New Challenges

 

I am so excited that the organisers of the Textile Arts Festival have offered to have a dedicated display space for my Whimsical Woollys Challenge pieces. This will allow them to be displayed really well to be admired.

So I have decided to run the Challenge again so some of you who bought kits but ran out of time or others that want to join in the fun can have a try. The more entries - the better the display

More time to complete your pieces this time - entries due by June 6th and you can enter on the website.

Australian Patchwork and Quilting Magazine also want to do a story on them so here is your opportunity to be published.

Also - the amazing variety of entries has inspired me to run another Challenge using my Hand Dyed Vintage Linens.

I will be awarding a prize of $100 worth of Dyed & Gone to Heaven goodies in each competition. 

This is an opportunity to give a new life to some gorgeous bits and pieces which have been overdyed to bring out their beauty.

I will also be including a small pack of coordinating beads in the linen pack for further embellishment. You can paint, stamp, bead, cut up, hand or machine stitch your items to create something beautiful.

 

Deadline for this Challenge will be the same - 6th June.

Whimsical Woollys Winner

So much alliteraton!

The talented Jane Davila judged the 19 entries for me on setup day and admitted it was a hard decision. She narrowed it down to three and then finally decided on Judy Hammersla's gorgeous pincushion.

Judy - who also works for Aurifil created a lovely appliqued pincushion and the pattern is now available on the Aurifil blog as a download at the Always Quilting blog  along with Jenny's Thread Whimsy Wallet.

Here are some of the other entries - such fun

Whimsical Woollys Arriving

It has been so exciting to get deliveries each day this week of the entries in our Whimsical Woollys Challenge.
Here are some of the amazing arrivals.

 

These are far exceeding my expectations. I am thrilled and look forward to showing them all to you. I will post images of all of them when I am able and they will be on our stand at the AQC, Perth and Sydney Quilt and Craft Fairs and the Textile Arts Festival in Brisbane in June

Jane Davila has kindly agreed to judge the challenge for me at the show and she (yes all entries have been from women) will win $100 worth of goodies. I am so thrilled with the standard of entries that I am already planning another challenge using the Vintage Linens I showed you yesterday so get your thinking caps on.