Linda Lentz, Quail Creek Quilt Covey On Saturday, March 26, members of the Quail Creek Quilt Covey and its subgroup Fabric Plus met to make soft and cuddly critters. After cutting, sewing, and stuffing, 50 critters were completed and will be donated to St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic.
Colleen Curran At its monthly business meeting on Oct. 3, the Quilt Covey celebrated its long-standing tradition of community spirit represented by charitable donations of quilts and other items. Since 2016, the Quilt Covey has donated 299 community quilts. The following organizations have benefited from those donations: Honor Flight (66), St Andrew’s Children’s Clinic (53),…
Colleen Curran Continuing its tradition, The Quail Creek Quilt Covey has donated quilts to the April Honor Flight of Southern Arizona. These beautiful red, white and blue quilts have been made by the many wonderful volunteers of the QCQC. The quilts were presented to the veterans at the April 12 orientation meeting. The Honor Flight…
Colleen Curran Normally, the Quilt Covey’s Monday meeting is at 1:00 p.m. Recently, they decided to meet at 9:00 a.m. to create a “Morning Joe” quilt. The pattern showed a beautiful quilt, but all in shades of browns, just like a cup of coffee, hence the Morning Joe title. Too dull and drab for the…
Colleen Curran Taking a break from the summer heat and the monsoons, the members of the Quilt Covey have been busy working on projects for the Fall Festival Arts and Crafts Fair on November 4. Members gathered in the Studio in the Creative Arts and Technology Center throughout the summer to work on group projects…
Colleen Curran The Quail Creek Quilt Covey set a goal in 2017 to provide quilts for veterans living in southern Arizona who will participate in the upcoming Tucson Honor Flight in September. When the Quilt Covey held a sewing bee in February, the group thought it could make at least nine quilts. The Honor Flight…
The Quilting Covey recently completed an Agave Cluster Quilt, a beautiful quilt of 56 unique agave baskets. This project was done as a “sewing bee,” as well as a lesson on paper piecing, a technique involving a paper foundation. Fabric pieces are pieced, sewing directly onto the paper. Once the block is completed, the paper…
Colleen Curran The Quail Creek Quilt Covey devoted the month of July to creating a Quilt of Valor. The Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOVF) was begun in 2003 by Catherine Roberts when her son Nat was deployed in Iraq. The motto of the organization is “Quilting to Honor and Comfort.” The first Quilt of Valor…
Colleen Curran The women of the Quail Creek Quilt Covey have long admired Sharon Frank’s stunning quilted jackets. Earlier this winter, Sharon offered to teach Covey members how to make the jackets. She called her teacher in New Hampshire, Janice Roy, for some tips and the pattern. Janice graciously suggested she come to Quail Creek…