As the snowbirds make their return, the sewing machines are working at full speed. On Nov. 5, a group of 16 women gathered to sew “Hope Bags” for the New Life Center (NLC). For many residents of the NLC, escaping their homes often means leaving with little more than their children and the clothes on…
Cathy Howell Though our numbers are smaller due to the snowbird migration, there was a good turnout for the last class until fall for the PebbleCreek Sewing Club. At this workshop we made cloth market/grocery bags. With so many stores charging for plastic bags, these are great to have—and so much nicer looking! Even though…
Cathy Howell The PebbleCreek Sewing Club members are having a busy spring. We were gifted with a box of partially completed adult bibs. It was decided that we would finish those and make some additional ones. We were able to get 30 bibs made, and they are headed to a hospice facility for distribution in…
Linda Rowe and Pam Branfur PebbleCreek Quilt Club member Erma Taylor responded to a request from the PebbleCreek Sewing Club. The PebbleCreek Sewing Club was making little bags to hold feminine hygiene products collected for and donated to the Go With The Flow organization. Go With The Flow is a non-profit organization that provides menstrual products to…
Pam Branfuhr On Wednesday, January 14, a charity sew day was held in the Creative Arts Center in PebbleCreek. A group of fifteen ladies were there to sew items for the Eagle Mountain Project. Eagle Mountain, California was a company town built by Kaiser Steel. The steel operation was shut down in 1983, creating a…
A PebbleCreek resident came to our Sewing Club asking for help in making up blankets for foster children which was the one item they could keep when they went to a foster home. Eleven club members joined forces and set aside a day to make receiving blankets for babies and each bought and donated larger…
Pam Branfuhr This day was beyond amazing; from the number of ladies (33) who showed up to help anyway they could, to the number of quilts finished or in various stages of completion to the fun that Donna Aybar provided to fuel the sewers to the paying it forward atmosphere. The following ladies are angels…
Millissa Masters The Sewing and Quilting Clubs are co-hosting a PebbleCreek Community Service Event. Even if you aren’t a member of any club but know how to sew, we would love you to join us. The New Life Center received a donation of a number of king size comforters and have asked us to resize…