Guild Challenge

You could swap scrap bags, the challenge being to make a quilt of a
minimum size, say 20" square. Of course, people would have to provide
at least enough scraps for that. And no other fabrics allowed except
maybe one background fabric. (And backing)
Roberta in D, Queen of the Scrap Heap

On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:44:14 -0400, "Alice in PA"
wrote:

OK, maybe I can start a discussion here. Does anyone have any new ideas for
a Guild Challenge? We've done ugly fabric, including certain design
features such as a star, a certain color fabric, or a certain block. I'm
looking for something new and exciting!! I've read about an idea where you
give each participant a paint chip and they have to use that color....has
anyone done such a thing? We could also do black and white and one other
color. Our meeting is Saturday and the committee hopes to come up with some
good ideas. Any thoughts?

Again, more great ideas. I'll be well-prepared for the meeting! Thanks
everyone!

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"Roberta" Roberta@Home wrote in message
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You could swap scrap bags, the challenge being to make a quilt of a
minimum size, say 20" square. Of course, people would have to provide
at least enough scraps for that. And no other fabrics allowed except
maybe one background fabric. (And backing)
Roberta in D, Queen of the Scrap Heap

On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:44:14 -0400, "Alice in PA"
wrote:

OK, maybe I can start a discussion here. Does anyone have any new ideas
for
a Guild Challenge? We've done ugly fabric, including certain design
features such as a star, a certain color fabric, or a certain block. I'm
looking for something new and exciting!! I've read about an idea where
you
give each participant a paint chip and they have to use that color....has
anyone done such a thing? We could also do black and white and one other
color. Our meeting is Saturday and the committee hopes to come up with
some
good ideas. Any thoughts?

I have a blank on ideas just yet! I have till next April g. It might
well be used for an inside pocket!! - and they are life-size olives....
I might brood on the tree idea though - have to look up how they grow.
I have a feeling they are in groups: and would need three trees to cope
with the three colours???
..
In message
,
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes
Olives! I immediately thought of a stylized olive tree with the
(most likely???) over-sized olives hanging on it. And who on rctq
was so very clever to make a Drunkard's Path using polka dots?
(Sorry, my life got crazy again and I can't remember anything but I
*loved* the idea and the resulting mini-quilt!) Using the oval olives
for a lop-sided Drunkard's Path could get very interesting.

Have fun, Pat!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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Best Regards
Pat on the Green

Well, they sell novelty trees and shrubs now that produce assorted colors
of flowers or fruit. You can get a Rose of Sharon or Butterfly Bush that
flowers in three different colors, or an apple tree that produces three
different kinds of apples.

Why not an olive tree that has three different colors of fruit on it?
If anybody asks, you are experimenting with grafting! G

NightMist


On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:47:26 +0100, Pat S wrote:

I have a blank on ideas just yet! I have till next April g. It might
well be used for an inside pocket!! - and they are life-size olives....
I might brood on the tree idea though - have to look up how they grow. I
have a feeling they are in groups: and would need three trees to cope
with the three colours???
.
In message
,
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes
Olives! I immediately thought of a stylized olive tree with the (most
likely???) over-sized olives hanging on it. And who on rctq was so
very clever to make a Drunkard's Path using polka dots? (Sorry, my life
got crazy again and I can't remember anything but I *loved* the idea and
the resulting mini-quilt!) Using the oval olives for a lop-sided
Drunkard's Path could get very interesting.

Have fun, Pat!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.





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I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower?

Great idea! And I have once seen a great tree pattern.
Thanks NM.
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In message , NightMist
writes
Well, they sell novelty trees and shrubs now that produce assorted colors
of flowers or fruit. You can get a Rose of Sharon or Butterfly Bush that
flowers in three different colors, or an apple tree that produces three
different kinds of apples.

Why not an olive tree that has three different colors of fruit on it?
If anybody asks, you are experimenting with grafting! G

NightMist

--
Best Regards
Pat on the Green

Howdy!

Quite often olive trees produce fruit in more than just one color.
(Google images shows examples.) Like other fruits & veggies, the produce
develops at different stages & in different colors, on the same branch.

How disparate are these 3 colors, Pat? Greens, reds & purples show up
on olive trees in many hues.

....Did someone say something about polka dot olives?
g

Cheers!

Ragmop/Sandy- sizzling in north Tx.

On 6/18/11 4:28 AM, in article , "Pat S"
wrote:

Great idea! And I have once seen a great tree pattern.
Thanks NM.
.

In message , NightMist
writes
Well, they sell novelty trees and shrubs now that produce assorted colors
of flowers or fruit. You can get a Rose of Sharon or Butterfly Bush that
flowers in three different colors, or an apple tree that produces three
different kinds of apples.

Why not an olive tree that has three different colors of fruit on it?
If anybody asks, you are experimenting with grafting! G

NightMist

Thanks Sandy. I'm getting a real feel for this now. They are exactly
the colours you mention.
The last fabric challenge we had was a fabric covered with
multi-coloured bubbles, for a cushion. I made an elaborate border
around an appliquéd champagne bottle; bondaweb-ed the piece of bubble
fabric and cut out as many whole ones as there were; then stuck them in
a spray pattern coming out of the top of the bottle!!!
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In message , Sandy E
writes
Howdy!

Quite often olive trees produce fruit in more than just one color.
(Google images shows examples.) Like other fruits & veggies, the produce
develops at different stages & in different colors, on the same branch.

How disparate are these 3 colors, Pat? Greens, reds & purples show up
on olive trees in many hues.

...Did someone say something about polka dot olives?
g

Cheers!

Ragmop/Sandy- sizzling in north Tx.

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Best Regards
Pat on the Green