Julie Greenawalt, Co-Chair of Programs for Robson Ranch Material Girls The Material Girls of Robson Ranch continue to put their hearts and hands to work for those who need comfort most. With 88 active members, our club brings together women who love creating with fabric—whether quilting, sewing, crafting, or learning new skills. This month, our…
Sandi Price Apparently, member Debbie Davis decided the Material Girls group didn’t have enough to do, so she created a new charity sewing group, which meets each Tuesday morning. Actually, it was a good idea, for she pulled together several existing charity project groups, some that were fairly long term. Bundles for Babies is a…
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.
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…
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…
Sandi Price Once again, members of the Material Girls at Robson Ranch Texas brought home ribbons from the North Texas State Fair in Denton. Among the awards this year were two Reserve Division Champions, 13 blue ribbons and one red ribbon. Lucy Rees and Paula Saunders won a Reserve Division Champion ribbon for a second…
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…
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.…