Linda Rowe The PebbleCreek Quilters Club is pleased to announce the availability of raffle tickets for the 2021 Opportunity Quilt. The pattern, Riverbed, was selected by Carol Moonan and Marka Locker based on the great experience and positive reception their Virginia quilt guild had making this pattern previously. Riverbed was designed by internationally recognized quilt designer…
Linda Rowe The PebbleCreek Quilters Club faced many challenges in completing charity projects due to COVID-19 precautions. Like many clubs, we were unable to use the Creative Arts Center (CAC) for several months. Until we were able to access our stores of fabric for charitable uses, many members used their personal supplies to begin making…
Carole Schumacher It all began in Anchorage, Alaska in 2012 when Audrey Dewan met Stephanie in a quilting class. Stephanie was only 29 years old, but the two became great quilt buddies. Stephanie’s husband later transferred to Jakarta, Indonesia, where Stephanie began collecting reasonably priced local batik fabrics until their return to Houston, Texas. Fast-forward to 2018…
Linda Rowe The ceramics room and longarm quilting machine were big factors when George and Patsy Wagner decided to move to PebbleCreek 4.5 years ago. George never dreamed that he would not only become a quilter, but the only male member (so far) in the PebbleCreek Quilters Club. According to Quilting Daily, only 1% of…
Linda Rowe The PebbleCreek Quilters Club had to cancel the biennial quilting show last March due to COVID-19. We are pleased to announce that The Art of Quilting Show is rescheduled for Oct. 16 to 30. Because the event will be totally online, we are able to expand the length of the show from just…
Linda Rowe PebbleCreek (PC) Quilters Club members continue to respond to requests for face coverings. So far, over 5,100 masks have been made and given to hospitals, hospice, Center Treatment Center of America, and members of the PebbleCreek community. Member Debbie Arsenault, an ICU nurse at Abrazo, and her husband have regularly been distributing a…
Linda Rowe Members of the PebbleCreek Quilters Club have not let the quarantine stop their creativity. Instead, many have completed UFOs (UnFinished Objects) while others took a more humorous view. As usual, there is no end to the variety of subject matter, techniques, and artistry. We hope you will enjoy and be inspired by these…
Linda Rowe On Sunday, March 22, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. you are invited to the Creative Arts Center at Tuscany Falls for the “Art of Quilting” quilt show. Quilting has been used for making clothing and furnishings since 3400 BC. In America, quilting dates to 1770. Quilting has evolved from basic utilitarian…
Linda Rowe Over 100 members of the PebbleCreek Quilters Club met in the beautiful Tuscany Falls Chianti Room on Dec. 9, 2019, to celebrate the activities and charity projects completed during the year. A highlight of the meeting was the display of the 2019 opportunity quilt donated by Sue Godwin and quilted by Barb Maurer.…
Rayma Scalzo Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I want to take this opportunity to remind you to make sure you get your mammograms. I might also say that my breast cancer, as well as others in our Breast Cancer Support Group, did not show up on a mammogram. Therefore, it is very important…