This group was formed to share ideas, problems and issues that impact users of all kinds of quilting machines including domestic, longarm, midarm and shortarm. To join this group, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR FULL NAME, CITY, STATE AND PHONE NUMBER (remains private, only for membership approval, then deleted) MACHINE YOU ARE OR WILL BE QUILTING WITH. Membership requests will NOT be approved without this info! Try NOT to use a Yahoo address.

MQP will put you in touch with others who share your machine quilting passion. It doesn't matter if you're quilting for clients or for yourself, please join in the conversation. MQP is an alternative to lists which are controlled and censored, this group allows members to discuss most any issue.

PHOTO INFORMATION: "Red Letter Daze" is the MQX East 2011 Best of Show Winner which proves that not everyone machine quilts with a longarm. Janet Stone of Overland Park, Kansas quilted this spectacular quilt using a domestic sewing machine. Inspired by cross stitch Quaker samplers, each block was pieced and bound separately and appliquéd onto the background. The red alphabet and scrolls were free motion embroidered. Crystals, beads, and gold filigree pieces were added for, well, "because I have a need for embellishment! This is the 7th quilt in my ongoing alphabet series." Thank you to Jeffrey Lomicka, Official MQX Photographer for his hard work and wonderful attention to detail.

MQX East, Providence, RI MQX West, Portland, OR are the nation's leading machine quilting conventions founded by the MQP List Owner. www.MQXShow.com