited and said, “We won!” Joel had bought…
Linda Rowe When Connie Steckler passed away after a yearlong cancer battle, her husband Nick was at a loss as to where to begin with sorting through her many quilting supplies that he wanted to donate to the PebbleCreek (PC) Quilt Club. Connie was an avid sewer and quilter, who even had a small business using…
Linda Rowe Mark Hohnbaum is the kind of guy who always puts a lot of thought into gifts for his wife, Koni. Koni is a nurse at Banner Del E Webb. Mark told PebbleCreek (PC) Quilters Club member Mary Sabatello, who had made masks and head coverings for Koni and other nurses, that he wanted to…