QUILT SHOW CHALLENGESDo you need some inspiration for your next project? Consider participating in one of our quilt show challenges! See below for guidelines for each of this year's challenges. Completed projects should be entered into the quilt show in the category for the particular challenge. Entries are displayed together at the quilt show and viewer's choice ribbons awarded for each challenge category. It is a lot of fun to see how each person has interpreted the challenge! If you have any questions about a challenge, contact the appropriate chair listed below. |
2027 GUILD CHALLENGEChair: Beverly spursTheme: WIND, WAVES, WATER The 2027 Opportunity Quilt is a Storm at Sea pattern, so this year's challenge takes inspiration from that.A storm at sea involves wind, waves and water. The challenge is to include one or more of these subjects somewhere in your quilt. You may use any and as many fabrics as you like. Size restriction- must fit on a 4' x 6' tall frame. It can be smaller than this, but no larger please. Have fun! |
2027 ART QUILT CHALLENGECHAIR: JOAN BARKER THEME: Gee's Bend
For this challenge, quilts should be 24” x 36”. You are expected to use 50% or more of recycled fabric, such as used clothing. The quilt may hang horizontally or vertically. For a little history about the Gee’s Bend community, you can read the article “The Gee’s Bend Quilt Collective: A Story of the South” and see more examples of these inspirational quilts by visiting the “Souls Grown Deep” website. The quilt shown to the left was created in the 1950's by Gee's Bend quiltmaker Rebecca Myles Jones. |
2027 PASS THE ENVELOPECHAIR: KATHY CALLAHAN
The first person in the chain gets an inspiration photograph and makes a 9" x 11" quilt based on their interpretation of the photo. The next person in the chain never sees the photograph but uses the quilt they receive from the person before them in the chain as their inspiration for their quilt. The chain continues, as each person uses the quilt of the person before them as the inspiration for their quilt. Each person in the chain has one month to complete their project before passing it to the next person. This is very fun to do and is not as time consuming as making a larger quilt. |
This challenge is similar to the childhood game of "Telephone" and is worked in a chain.