FP Quilt Challenges – The Feather Princesses

REV. 11/7/21

Below are the current challenges offered to Feather Princesses Members:

2022 Autumn Splendor Challenge

Guidelines:

There will be two categories for this challenge – Quilt Category and Wallhanging Category.
Each quilt entered in the Quilt Category must measure 60″ x 60″ or larger in size.
Each quilt entered in the Wallhanging Category may be of any size.
The maker of each quilt will determine the category her piece will be entered in.
Each quilt or wallhanging submitted in the challenge must contain a minimum of 60% appliqué in the design.
All edges of each quilt must be sewn down by machine or hand. No raw edges will be accepted in our challenges, contests, or shows. To clarify, fused quilts with edges sewn with a machine stitch of any kind or with a hand blanket stitch for example, are allowed.
Entries must be complete and must include machine or hand quilting, a binding, and a label.
Quilts and wallhangings displayed in our previous Feather Princesses Quilt Shows may be entered in this challenge.
Quilts previously entered in this challenge may be entered again, except those that received a prize in a previous Autumn Challenge.
Deadline is the October 12, 2022 guild meeting, where the challenge Quilts and wallhangings must be displayed during the program.
Princesses attending this meeting will vote on the challenge quilt they feel is the best for each category.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
- $100 to the maker of the quilt receiving the most votes
- $50 to the maker of the wallhanging receiving the most votes

Art Quilt Group Challenge – A Stitch In Time

The Art Quilt Group announces their “A Stitch In Time” challenge, open to any Feather Princess member. Tap into your inner artist to create a quilt based on your interpretation of the theme TIME..

Quilt must have outside dimension of 30″ x 30″.
It must have a top, backing, and batting.
Can be machine or hand quilted (not tied).
Must be at least 60% applique.
The deadline is the week before the 2023 Quilt Show, February 17-18, 2023.

Special Block Challenge

Over the years, our very skillful members have made many, many adorable special blocks and some of our luckiest members have won them. Now it it time to assemble these lovely blocks and make some gorgeous applique quilts and wallhangings. So we will have a Special Block Challenge, making quilts from the special blocks; and we will have a striking Special Block Exhibit of these quilts at our upcoming 2021 Quilt Show.

If you won Special Blocks at any time during the past and did not already incorporate them into a quilt, please take out those blocks and start stitching.

Use any Special Blocks won in our previous Special Block drawings.
Assemble the blocks into a quilt or wallhanging
– using any design/layout of your choice
– adding any fabrics/colors of your choice
– making the quilt or wallhanging any size of your choice
Ensure the completed quilt or wallhanging contains a minimum of 60% applique.
Complete the quilt or wallhanging yourself or solicit the help of your Princess Pals.
Bring your completed quilt or wallhanging to our November/December 2022 guild meeting and display it.
If you already completed a quilt or wallhanging using the Special Blocks you won in the past, please bring it to this meeting as well.
Winners will be determined by popular vote. Feather Princesses members attending the meeting will vote for their favorite quilt and wallhanging.
The maker of the quilt receiving the most votes will be awarded $100.
The maker of the wallhanging receiving the most votes will be awarded $50.
All quilts and wallhangings entered in the Special Block Challenge will be displayed in the Special Block Exhibit at our 2023 Quilt Show

FP “Fun in the Sun” Quilt Challenge

We will have a “Fun in the Sun” Quilt Challenge; and the purpose of this challenge will be to::

Make quilts and wallhangings that reflect the theme of our next quilt show, “Applique in Tampa Bay V – Fun in the Sun”
Display “Fun in the Sun” themed quilts and wallhangings in a special exhibit at our next quilt show
Submit photos of “Fun in the Sun” themed quilts and/or wallhangings (for consideration) to be placed on the front cover of our quilt show program booklet

Guidelines:

Quilts and wallhangings entered in this challenge must reflect the quilt show theme, “Fun in the Sun.”
There will be two categories for this challenge – Quilt Category and Wallhanging Category.
Each quilt entered in the Quilt Category must measure 60” x 60” or larger in size.
Each quilt entered in the Wallhanging Category may be of any size.
The maker of each quilt will determine the category her piece will be entered in.
Each quilt or wallhanging must consist of a top, batting, and back.
Each quilt or wallhanging submitted in the challenge must contain a minimum of 60% appliqué in the design.
All edges of each quilt must be sewn down by machine or hand. Quilts and/or wallhangings with raw edges will not be accepted.
Quilt panels will not be allowed.
Entries must be complete – machine or hand quilted and include the binding and a label.
Quilts and wallhangings displayed in our previous Feather Princesses Quilt Shows may not be entered in this challenge.

Only new quilts and wallhangings made specifically for this challenge, reflecting this quilt show theme, may be entered and considered to be placed on the quilt show program booklet front cover.

Deadline is our Wednesday, November 9, 2022 guild meeting, where the challenge quilts and wallhangings must be displayed during the program.
The winners will be determined by popular vote. Feather Princesses members attending the November 9 meeting will vote for their favorite quilt and wallhanging.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
– $100 to the maker of the quilt receiving the most votes
– $50 to the maker of the wallhanging receiving the most vote
– Our Feather Princesses Quilt Show Program Booklet Committee will review all of the entries and select the most appropriate quilt or wallhanging
to place on the cover of our 2023 Quilt Show program booklet.
– Ideas for “Fun in the Sun” quilts/wallhangings: