Dava Esman We have a unique gem in our community—The Expressions Gallery in the Creative Arts Center. If you haven’t been there, you’re missing out on a special shopping experience. Resident artists and crafters offer beautiful handmade pieces for sale all year, and on Dec. 6, vendors, including the PebbleCreek Quilters club (PCQ), will pull…
Dava Esman In spring, eight members of the PebbleCreek Quilt Club (PCQ) learned to make the Dancing Plus block. According to teacher and pattern designer, Jan Ochterbeck, this is “a cute, chubby little Plus Sign block that dances across the quilt. Blocks are made oversized and trimmed down to tilt to the left or the…
Cynthia Schwartz Phyllis Morrow, 1st Vice President of the PebbleCreek Quilt Organization (PCQ), was the featured speaker at a recent PCQ meeting. Members had a unique opportunity to learn from Phyllis, an expert quilter, on what judges look for at juried quilt shows. Phyllis commented, “I have enjoyed my life as a quilter. I worked…
Cynthia Schwartz PebbleCreek Quilters (PCQ) hosted the annual Spring Luncheon in April. Special guest Leann Hileman, an award winning art quilter, spoke about her quilting journey, awards, and her approach to creating her fabulous works of art. Leann brought a number of her art quilts and examples of her sketches to show PebbleCreek Quilters. The…
Cynthia Schwartz On March 7, PebbleCreek Quilters (PCQ) celebrated the arrival of a new longarm machine in the Fiber Arts Room at the Creative Arts Center. The new machine replaced an outdated and unusable longarm machine that was beyond repair. The PCQ Longarm Committee had researched and presented a proposal to the HOA to approve…
Maureen Strachan Jackie Cameron was the highlighted quilter of the month for June in the Creative Arts Center showcase. She moved to PebbleCreek in 2016, but has resided in Arizona since 1997. Before Arizona, Jackie lived in upstate New York and New England. After retiring, she started quilting in earnest when she joined the PebbleCreek Quilters (PCQ)…