April Meeting Highlights - Challenges - ARNPRIOR & DISTRICT QUILTERS' GUILD

April Meeting Highlights - Challenges

5/7/2017

Refer to the April Meeting Highlights blog post for information about the news from the April meeting.

The April 2017 meeting began with a flurry of activity as members dropped off their challenge projects. Challenges, issued in September 2016, are optional projects with a particular theme where guild members showcase their individual creativity and imagination. This year there were 3 challenges: President's, Crayon, and Baby Quilt. The April deadline for the challenges was chosen so these projects could be displayed in our quilt show, the weekend following this meeting.

Quilts in the challenges were displayed and identified by unique numbers so members could submit as their choices in a secret ballot.

As shown in these photos, the quilts excelled in their creativity, imagination, and excellence of techniques.

President's Challenge
Participants were challenged by guild president Brigid Whitnall to make a red and white themed quilted item in honour of Canada's 150th birthday.

Crayon Challenge
Participants blindly chose a crayon from a paper bag and were challenged to make a project of that colour, and different shades of that colour. Black and white could be included for contrast.

Baby Quilt Challenge
Participants were each given a 10 inch square piece of this “ABC kid’s” fabric and were challenged to use all, or any portion of it, in a baby quilt of any size.

And the Challenge Winners are...
Prizes were awarded for 1st and 2nd place based on voting in a secret ballot by guild members.. There were ties for 2nd place in 2 of the challenges!

President's Challenge