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| This year’s guild challenge was called the Chinese Fortune Cookie Challenge. At meetings throughout the year we selected fortune cookies and used the fortunes to inspire our challenges. It was also within the rules to eat Chinese food until you found a fortune that you felt would make a good quilt. Some people enjoyed lots of Chinese food this year. | |||
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"Rules" The challenge is to make a quilt, a garment or other object that uses some aspect of your fortune cookie as inspiration. It might be the fortune that inspires, the lucky numbers, or the "Learn to Speak Chinese" message on the back. One might make a cookie shaped quilt, or make something with a little Asian influence, or bring in a vest that you spilled some Moo Goo Gai Pan on. Interpret the fortune any way you like, be traditional or innovative, abstract or pictorial. Anything goes! The field is wide open and nothing is off limits, the size can be anything from miniature to king sized, or can be any sort of garment: a hat, purse, vest, jacket or ensemble. You are only limited by your imagination. Be colorful and have fun. |
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| coming soon, a photo of the ribbons |
The challenges were unveiled at the June picnic. Our guild rose to the challenge with large number of participants, and a wide range of exciting projects, both completed and still in the idea phase. Small prizes and beautiful ribbons were given to participants, based on the level of completion. Those who were still in the great idea/planning stage received a Chinese folding fan, which was quite welcome on a hot day. Those who had done more work on their project received a colorful Chinese pincushion. And those who had substantially completed their project were lucky enough to receive a beautiful ribbon, made by Lucy Ricardo, with help from Martha Akers, to commemorate the event. | ||
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more to come.... | ||
