Linda Rowe The PebbleCreek Quilters Club has a special interest group focusing on the applique. What is applique? It is attaching or applying a smaller piece of fabric to a larger background fabric. The outcome is the ability to create beautiful shapes that would be extremely difficult or impossible to make using a traditional piecing method. Some…
Cynthia Schwartz Pam Branfuhr never quilted before she moved to PebbleCreek. But when she joined PebbleCreek Quilters, she was hooked. Pam got so hooked on quilting that when she went to “Road to California,” a quilt show in Southern California, she spent over $3,000 at the show and came back with three large trash bags…
Linda Rowe In August, the PebbleCreek Quilters completed 23 receiving blankets for Abrazo Hospital. Members of the PebbleCreek Quilters were delighted that the hospital was able to begin receiving donations that had been suspended due to COVID-19. These adorable blankets will be provided to families in need. In September, 23 Zippy Strippy cosmetic bags were completed…
Linda Rowe People with dementia, or in hospice with dementia, spend many hours sitting or lying down. They may be bored, anxious, unable to interpret their environment accurately, or unable to recognize family members. In addition, when people with dementia become agitated, it can be extremely difficult for family members to see their loved ones…
Linda Rowe As reported last month, the Navajo Nation continues to suffer the effects of COVID-19. PebbleCreek (PC) Quilters have continued to donate masks (now totaling 550). You may know the phrase, “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” The…
Linda Rowe When friends and family of Donna Aybar received the 70 masks she made and mailed across the country to them, they were grateful. When they wanted to pay her, she told them she wasn’t charging for the masks, but if they wished to make a donation, she would use the money to buy…