SEE THE WINNERS AND ALL ENTRIES HERE: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-138455-1.htm

Welcome to the first Quilting Board Quilt Contest.

Lap Quilts made with Traditional Piecing

Everyone is welcome to enter a quilt as long as they follow the rules:

1. One entry per member
2. Your entry must not have been shown online anywhere before entering it here. No other forums or sites or picture storage sites. Nor on any PDAs or threads online.
3. All entries must be kept anonymous. To be fair please don't share which entry is yours til after the winner has been announced.
--- If a quilt's maker becomes known before voting is ended it will be disqualified

To enter, send the following by email to [email protected]
-Your board name
-One clear photo that shows the whole front.
-One clear photo that shows the whole back.
-Four clear closeup photos that show the details you want highlighted from different sections of the front. (four different sections)
-if you didn't design it yourself, please give credit to the designer and tell us the pattern name.
-if somebody else did the quilting for you, please giver her/him credit as well.

(please note: check the copyright restrictions carefully if you are using a commercial pattern you didn't publish yourself. The Quilting Board will not assume any liability if an entrant violates restrictions. Responsibility, accountability, and liability for any violations of copyright law will fall exclusively and entirely upon the entrant. We will also have no choice but to disqualify and delete any entries challenged by the rightful owner of the copyright.)

4. The deadline for entering your quilt is Midnight (Eastern US Time) on July 15th. Photos will be posted over the weekend. How long that takes will depend on the number of entries.

5. Voting will begin on Midnight (Eastern US time), Monday, July 18th and end on Midnight central time July 22nd.

Votes must be cast by email to [email protected]
You will vote using the subject line. The subject line must read:

Traditional Pieced Lap Quilt - I Vote For #[insert entry number here]

state your board name in the body of the email.

Votes posted as comments in this topic will not count.
Votes emailed that don't have the correct subject line and your board name in the body will not count.

6. Winners will be announced on July 25th, sometime before PatriceJ leaves for her office.

PRIZES:
Best in show -
(1) 6 Batik Fat Quarters
(2) The winner's choice of one two products - either a KAI 5210 8" Dressmaking/Tailor Shears or a KAI RS-45 Rotary Cutter. The shears are ergonomically designed and made in Japan. The KAI Rotary Cutter is ergonomically designed for right or left-handed use with an automatic, pressure sensitive blade guard that prevents the blade from being exposed when not in use. The cutter is made in Japan and comes with a round blade. This prize has been generously donated by our very own Scissorman (Michael Rapoport, Scissorman USA - online, discount scissor store
http://www.scissormanusa.com)

Runner up
(1) One of my hotpads
(2) A surprise from PatriceJ's stash


You may enter any lap sized quilt made with traditional piecing.
Traditional piecing means traditional designs like Half Square Triangles or a 9 patch or any quilt that uses traditional methods.
This does NOT include paper piecing or applique or art quilts.

If you have a question on what is and isn't allowable contact Patrice or myself at [email protected]

If this goes over well I hope to continue this. The prizes will vary if we can continue to do more contests.

Welcome to the first Quilting Board Quilt Contest.


Type of Quilt: Traditional Piecing
Size of Quilt: Lap Quilt Minimum 3 ft and Max 5 ft.


CONSTRUCTION:

1. Traditional piecing (may be either machine or hand stitched)
--- Geometric shapes- squares/rectangles/octagons/hexagons/diamonds/etc
2. Embellishments allowed
3. The quilting method is up to you. QAYG is allowed.
4. NOT ALLOWED
--- Kaleidoscopes/ OBWs/ Applique & Embroidery(except as embellishment)
--- Tesselations / Paper Piecing/ Art quilts/


entries are posted here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-138455-1.htm#3723706

Can't wait to see the response!!

Oh wow! I wish I had time to do it. Hopefully this goes over well so I can enter the next one.

Sounds like fun! Hope there are more contests coming! Not time for this one...with all that is going on right now. Will wait for the next one...maybe give a bit more warning?

Well I was thinking of quilts already made but I can change the time frame if that would help. I wasn't really thinking of making up new quilts. I guess I should have. This is my first time doing this of course so I will learn as I go!!

Rhonda that's ok. My problem is everyone has seen all of my quilts. LOL!! I will just prepare for the next round.

That's my problem too.
This sounds like some good fun and to see what the other contestants have made.

Rhonda can you extend the deadline for making the new quilt entry?

The size is a question, what specifics on the size for the lap.
And it has to be finished (quilted with binding) ?

I'm already excited....!

Yep you all caught me in my weakest part! I don't make big quilts! LOL But I have already discussed it with Patrice and she is going to change the dates for me. I will allow a month so where it says June just substitute July until Patrice gets it changed!

I do apologize for not thinking this through! But I am glad to have feedback cause that is how I learn!! I am a trial and error gal and don't have a problem with someone pointing things out that should be changed.

Thanks so much everyone!! So now you can go plan what you want to make to enter!!

Thanks for changing the date! This sounds like fun!

I will add this by Patrice: Width must be between 36" to 48" and length can be from 36" to 60". Does this sound ok? I searched on line and this is the general idea of what I read.

Looks reasonable to me. I am spending some time trying to make sure that I don't have any copyright rules to worry about. Traditional quilting is my favorite, but harder to make your own sometimes.

Sounds good to me, thanks for the new feedback.
And time for me to get busy this coming weekend.

Make sure you check back so you can see the changes Patrice makes to the times and the sizes.

Fun!

I will have to wait & see if there is a next one.
The date change would be fine, but I have no where to sew at the moment. I am finishinf one of my sewing rooms & half of that room is in the other right now. It will be fun & can everyone vote even if they don't have an entry ?
Will be watching. :-D

Everyone can vote.

GREAT !!! :-D :thumbup:

I plan on continuing as long as this one goes smoothly for the most part.

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Sounds interesting... Might have to try, but I am such a slow quilter ya never know LOL

You can do a smaller one rather than a large lap size. It is all up to you. You just have to keep your entry a secret til after the results are posted.

Oh...sounds really interesting Rhonda...I'll have to think about it! Of course I would have to make a whole new quilt.......it will be fun to watch and vote even if I can't get one made though!

Do we vote just once?

Yes

Rhonda it sounds like lots of fun and I can't wait to see the quilts that are entered.

I'm glad you are doing this, I would love to see more fun things on the board like this.

Me too! I can't wait to see what people make!

Sounds very interesting. It'll be fun to see the response.

Let's see, do I have any quilts that I haven't showed you? Nope, with the exception of the one I quilted recently and not happy with the quilting...I am planning on taking some stitches out and redoing...maybe I'll finish that one before the deadline...although it is not all that, but it'll be fun!

do the quilts have to be totaly finished or are tops ok?

I think tops would be ok but not having it quilted may affect the votes.

Hmm this sounds interesting.

I have one that is ready to be quilted but I will have to wait for the next one. Since I hand quilt I will not be able to get it done even before August I fear. Maybe, August but only after I finish the one I am working on.

Can't wait to see them!

Kyia

OHhhhh I have one on the quilt frame now that I will enter in this contest! I have not shown this one to anyone yet!!!!!!

Me, too (or, either)! Not nearly enough time if you hand quilt...
Wait, I'm out anyway as I don't do anything smaller than queen size. lol. Oh well.

Rhonda,
I have posted a picture of the top before the borders, but just yesterday I put on the binding - does this count as "not shown"? Also I'm a little confused by the copyright rules - is giving credit enough? If not, what would I check for, besides the little R sign on the site where I found the pattern? Please PM me with your answers ...

As a suggestion ... our local fairs classify the quilts according to outside dimensions, so in your case minimum 144" maximum 216" would be the size requirements. Somehow, it makes it more clear, and less room for debate!

Patrice decided to just let each quilter decide for themselves. As long as it isn't a twin size I am fine with that.

My understanding is if the site you found the pattern does not limit the use of the pattern all you need to do is give credit to the site and the owner of the pattern. If the site or owner requires the use to be personal only then you are safe to just credit. If they restrict it then you would need to ask permission to use it or find another pattern.

If you have posted a pic of the top then it doesn not qualify for this contest. It has to be anonymous.

Hhmmm... if this contest will end the end of July then the next deadline to enter would be Aug 15th. So maybe you will be ready by then?