Project QUILTING, Season 4, Challenge 6–Hurray For Spring!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Do you have any plans for corned beef and cabbage or green beer today? We don’t have many plans for the day…I was going to make some pistachio pudding but it looks like I might just have dye some vanilla pudding green. We have three small drippy noses around here so we’ll be laying low.
Can you believe that the very last challenge of Season 4 of Project QUILTING is just below the words I’m writing now. I hope you’ve all had as inspirational of a time as I have had so far. Before we get to the challenge I want to start with the Prizes that are up for grabs!
The Prizes
Everyone who enters a quilt into this weeks challenge, in the time frame given and following the challenge’s guidelines, will be entered into the random drawing to win the following prizes from our incredibly generous Project QUILTING sponsors:
$20 to Fat Quarter Shop
Surprise fabric prize from Fabric Worm
$30 off long arm quilting of baby quilt or larger from Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting
A *Stash bag from For Quilts Sake
$25 off Long Arm Quilting from Quilts by Barb
24 dye cut 10″x10″ pieces of hand dyed fabrics from Dye Candy
$20 to spend at Quilting Lodge!
*Stash Bags – Each Embellishment Stash Bag includes three pieces of coordinated fabric totaling 3/8 yards, three coordinating yarns totaling approximately 300″, 20 small beads, five focal beads, and two buttons.
The Challenge – Hurray for Spring!
- I am so ready for spring! I’ve seen enough snow. I want to plant seeds and watch them grow. So, the inspiration for Challenge 6 is ‘Hurrah for Spring!’
- Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these requirements:
- Include patchwork.
- Include appliqué.
- Have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.
- Your project must have a name.
- Please remember that these projects need to be created during the week of the challenge.
- POST your entries with a description of your creative process, including where you are (ie, I create in Madison, WI) and the size of your project by Sunday, March 24th, 2013, by NOON, CST, to this flickr group, Project QUILTING with Persimon Dreams –OR email a picture/description of your completed project to {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line.
If you wish to receive critiques on your piece – the good and critical – please add your photo’s to this group as well: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1628629@N24/
Are you stuck? Need a little ‘Tim Gunn’ advice during the week? Or are you just so excited on how things are going along and what to share your WIP? We have a group for that!http://www.flickr.com/groups/1430386@N24/
If this is the first Project Quilting challenge you’ve participated in, please email Kim at {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line. Please include your name, flickr name, email and a website if you have one.
Please add my button to your blog to help spread the word! Thanks!
Did you know there is a Pinterest Page for Project QUILTING?http://pinterest.com/persimondreams/project-quilting/
And a FAQ Page!
And with that – Have Fun! It’s Time to Think Outside the Square!
Above is a photo mosaic I made of spring flowers at the orchard last year.
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Project QUILTING, Season 4, Challenge 5–Print Publications
Happy Sunday everyone! I can’t believe it’s already March AND there’s only two challenges left for season 4. So many amazing quilts have been created in the last few months – I hope you’re all very proud of yourself for the work you’ve done. We’ve never had this high of participation and this many people sticking with it! But don’t forget – it’s never too late to join in the fun! You can do any or all of the challenges!
Before we get to the challenge let’s take a look at…
The Prizes
Everyone who enters a quilt into this weeks challenge, in the time frame given and following the challenge’s guidelines, will be entered into the random drawing to win the following prizes from our incredibly generous Project QUILTING sponsors:
$20 to Fabrics N Quilts
$25 off Long Arm Quilting from Quilts by Barb
$30 off long arm quilting of baby quilt or larger from Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting
A Stash bag* from For Quilts Sake
1 yard of Hand-Dyed Fabric from Dye Candy
$20 to spend at Quilting Lodge!
Now – let’s see what we’re facing this week…
from Diane…
Some of my favorite Project Quilting challenges from past seasons have been based on a visit to a specific type of place. In Season 1 it was an office supply store, in season 2 a hardware store and a ‘Catalog It’ Off Season Challenge. For this week’s challenge, we are going to try a different twist on this idea.
Challenge 5: Print Publications
- Choose a print publication***. Right now I have lots of trade publications (fruit and vegetable grower magazines for us orchard people) and seed catalogs. Quilt magazines or fabric catalogs are great possibilities. Any print publication that you have in your possession qualifies. Those that have lots of pictures are best. You might want to gather up a few, and then read the rest of this challenge before you decide which is to be your chosen publication.
- Open your publication to page 28. Your inspiration must come from this page. Be sure to take a picture of the page, or the portion of it that provided your inspiration and include it when you upload your photos. I realize the temptation will be great to check out page 28 of every publication you can find, but please try to honor the spirit of this challenge.
- Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these requirements:
- Include patchwork.
- Include appliqué.
- Have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.
- Your project must have a name.
- Please remember that these projects need to be created during the week of the challenge.
- POST your entries with a description of your creative process, including where you are (ie, I create in Madison, WI) and the size of your project by Sunday, March 10th, 2013, by NOON, CDT, to this flickr group, Project QUILTING with Persimon Dreams –OR email a picture/description of your completed project to {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line.
***If you don’t have a print publication but want to participate –email me {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com}. I’d be happy to choose a random page 28 and send you the picture of it for your inspiration.
If you wish to receive critiques on your piece – the good and critical – please add your photo’s to this group as well: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1628629@N24/
Are you stuck? Need a little ‘Tim Gunn’ advice during the week? Or are you just so excited on how things are going along and what to share your WIP? We have a group for that!http://www.flickr.com/groups/1430386@N24/
If this is the first Project Quilting challenge you’ve participated in, please email Kim at {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line. Please include your name, flickr name, email and a website if you have one.
Please add my button to your blog to help spread the word! Thanks!
Did you know there is a Pinterest Page for Project QUILTING? http://pinterest.com/persimondreams/project-quilting/
And a FAQ Page!
Good luck, have fun and remember…
“It’s time to think outside the square!”
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Project QUILTING, Season 4, Challenge 4–Wish Upon a Star
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you’ve had a nice weekend so far and a relaxing ‘break’ week from Project QUILTING. I also hope you’re ready to get quilting! Can you believe that we’re already half way through the season!? Craziness – I know!
Vintage Sheet Giant Star Quilt from bebo821
The PRIZES!
Everyone who enters a quilt into this weeks challenge, in the time frame given and following the challenge’s guidelines, will be entered into the random drawing to win the following prizes from our incredibly generous Project QUILTING sponsors:
$20 to FabricFascination
$25 to Superior Threads
$25 off Long Arm Quilting from Quilts by Barb
Surprise fabric prize from Fabric Worm
$30 off long arm quilting of baby quilt or larger from Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting
A Stash bag* from For Quilts Sake
1/8 yard hand-dyed wool or $15 gift certificate from Dye Candy
$20 to spend at Quilting Lodge!
The Challenge: Wish Upon a Star
Lone Star Quilts photo from circulating
- Your project must include at least one star. It can be a traditional star block, an appliquéd star, a star in the embellishments or quilting…..Use your
imagination. More stars are fine, but there must be at least one. - Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these requirements:
- Include patchwork.
- Include appliqué.
- Have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.
- Your project must have a name.
- Please remember that these projects need to be created during the week of the challenge.
- POST your entries with a description of your creative process, including where you are (ie, I create in Madison, WI) and the size of your project by Sunday, February 24th, 2013, by NOON, CDT, to this flickr group, Project QUILTING with Persimon Dreams –OR email a picture/description of your completed project to {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line.
If you wish to receive critiques on your piece – the good and critical – please add your photo’s to this group as well: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1628629@N24/
Are you stuck? Need a little ‘Tim Gunn’ advice during the week? Or are you just so excited on how things are going along and what to share your WIP? We have a group for that!http://www.flickr.com/groups/1430386@N24/
If this is the first Project Quilting challenge you’ve participated in, please email Kim at {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line. Please include your name, flickr name, email and a website if you have one.
Please add my button to your blog to help spread the word! Thanks!
Did you know there is a Pinterest Page for Project QUILTING? http://pinterest.com/persimondreams/project-quilting/
And a FAQ Page!
This was one of my very first quilts…it is King size but made with HUGE blocks so it went together really fast. I used a combination of hand-dyed fabrics and commercial prints.
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Project QUILTING – Season 4, Challenge 2 – My Favorite Color
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you’ve enjoyed your week off from Project QUILTING but I’m sure you’re all anxious to get going on the next Challenge. Don’t forget – there’s an on-going bonus challenge this season – Tradition Times Three with a bundle of fabric from the Fat Quarter Shop. Get your bundle and get going on it so you still have plenty of time to complete it!
Photo by NYC-Man
Before we get to this weeks challenge– let’s see what prizes are there to be won this week!
Prizes
$20 to Fabrics N Quilts
$25 to Superior Threads
$30 off long arm quilting of baby quilt or larger from Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting
A Stash bag* from For Quilts Sake
Hand Dyed Scarf from Dye Candy
$25 off Long Arm Quilting from Quilts by Barb
$20 to spend at Quilting Lodge!
and I’m going to throw in a Fat Quarter Shop Project QUILTING Fat Quarter Bundle for the Bonus Project QUILTING Challenge to one lucky winner this week too!
Another prize has been addded!
$20 to spend at FabricAlaCarte’s etsy shop or artfire store!
Thank you to all of the amazing prize donors for their generosity! You help make these challenges even more fun – and my girls really like drawing names from a hat!
The Challenge – My Favorite Color
We all have favorite colors. The one we like to wear might be different than the one we like to decorate with. And that might be different than the one we buy for our fabric stash. This week we are going to work with only one of your favorites.
photo from NYC♥NYC
- For this challenge your color scheme will be white and 1 other color. Use as many shades of that color as you wish, but do not add any other colors to the front of your project, including embellishments.
- Your project can be any size or shape. It does not need to be a traditional quilt.
- Your project must have a name.
- Please remember that these projects need to be created during the week of the challenge.
- POST your entries with a description of your creative process, including where you are (ie, I create in Madison, WI)and the size of your project by Sunday, January 27th, 2013, by NOON, CDT, to this flickr group, Project QUILTING with Persimon Dreams –OR email a picture/description of your completed project to {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line.If you wish to receive critiques on your piece – the good and critical – please add your photo’s to this group as well:http://www.flickr.com/groups/1628629@N24/Are you stuck? Need a little ‘Tim Gunn’ advice during the week? Or are you just so excited on how things are going along and what to share your WIP? We have a group for that!http://www.flickr.com/groups/1430386@N24/
- If this is the first Project Quilting challenge you’ve participated in, please email Kim at {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line. Please include your name, flickr name, email and a website if you have one.
photo by NYC♥NYC
Challenge Clarifications
There have been a couple of questions/clarifications I would like to respond to all in one spot for everyone. If you have more just let me know and I’ll contact Diane and see what she says.
Yes, shades of white are acceptable and in Diane’s mind a cream is a white.
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Project QUILTING, A Square in a Square Challenge, A Closer Look at Make a Wish
Make a Wish’
24″ x 35.5″
When I saw that square in a square was the challenge my first thought was that I needed to cut out a square in the quilt. I always hate when my mind tells me that I need to cut into a finished quilt…it always hurts my stomach because I’m never sure I’ll be able to put it back together the way my mind is seeing it.
I started out by looking through my fabrics for something that caught my eye for the whole ‘square in a square’ idea. I finally settled on the dandelion fabrics I photographed, edited, and printed via spoonflower. I then found some green/grey/gold/black fabrics to compliment them. I find this color combo sort of dream like…which I’m loving. Next, I pieced everything into a more modern square in a square pattern, using the dandelion prints as the centers of the squares.
I quilted the piece using metallic gold thread and some green thread in a square-y ‘straight line’ design. Next step – bind the quilt.
Now it was time to cut my square out. I cut out a decent size square from the lower right corner of the quilt. From the square I cut out I cut a half inch of all sides of that square. Then I bound the interior cut out square (not easy) and the smaller square – super easier. The next step – I beaded the square back into the spot leaving some negative space and lots of crystal sparkle. I couldn’t stop there – I sewed a few more crystals on, square ones of course, in seven sets of three around the quilt top.
It was done! What do you think?
Created by Kim Lapacek PersimonDreams, in Poynette, WI, for the 1st Project QUILTING Challenge of Season 4: Square in a Square, www.persimondreams.com/2013/01/project-quilting-season-4-…
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