Welcome to another Trish (aka QUILTchicken) takeover! This is your friendly challenge mistress with the next in our series of inspiration for your February creative projects.
First though, I have got to say, your kitchen influence was inspired! It’s easy to get wrapped up in thinking quilts are for the bedroom – but just look at how many useful and creative projects there are for quilts in the kitchen! There was a joke made about the hotpad-palooza, and I have to say I am HERE FOR IT. And thanks for the recipe ideas – I’ll be implementing some new flavors in the dinner rotation, at your suggestion.
Side Note about Prizes! Every week that you enter a piece for the challenge you are entered into a random drawing to win one of the amazing prizes from our sponsors! Be sure to check out THIS post for all the prizes up for grabs this weeks and to thank our awesome sponsors! Our Ultimate Weekly Sponsor this week is Aurifil. AND, if you finish the challenge in the time allotted your name will also be added into the final drawing at the completion of the season for an opportunity to win the GRAND PRIZE! Inspiration, quilting, fun AND Prizes!? Can it get much better?
And now, let’s get down to business:
PQ 13.4 Mining for Diamonds
Let’s face it – this time of year, the deck is stacked: you’ll find hearts in spades. But let’s go against the club and double down on DIAMONDS for this challenge.
There are lots of ways to get there: you might choose to combine triangles, split a rectangle, or even work your best inset seams.
I don’t care if you focus on the rhombus, use a quilt block that incorporates the shape (LeMoyne Star, anyone?) or instead be inspired by the facets of a true stone.
But it doesn’t have to be literal. If you can explain how your project is inspired by diamonds, it meets the criteria. I could envision a (miniature) double-wedding ring project meeting the brief. Or even a simple project with diamond-in-a-square blocks – I mean, it’s just a square set on point, let’s be real!
Even though a diamond is the hardest natural element, your project can be as complex or as simple as you want to make it – always keeping in mind you have a one-week deadline (and probably some life demands in that time too).
The whole point is this: be inspired, make something, and finish. Remember: it’s supposed to be fun!
Rule 1: use the diamond as your project inspiration.Rule 2: 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 noon February 13th, 2022, and linked up by noon Central Time February 20th, 2022.
Each piece must stand alone as DONE to count toward prizes.
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.
If you finish more than one project that is amazing but please just link up to a single completed project.
Incomplete or unfinished does not qualify. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline.
Link up at the bottom of THIS PAGE by Sunday, February 20th 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, public instagram picture, or public facebook posting. This post – How to Link Up a Link Up may help you. At this time, if you choose to link up to an instagram or facebook url you will have to manually upload the picture to go with it – look at the section “upload a link” on THIS POST to see how to do this.
- Alternately, by 11:50am on Sunday, February 20th you may email a picture and description to {projectquilting@gmail.com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line.
Good luck, and remember to HAVE FUN! Don’t forget to post progress pictures because that’s part of the fun.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKING
- Please use the hashtags #pqSeason13 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.
Link Up
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! If you are having trouble linking up email me – projectquilting@gmail.com the picture, story behind your quilt, and where you are from and I will do the rest for you.
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