Friday Quilt Club members Teri Caplener and Ann Stonecipher have organized SaddleBrooke quilters and sewists to make masks for local area hospitals and residents. They are looking for team leaders who can represent their units to collect fabric, sew, and make deliveries. They are using the Snug Face Mask pattern to make the masks and have…
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Clubs & Classes, April 2020
Wow … What a Show!
Linda Eisenhart, publicity chair, and Kathryn Von Bargen, president If you missed the biannual SaddleBrooke Quilt Show held at the MountainView Country Club on March 1, you missed out on unbelievable talent, dynamic demonstrations, an award-winning raffle quilt, and a bodacious boutique. President Kathy VonBargen remarked that, “with over 650 attendees, the club’s show netted…
Clubs & Classes, February 2020
Von Bargen to Lead Quilters in 2020
Linda Eisenhart SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters have elected Kathy Von Bargen to lead their club in 2020. Kathy’s interest in quilting began with her mother who was a prolific seamstress and hand quilter. Her mother taught her to sew her own clothes but Kathy didn’t take up quilting until 1999 when she and her husband Wally…
Generals, January 2020
Coming Soon: Friday Quilters Bi-Annual Quilt Show
Cathy Schaber Mark those brand-new 2020 calendars now for the SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters 2020 Quilt Show to be held on Sunday, March 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free for this fabulous show at the MountainView Ballroom, 38759 S. MountainView Boulevard. The room will be filled with over 100 quilts and quilted…
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, September 2019
Quilter’s Spotlight: Kelly Rospond
Varda Main Meet Kelly Rospond, resident of the SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters. Kelly is now on the home stretch of her year as president and is still enjoying every minute of it. Kelly sees her presidency as not just a one-year term but rather as a part of helping the Friday Quilters grow (16 new members…
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…
Front Page, May 2019
2019 Grand Tour of Sewing Rooms
Varda Main Over 90 quilters from SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch and Sun City wended their way across SaddleBrooke on March 8, to tour numerous quilting studios. This much anticipated annual event lets quilters see how other quilters setup their studios and pickup quilting tips along the way. The tour included four studios (Wendy Butler Berns, Teri…