Those Mesa Ladies/ August

 Yesterday was my favorite day of the month

A day to quilt 

with 

Those Mesa Ladies

Amanda brought her latest Work In Progress

This month we met in the cultural hall of the church

while electrical work was being done

through out the building.

We each bring our own projects to work on.

Most bring

Show and Tell

Peg just got her Block of The Month quilt

back from the quilter.

Right away she threw it into the washer and dryer

making it nice and soft and cuddly.

Peg also just finished her

Quilty Fun Sampler

designed by Lori Holt/ Bee In My Bonnet

The back is as cute as the front.

Christine worked on binding her latest.

 The back is a soft Minky

Peg and Christine

I feel so honored to be part of this Mesa Quilt group.

The ladies are very generous and giving.

Peg brought us each a gift

of homemade 

"Blessing Bread"

 The message was so sweet

that it brought tears to our eyes.

We all have our challenges

and could use an extra Blessing.

A lot more than quilting 

goes on when we meet together.

 Each year on this day

As a family tradition,

Peg makes bread in honor of her mother's birthday.

A gift to offer

comfort, peace, love and hope 

to those who receive it.

Thank you Peg for always knowing how to 

be a friend.

And, as always

the luncheon was absolutely delicious.

Steph and Karen

provided

Hawaiian sliders * recipe HERE

Veggies and Dip

Watermelon

Homemade Salsa and Chips

Carmelitas (dessert)

and Lemonade.

The 11 (yes 11!) Electricians in the building came by

and mentioned how good the kitchen smelled.

Stephanie in her generosity

fed them all Hawaiian Sliders.

Can you see why I admire these ladies so much?

Those Mesa Ladies/ July

 One of my most favorite days of the month

is when I have a chance to sew with those 

Wonderful Mesa Ladies

We gather at the church and 

bring our own projects to work on.

The last few months

several of the ladies in the group 

have been making Lori Holt's

Quilty Fun

 Vicki also had a finish and was working on the binding

during our sew day.

Great job Vicki  !!

 I love this quilt in every shape and form.

 The back of Vicki's quilt

really shows off the very detailed machine quilting.

And look at this darling label  !

 Vicki machine embroidered her label information.

Is this not the cutest hat?

 Once I could manage to stop oohing and aaahing over all the Quilty Fun quilts,

I looked up to see what the other ladies were working on.

Steph had left over Half Square Triangles from another project.

Placing them in a pinwheel formation

another quilt is born!

Happy Scrappy blues that play so well together.

 I was so proud of Candace  !

This was her first time to paper piece :)

She was a little discouraged that it took her 1 1/2 hours to figure

out this first block,

but I reassured her that now that she knows the technique

the others will come together much faster.

 Towards the end of our meeting,

the very darling Christine Cook was able to join us  !

Such a talented lady  !

As a busy young mom with 3 boys 

(and another on the way)

we are grateful anytime she can join our group.

She brought 3 recently finished quilts

for Show and Tell.

We were all amazed that she completes so many quilts

in such a short period of time

and even asked if she ever sleeps :)

 Christine has such an eye for fabric and color.

Quilt #2

 Quilt # 3

Christine makes a lot of quilts from

Camille Roskelley's books

Simplify

and 

Simply Retro

Auditioning bindings with the group.

Until next month...

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.

Bovines of the White Moo-o-o-o-tains Exhibit

Several years ago

Mary Lou Weidman designed a hit book

Out Of The Box with Easy Blocks

with a cow quilt pattern.

Since that time

Herds of Cows 

each unique in it's own way

have traveled across the U.S.

I really enjoy viewing these very creative exhibits

as I visit quilt shows.

Quilters of The White Mountains

in the Pinetop/ Lakeside area of Arizona

Challenged their Guilds

to a

Bovines of the White Moo-o-o-o-tains

Cow Parade

Below are a few pictures 

from the 19 participants.

 Cash Cow

Leanne Tawoda

 Chocolate Moousse

Kathleen L. Bowers

 I love all the fun "udders" on these quilts!

 Moosicowl

Maggie A Smeh

 Crazy Mootilda is Really Hexie

Pam Thomas

 Rhinestone Cowboy

Donna Deifenbaugh

 Someday I want to design my own cow.

Until then, I'm laughing my way through the 

play on words 

and wonderful humor of others.