As I write this post it is a very sunny day here in Wisconsin (in spite of the low temperature). Last year was a “challenging” year in many ways. The challenge I’d like to talk about in this post is a bright and happy one 😄.
The ThreadBenders decided to have one large challenge this year entitled Vintage Travel Posters which I wrote about in November (click here for the post about that challenge).
We also chose to have 3 small challenges since three themes were presented and we couldn’t make up our minds. The first was to make a fabric postcard and mail it. I posted about that in April,
and you can access that post by clicking here.
Our second small challenge was due in July, but gathering them all up for photography proved to be a bit of a challenge itself. I did have mine completed on time and I had so much fun stitching and beading it that I did a three episode post at these links: Sun 1, Sun 2, Sun 3 (I apologize for being a bit repetitive to those of you who have read all the posts on these links, but I have had many new followers join in recent times who may have missed them). I call my sun quilt “Feel the Heat”.
All of our Sun quilts are now completed and featured on our ThreadBenders site, and I thought it would be fun to share them with you here!
I love being a part of this very talented and creative group!
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In conclusion to the challenges for 2021 ~ our last challenge was to make a piece using sheer fabrics. It turns out that most of our fiber artists were hesitant to use such a non-traditional fiber, as we so far have seen just 2 of these challenge quilts. But those 2 were fascinating!
I have used sheers quite a bit in my quilts, so instead of making something new I brought one of my favorite Parallelisms quilts to the December meeting (I know, it’s cheating, but there were no prizes 🙂). I call it Spheres.
To be honest, many of us suffer from a bit of procrastination, so you may see more of these challenge quilts completed in the future 😁.
Jodi Grzeczka says
These are all so incredibly imaginative and awesome! Thank you for sharing these. I find myself looking for more hours in a day because I want to do it all! I have 3 quilts on my work table right now, in various stages, and all near completion. I find myself trying to squeeze more than 24 hours out of a day!! Thank you, Chris!
Cindy Unruh says
Wow! Thank you for the sunny and cheerful inspirations! I’m wading thru my annual declutter challenge in my sewing room where EVERYTHING is being pulled out and evaluated, and organized. Can feel overwhelmed at times, so your blog was a bright spot in my day. Thank you!
Laurie N says
Chris,
I always wonder from week to week how you can come up with new ideas for your blog. You continue to amaze me and Today is no exception. From Sunshine quilts, to chiffon to fabric postcards. You are very motivational. I’m trying to finish so many quilts and I look forward to next weeks blog. As Jodi says, she’s trying to squeeze more hours in the day, I am too..
God bless you all in your coming week.
Laurie Neubauer
Eileen B says
The sunshine quilts were just what I needed to see this cold, snowy mid-January! Really well done. So fun, cheerful and inspirational!