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 When Connie Steckler passed away after a yearlong cancer battle, her husband Nick was at a loss as to where to begin with sorting through her many quilting supplies that he wanted to donate to the PebbleCreek (PC) Quilt Club. Connie was an avid sewer and quilter, who even had a small business using…
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 Mark Hohnbaum is the kind of guy who always puts a lot of thought into gifts for his wife, Koni. Koni is a nurse at Banner Del E Webb. Mark told PebbleCreek (PC) Quilters Club member Mary Sabatello, who had made masks and head coverings for Koni and other nurses, that he wanted to…
Linda Rowe When PebbleCreek (PC) Quilters Club president, Ronda Jones, was interviewed by Ted Simons of “Arizona Horizons” on Channel 8 for the social connections segment, she was pleased to highlight the various charitable contributions the club has made to hospitals, hospice, chemotherapy transfusion centers, and other local charities. You can view her interview at…
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…
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 As you may know from prior articles published in the PC Post, the PebbleCreek (PC) Quilters Club members create a special quilt each year that is raffled. This year’s Opportunity Quilt, “A Godwin Watercolor Trip,” is a queen size quilt pieced by Sue Godwin and quilted by Linda Publicover. Raffle proceeds are used…
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…
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…