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Quilter’s Sew-Ciety of Redding, Inc.
2022 Quilt Show Challenge
Sew-Ciety Quilt Challenges
Challenge Theme: Each quilter will select a featured woman to interpret “her story” by creating a quilt. Only one quilt/featured woman. The quilt can depict the actual woman and/or her accomplishments or the quilter’s interpretation of what the woman is notable for. The quilts can be realistic, whimsical, humorous, and can be pieced, fused, appliquéd, embellished, and be hand or machine made. This is the Smilebox video of the 2014 California State Parks challenge quilts made by members of the Quilters' Sew-ciety of Redding, Inc. and includes photos from some of the venues where the quilts were exhibited for two years. This was the 2014 quilt challenge to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the California State Parks. It also sparked a state-wide effort to make quilts of the state parks (which are shown on the Calif. State Parks' webpage (below) http://play.smilebox.com/Sprea dMoreHappy/4e444d334e544d784d4 46b3d0d0a This is the California State Parks' 150th Anniversary Webpage with a link to the Online Quilt Show that includes 156 state park quilts made by quilters throughout the state. The first 57 quilts on there were made by quilters of the Quilters' Sew-ciety of Redding, Inc. http://www.150.parks.ca.gov/?p age_id=27534 This is a Smilebox video that was made by The Quilt Life founders Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims and posted to their website, and features the 2012 River of Quilts Challenge by the Quilters' Sew-ciety of Redding depicting 25 quilts of the Sacramento River. The quilts were hung in a staggered manner next to each other lining up the river, so that the river flowed through the 50 feet of the exhibit. This exhibit travelled and was exhibited for 18 months. http://play.smilebox.com/Sprea dMoreHappy/4e444d334e544d784e5 4633d0d0a
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Paint Chip Quilt Challenge” – Following our “Rhapsody in Blue” theme, quilters will create a quilt using specific blue colors from a paint chip provided to them, white, and an optional third color. They may be any shape or quilt style (traditional pieced, art, thread painting, applique, etc.) within a size range of 12” x 36” minimum/maximum).
2018 Quilt Challenge “HERstory” ~ Notable American Women
Our Past Challenges
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Quilter’s Sew-Ciety of Redding, Inc.
A Non-Profit Organization PO Box 492581, Redding CA, 96003 Email: Contact Us
2022 Quilt Show Challenge
Sew-Ciety Quilt Challenges
Challenge Theme: Each quilter will select a featured woman to interpret “her story” by creating a quilt. Only one quilt/featured woman. The quilt can depict the actual woman and/or her accomplishments or the quilter’s interpretation of what the woman is notable for. The quilts can be realistic, whimsical, humorous, and can be pieced, fused, appliquéd, embellished, and be hand or machine made. This is the Smilebox video of the 2014 California State Parks challenge quilts made by members of the Quilters' Sew-ciety of Redding, Inc. and includes photos from some of the venues where the quilts were exhibited for two years. This was the 2014 quilt challenge to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the California State Parks. It also sparked a state-wide effort to make quilts of the state parks (which are shown on the Calif. State Parks' webpage (below) http://play.smilebox.com/Sprea dMoreHappy/4e444d334e544d784d4 46b3d0d0a This is the California State Parks' 150th Anniversary Webpage with a link to the Online Quilt Show that includes 156 state park quilts made by quilters throughout the state. The first 57 quilts on there were made by quilters of the Quilters' Sew-ciety of Redding, Inc. http://www.150.parks.ca.gov/?p age_id=27534 This is a Smilebox video that was made by The Quilt Life founders Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims and posted to their website, and features the 2012 River of Quilts Challenge by the Quilters' Sew-ciety of Redding depicting 25 quilts of the Sacramento River. The quilts were hung in a staggered manner next to each other lining up the river, so that the river flowed through the 50 feet of the exhibit. This exhibit travelled and was exhibited for 18 months. http://play.smilebox.com/Sprea dMoreHappy/4e444d334e544d784e5 4633d0d0a
Paint Chip Quilt Challenge” – Following our “Rhapsody in Blue” theme, quilters will create a quilt using specific blue colors from a paint chip provided to them, white, and an optional third color. They may be any shape or quilt style (traditional pieced, art, thread painting, applique, etc.) within a size range of 12” x 36” inimum/maximum).
2018 Quilt Challenge “HERstory” ~ Notable American Women
Our Past Challenges
For more information on the Quilters' Sew-ciety