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National Quilting Day

March 19, 2011
Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville, NC

 

Challenge Quilts

quilt day sign
challenge fabric
Challenge Fabric

The Challenge

  1. Use our blue challenge fabric in the quilt.
  2. Use home as the theme.

 

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Viewer's Choice ~ Visitors to the show voted on their favorites.

 

First Place

 
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Deer Tracks
By Bonnie Lucas

"Deer Tracks" is my interpretation of the many deer that call our local mountains "home". I used the challenge fabric along with other shades of blue and the "snow felt" to give the quilt a wintry feel.

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Second Place

 
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Ain't No Blue Chickens
Sleepin' in My House
By Phyllis Beeson

Paisley fabric from my stash and the challenge fabric brought chickens to mind. The barnyard bully doesn't think they can all live together. What do you think?

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Third Place

 
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Through the Arbor
By Kathryn Danahy

Raw edge, turned and faced appliqué, machine embroidery, machine quilted, yo-yo flowers, small yo-yos, hand beaded. Pattern from Better Homes and Gardens magazine, 1977.

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Visitors and Volunteers at the Show

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Updated April 10, 2011