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June 2013 Meeting Reminder

Our next meeting is this Saturday, June 15th at 1 PM.  We are meeting again this month at Scrapbooks, Etc.  We will be trying our hand at machine applique taught by Cristy Fincher!  Here is the Applique Supply List for making this cool…

Guest Blogger-Ronni!

A few meetings ago I asked if anyone wanted to be a guest blogger or if anyone had some tutorials or other things that PHXMGQ members might be interested in for the blog.  A few gals stepped up to the…

Applique Workshop: Cup Cozy

This month, we will be learning applique! Cristy will be teaching us Sharon Schamber’s method for turned-edge machine applique. It’s a lot of fun, and once you learn the technique, you can apply it to any applique project that you’d…

Embroidery Workshop Follow-Up

Thank you to everyone who came out to the embroidery workshop last weekend at Scrapbooks Etc. I had a great time and learned a ton! As promised, this is a follow-up post to give you some guidelines for completing your…

May 2013 Skillbuilder BOM

These are the Skillbuilder BOM ‘s from March.  These first two are Alyssa’s blocks–in addition to being a board member for PHXMQG she is the force behind all these blocks and tutorials!  She has tutorials on her blog and free patterns too…

Embroidery Workshop Fun!

Many thanks to Danny for teaching us some embroidery stitches so that we can make a beautiful elephant (or something else!) too!     I love the way members and guests are diligently working on learning their new stitches.  Looks…