PHXMQG Meeting was Today!

We had our PHXMQG meeting today, and 24 people were there.  It was a great bunch, a mix of friends and friends yet to be made!  I won this cool pattern which I really love!  Polka dots always make me smile.  Can't wait to try it out...thanks go to Jona who got some freebies at Quilt Market to give away as door prizes.  I have never heard of this designer, so I will be checking her out!

 LOVE it even more when I see the quilting in this picture.  Seriously amazing!  Pictures borrowed from Patty Young.

 Here is our whole group except for me and Alyssa who were snapping photos!  Oh and Gina who left before we took the picture.  A very diverse group of talented quilters!

 Here is BJ with her quilt.  It is bright as always.  I can't recall the pattern name, but BJ told me we all bought it together recently.  I need to go find it...cute!  BJ and Jacki drove up early and we went to 35th Ave. on our side of town, to the Good Egg (AAA had to come because someone (and it wasn't Ros who was out of town, lol) forgot her keys in the car's ignition!) then we went to SAS for a quick stop.  And I mean quick, we were out of there in a flash, grabbed some drinks and hit this meeting.  I haven't taken pictures of my purchases yet!

 It made my day that they were both there and that they seem to be planning to join the PHXMQG!  That will be so awesome...they are both fun to hang around and put up with me with style.

I had asked on the PHXMQG blog if anyone wanted to make disappearing nine patches to give to Erin to make quilts and send on to the Hurricane survivors.  Bonnie met the challenge with these seven blocks (to add to my six) and BJ cut some out so on December 1st I will be mailing them out!  

Our meeting was a good one, we did tons of planning and brainstorming for the next year.  If you want to check out that blog www.phoenixmodernquiltguild.com/2012/11/november-meeting-minutes.html to see what we are up to!  If you are in the Phoenix area, consider coming to our next meeting and seeing if the group is for you!

A MODERN Win!

Over at Sew Mama Sew! http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2012/11/winners-handmade-holidays-more/#comment-666014
I won this fabulous modern book!  I can't wait to get my hands on it.  I am so excited, other than fabric my favorite thing in the world is books! (and coffee, and chocolate, and ice cream..do you sense a theme here?).
I am getting more and more exicited about sewing more modern style things with the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild gals sharing all of their stuff on their blogs and at our meetings.  It is so refreshing!  I am also loving my Weeks Ringle class and getting to see all of her modern quilts in a personal quilt show!  Don't get me wrong I still love my scrappy stuff ala Bonnie Hunter and Quiltville but I am really starting to think about what to make next MODERN!  We have a meeting this Saturday for PMQG and we will be deciding what we will be doing for the next year.  I am rather hoping we wind up with a BOM of some kind in the modern style or a challenge BOM.  Not because I can do much with that but because I would love to see what they do.  It is a talented bunch and I am out of my element in terms of creativity there.  I am still such a pattern follower!