Like a Good Challenge?

Participate in the Chairperson's Challenge to learn new patterns and  inspire creativity.

Chairperson's Challenge Quilts are small projects designed by the Board Chairperson or Challenge Committee to encourage a bit of friendly competition and stretch our imaginations.  Parameters might include color and size, shape, embellishment and fabric. Deadlines are usually a month or two from the starting date and the challenge sometimes includes prizes.

This year's challenge is an Irish Chain with Trapunto in the solid block. We will show all quilts at our April Tea and will award the winning quilt maker at that time.

See past winners and read the requirements here.

Challenge Quilt Galleries

SOME OF OUR PAST CHALLENGES

• Crayon Challenge: Draw two crayons from a bag. Have to use these two colors, plus a third of your choice. Final colors must be true to the crayons, not shades or tints. No larger than 32-by-32 in. finished with a top, batting and backing; must be quilted or tied. Embellishment allowed. 

• Embellish to Your Heart's Content: The sample and Challenge were presented to the members at the May meeting.  Read more about the challenge along with the rules and constraints here....2017 Chairman's Challenge
  

See  winners and challengers here. . .​

Block of the Month

April block - Buckeye Beauty - Please use blue fabric somewhere in the block. Click here for the April pattern. . .

May block - Contrary Wife. Please use green fabric somewhere in the block. Click here for the April pattern.  . .

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Holiday Block: Christmas Traditions

With permission from the designer, Debbie Roberts, our member, 
 Joanne Granum presented Chino Valley Quilters members with a new idea: a challenging Holiday Block of the Month quilt based on Debbie Robert's  Christmas Traditions pattern. 

There are presently nineteen members signed up for this project and we are excited to see the finished products.  We have completed three blocks and will do block number four this month.

See our monthly blocks here.

Each month, participating members receive instructions to make one block and a variation of it, for a total of two blocks per month. There will be 32 blocks total, plus a center-focus block. The center block may be done in either hand or machine appliqué. Joanne provided each member who signed up with complete instructions for making the first two blocks. Cost for the pattern is $1 per month. We can't wait to see the beautiful holiday quilts when completed.

For more information on  Debbie Roberts and the Christmas Traditions pattern, refer to her book; Four Seasons at Minglewood here.

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