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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Project QUILTING, Season 2 – Challenge 4 - Hardware Store

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to Season 2, Challenge 4 of Project Quilting. I can’t believe we’ve passed the half way point! Time really flew by!

To read more about Project Quilting Here: http://kimscraftyapple.blogspot.com/2010/04/project-quilting.html

This week’s PRIZES!

The winner of the Public vote will take home $10 to FabricsNQuilts and $10 do Dye Candy.

The winner of the Judges Choice will take home a Pattern & Notecards from Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting and $15 to FabricFascination.

THREE randomly drawn (by my two beauties) participants in this weeks challenge will take home either $10 to SpiceBerryCottage OR $20 for Machine Quilting Servicesfrom QuiltsbyBarb OR a pdf of 2 maze quilt patterns from Lisa Penny!

This weeks’ JUDGES!

Diane Lapacek

Barb Raisbeck

Lisa Penny

Guest Judge: Ann of RenegadeQuilter

Now for the challenge…

hardware

For Challenge 4 we are going to do a remake of one of Season 1's Challenges. Office Supplies was one of my personal favorites from last year. One of the best things about this type of challenge is learning to find inspiration where ever you are.

1. You inspiration for Challenge 4 will come from a visit to a hardware store. Look around, maybe take some pictures, get a feel for the place. The visual impact is greater at a brick and mortar store, but visiting an internet store can work, too.

2. Choose at least 3 different things to be your inspiration. You can use the actual items in your quilt, but are not required to do so. Be sure to tell us about the items and how they inspired you.

3. Please remember that these projects need to be created during the week of the challenge.

4. POST your entries with a description of your creative process, including where you are (ie, I create in Madison, WI) and the size of your project by Sunday, February 27th, 2011, at noon, CDT, to this flickr group – Project QUILTING with KimsCraftyApple: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1401824@N21/ OR email a picture/description of your completed project to lapaceksorchard@gmail.com with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line.

5. If this is the first Project Quilting challenge you've participated in, please email Kim at lapaceksorchard@gmail.com with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line so that Kim can send you feedback from the judges and keep you updated on the behind the scenes going-ons.

Remember, these challenges are intended to help you ‘Think Outside the Square’. Be creative. Take a risk. Do something no one else will think of doing.

Submitted by Diane Lapacek

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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Project QUILTING – Be My Valentine – Random and Public Comment Winners

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I’m back from my meeting to announce more prizes!

We’ll start with our Public Comment Winner.

We had 74 comments so I inputted that into the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org and it gave me…

45. Katy~The Country Blossom said...

I am following you on Twitter! KatyLMA

Congrats Katy! You’ll be receiving the amazing Perpetual Calendar from Kathleen’s Quilts (aka TheCountyFair).

Next we’ll move onto the random drawing for prizes for this weeks’ participant (excluding Dashasel and Marcia that already took home some fabulous prizes).

I had to interrupt my expert name pickers from their afternoon ‘break’ movie to do the drawing…but they were gracious enough to help me out once again. Cedi drew the first name (she takes this job very seriously) and GocksFrocks will be receiving a copy of In the Studio with Judy Murrah by Judy Murrah from UniquelyNancy

Capri drew the second name…and TerryAskeArt will be getting $20 for Machine Quilting Services from QuiltsbyBarb

Cedi went right for the 3rd name…QuiltingDiva will reeive the Downloadable Quilter's Cookbook 2009 from the QuiltingGallery Capri picked the fourth winner… Kathleen P will be getting the $10 to Dye Candy’s shop! And our final winner (drawn by Cedi) isKathy Krieg who will receive our most recent prize addition - a pdf of 2 maze quilt patterns from Lisa Penny!

Congratulations to all the winners and a big huge THANKS to all of the fabulous sponsors!

The next challenge will be posted TOMORROW on the blog! Stay tuned!

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Project QUILTING – Be My Valentine Winners – Public and Judges Choice

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I’m going to sound like a broken record soon but WOW! Once again so many fantastic entries for this weeks challenge. I am continually awed and amazed by what so many can come up with and accomplish within just one week!

I’m here now to announce the first batch of winners – the Public and Judges Choice winners.

First I will announce the Public Choice winner – taking home 32 of the 199 votes (or 16.08%) is…

Marcia’s Crafty Sewing and Quilting

Marcia will be receiving $10 to SpiceBerryCottage AND a Novelty Square Set from QuiltingDiva

Moving onto the Judges Top 3:

In 3rd place with an average score of 8.99 is…

Besty H!

Judge 1: I think this piece is adorable. I love your color choices and the whimsical look of the guy and the girl.

I am a huge stickler on the rules. I think your piece breaks the rules by using so much traditional red in the valentines in the air. I LOVE THEM; I just think they are a rule breaker. Sorry, I am being picky. Otherwise, I love the piece.

Judge 2: Cute, cute, cute. This is a great design. You should be very proud of it. Love the heart musical notes.

It doesn’t appear to lay flat. That’s especially important when we only have pictures to judge.

More information about your technique And design process would really add to your story. It looks like the appliqué edges were outlined by zigzagging over a cord of some kind?

Judge 3: This is a really great design. I love the way you used the piping for the lines, couching it with the zigzag stitch. The color choices and whimsical fabrics work perfectly together. The red hearts aren't entirely "outside the box," but they aren't the main focal point. It's also interesting how you quilted the background by following some of the flowers and butterflies.

Judge 4: This is such a fun quilt! I love the improv nature to the sidewalk and their clothing, and those heart-shaped notes are brilliant. I would love to know more about your process as you constructed this top.

Taking 2nd in the Judges eyes, with an average score of 9.4 is…

For Quilts Sake

Judge 1: This piece is what Project Quilting is all about. You took the challenge and put a very unique spin on it. I felt a lot of the pieces this week just looked like different colored ordinary Valentines. Yours isn’t like that. I love it!

The yarn around the outer edges reminds me of moss or ferns. I like the beads holding the pieces together. This was a great use of a fabric that was already printed.

Good job. I am impressed with this piece.

Judge 2: Wow. He is a romantic, isn’t he?

This is a very special piece with special meaning to you. Very well designed and well constructed. Great use of embellishments. I really like the furry edge.

Judge 3: This piece is excellent on all levels. The concept is beautifully personal and your idea for the wall hanging sections is a great way to interpret the lyrics of the poem stanzas. It's wonderful that you interpreted the poem with relevant embellishments, and created panels that represented the poem without being entirely literal. Your skillful techniques in construction and finishing, with the great beadwork connections, do justice to the excellent inspiration source.

Judge 4: I love all the different techniques and embellishments added to this! The sentiment behind it is beautiful too. The fur is my favorite part I think - gives it a mossy feeling.

Taking home 1st place and the winner of

$10 to FabricsNQuilts AND a Pattern & Notecards from Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting

with an average score of 9.62 goes to…

Dashasel!

Judge 1: Bingo! You took this challenge and created to absolute perfection for the challenge. You followed the few rules and make something so different and so unique it just makes me smile. Congratulations on a job so well done!!!!

Also, on rereading your story you mentioned you didn’t want the quilting to distract on the back. I think your quilting is just right for your project. I also don’t like the messy back look on something that will be exposed all the time.

Judge 2: You are so creative. This is a wonderful valentine for your baby. I love the way you related each letter to Valentine’s Day.

I think your 2-step method of quilting works great. I often stitch my appliqués down before I add the batting and backing and my logic is similar to yours.

One suggestion. Because a baby is going to use it and love it and (probably) chew on it, I’d make sure every piece is stitched down.

The use of different textures is perfect to stimulate a baby’s senses.

Judge 3: This is one of the most ambitious pieces I've seen on Project Quilting. Each section is creative and balanced with the other complementary blocks. I'm impressed with the way you carried design elements of the text block styles and the whimsical illustration styles throughout the blocks. I especially like that not all the blocks looked like a cookie-cutter style, but instead it looked like you expressed yourself differently with each section as it moved you.

Judge 4: Adorable! I'm sure your baby loves his valentine! All the details are well thought and well done, the bright and fun color palette is very appealing too. As for your processes, I think what works best for you is the right way in terms of appliqué and quilting. Well done!

Congratulations to all of the public and judge winners this week! Enjoy your prizes!

I’ll be posting later with the random drawn winner and the Public Comment winner.

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Project QUILTING – Be My Valentine ‘Owl Be Yours’ Judges Critique

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I had so much fun with this challenge. It was quite the process and I’m still happy with how ‘Owl Be Yours’ turned out. I think I’m going to try to enter it in a few quilt shows before I list it on my etsy site. Right now it’s still on my wall like it’s photo’d below and it makes me happy every time I look at it.

Project QUILTING - Be My Valentine Challenge Entry - Owl Be Yours

Here’s what the Judges thought about ‘Owl Be Yours’

JUDGE 1: I love your uniqueness in this project. Your construction techniques are improving with every challenge. You can see new things and thoughts and I love it. I can see this quilt hanging in the jungle room.

Love it!

ENTRY Project QUILTING - Be My Valentine Challenge Entry - Owl Be Yours

JUDGE 2: The greatest thing about this is the details. They change a really good project into a truly great one.

One of my favorite things is in the way you always interpret the theme (even a cheesy theme like ‘Be My Valentine’) instead of making something predictable.

I think it’s wonderful that you took something new you learned and used it to make it into something entirely different than the original.

Close Ups of Details for 'Owl Be Yours' - Project QUILTING 'Be My Valentine' Challenge

JUDGE 3: Kim, the eyes of your owl are haunting. Your stitch work and your embellishments of fibers and collage work, such as the musical score and the text prints, are so full of interest. The use of purple fibers is very cool. Honestly, the off-kilter perspective of your angled detail shot is so full of energy and attitude, that I think the piece may be stronger if you cut it to that macro angled view. That tight angled shot is so very much more powerful and full of intrigue than the “standard” view of the whole piece.

JUDGE 4: I love all the details! the wind blowing in the branches, and the facial details on your owl, and quilting are all beautifully done! Amazing work!