10.3–Bigger Than a Breadbox–Challenge 3 of Project QUILTING Season 10

Hello! This is Trish, your PQ challenge designer. How about those amazing quilts made with just Red, White and Blue last time around? Incredible the diversity, even with such a limited palette!

Before we get to this week’s challenge, a few notes:

• Every week you enter the challenge you are entered to win a prize from our sponsors! Be sure to check out THIS post for all the prizes up for grabs this week and to thank our awesome sponsors! 
• Our Ultimate Weekly Sponsor this week is Cherrywood Hand-dyed Fabrics!
• As always, there is an additional prize for the “Viewer’s Choice” winner of the week. AND, if you finish the challenge in the time allotted you get one additional entry in the final season-ending GRAND PRIZE!
• Let’s not forget we have PQCelebrity – Rachel Rossi joining in the fun!

CHALLENGE 10.3

Bigger Than a Breadbox

This time around, I’m issuing a challenge with a SIZE RESTRICTION.

How many of you play guessing games? A standard question used to determine general size is, “Is it bigger than a breadbox?” I guess that question was made popular in the 1950s on television game shows, but it’s still a common Twenty Questions query.

Now, how many of you actually remember bread boxes? I have a vintage metal one on my kitchen counter. I bought it a few years ago at a garage sale because it made me literally laugh out loud – it features a painted chicken (because I’m the QUILTchicken, yo!). Mostly, we keep snacks in it instead of bread.

So how do we convert that to a PQ project? No, you don’t have to make a three-dimensional object: for the sake of rules, we’ll take the measurements of a breadbox and flatten them out. Wikipedia says they’re usually 16″ x 8″ or so, and that’s the MINIMUM size for your completed piece to meet this week’s challenge.

It must have one measurement larger than 16″, and another measurement larger than 9″.

• So a mini-quilt 17” x 9″ would work – or anything larger. 
• Also, a tote or purse wider than 16″ and taller than 8″ would work.
• How else can you think to meet these requirements?

The rules:

1. Your project must have one measurement (length, width, or height) larger than 16″, and another measurement larger than 8″. 
2. Projects need to be created during the week of the challenge (started on or after February 3, finished by February 10).
3. Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these three requirements: include patchwork, include appliqué, have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.
4. Incomplete or unfinished does not qualify. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline.
5. Link up at the bottom of THIS PAGE by Sunday, February 10 at noon CST (here’s a link to time zone converter to calculate for Central Standard Time: www.thetimezoneconverter.com)

• Add to the linky the URL of your project’s blog post, instagram picture, or public facebook posting
• Alternately, by 11am on Sunday, February 10 you may email a picture and description to {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line. Yes – that deadline is one hour earlier because it requires more work for Kim.

Good luck, and remember to HAVE FUN!

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SOCIAL MEDIA LINKING:

• Please use the hashtags #pqSeason10 and/or #projectquilting when posting on social networking sites to help spread the word.
• If you’d like to tag @PerisimonDreams and @QuiltChicken on instagram then we’ll for sure see your posts!
• Share progress pictures on Facebook, Instagram, and your blog – seeing your process and how you get to the final project is part of the fun!
• Make sure you like Project QUILTING on Facebook.
• We have created a ‘Challenge Quilts’ Facebook Group for you to share your thoughts, questions, and friendship on PQ and other quilting challenges. Just ask to join.

Please be sure to link up your FINAL project just below HERE. VERY IMPORTANT! If you do not link up on this post you cannot win a prize!