MMQG Swap

Last week the Montreal Modern Quilt Guild held it's first meeting since summer break.  This was the biggest gathering we've had so far (I believe we were ten). Considering we are still in our infancy stage, I'd say that's pretty good! 
After the official business-y stuff was taken care of, we exchanged projects from our first swap.  Four of us participated.  Before summer break we each exchanged a small bag of scraps with which we had to make a small quilted project.

Jennifer (of Mr. Chicken and the Ninja Kitties) picked my name and made this sweet little mug rug from my fabric scraps:

I love quilts featuring houses, and this one has little 'wooden' shutters that open to reveal a little surprise:

How brilliant is that!?

There won't be any mugs resting on this rug. It has found a special place in my sewing room alongside a favourite print and a teddy bear that was made by my son when he was just 5.

Josée(of The Charming Needle) was the person I picked to make something for. Coincidentally, I too, was inspired to make a house quilt. 

I wanted the mini quilt to represent the community that we are building with the guild. And I was inspired  by the book Word Play Quilts  by Tonya Ricucci (of Lazy Gal Quilting).  

Those letters took some time to make but it was a very enjoyable process.  And I was glad to have picked Josée's name. She was the one to reach out to me many months ago expressing an interest in starting a guild.  I'm glad she did.