Quilt 2012 Challenge

I have been having great fun with Jeanne Simpson's Quilt 2012 Challenge. We are given a theme every Sunday and have the week to complete a 20" x 12" art quilt. Jeanne calls it a trolley challenge as you can choose to participate as much as you wish - a great idea for me with my travels.

This past week's theme was "Cinco de Mayo" and my contribution was appropriately colorful.

Be sure to check out the other submissions on Jeanne's site.

I am getting quite a nice collection of small art quilts from the challenge. Fortunately, they fit perfectly on a table in our foyer so I am switching them on and off and enjoying them as I pass by.

I am using the challenge as a vehicle to play with different techniques. It was suggested that we construct our quilts quickly, intuitively, and with an air of experimentation. I am really enjoying the freedom to experiment within the structure of a theme.

Anyone is invited to jump on the trolley and try a few weeks. Themes are posted on Sunday evening. Hope you will consider playing!

A Fun Challenge

In the past week I learned about a fun challenge group that started up in January and plunged in. The challenge is called, Quilt 2012, and is sponsored by Jeanne Simpson.

The challenge particularly agrees with me as Jeanne refers to it as a 'trolley' challenge. You can drop in and out as your schedule demands - for me that is ideal! The way the challenge works, Jeanne posts a theme every Sunday evening and you have until the following Sunday morning to email a jpg of your finished art quilt to Jeanne. She then posts the contributions on the blog.

The quilts must be 12" x 20".  According to Jeanne, "these "sketches" should be experimental in nature, approached intuitively and completed quickly." There are participants from around the world participating and it is quite fun to see the different ways that the theme is interpreted each week. 


Here was my contribution from the past week, which had a theme of "A Bonus of Time."

I hope that you will visit Jeanne's blog and check out the other contributions! And, of course, you are welcome to join in too!