Agave Quilters Guild

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2025 Programs

 

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March 2025:

Madonna from Mad B's Quilt & Sew in Mesa will focus on all things related to batting.

 

 

 

 

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February 2025:

Lori Schrage, manager at 35th Ave Sew & Vac in Chandler, spoke in detail about rotary cutters and cutting mats offered at the store. Brand names carried are Quilter's Select, Creative Grids, Olfa, Clover and Fiskars, among a few others. Lori explained the different uses for the three rotary blade sizes (28mm, 45mm, and 60mm) and how important it is to hold your cutter straight up and down and not at an angle, to help your blade last longer. Cutting mats come in all sizes and shapes and can be custom ordered. Did you know that if your blade is skipping, it is likely your cutting mat that needs replaced and not your blade? Also, if you can no longer see the lines on your mat or your mat has cuts that go all the way through, it's time for a new mat. Lori tests all products by using them at home first. If she doesn't like them, they don't make it on the store shelf. 

Guild member Susan Buhl shared her Stripology ruler and Stripology books, along with several quilts and table runners she made using the ruler. Susan's daughter, who works for GE Quilt Designs, is scheduled to demonstrate how to use the ruler to interested members while she is in town for QuiltCon 2025.

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January 2025:

Happy New Year! Our meeting just so happened to fall right on January 1. Even though we knew no speaker would be available on New Year's Day, members voted to have the meeting anyway, to provide a diversion for those who weren't interested in watching football games all day. Instead, we ate delicious cookies and played Quilter's Bingo! After just two rounds of Bingo, all prizes were awarded. We had a brief business meeting followed by Show & Tell. We had three full tables of leftover items from our Boutique sale held in November, now being offered at a discount. We also had our Share table which is always a very popular table. With 40+ members attending, it was a good call to hold the meeting even though it fell on a holiday.

 

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