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Last Saturday was our local guild show for Worldwide Quilting Day at our small shopping mall. The stands and black drapes were set up along a wall, and the entries were pinned to them. The show was set up and ready to view before the mall opened. There were 31 entries, and visitors in the mall were encouraged to vote for their three favorites.

As usual, the creativity and imagination of our members is amazing. This challenge was all about imagination, so even more so this year. In most of the entries, the challenge fabric was easy to see, which ...

The third Saturday in March is Worldwide Quilting Day, and our local guild always celebrates it with a challenge show. Our members are given a challenge theme and purchase a fat quarter of the challenge fabric we have to use. This year, the challenge was “Looking Out My Back Door”, and we were admonished not to take it literally. It is taken from the Creedence Clearwater Revival song about imagination. Some of the lyrics were given to us at a meeting last fall. Like these:

There’s a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin’ high heels
Look at all the ...

In spite of being the chair of the committee for this event, it was a fun day. All the planning and help made for an enjoyable day. The votes were counted the day after the show, and the winners announced at our guild meeting yesterday. We set up early in the day so we were open at 10 am when the mall stores opened. Voting was by viewers. The guild gives prizes to five places, and the winners were all extraordinary.

Let’s start with one that my friend Gail made. It didn’t win a ribbon, but it was ...

Tomorrow is our Worldwide Quilting Day challenge exhibit, so I can show you my entry now. It took me several weeks to get this done as there is a lot of detail in it. When we got the challenge fabric, I had an idea of what I wanted to do. Now, understand that I am on the committee and had a say in the challenge fabric. I thought the print of hats, presents and balloons would go great with the challenge of “It’s My Birthday!” The first person to get in line made a big stink out of the ...

Seems like this week got away from me in a hurry. Cleaning out my closet took a couple of hours on Monday, then I was able to have a day of fun on Tuesday with Virtual Retreat. Thank goodness for that! Wednesday was full of appointments and meetings, as was yesterday. With the snow storm set to arrive overnight tonight, a trip to the store was in order as well. The good part of the two board meetings was both were accompanied by a sushi meal – one lunch and one dinner. Yum!

Colder days mean hot soup for lunch at ...

Our guild meeting was this week, and our Worldwide Quilting Day committee could finally announce the theme. The theme is “It’s My Birthday!” I got the three of us little birthday crowns at the dollar store, and we found this great party theme fabric at Foust for the challenge fabric.

My friend, Gail, made this great board to have at the table where we were selling the fabrics. Participants can use the gemstones and/or flowers of their birth month, their zodiac sign, their favorite cake or meal, a memory of their best birthday, or their vision of the ...

Happy (almost) Worldwide Quilting Day!  It’s a day where we can celebrate our stashes, throw piecing parties, and go on wild sewing sprees.  We have designed a fun new pattern to commemorate the occasion.  It’s called World Piece (because who doesn’t want that?) and we made ours with Pin Drop by Christopher Thompson for Riley Blake Designs.  It’s the cutest basic line for quilters, and of course we have a World Piece Quilt Kit if this version “seams” perfect for you!

In addition to the free pattern, we are launching a Worldwide Quilting Day contest! We ...