Again this year, the Mtl Mqg is excited to be participating
in the Quiltcon Charity Quilt Challenge presented by the Modern Quilt Guild.
The theme selected for this year is quilts incorporating “TEXT”, with a color scheme of black/white and shades of gray as you see below.
You can find more specific information on colors
and about the challenge itself, by following this link:The theme selected for this year is quilts incorporating “TEXT”, with a color scheme of black/white and shades of gray as you see below.
https://www.quiltcon.com/charity-quilt-challenge-2020
- Based on a suggestion by Stephanie Baldwin, I decided to
play with the idea of word poetry magnets like you see below.
- I found a free downloadable sheet and cut out the
words. Using all the words would have been too much to fit within the size
constraints of the quilt, so I filtered through them came up with a cohesive message (message is being kept secret until the final reveal). Members who are interested in participating are asked to contribute a "word block" for the quilt. At last week's meeting we asked interested members to pick a word or two from a the lot. Here are the guidelines for making your word block:
- - Printed or solid fabrics are acceptable.
- Prints for
background restricted to tone on tone black (ie: must read like a solid).
- Prints for the letters are acceptable as long
as you adhere to the gray/white color scheme (stick to whites and/or cool gray tones. Please do not use creams or beige). NO COLOR IS ALLOWED.
- You are encouraged to use fabrics from your stash or
scrap bin.
-Letters/words can be pieced, paper-pieced, improv, hand or machine applique.
- Individual letters can be no taller than 5 inches and no
wider than 3 inches. Note that this is the maximum size that your
letters can be. You can make the letters
smaller as long as the finished word block is 6in. tall. This means that if your letters are smaller, you’ll
have more background fabric around the letters.
Below are guidelines for spacing and sizing of letters. You
must leave a minimum of ½ inch space around the word. Finished word block
must be 6 inches tall regardless of the size of the letters/word.
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Below are 2 examples of word blocks, each made with different size letters but both finishing at 6 inches tall: 
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: If you’ve signed up for this project, then you’ve signed up to respect
this timeline!
Finished words given back by November 13th meeting.
Sew-in to assemble quilt top and baste quilt: Novemebr 23rd at Craft de Ville.
Top / backing / done for Dec. 11th meeting
Quilt bound and ready for shipping for January meeting.
Quilt must arrive in Austin on Feb 8th.
Below is a list of patterns/tutorials related to text
quilts/word blocks:
You can GOOGLE “free printable alphabet template” and use
the letters to create your own pattern.
If you missed the first meeting and wish to participate in the challenge, there are still some words available!! Please contact me directly at cinzia-ibc@videotron.ca and a word will be assigned to you and added to the sign up sheet. Please also reach out to me with questions regarding the challenge.
We are still looking for a charity to donate the quilt to. Suggestions are welcome.
We will also need volunteers to assemble the quilt top, backing, binding and backing. We also need a volunteer to quilt it.
Patti is working on finding donations of batting and backing.
Thank you for your participation and I look forward to seeing your words!
Cinzia
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