The Challenge Quilt!

At a family Thanksgiving several years ago the "women" decided that it would be a fun project for each of us to design a 12x12 quilt block. Actually...design and sew thirteen 12x12 quilt blocks to be finished and distributed at the next Thanksgiving dinner! The goal was to have a quilt for each female member descendant of the 3 Sengstake Sisters (Terry, Debi & Judi). Oh yeah...and to make a true "challenge quilt" each block had to include 3 identical fabrics! So we each left with 3 fabrics to be integrated into 13 finished identical 12x12 quilt blocks.



For me, it was a challenge to--first decide on a 12x12 block design and fabrics to compliment the 3 required fabrics; second meet the deadline (12 months to complete 13 blocks???); third and most challenging was to lay out my 12 assorted block design and purchase contrasting fabrics to compliment each (borders, bindings and backing) that would be appealing to the eye.

Christmas 2010 we are all to gather again and share our finished quilt project, either in person or through photos...should be interesting to see how each of us finished our project!