The AZ Quilt
Documentation Project boasts several dedicated groups of volunteers across the
state. Without such curious and hardworking groups we would not have been able
to document over 2000 quilts since we
began in 2012. The Pebble Creek Quilters
is one such group.
HISTORY OF THE PEBBLE CREEK QUILTERS
This group of very dedicated quilters started with the name
of Estrella Mountain Quilter’s (under 20 members when we started) and we are
now approaching our 20th year with a membership of close to 150. From the very beginning our focus has been on
learning, sharing knowledge, enjoying and giving back to the community. All member live at Pebble Creek, an adult
retirement community in Goodyear, and we are blessed with a fiber arts room in
which to work, share laughter and have fun.
We are also blessed with a long arm quilting machine for our use, which
helps in the completion of about 200 charity quilts per year.
As stated, our primary focus is charity and giving back to
the West Valley. Focusing on that aspect
of our group it was a natural to participate in the Arizona Quilt Documentation
Project. We decide to work first with
our members, documenting their quilts, then the Pebble Creek community at large,
then expand into the West Valley as we became more familiar and knowledgeable
with the process. We began our program last
fall (2015) with great enthusiasm. The
group had to learn how to document a quilt, which included the knowledge of
fabrics, styles, construction and history.
We now have 22 documenters, who really enjoy the work and have taken it
upon themselves to learn more and more about the history of quilts whether old
or new. We photograph, complete all the
paperwork and keep records of the quilts we document. 3 of our members also volunteer to do the
data entry. Entering the records into the international data base, the Quilt
Index, for the Arizona Quilt Documentation Project.
As we go forward with this project we hope to make everyone
aware of a great opportunity to record the history of not only family quilts
but family histories.
If your
group would like to start a documentation program contact Lynn Miller
