Sharon White The Material Girls studio is buzzing with activity. We’re taking classes to learn new techniques on the longarm, making fun projects such as Stack, Whack, and Shuffle placemats, Mondo and Midi bags, sewing up backpacks for the Family Advocacy Center, and creating a Simple Elegant Tee in the garment group. Sewing machines are…
Sharon White The Material Girls (MGs) are excited to unveil our 2026 raffle quilt, “Birds & Blooms.” This stunning quilt is a collaboration between MG machine embroiderers Marie Steursel, Diane Bohmert, Patty LaCroix; quilt piecers, Jane Kihlstrom, Glenda Schneidmiller, Trish Raczynski, Sharon White, Susie Klopp; and longarm quilted by Jane Kihlstrom and Susan Klassen. The…
Jen Coppolo Congratulations to Adela V. of Eloy, winner of the 2025 Robson Ranch Material Girls raffle quilt. Adela was thrilled to be the recipient of this beautiful quilt and plans to display it for all her friends and family to enjoy. Adela purchased just one ticket at the Robson Ranch yard sale last March…
Jen Coppolo The Robson Ranch (RR) Material Girls have yet another showcase quilt to raffle off in 2025. This beautiful, intricate, skillfully-crafted, showcase quilt is a generous 80” x 80” in beautiful shades of greens and blues. It was created by RR Material Girls master quilters and is valued at $2,225. The quilters put in…
Jennifer Coppolo Robson Ranch Material Girls (RRMG) held a fantastically fun and imaginative Spring Quilting Challenge for its members. The aim was to let the members’ creativity run wild in designing and executing a vibrant wall-hanging quilt, adhering to specific guidelines. The challenge was to create a quilt that measured between 15”x 15” and 22”x…
Cherie Bates Fall is in the air and the critters are out to greet you in this beautiful 2024 raffle quilt called “Barnyard Animals” produced by our talented Robson Ranch Material Girls (RRMG) member, B.J. Lingren (thank you!). The RRMG are raffling off this fun quilt to raise funds to continue supporting Robson Ranch residents…
Cherie Bates With summer upon us, and the heat, there is plenty of indoor time for our quilters to work on the projects that have been staring at them during the cooler, outdoor fun-time months. We take out our UFOs (unfinished objects) and start organizing and working on the HSTs, QSTs, and WIPs (half-square triangles,…
Cherie Bates Spring is in the air and the critters are out to greet you in this beautiful 2024 raffle quilt called “Barnyard Animals.” The Robson Ranch Material Girls are raffling off this fun quilt to raise funds to continue supporting Robson Ranch residents and various charities, including the Advocacy Center and Eloy Police Department,…
Barbara Renthal Within our Material Girls club is a group of members who have mastered the art and skill of machine embroidery. They enjoy bringing their specialized machines, lots of colorful thread, and complicated projects into the studio on Tuesdays to share their passion with their friends. Now the whole club is welcome to learn this skill, with…
Barbara Renthal Can you believe it is August already? Time to put away the little flags and patriotic table runners. The red, white, and blue quilts we bring out to mark the mid-summer holidays are being folded and stored for next summer. Out come the sunflowers and more muted colors of the approaching shorter days and…