Challenge Quilt Finished

Well, here it is, finished. I even quilted it, but don't look at that. I don't do machine quilting very well, and this is the first piece I have done in over a year. It is 24 inches square. I have no idea what I am going to do with it once it is "judged" or whatever is supposed to be done with it. I will find out Thursday night I guess. Maybe give it to my youngest granddaughter for a doll quilt?

I didn't get my Calico Craze blocks finished today, so I haven't started my book yet, but since it is only 12:30 am, I can stay up another hour and a half and get it started. The only problem with that is I won't want to put it down.

The new Quilter came in today. Not that impressed with it, and usually, there is at least one quilt in each of their magazines that I really love. Maybe my tastes are getting jaded.

Quilt Guild Challenge Quilt

A quilt guild that I belong to is having a quilt challenge. We were given the Mary Englebreit print and the red print that had to be used, and the challenge was to make a small quilt with either the width or length being 24" and the other not being much bigger. I am not at my best in this type of situation, but came up with this.

I don't normally use white in my quilts, but this seemed to call for it. And I extended the center out with a little machine embrodiery work around the edges. I didn't have much fabric left from the center cut so was pretty limited in my choices since this idea did not occure to me until I had finished pieceing the entire thing, and thought it looked too blah. Not real happy with the machine applique on it, but too bad. I don't think applique of any kind is my forte'. Anyway, now I have to quilt it, which is another thing I don't do very often. The finished size will be 24" square.