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Finding Inspiration Challenge
~voting in February 2021~

2020 Quilt Challenge: Your challenge is to become inspired by a picture from a magazine. Inspiration can come from many places, but we are going to use a picture. Be inspired and create!

Time Frame: October to February

Part One: For the October meeting you were asked to bring two quilt magazines and to decide which is magazine #1 and which is #2. YOU CAN DO THIS NOW IF YOU MISSED THE OCTOBER MEETING.

Part Two: At the October meeting two numbers were drawn, the first number for the first magazine, the second number for the second magazine. Check these pages and decide which one will become your very new inspiration. Don’t keep changing your mind or “heaven forbid” change the magazine. The inspiration could be color, texture, size, words, shape, etc. Bethanne Nemesh mentioned her folders full of such inspirations. The page numbers for your inspiration are: page 52 for the first magazine and page 22 for the second magazine.

Part Three: The details:
  1. Size…perimeter will be less than 100 inches
  2. Remember “quilting” should be seen
  3. ​The picture for the inspiration must be included
  4. A few sentences about the connection between the inspiration and the finished product
  5. Voting at the February meeting

Part Four:  Voting to start after the February Guild meeting! Here’s what you need to do.
  1. Take one close up picture of your challenge
  2. Take one full size picture of your challenge with a measuring tape on one or both sides to show that the quilt has a perimeter of 100 inches or less.
  3. Take a picture or scan your inspiration pages
  4. Write a short statement (or multi-chapter memoir) in the body of your email, about your process when designing your challenge.
  5. Send the above four items to Allison Rainville before midnight on February 10th
 
​Contact: Jane Welch with any questions

Voting will take place here a week or so
​after the February 10th submission deadline.

2020 Challenge
~ voting at 2021 Get-Away ~

Get-Away Challenge: 20 different fabrics in a 20 x 20 quilted piece

​Task: A small quilt with the following parameters
  • There must be exactly 20 different fabrics as viewed from the front of the piece. In other words, "the binding counts, the backing does not."
  • Perimeter should be 20" x 20" 

​Voting: To be voted on at the 2021 Get-Away

Contact: Jane Welch with any questions

Don't Touch the Quilts Challenge
~voting in June 2021~

2019 Quilt Challenge ….if only people would follow directions (postponed until 2021)

Challenge: Your challenge is to create a small quilt with a large message which will be prominently displayed at quilt shows. Be polite, forceful, simple, elaborate etc. but the large message is: DON’T TOUCH THE QUILTS!

Time: You have from now to the June 2021 meeting

​Task: A small quilt
  • Perimeter should be 38 inches (8” x 11”)
  • You can make up to 2 entries
  • Your name can be visible on the first entry
  • Use humorous alias on additional entry
  • They will be hung on quilt frames around the show

​Voting: There will be prizes…extra raffle tickets, free coffee, etc.

Fine Print: Quilts will be “donated” to the guild for future show

​Contact: Jane Welch with any questions

 Check out a few of these samples below....
these are only samples, we can't wait to see the great ideas you come up with!

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