Photos: Supervising a love of quilting

Gloria Molina, fourth from left, talks with Charlotte Lerchenmuller, third from left, about stitching during a quilting workshop at Centro Estrella in Los Angeles on Aug. 2. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

Aug. 11, 2014 5:12 PM PT

L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina shows her fabric-loving softer side at the East Los Angeles Stitchers, which she and friends founded to share their love of quilting and bring more Latinas into its sisterhood.

Charlotte Lerchenmuller stitches together a quilt block during a meeting of the East Los Angeles Stitchers at Centro Estrella in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2014. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

Magda Contreras, in hot pink, Gaby Gonzalez and Madeline Sherman discuss stitching during a TELAS quilting workshop at Centro Estrella in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2014. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

A colorful quilt block comes together during an East Los Angeles Stichers workshop at Centro Estrella in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2014. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

Lucinda Nuñez, left, Ruth Solis and Lucinda’s granddaughter, Jadin, 11, stitch together fabric strips during a TELAS quilting workshop at Centro Estrella in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2014. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

Charlotte Lerchenmuller stitches together fabric strips during a quilting workshop at Centro Estrella in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2014. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

Quilters watch Gloria Molina, far right, demonstrate a fabric-cutting technique at a quilting workshop at Centro Estrella in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2014. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)