As many participants as want to can participate. Participants make an item to specifications and keeps what they make. Because participants are going home with their own item, there are fewer considerations on setting expectations for timelines and what is required in the finished project.
They say that if a fabric is still 'ugly', you just haven't cut it small enough!!!
Check out the Ugly Fabric Challenge page for more ideas.
Each year, Hoffman fabrics offers up a challenge to use a particular fabric in their line. Come up with your own fabric or colors, and make your challenge.
We (West Houston Quilt Guild) had a challenge a few years ago that you used ONE COLOR and either a white or black background. Since I love ORANGE, I did an orange quilt with cream background. It did happen to win a ribbon at the local quilt show.
UFO (UnFinished Objects*) For those 'seasoned' quilters, they probably have more than one quilt project that has been on the back burner for awhile. Me? My 2022 UFO list has more than 50 projects that I really plan to finish. Many are every stage of the quilt process, from 'partially pieced' to 'ready to be quilted' to 'just need binding'.
Challenge members to pick their top 12 projects and finish one per month! American Patchwork & Quilting offers a FREE Download each year that you can fill in by hand or online and save. Print it off and refer to it all year.
Sponsor picks 5 - 8 paint chips from the local box-store.
The challenge is to use their choice of colors on those chips to complete a top. Generally, no smaller than 20" x 20".
Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville regularly sponsors quilt a longs using paint chips as color suggestions.
* See Quilters Acronyms for more definitions.
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