Tag: quilting

New New New—A Rope Snowman

Sandi Price The Material Girls club is branching out into a lot more than quilting these days. Now we are onto things made of rope, often embroidered. At our July 25 meeting, Mary Hunter taught us how to make rope snowmen. There are a number of other rope pieces that Mary has done.

Another Year, Another Quilt Class

Sandi Price The Material Girls Quilt class, which was started by Marguerite Rose 12 years ago, is still going strong, with a new class in 2024. This year it is being led by Sharon Westbrook, a relatively new member of our group. She isn’t new to quilting; however, for she started a quilt group in…

Dresden Neighborhood quilts

Su Brusco

Sandi Price From one template comes many variations. The assignment was to produce a quilted wall hanging from one Dresden template and it was amazing to see how clever these ladies were both in color and the personal additions they made to their wall hangings. There were no two alike. One of the hangings had…

Quilting class of 2019

Sandi Price Now in its 9th year, Material Girls’ Annual Beginning Quilting Class ran from February through March this year with eleven students graduating. The class is taught by Marguerite Rose with Paula Saunders preparing the materials. The class features an experienced mentor for each student and runs for six weeks. They all receive an…

Quilt Show winner

Judy Hilderbrand and her winning quilts

She’s a winner! Judy Hilderbrand won two ribbons in Quilt Plano 2017. She competed in August in Plano, Texas. The show is one of the premier shows in North Texas. Three hundred quilters from Texas and Oklahoma displayed their quilted art works in the two-day show. Judy entered three quilts in the Art quilt category.…