We must be doing something right to attract so many creative and talented quilters. Edwina Gibson joined our group just last year, but she obviously had a head start in sewing and quilting. Not only has she sewn all of her life, she has made all of her clothes since junior high and even designed…
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Clubs & Classes, September 2022
Material Girls Club … and Away We Go
To one of the yearly quilt shows within driving distance. This time, it was the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo in Irving, showcasing over 300 quilts from six local quilt guilds. It was also the place to buy new products and more fabric, which I know husbands will appreciate. Soon there won’t be any place left…
Clubs & Classes, July 2022
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Front Page, May 2022
Material Girls Congratulates Beginners
Congratulations to the women who just graduated from the Material Girls Beginning Quilting class! The Beginning Quilting class is offered once a year and is a six-week class covering all of the steps, tips, and techniques of quilt making. During the class, each student creates a table runner, created using a Disappearing Nine Patch pattern.…
Clubs & Classes, February 2020
Material Girls Donated More Than 500 Items in 2019
Sandi Price Once again, the Material Girls group came through in 2019 for a number of charities and donated over 500 handmade items. Among these items were three soldier quilts that went to deployed military and 15 quilts to children of active duty military who attended a summer camp. Seventy-five pillows for cancer patients and…
Clubs & Classes, September 2019
Material Girls obsession over bags
Sandi Price Paula Hughes, a Material Girls member and a publisher of bag patterns, started it all. We were pleasantly surprised to find one of Paula’s patterns at Must Love Fabric on our recent outing. She designed a special bag for Material Girls and taught a “how to” class. Several members made the bag and it…
Clubs & Classes, April 2019
Material Girls check out the Texas Quilt Museum
Sandi Price Twelve of the Material Girls group did an overnight trip to the Texas Quilt Museum, originated established in 2011. It is housed in two historic 1890s buildings and features more than 10,000 square feet in three galleries. Of special interest to the group was the Hollis Chatelain exhibition, “Stories from West Africa.” The…
Clubs & Classes, October 2018
Material Girls win big
Sandi Price Members of our club brought home a whopping 21 ribbons including a Grand Champion ribbon as well as a Reserve Champion ribbon from the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo this year. The annual fair, held in Denton, Texas might be fairly small by Texas standards, but it brings in over 100,000 people…
Features, October 2017
Material Girls win big at the State Fair
Marguerite Rose is the North Texas State Fair Grand Champion. Her entry of the Butterfly quilt was the Best in Show for fiber arts. Lucy Rees’s wool pink flowers was the reserve champion. Other blue ribbon winners were Ruth Loyd, Paula Sanders, Ruth Kline, Kathy Marrou, Nancy Meyers, Judy Hilderbrant, Jeanne De Arment, Peggy Zilinsky…