Yes there is a New York beauty group. They started Oct 1. I didn't. I have only printed out the patterns. There is a link for the patterns. They are free. I was afraid they would go away so I printed them all out. There are also some other free paper pieced things on the site. Some stars and hearts etc. I wish I had all of the zodiak stars that are there but I missed most of them. I'm not in to the zodiak, I just like them. She is going to have a BOM in 2013 but there isn't any info yet. Just what I need another big project to start on. I look forward to seeing you on the NYB site too.