Cynthia Schwartz The PebbleCreek Quilters Organization announced the newly elected 2025 board members: President Linda Rowe, 1st Vice-President Phyllis Morrow, 2nd Vice-President Karen McCarty, Treasurer Chris Schwartz, and Secretary Rosemary Vanasco. The PebbleCreek Quilters is an inclusive group of residents, from novice to advanced, who love to sew, quilt, and share their skills and talents.…
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…
Cynthia Schwartz The members of the PebbleCreek Quilters Organization celebrated Cindy Santoro who recently passed away. Some of Cindy’s creations were displayed in the Fiber Arts Window in the Creative Arts Center in January. Cindy was known for her big smile, big quilts, and a big heart. She won many quilting awards and had many quilting…
Cynthia Schwartz The PebbleCreek Quilters Club includes a Community Service Committee that creates and donates quilted items to local community organizations. The committee is chaired by Hiromi Bashore. This year, club members designed and created holiday quilts that will be given to Hospice of the Valley (HOV) organization. HOV will distribute the quilts to patients…
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, taught a two-day Paper Piecing class for advanced quilters. Attendees created an elephant using colors of their choice and sewing 244 pieces of fabric. Paper Piecing is a technique used by quilters to easily sew complex designs. The method uses a paper template, folding fabric, sewing…
Cynthia Schwartz The PebbleCreek Quilting Club proudly celebrates and displays the fabric creations of Sue Whaples and Dava Esman in the Creative Arts Center. Both quilters love color, working with fabric, and have developed their own perspective to quilting. Sue Whaples grew up sewing, focusing on tailoring men’s suits and ladies’ evening gowns. Twenty years…
Cynthia Schwartz Karen Bogadi, a member of the PebbleCreek Quilters Club, recently taught a class on how to sew the popular Drunkard’s Path quilt block. A Drunkard’s Path block is created by sewing a quarter circle in a square. Four of these squares are sewn together to create a circle in a larger square block.…
Cynthia Schwartz The PebbleCreek Quilting Organization proudly celebrates and displays the fabric creations of Pam Murphy and Linda Shaver in the Creative Arts Center. While both quilters have different approaches to quilting, they both love vibrant colors, fresh ideas, and the camaraderie they share with fellow quilters. Pam Murphy loves “improv” quilting, meaning that she…
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?…