please join us on a special quilting journey.let's make a calendar quilt together!!!
what's a calendar quilt???
well...
the idea is to make a strip quilt by adding ONE fabric for EVERY day of the year.
you pick the appropriate fabric for that day...
depending on holiday, occasion, or even your mood.
guidelines are SUPER simple:
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does NOT have to cover a one year timeline.
{it can be a record/memory quilt.}
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deadline for completion is one year.
our quilts will run from 01.01.09-01.01.10
this means the quilt top itself.
{quilting & binding can be completed by the end of january.}
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you can work at your own pace.
you don't HAVE to do a strip a day.
you can do a week at a time.
{even a month at a time.}
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PLEASE sign up by january 7th.
PLEASE sign up by january 7th.
{you can sign up in comments.}
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if you need a steer in the right direction, you can follow my lead.
{or feel free to alter these to make your own!!!}
i will be using:
365 - 1" x 10" strips {ALL from my stash.}
making 4 columns of strips. {3 months per column.}
3 sashing strips {10" wide.}
undecided on borders. {game day decision.}
i WILL use applique on my sashing strips.
there are endless possibilities for YOUR quilt.
NO two quilts will be alike.
{especially if you focus on busting your stash!!!}
another really cool point is this:
sometimes i feel guilty for not sitting at my machine EVERY single day.
this challenge will ensure that i will.
so to me...this is like 2 challenges in one.
now i can NOT take credit for this idea.
ALL credit goes directly to pat sloan.
you can find VERY detailed ideas/instructions in her book "favorite techniques"
if you need a steer in the right direction, you can follow my lead.
{or feel free to alter these to make your own!!!}
i will be using:
365 - 1" x 10" strips {ALL from my stash.}
making 4 columns of strips. {3 months per column.}
3 sashing strips {10" wide.}
undecided on borders. {game day decision.}
i WILL use applique on my sashing strips.
there are endless possibilities for YOUR quilt.
NO two quilts will be alike.
{especially if you focus on busting your stash!!!}
another really cool point is this:
sometimes i feel guilty for not sitting at my machine EVERY single day.
this challenge will ensure that i will.
so to me...this is like 2 challenges in one.
now i can NOT take credit for this idea.
ALL credit goes directly to pat sloan.
you can find VERY detailed ideas/instructions in her book "favorite techniques"
{yall can see a picture of pat's calendar quilt through that link as well!!!}
thank you pat SO much for this inspiration!!!
please sign up by january 7th.
this will ensure that we all start at around the same time.
{it's SUPER easy to catch up...just sew your first 7 strips together.}
if we have at least 25 people sign up...
i'll make a new blog dedicated to THIS project!!!
we'll be able to share pics easily and motivate each other.
thanks in advance for signing up.
thank you pat SO much for this inspiration!!!
please sign up by january 7th.
this will ensure that we all start at around the same time.
{it's SUPER easy to catch up...just sew your first 7 strips together.}
if we have at least 25 people sign up...
i'll make a new blog dedicated to THIS project!!!
we'll be able to share pics easily and motivate each other.
thanks in advance for signing up.
if you do join in...please copy the button on my taskbar.
i'm SUPER excited to host my first challenge.
if yall have ANY questions feel free to ask them.
i'll answer them in the comments for all to see.
if yall have ANY questions feel free to ask them.
i'll answer them in the comments for all to see.
48 comments:
Hum this sounds very tempting oh ok sign me up I will have to read the directions over and over and over but hate to see you take this on alone....thanx
Count me in. I've never entered a challenge. And I'm just about to start another "scrappy" quilt.
I would like to try this challenge.
I would like to be in this loop.
crangellaw@yahoo.com
lqs-ohmy.blogspot.com
I would Love to do the 09 Calendar quilt challenge. I din't have a blog yet but read several every day. Happy New Year NanaBarto@aol.com
Sounds like a great way to use up some scraps. I can do 1 strip a day!!! Count me in.
(tegens@charter.net)
What a great idea! I was just thinking that I would like to start a daily/weekly type project for the new year. I just got my blog going and I am glad I came across your invitation. Count me in!
What an interesting quilt! I love about five million projects going right now...I'll do one next year though when my stash is bigger!! Thanks for the info though!
You can sign me up too. I would like to use up some scraps so it sounds good. I'll have a think this weekend and get onto it! Thanks Rachel
I just wanted to thank you for entering my giveaway....love the sweet baby below.
Okay count me in. This should be fun. I don't sit at my machine a lot either just because I like to hand applique more.
Do count me in. It sounds so challenging and at least i'll be true to my quilting schedule. thanks
I think I will take this one on...Maybe it will help me finish a quilt this year :)
I started one on Pat's group, but never kept with it. I WILL DO THIS!!! I am off to start my first two strips...
Count me in...and I will post a link to you blog...
I've never done a long-term challenge quilt. I'm usually the 'how fast can I make a quilt' type of person but this sounds fascinating!
I'll give it a try in catch-up mode after I get the christmas stuff out of my sewing space.
Rachel, this really sounds very very good. I think it will be a lovely memory quilt for 2009! I'm joining in (O:> and would like to try it. Also a good way to get my stash shrink (i hope).
Ok, I think I'll put this one on my list. It's my first new project of 2009. I really hesitated because I have such a full plate already, but I really liked the look of Pat's. So this will be a Sew-Between for me!
Cheers,
Dionne
Would love to join in. What a great way to use up some of my stash and have a lot of fun.
I'm in. I am going to sew 2 stripes now.
Dianah
Rachel count me in!! Need to bust stash big time. I should have done one back when PatS did one with her group. My pal Mary Ellen did and her quilt is in Pat's book... how cool is that! Humm now to find 2 strips to start with....stash closet here I come!!!!!
Lola
ok, I am in. A great way for me to learn and spread my wings.
Stacey
Sounds like fun...I'd like to make a calendar quilt. Off to sew the first 2 strips...
have been looking for some motivation
K so I'm saying up! I had a dream about this quilt and I'm thinking I'm going to sew in words and stuff into the strips for big events.
What are the sizes for the stripes and stuff?
add me to the list....
have some challenges coming up in this new year and think this will be a good way to stay focused on my stitching
I'm in! This sounds neat and I've never done a scrappy kind of quilt! I will put the button on my blog when I get the chance.
I'm in! This sounds neat and I've never done a scrappy kind of quilt! I will put the button on my blog when I get the chance.
Hi, Rachel! You know, I've "almost" done two of these -- one with Pat, and another that was more of a "journal" quilt, organized by an Australian woman whose name I can't now recall. So now, I think it's time to really do it. This is a year that I'm planning many changes in my life, so it will be a good one to commemorate in fabric. I think I'll combine the two concepts a bit, and some days will be a light-colored fabric that I'll "journal" on. I'm blogless at this point. You can reach me at thepoch[at]aol[dot]com.
Please sign me up for the calendar quilt, sounds like fun!
Margi
mborck@charter.net
Hi!
I'd like to sign up for the challenge, please! This will be my first sewing challenge, it seems completely do-able!
Thanks to Tonya's blog I heard about this challenge. Sounds like fun... count me in, and I'll also include this site on my blog "Christine's Quilt Closet". Thanks ~ Christine
ok, count me in, it sounds like fun, besides I need to reduce my stash somehow. Off to cut up my pieces and place in a paper bag, I am just gonna pull them out randomly. Happy Quilting
I would like to join this as well. Need to read more about it. Button's cute!
(Yes, I'm a joiner :) Resolution to keep started vs finished things in (better) proportion ...slipping a little?
Why not give it a try...count me in too.
I'm in, sounds like this will be fun and a chance to meet others.
What a great, fun way to make a small dent in my stash! Please sign me up. cummingsnadine@aol.com
http://apronvalleyroad.blogspot.com/
So you say I have till the end of the year to finish this? Count me in. I can manage a strip a day. Thanks
~Carlotta~
Hello, it's me again. Is there any way I can get the html for the challenge button? I have been trying all day to load the pic to my blog with no luck. Thanks
~Carlotta~
This challenge sounds fun, please count me in!
Well, this is all I need, another quilt to start. But this one isn't supposed to be done until the end of the year: I can handle that: count me in.
Why not, count me in, always love a challenge......sorry I am having problems with my email at home could you please send the info to my work email
admin@roberthandsaker.com.au
I'd love to sign up - is it too late?
Oh, I'm in! I'll try not to over-think and over-math... Though I'm pretty sure that there will be a bunch of rationalization: "Oh, I don't have to sew a strip today, I can sew 2 strips tomorrow..."
Hmmm. This might lead me to attempt to make a resolution... Hmmm...
Tracy in SW WA
FiberBabble.com
I have never entered a challenge before but it would be a great idea for what someone else said, a memory quilt. What a great way to use up scraps of all the quilts my mother made.
I have never entered a challenge before but it would be a great idea for what someone else said, a memory quilt. What a great way to use up scraps of all the quilts my mother made.
I'll give it a go...Thanks Rachel.. sounds fun and my hero husband will love you for using up all of these scraps! Count me in.
Sounds like fun!
Micki
In Ireland
You said,"i will be using:
365 - 1" x 10" strips {ALL from my stash.}
making 4 columns of strips. {3 months per column.}
3 sashing strips {10" wide.}
undecided on borders. {game day decision.}
i WILL use applique on my sashing strips."
That sounds great, but I'm almost lost. there are 31 days in Jan, only 28 in Feb., etc. Do the strips from Jan run into Feb. and then into Mar? Maybe I'm not thinking clearly enough to envision this in the brain yet. so how many rows of strips per month? are they horizontal or vertical? Am I thinking too much into this? Sorry, I know I wasn't even signed up by the 7th and now I'm asking all these questions that you may or may not have already answered--or because I wasn't signed up in time may not feel a need to answer.
Crafting/Quilting Together,
Shelly
Shelly - may I butt in? I (having nothing better to do!) sat down and wrote it all out. There are 90 days in the first column (Jan-Mar), 91 in the second (Apr-Jun), 92 in the 3rd (Jul-Sep), and 92 in the 4th (Oct-Dec). Pretty darned close. I decided I also wanted to use one "static" strip to separate each month from another (so I'm adding two more to each column). I figured I'd just sneak in two extra strips (or one deeper one) in the Jan-Mar column, and 1 extra strip in the 2nd column - in order to make them the same length as the 3rd and 4th. Heck, it's a quilt - not rocket science - so I'm going to break the rules as I please :-) Also, I bought a small journal where I'm keeping all this information, as well as writing down each day of the year, and jotting down a word or phrase for each day - might be a feeling, or the weather, or an event. As I cut the strips, I refer to the journal entries and BOLDLY choose fabric (FROM MY STASH!) that reminds me of my entry. You don't want to know the whole story, but we found a bloody milk jug on our deck on January 9, so that's what I wrote down for that day - I can't wait to BOLDLY choose something that reminds me of that! I've got strips cut for the first week and so far they are looking pretty darned good! I'm also fussing over what to do with the REST of the 1" x 42-45" strip (after I cut 10" off), and have been daydreaming about table runners, tote bags, etc. There'll be updates on my blog, for sure! Hope you have fun with your quilt - I already am!
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