The Challenge


Each year a committee is formed to create a challenge for the guild members.  Specific rules and guidelines are given (sometimes accompanied by a specific fabric).  Each member is then "challenged" to create a quilted piece which conforms to these guidelines.  Projects such as these can help push you into areas of quilting you might not otherwise go.


Each member keeps their project secret until the April meeting.  On that night, after the business meeting, members view the entries and vote on their favorites.  It is always an enjoyable program.  We also celebrate the guild's birthday at that meeting.

Participation in the challenge is optional. 


For Past Challenges see Patterns...


New!
The April Birthday Challenge for 2024 is “Name That Quilt In So Many Notes”. Due at the April meeting.
Create a quilt centered around your favorite song. Your quilt must have the following:
*A musical note (could be fabric, an applique, whatever)
*Batik fabric of some kind along with any other fabric you like

Your quilt can be any size and needs to have three layers, be quilted, and finished by the April meeting.
Judging categories:

  • Easiest to identify song title
  • Viewer’s Choice
  • Most creative use of musical note
  • Most visual impact – eye catching
  • Have fun and be creative, use any style or technique you like 

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New!

Next year’s VP Challenge is “Back to the Basics”: Due January 2025
Make a project that uses HST (half square triangles). This project must contain more than half of the blocks as HST, it must be quilted, and can be any size project. Pinterest has a great cheat sheet which will be shared in the newsletter to help


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Alisha Frankfather created the VP challenge for January 2024 of “Let’s Get Uncomfortable”. 


Choose a specialty ruler or printed template that you have never used before to create a quilt block. (It can be one you have purchased and never yet used or borrowed from a friend.) Turn the quilt block into something as little as a table runner or as large as a quilt. It must be quilted and bound. Then write down what you liked or didn’t about the ruler or template. Was it easy to use? What resources did you use to help you figure out how to use it? Would you consider teaching a program to show how to use the ruler?


NEW! Name That Quilt in SO Many Notes.


see January newsletter for details.