Quilting Club Sun City AZ: Sewing and Fiber Arts Clubs

If you are searching for a quilting club in Sun City AZ, start with Quilters on Grand for RCSC cardholders, plus Sew 'N Sew at Lakeview and Bell Stitchers at Bell. Sun City West has Palo Verde Patchers and several sewing and needlework clubs, and Sun City Grand has the Stitchers club. Each community runs its own system.

Three communities, three separate systems

Sun City, Sun City West and Sun City Grand each have their own recreation system, card and clubs. An RCSC card from Sun City does not get you into the Sun City West sewing rooms, and neither card works at the Grand Stitchers Studio in Surprise. If a weekly sew day is a big part of your move, pick the club first, then the community, then the street.

What I tell clients: decide what kind of fiber arts you want first. Quilting, charity sewing, garment work, hand needlework and knitting often have separate clubs.

How joining a chartered club usually works

The details differ by club, but the path is similar in all three communities:

• Get the recreation card or resident access for your community first. Most of these clubs require it.
• Find the quilting, sewing or needlework club on the official club directory or the club's own site.
• Visit before you join. Several clubs welcome visitors or offer a few trial visits.
• Read the membership page. Some clubs require machine orientations, monitor shifts or attendance to stay active.
• Pay club dues directly to the club. They are separate from your home purchase and your recreation card.

Quilting and sewing clubs in Sun City

Quilters on Grand

Quilters on Grand formed in April 2023 by merging two earlier clubs, Creative Quilters from Lakeview and Friendship Quilters from Bell. The club describes an informal atmosphere for beginners through master quilters, and its club room is at 10411 W. Grand Avenue. The Sun City Independent reported in 2025 that membership is open to Sun City residents with an active RCSC card, and that the room has pressing and cutting tables, a longarm quilting machine, a library of books and patterns, and a design wall.

The club lists a monthly rhythm of Friday meetings: show and tell, a business meeting, a program and a featured quilter. Special interests include appliqué, piecing, machine embroidery, and hand and machine quilting. The room is open Monday through Saturday, with shorter hours in summer. Confirm current hours on the club's site.

Sew 'N Sew at Lakeview

Sew 'N Sew is a chartered club of the Recreation Centers of Sun City at Lakeview Recreation Center. Members can use the club's sewing machines, sergers and embroidery machines and join classes, workshops and fabric sales. The club lists weekly Thursday morning programs from September through May, a fall sale, and service projects such as children's clothing for Luke Air Force Base families and eyeglass cases for local hospitals. The club says it welcomes new members and visitors.

Bell Stitchers

Bell Stitchers is a volunteer sewing club at Bell Recreation Center. The Sun City Independent reported that members sell handmade items such as bowl cozies, aprons and placemats, and donate to nursing homes, Hospice of the Valley, veterans, the Navajo Nation, foster children's programs and area elementary schools. For hours and joining steps, check the club's listing in the RCSC club directory.

For more on crafts rooms and other activities in Sun City, see bowling, billiards and crafts in Sun City.

Quilting, sewing and needlework in Sun City West

Sun City West's clubs run under the Recreation Centers of Sun City West, and most of the fiber arts rooms are at Kuentz and R.H. Johnson recreation centers. The RCSCW administrative office is 623-544-6120.

• Palo Verde Patchers: a quilting club and nonprofit open to Sun City West residents with a valid Rec Card. Its club room is at Kuentz Recreation Center, open weekdays and Saturday mornings. It has special interest groups for art quilts, miniatures and modern quilting, monthly classes, on-site retreats, and a biennial quilt show that supports its Quilts for Causes charity work.
• Rip 'N Sew: a sewing club at R.H. Johnson Recreation Center, near the Lecture Hall, with sewing machines, sergers, an embroidery machine and a heavy-duty machine. It offers beginner and advanced classes, and members sew clothing for children in need and quilts for people who need them. Joining requires residency and a current Rec Card, and new members take a club orientation and a machine orientation.
• Creative Stitchers: fine hand needlework such as needlepoint, counted cross stitch, hardanger, Brazilian and silk ribbon embroidery, meeting Monday mornings at Kuentz Recreation Center. The club says visitors are welcome.
• Encore Needle & Craft: open to anyone with a valid Sun City West Recreation Card. It meets Friday mornings at Kuentz, focuses on classes and charity projects, and asks active members to attend sessions and meetings and take monitor shifts.
• Mac Cro Knit: knitting, macramé and crochet at Kuentz on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Visitors with a valid SCW Rec Card are welcome.

The Stitchers club at Sun City Grand

Sun City Grand in Surprise runs its own association, and its clubs page lists the Stitchers club. The association says each chartered club has at least 100 members. The Grand Stitchers Studio is in the Palm Center at 19726 N. Remington Drive, and the club covers fabric arts broadly: quilting, general sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery, machine embroidery, weaving and spinning, beading and community service sewing. Each day is set aside for one of these groups.

The studio has sewing and embroidery machines, sergers, looms and a longarm quilting machine, with machine and loom certification available. The club says non-members are welcome for three visits before joining. A quilting group within the club, SCG Quilters, plans a members' quilt show. Treat Grand as its own system; its schedules and rules do not match Sun City or Sun City West.

Buying tips for club-first buyers

• Name the club and the sew day you want first. Then we focus on homes in that recreation system.
• Visit during posted open hours or a club meeting, not only on a quiet afternoon tour.
• Ask whether club membership, orientations or monitor shifts are required on top of the recreation card.
• Look for a single-level home with a den, spare bedroom or bonus room that can hold a cutting table and machines. Ask Terry for the floor plan.
• All three are age-restricted communities with rules in their CC&Rs and association documents. Read them before you write an offer.

For the bigger picture, see Sun City clubs and activities, volunteer opportunities in Sun City (many sewing clubs do charity work), and the Arizona 55+ living hub.

Questions people ask

Is there a quilting club in Sun City AZ?

Yes. Quilters on Grand is the main quilting club for Sun City RCSC cardholders. It formed in 2023 from Creative Quilters and Friendship Quilters and has its own club room with a longarm machine.

Where can I sew in Sun City?

Sew 'N Sew at Lakeview Recreation Center has sewing, serger and embroidery machines for members, and Bell Stitchers at Bell Recreation Center sews for charity.

What is the quilting club in Sun City West?

Palo Verde Patchers, based at Kuentz Recreation Center, is open to Sun City West residents with a valid Rec Card. Rip 'N Sew, Creative Stitchers and Encore Needle & Craft cover sewing and needlework.

Does Sun City Grand have a quilting club?

Yes. The Stitchers club at the Grand Stitchers Studio in the Palm Center has a quilting group along with sewing, needlework, weaving and other fiber arts groups.

Does one card work at all three communities' clubs?

No. Each community runs its own recreation system and clubs, so you join the clubs tied to your own community.