Category Archives: Block Challenges
April VMQG Block Challenge
April 2014 VMQG Block Challenge
Click on the photo above to be taken to vice-president Scott’s tutorial for the VMQG April block challenge!
February VMQG Block Challenge
February 2014 Block Challenge :: Pantone Color of the Year
Here are the details of our February 2014 Pantone Color of the Year challenge: Make a block, in the modern quilt aesthetic, using Radiant Orchid as the primary color. The block should have an unfinished size of 12 1/2 inches by 12 1/2 inches. After the meeting the blocks may be donated to philanthropy. Click HERE for some recommendations onContinue reading “February 2014 Block Challenge :: Pantone Color of the Year”
Paint Chip Challenge
Here are the details of our January 2014 Paint Chip Challenge: Blindly choose 3 paint chips. Use three of the colors from your paint chips as inspiration for your fabric choices: solids prints You may add one additional fabric of your choice for the challenge. Background fabric will be considered an additional fabric. Using the modern aesthetic sew a block(or a quilt) with the colors you have picked. The block may be any size or shape you desire. The paint chip challenge will be due at the January guild meeting. Be sure to have your paint chips with you as well as the block or show and tell.
Astronomical Block Challenge
As promised, here is the blog post regarding the Astronomical Block Challenge, that I originally posted November 16, 2013. 4/29/14 Update : Our vice president Scott offered to bundle up and mail all our VMQG members’ blocks that are turned in to him by our July meeting. Here is the original post: You are invitedContinue reading “Astronomical Block Challenge”
November Block Challenge
We had a fantastic November meeting. VMQG member and Associate Professor of Art at CSUCI, Liz King introduced us to a really cool app named Kuler. Once you go to the site, you can upload a photo (after clicking the camera icon on the upper right side of the page). If you click on theContinue reading “November Block Challenge”
October Block Challenge
Our October block challenge is to make Flying Geese Block using the modern aesthetic. Here is a photo of two individual geese units. Or should that be two “goose” units? 🙂
September Block Challenge
The block challenge for September is to make something in the modern aesthetic using hexagons. It can be a block, bag, napkin, place mat, an entire quilt top, etc. Have Fun! Don’t stress! Hexes Hexagons are cool!