2022 Challenges

Reveal at the October Meeting

Select or design a Mini (18" or less, with hanging provisions) ​or Mug Rug that sends a message. 

Inspiration Resource:
Transparency and Dimension Resource List

Reveal at the July Meeting

Select or design a Mini (18" or less, with hanging provisions) ​or Mug Rug that sends a message. 

Inspiration Resource:
Send a Message Presentation

Reveal at the May Meeting

Select or design a Foundation Paper Pieced pattern that represents: LOVE.

Inspiration Resources: 
FPP Challenge Presentation

Reveal at the April Meeting

Take a traditional block or pattern and add curves using any curve method you like! Make a mini (18" or less, with hanging provisions) or a mug rug!
  • Applique
  • Curved Piecing, such as Drunkard's Path, Improv, Inset Circles, English Paper Piecing
  • Curved Binding, including bias binding applique and bias binding on the edges
Inspiration Resources: 
Sew Kind of Wonderful

Challenge Guidelines

During the course of the year, the guild will issue four challenges. The goal of the challenges is two fold, firstly to challenge members to stretch their sewing skills and try something new. Secondly, we invite members to donate their challenge makes to our annual auction. This gives you the freedom to create without worrying about it being "your style" or what to do with it afterward and helps support our guild fundraiser. 

For each challenge, we ask that you make one of the following types of items:

A mini quilt (18" x 18") or smaller, with some provision for hanging. 

A mug rug (10" x 6" or smaller), made to be washable and used as an extra large coaster for a drink and a snack.

A small, giftable item or set of items (ex drawstring bags, zip pouches, set of coasters, placemats, etc).
Hanging options to consider include:

Prizes

All members who show a completed challenge item at the "reveal" meeting, are entered into a drawing for a door prize. Additionally, at the end of the year, a drawing will be held for a larger prize with each item donated to the auction being one entry. Any challenge items donated to the auction count toward this drawing regardless of when they were completed.