Baskets of Friendship Design Challenge

This year our Design Challenge theme was BASKETS OF FRIENDSHIP. At our first meeting, anyone that wanted to participate was given a list of guidelines for this year's challenge. We were asked to make a 9 1/2 inch square basket block. Any pattern, any color, anything you liked. We were supposed to bring back our basket block along with 2 sewing notions to trade at the next meeting.
At the next meeting, everyone received a basket with one of the already sewn basket blocks and a few fun sewing surprise notions. We were asked to use the block we received as inspiration for our challenge quilt. We were given a few more guidelines and a couple of months to complete our BASKETS OF FRIENDSHIP Challenge quilts. Here are the results at the May guild meeting.

Shantelle's

Bethany's

Bonnie's


Cathy's




Liz's

Suzanne's

Heather's

She had something funny to say about hers - "What freakin' happened?" She was a little distraught about recieving a 9 1/2 inch block and then making 3 more of her own to match but having them turn out 8 inches and 10 inches square!

note from the author - I did see the finished project and it was AMAZING, but she gave it away!

Beth's

Sally's

Timpi's

Joan's

Kandy's

Barbara's

Nita's

Deonn's

Wendy's

Stella's

Sherron's

Rachel's

Everyone that participated in this year's challenge recieved a great participation prize - a large quilt bag. Thanks Shantelle for another great design challenge!

A couple more local HMQS entries

This darling bicycle was made by Kathleen, Natalia, and Whitnee for the Home Machine Quilting Show PUMP UP THE COLOR Challenge. So darling! It was raffled off for over $100 and the $$$ went to dig a wall in Kenya. Good Job ladies!

Deonn's super darling wallhanging won 3rd place in the wallhanging division. Good Job Deonn!

Local lady Home Machine Quilting Show entries

Brain dead, that is the new word. I deleted a bunch of pictures that I was going to post along with this one of some more quilts that were entered in The Home Machine Quilting Show by ladies from our guild. So sorry, I will see if I can get them from someone else. Enjoy these for now, but know there are more.

Kami's wedding quilt which is quite Asian-looking with bamboo and koi. It was quilted by Deonn.

Deonn's 12 Gifts of Birth quilt

Kathleen's Strut Your Stuff quilt, quilted by Natalia



Rachel, Deonn, and Debbie participated together in the Pump Up the Color Home Machine Quilting Show's Design Challenge. They won 2nd place! Hooray! Deonn also participated with the Utah Longarm Guild and they placed 3rd. Natalia, Kathleen, and Cindy also participated and that is one of the pictures I deleted, along with Ann's wool applique quilted jacket and Deonn's 3rd place wallhanging. I will get those pics ASAP.

Congrats ladies!

Home Machine Quilting Show 2009

Who went to the Home Machine Quilting Show this last weekend? Hooray for you! Here are a few quilts that tickled my fancy. There were hundreds I could have taken pictures of though! Stay tuned for the next post - it will be quilts and pieces that our own guild members had in the show! Enjoy!