Small Quilt Challenge

As we focus on “Around the World in Stitches” we invite you to review your family heritage and make a small quilt which represents your family origins. It could be imaginative, involving fabrics, textures, patterns, colors, and/or images. This will be a chance to make a family heirloom to treasure well past the end of our quilt show.

Your quilt must not be larger than 24” x 24”. It may be any shape but must fit within the 24” x 24” format. Use any technique and/or surface embellishment. The quilt must be finished. It must include a striped fabric on the front side. The striped fabric must be in a recognizable amount.

You must have made the quilt yourself, with a friend or group - including the quilting, and it cannot have been in a previous challenge or quilt show.

Quilts will be due at the April meeting for VQG (April 9,2009) and SFVQA (April 13, 2009). Judging will be by vote of the respective guild members at the April meetings. Ribbons will be awarded for each category, but will not be announced until the 2009 “Around the World in Stitches” show on May 16, 2009.

Quilts will be turned in for the 2009 show at the April meetings and picked up at the end of the show on Sunday, May 17th at the Quilt Distribution Table.

Categories and Ribbons:

You will select ONE category for your quilt.
No switching of categories allowed after having entered in the challenge.

One Gold Ribbon awarded to each of these three categories:

• Best Hand Appliquéd Quilt
  
Best Pieced Quilt

• Best Mixed Media Quilt

1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for:

• Viewers Choice


• Best Theme Interpretation

For more information contact: Robin Tetef (SFVQA), Peggy Fatur (SFVQA), or Analee Perica (VQG)