Is it midnight already? I guess it is! So, happy 1st of Novemember, happy All Saints Day, happy Dia Day Los Muertos, happy international world vegan day, and happy....
1st Day of Quilting!!!
I'm not as fancy as Jeselyn (who has a video of the official pulling of events from the hat: http://imakequilts.blogspot.com/2011/11/30-day-quilting-challenge-first-5-days_01.html) but I can give you plain ol' text. And so, this 5 day spread of happy quilting is:
For this block, use a different color or pattern for each individual triangle. That's 32 different fabrics! Try to make all the fabrics compliment each other to create a cohesive pattern, even though the square is so busy.
Wednesday November 2nd:
Our Great Ex-Patriot
Take any country's flag EXCEPT THE USA'S and create a quilt block based on it. If you're out of out country, use a flag other than your own (in which case the good ol' red, white and blue would be fair game, I suppose).
Thursday November 3rd:Puzzler
Use four colors. All pieces of this square must be square. No piece may share any part of an edge with a piece of the same color. Go!
Friday November 4th:Names
Make a block whose pattern contains your name, or the name of another person who is meaningful to you, i.e. 'Annie's Choice,' for Anna.
Saturday November 5th:Memory Lane
Use pieces from your own clothes, old articles from adulthood, baby clothes, your middle school uniform, anything. Try to choose clothing that has meaning to you, or commemorates a special day. Be sure to include the story when you send us the picture of your block.
As you finish up your pieces, feel free to send them to either of us if you want them posted to the blog so others can be inspired, or by all means, join and/or post to the Facebook event (http://www.facebook.com/events/#!/event.php?eid=234949706566401), if that's your thing!
Happy quilting!
No comments:
Post a Comment