11.5– Give it Away – Challenge 5 of Project QUILTING Season 11

Hello PQers! This is Trish. This week, I’m asking you for something very, very different – and I hope you’re with me on this one. Because I firmly believe quilters can truly change the world.

By nature, quilters are a generous lot. We rarely get financial reimbursement for our time and materials, so instead we give of our hands with an open heart hoping someone else receives warmth, inspiration, and love through our projects.

I have to admit: this past year I’ve been fighting with depression. I quit watching the news because I can’t worry about what’s happening in the world – I’ve got my hands full at home. But the headlines this week have crept through anyway – a mass shooting just down the road in Milwaukee, the international health crisis – and I’m trying to remember that the best way to cope is to not shut down, but to open up.

So this week I’m asking you to open your heart and open your hands, to unleash your talents, gifts, and love on our communities.

The perpetual friendly reminder: please read the rules and make sure you understand them. Note that photography of your finished project must be linked at the bottom of this post in order to be eligible for prizes. Ask questions if you don’t understand something – and remember just about everything about Project QUILTING and how it began can be found on THIS page. These challenges are meant to be inspirational and FUN.

For every challenge completed, we put the maker’s name in as a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors. Be sure to check out THIS post for all the weekly prizes and to thank our awesome sponsors!  The Ultimate Weekly Sponsor this week is The Fat Quarter Shop!

AND, all those name slips also get added for the final GRAND PRIZE drawing (after challenge six)!
~Grand Prize Package 1 ~ Grand Prize Package 2 ~

CHALLENGE 11.5

Give It Away

This week’s project has one true purpose: giving. No matter what you make or how you do it, the end result must be given away freely to another person, organization, or charity for their unencumbered use. You don’t have to gift it by the Sunday deadline, but you do have to complete it by then and tell us where it’s going.

If you need ideas, Kim will be posting another, separate blog post chock full of ideas and links for charitable sewing.

Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt but must meet at least one of these requirements: include patchwork, include appliqué, have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

There is no size limit – make it as big or little as you want.

Each piece must stand alone as DONE to count toward prizes. Incomplete or unfinished does not qualify.

You have one week to meet the challenge. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline – that is, started on or after March 1, 2020, and posted by noon Central March 8, 2020.

LINK UP!

Link up at the bottom of THIS PAGE by Sunday, March 8 at noon CDT (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 post.  This post – How to Link Up a Link Up may help  you.
• Alternately, by 11am on Sunday, March 8 you may email a picture and description to {lapaceksorchard@gmail.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 HAVE FUN!

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKING:

• Please use the hashtags #pqSeason11 and/or #projectquilting when posting on social networking sites to spread the word.
  If you tag @PerisimonDreams and @QuiltChicken on instagram it helps ensure we 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 you cannot win a prize!

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