Tuesday 7 April 2020

President's Block Challenge 2019

At the December 2019 meeting/potluck, the President issued her second block challenge, this time based on the 2019 Colour of the Year (COTY).  A fat quarter of either the Pantone COTY  - Living Coral or the Kona COTY - Splash was placed in a paper bag with a number on it for the members to pick one.

The brief :
  • Theme - Summer!
  • Must use solid colours and the COTY fabric in the bag.
  • Block sizes must be in a multiple of 6.5"; to a maximum of 24.5" square.  Could be a square or a rectangle (e.g. 12.5"x18.5").
  • Return by the March 2020 meeting.
Well, due to physical distancing, we had a virtual meeting.  In preparation for the meeting, the blocks were dropped off in the bag on the front porch of the President's home or in between the front doors.  No contact allowed and the President had fun finding these bags after a message saying basically - go look!  👀

So, for about a week, in the days leading up to the March meeting, the President pressed blocks and took pictures to show the members at the meeting by sharing the screen over zoom and having a fabulous slide show.  Eighteen (18) blocks were returned!

So now it is over to you, the reader to have your say!  We want to hear from you, your friends, family, quilty peeps and maybe your fur babies (if, they have their own IP address)!  Feel free to share this post widely.  This is one social activity you can undertake while physically distancing.  👍😃

Please take our poll and vote!  The block with the most votes will have bragging rights and a prize.  There will be 2nd and 3rd ribbon winners too.  Please note, there were a few rectangular blocks which did not fit the voting picture frame format, so you will see the design wall in the background.  We would love to know what catches your eye.

The votes will be tallied and the winners announced at our April 23, 2020 meeting so this poll will be open until April 23, 2020, 12 noon, EST.  Presentations will be made to the winners at a future date when we are all together again.






3 comments:

  1. All the blocks are wonderful - they will make an awesome summer in PEI quilt!

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    1. Thank you! Our members rose to the challenge.

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