Linda Rowe While members of the PebbleCreek Quilters Club are used to making items for local charities, no one could have imagined the need to make cloth surgical masks. However, they are rising to this increasing local need. When club president, Ronda Jones, sent out mask patterns and told club members about the need, they…
The committee for the biannual Quilt Show in the Creative Arts Center has been set for Sunday, March 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The committee, chaired by Barb Mauer, is excited to display all new quilts and quilt projects. The PC Rug Hookers will also be featured displaying their works of art. Project…
PebbleCreek members gathered at the Oasis Pool for a social on Oct. 16 to welcome back returning members and new residents for the winter. PebbleCreek Quilters is an organization of over 170 members that meet on the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. for social time and then a meeting at 7 p.m.…
Marlene Kuskie Members of the PebbleCreek Quilters look forward to honoring identified PebbleCreek veterans on Nov. 10, at 11:30 a.m. in the Tuscany Ballroom with a Veteran Appreciation Quilt at a luncheon and presentation of quilts. The creation of the red, white, and blue quilts was begun in May with Cynthia Schwartz chairing the project. Twenty appreciation quilts will…
Marlene Kuskie Quilters, sewists, and other persons who enjoy creative arts are known for giving their creations to others for their enjoyment and need. Whether it is a hand knitted sweater to keep someone warm in the winter, a quilt to either use on a bed or decorate a wall, a sculpture to adorn a mantle,…
Marlene Kuskie Even though the heat kept most PebbleCreek residents indoors this summer, the PebbleCreek Quilters continued their art of quilt making for others. Community service chairs, Patsy Smith and Judy Frank, gathered members to make quilts to donate to Ryan House. Ryan House focuses on quality of life and continuity of care that combines compassion with…
For the past two years, PebbleCreek quilters have created red, white and blue quilts to be given to veterans that are residents of PebbleCreek. The making and awarding of quilts have been joyful experiences for the recipients and those that created the quilts. Sewing and quilting times began May 18 with Marka Publicover, Linda Publicover,…
PebbleCreek Quilters enjoy not only the creative process of making a beautiful sewn project, they also enjoy giving and doing for others. The group spends every third Saturday working on a variety of needed items for the following designated West Valley groups: New Life Center, PC Pet Companions Club, Hospice of the Valley, Ryan’s House,…
As new technology is greeted by its users as being innovative and the next best tool, so quilters are always discovering the next tool that might help our process and produce better results. In celebration of our favorite or unique tools quilters like to use, an evening of Gadget Gab was held recently in the…
Marlene Kuskie For the past two Veterans Day Programs, the PC Quilters have created and presented veterans of PebbleCreek with a red, white and blue quilt. The PC Quilters would like to do this again and are seeing names of veterans. If you or a spouse/friend are a veteran and would like to receive a…