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Tag: Friday Quilters
Clubs & Classes, November 2019
Tempe quilter visits SaddleBrooke
Varda Main The Quiltmama spoke at the Friday Quilters meeting on Sept. 13. The Quiltmama, as she is known on Facebook, is Jessica Dickinson of Tempe, and her passions are quilting, color, cooking, music, art, and math. Jessica gave a “trunk show” of her quilts, showing her progressions in color, design, and composition over time. Jessica…
Clubs & Classes, August 2019
Friday Quilters’ spotlight: CA Small
Varda Main Meet Carol Ann Small, also known as “CA.” CA’s a member of SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters and came from the architectural/engineering drafting world where everything’s precise, and straight lines are king. When she retired, she didn’t want to draw straight lines or use precise measurements any more. Although CA has been sewing since the…
Clubs & Classes, June 2019
Friday Quilters’ charitable work is never done
Varda Main Quilters create quilts to bring joy and warmth to their family, friends and those in need. There are many ways that quilt clubs participate in charitable work. For the SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters, it is more like “let me count the ways.” Kris Prass and Janette Volz are the Friday Quilters Community co-chairs. They,…
Clubs & Classes, June 2019
SaddleBrooke Knit Wits and Friday Quilters raise awareness of infant mortality
Varda Main and Carol Chiarello SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters and Knit Wits came together to raise awareness of the high infant mortality rate in the U.S. You’re likely asking how this came to be. As fiber artists we make donations to charities as a way of helping others. Another way is using our art to raise…
Clubs & Classes, February 2019
Calling all fiber artists
Varda Main Are you a fiber artist or someone who has always longed to dive into fiber arts? If so, then this new group is the place for you. The SaddleBrooke Fiber Arts Club is a new sub-group of the Friday Quilters. The purpose of the group is to explore all things fiber. Fiber can…
Clubs & Classes, January 2019
Nationally acclaimed quilter visits SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters
Varda Main Keith Dommer, a nationally acclaimed quilter, brought a large trunk show of his quilts to the Friday Quilters meeting November 30. Keith began quilting seriously in 1990 and has gone on to win 10+ national and 20+ state awards! He shared his journey from traditional quilter to that magical middle between traditional and…
Clubs & Classes, February 2017
Friday Quilters plan a busy 2017
Cathy Schaber The SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters plan on another busy and fun-filled year of sewing and companionship for 2017. The officers were installed at a luncheon in the Agave Lounge on January 13. The 2016 President’s Landscape Challenge was reviewed and judged and the winner was Wendy Butler Berns’ Desert Dreams. Wendy is a snowbird…
Clubs & Classes, August 2016
Friday Quilters sew for charity and hold quilt show
Ann Richards The SaddleBrooke Quilting Club has been hard at work this year making quilts of all sizes and placemats for the Oracle Pregnancy Center, Hayden Senior Center and CASA. We have spent over $2000 on fabric and batting to construct these projects. The club meets weekly but once a month we hold a day-long…
Clubs & Classes, August 2016
Knit Wits news
The first Wednesday of each month is Show and Tell. Members show projects they have been working on and the rest of the group oohs and ahhhs over the beautiful items. This is a chance for everyone to get ideas for our next project and with luck maybe even using up some stash yarn. We…