Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild/ August

 It's been over a week since our

Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild 

meeting for August

and I just realized I haven't shown 

pictures from the event.

As a relatively new guild,

we are growing and 

our gatherings are 

becoming more and more fun.

Each month everyone is invited to participate in a swap.

For August the theme was

Mini Quilts

 Everyone seemed pleased with what they were

"gifted"

 Center photo is this years President

Michelle Hart

She and her staff really put a lot of effort into our guild,

and I for one, am very grateful.

 We often meet at 

ETC 

a local quilt store in Mesa

 For August we 

had a pot luck luncheon

followed by 

several mini-classes taught by very talented guild members

• Johnie – fabric embellishment
• Lisa – paper piecing
• Alyssa – FMQ
• Terry – faux piped binding
• Ana – double flip hst method
• Lora – EPP
• Jen – Hawaiian appliqué
• Becca – Bloc-locs 

I spent most of my time

learning Free Motion Quilting 

by the ever amazing

Alyssa Lichner (Pile O' Fabric)
She has the same Juki 2010Q machine
I recently purchased and it was
inspirational to see what Alyssa can do
on a domestic machine.
I came home with supplies
to start practicing
and to learn more about the capabilities of my machine.

I also really enjoyed learning
how easy it is to do a
Faux Piped Binding
taught by Terry
I can hardly wait to give this technique
a try on my next mini quilt.

Spinning Mills Quilt is a Winner!

 Last March the

Modern Quilt Guild

announced their 4th Annual Fabric Challenge

Over 700 entries

were submitted!

 I was so excited to see that 

one of our very own (!)

Michelle Hart

was selected as one of the 3 winners

with her design

Spinning Mills

Congratulations Michelle!

 Michelle serves as our current President

of the

Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild

(and does a wonderful job!)

Each participant was given

(6) Fat Eighths

of 

Michael Miller's

Petal Pinwheels

and given to the challenge to design

"anything quilted"

The prize:

a Years Worth of Free fabric

from the newest collections

sent in a goody box each month

(can you imagine!)

 On my July 24th post

I wrote about the Show and Tell where we viewed our creations

 in our PHXMQG  group.

If you wold like to see more close ups of Michelle's quilt

you can view them 

HERE

 Picnic Petals

by Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill of Connecticut

was also a winner.

As was Colleen Molen

with 

Moon At Night

*

My only request of Michelle is that she bring 

her winnings to our guild meetings

each month

so we can 

oooh and ahhh

and pet her fabrics.

Cross My Heart Mini Quilts

 In June

Alyssa Lichner (Pile O Fabric)

taught a class on

Cross My Heart Mini Quilts

for our Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild

Alyssa uses a Glue/ Baste technique

promoted by Sharon Schamber.

It was a great class,

and many of the ladies have already 

completed their  28" X 28" wall hangings.

 It's always so fun to see the same quilt 

made up in several color ways.

 I really liked this aqua/ red Valentine example

 Variety of color for the background squares.

 Tracy's

 Kirsten added wide borders

to make her version the size of a baby quilt.

Soon to be a present for a friend.

If you would like to learn how to make this fun

Cross Stitch Heart,

you can contact Alyssa

at Pile O' Fabric 

HERE

Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild Show and Tell

The Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild 

really is a diverse group.

I would guess that the median age is mid-30's

but there are also several in my age bracket

(50+)

Some have been quilters for a long time,

while several have been caught up in the addiction just recently.

One of the nice things about our diversity, is that age really doesn't matter.

It's a friendly group, and everyone is welcome to join us.

 At the end of each meeting

we have 

"Show and Tell"

 One member is a pattern tester for 

Elizabeth Hartman (Oh, Fransson)

 A soon to be released pattern

 The second quilt made by this member.

Pyramid or Equilateral Triangles 

are usually not for beginners.

She did a great job!

 Kim's Foxy quilt

 Very cute paper pieced Fox

 A Work In Progress 

is finally finished.

 Block of the Month

made all in Kaffes

 And on the back, more Kaffes!

 Celtic Wall Hanging

from the book

Celtic Pieced Illusions by Karen Combs

Still available on 

Amazon.com

HERE

 And last, but not least

a whimsical 

raw edge scrappy wall hanging

that has been scribbled with a dark top thread.

Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild July Meeting/ Part 2

A few more pictures to share with you from

The Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild members

who participated in the

Michael Miller Fabric Challenge

 From our Guild President Michelle Hart

 Michelle even did her own machine quilting

on her domestic machine.

 The circular quilting goes so well with 

the sharp edged Modern Design

 The back has rows of Flying Geese using the

Michael Miller fabric.

 Rebecca Whaling made a large Flying Geese pattern

with a Pinwheel as a secondary block.

 She also quilted a circular pattern 

using her domestic machine.

 Barb's X's and O's Wall hanging

 Modern quilting is known 

for it's use of wide open negative space.

 All of these quilts and projects will now be photographed

by their owners

with pictures being submitted online.

Even though it's a National Challenge,

I look forward to seeing if anyone from our guild will win!

Announcements will be made

by the Modern Quilt Guild

on August 1st.

Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild / July Meeting Part 1

 A few months ago

Michael Miller issued a fabric challenge

to the Modern Quilt Guilds.

They gave 6

fat eight's of Petal Pinwheels

with the instructions to make 

"something quilted".

Several of us in the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild

accepted the Challenge.

Last Saturday we met together

to preview our work

and to have a little contest of our own.

About 12 in our group participated 

making quilts, wall hangings and bags.

The group voted on most favorite.

Genevieve won 1st place

Not only is this an original design,

but she also did the amazing quilting.

Denise Holland took 2nd Place

A very large quilt (probably King Size?)

I love this design!

Shanyn constructed this darling Weekender Bag

Kim made dolly dresses

with a Modern flair.

And yes, I showed my version also.

Tomorrow I will show you a few more pictures

from our group

and the

Michael Miller Fabric Challenge