Best Extended Seam Challenge 2016

Crazy Quilting International

2016 Spring Challenge

Best Extended Seam

For fun, our group has offered quarterly challenges. This year, several of our members donated items to be given away as prizes. The challenge is only for Crazy Quilting International members, but any crazy quilters may join. We meet on Facebook. And on Yahoo we meet within these 5 groups: the main CQI group, gallery one, gallery two, gallery three and our swaps & activities group.

If you are wondering what an extended seam is, Wilma shared a great post on her blog, Wilma Goes Crazy.

Here are the rules the members have for this challenge:

Rules:

1)       Create an extended seam.  This is a combination of stitches used to build a seam on a current crazy quilt block of your choice.

2)     Entry Deadline: March 31, 2016.

3)     Submit the photo for the challenge.

Directions are found in the Facebook CQI Files and in the Yahoo! CQI Swaps & Activities Group Files.

4)     You will receive a confirmation when your photo entry is received. 

5)     Administrators will create albums on Facebook and Yahoo with entry photos. Names will NOT be included. We would like to keep the entries anonymous until the winners are selected.

6)     Limit of 1 entry per member.

7)     Winners to be announced April 7th:

1^st Place:   Crazy Quilt Template Set 2 donated by Sharon Boggon 

                   of Pintangle.com. 

2^nd  Place: $20 Gift Certificate to Raviolee Dreams on Etsy for laces hand dyed by Barbara Nicki Lee Seavey (Certificate may be used toward purchase of lace. Excludes shipping expenses.) 

3^rd Place:   an Antique Dutch Cigarette Silk Fruit Basket from A Crazy Quilt Journey on Etsy, donated by Wilma van Wagensveld. 

8)     We are thrilled to announce Jo Newsham and Kathy Shaw have agreed to judge the entries for this challenge.

Future 2016 Challenges with details coming soon:

Summer Challenge: Crazy Quilted Heart

Fall Challenge: New CQI Logo

Winter Challenge: Crazy Quilted Purse

Our generous prize donations for this year’s challenges are from:

·         Barbara Nicki Lee Seavey – Raviolee Dreams on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/RavioleeDreams

·         Elizabeth Rudder – CQI Moderator

·         Janet Stauffacher – VintageVogue.com https://www.vintagevogue.com

·         Kathy Shaw – Shawkl Designs http://www.shawkl.com/

·         Marcy Wyatt – Crazy Quilt and Other Crafts and Handmade Needle Arts Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/suppliesforcrazyquiltsandothercrafts/

·         Sharon Boggon – Pintangle.com http://pintangle.com/cq-stencils/

·         Thearica Burroughs – crazyquiltingsupplies.com http://www.crazyquiltingsupplies.com/

·         Wilma van Wagensveld – A Crazy Quilt Journey on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/aCrazyQuiltJourney

And here are the entries we have received as of March 30, 2016

listed in the order they were submitted.

* PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THESE PHOTOS ON PINTEREST, 

AS THE ARTIST WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THEIR WORK.

* IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE ARTWORK AND KNOW THE ARTIST,

PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

ENTRIES SHOULD REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

THANK YOU!

Entry 1 - by Marilyn

Entry 2 - by Janet

Entry 3 - by Kathy

Entry 4 - by Heather

Entry 5 - by Patricia

Entry 6 - Lower seam with green ribbon between blue and cream fabric - by Kathleen

Entry 7 - by Carol

Entry 8 - by Nina

Entry 9 - by Margaret

Entry 10 - by Katie

Entry 11 - by Casey

Entry 12 - by Terry

Entry 13 - by Joy

Entry 14 - by Ritva

Entry 15 - by Diana

Entry 16 - by Cindi

Entry 17 - by Sandra

Entry 18 - by Pamela

Entry 19 - by Margreet

Entry 20 - by Donna

Please note: This page has been created for all Facebook and Yahoo CQI  members to view the challenge entries. After the challenge a new post will be added to the main blog page and this page (and its comments) will be deleted.