Marie Stuersel Before I get on to the Material Girls news, don’t forget to purchase your raffle tickets for the beautiful queen size quilt that will be raffled off at the November craft fair. Stop by the Creative Arts Center sewing room any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday, and one of our members will be…
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Clubs & Classes, February 2020
Material Girls had an Amazing Year
Marie Stuersel The Material Girls have experienced a banner year in our mission to create beautiful quilts for charity and residents of Robson Ranch who have a serious life-threatening illness or who have lost a spouse. Each quilt is stitched with great care and love in order to provide comfort for the recipient and, in…
Clubs & Classes, January 2020
Material Girls 2019 Raffle Quilt was Won by a Resident
Marie Stuersel And we have a winner! Diane Williams, a Robson Ranch resident, won the 2019 Raffle Quilt. The Material Girls were happy to see so many people attend both the craft fair in the Hermosa Room and the Dec. 7 craft sale in the sewing, quilting, and embroidery room at the Creative Arts Center. Your…
Clubs & Classes, December 2019
Material Girls news
Marie Stuersel The Material Girls held their general meeting on Friday, Nov 8, with a room full of members. New members were welcomed and those who were away for the summer were welcomed back. Members are enjoying quilting, sewing, and machine embroidery, with classes scheduled and taught by our very own Robson Ranch residents. A…
Clubs & Classes, August 2019
Material Girls news
Marie Stuersel With summer’s arrival, the Material Girls brave the heat, spending time in the sewing studio at the Creative Arts Center. Activities include quilting, sewing and machine embroidery for charity or members’ own use. Several members got together in June to make items for the November craft sale, which brings in revenue to purchase…
Clubs & Classes, July 2019
News from the Material Girls
Marie Stuersel For those of you who didn’t know, Material Girls has an Embroidery Club that meets the first and third Friday every month from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., joining the regular open sewing time. Members with machine embroidery attachments for their sewing machines get together and work on individual and group projects, sharing…
Generals, May 2019
Robson Ranch Arts and Crafts Spring Show recap
Rebecca McKinney The Robson Ranch Arts & Crafts Spring Show and Sale was held Saturday, March 9, at the Creative Arts Center. The multi-talented artistic and crafting residents of Robson Ranch displayed their handmade items including members from the Fine Arts Guild (Art Club), Gourd Club, Ceramics/Pottery Club, Material Girls (Quilting/Sewing), Paper Crafting, Stained Glass…
Clubs & Classes, May 2019
Material Girls news
Marie Stuersel With a big thank you to Gary and Jan Darwin, owners of PM Quilting in Casa Grande, the Material Girls have been busy making quilts for comfort and charity with the many large bags of fabric strips donated by our local quilt shop. Members participate in what we lovingly call “Saturday Stripping” including…
Clubs & Classes, March 2019
The Material Girls have been busy with comfort and charity quilts
Marge Doughty, Chair Material Girls Charity Committee The Material Girls have been busy with all the charities that we support in the community. In 2018 Material Girls gave 39 comfort quilts to our residents either for a spouse passing or a resident with a life-threatening injury or disease such as cancer or heart issues. We…
Front Page, December 2018
Material Girls are back in action
Jean Handlen December already? Where has the year gone? Almost all our quilters and sewers are back to enjoy our wonderful Arizona winter with sewing and quilting. Thanks to Mr. Robson we are starting off our season in our brand new studio. Our new room was a wonderful surprise as we now have over 70…