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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Lucy Rees A Splash of Color by Ruth Loyd, Material Girls member, was displayed in the Arlington Quilt Show in August and the Bear Creek Show in June. Ruth has been collecting black and white fabric for several years. She put it to good use when she took a class on how to make the…
Sandi Price The Material Girls Club is mainly focused on all things quilting and embroidery. We have a yearly quilt class with a one-to-one ratio of student and mentor for those who would like to learn to quilt. We also complete numerous charitable projects such as pillowcases for The Children’s Advocacy Center, quilt donations for…
Operation Shower is a nonprofit based in St. Louis, MO started in 2007 to “shower” military moms-to-be whose spouses are currently deployed. Upon learning of a planned shower at Ft. Hood, the Material Girls, Sassy Stampers and the Yarn Divas opened their hearts and busied their hands to partner with Operation Shower to furnish items…
Material Girls Nancy Meyers and Madalena Munoz take advantage of the weekly “show and tell” to spotlight their finished quilts. The girls meet every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. in the Blue Bonnet Room at the CATC. If you are a quilter, experienced or beginner, or want to find a new hobby, stop by for a…