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Old 10-05-2012, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider View Post
I've read about other groups that used the name/color challenge and they had a ball getting creative with color names to match their first names. It would make me glad my name isn't Zelda (well, lots of things make me glad my name isn't Zelda, but that's another one ), my J name would be hard enough. I think it's a great idea! Go for it!!

You could call several colors JUICE. Apple juice colored, Orange juice colored, tomato juice colored, grape juice colored. Juice 1, Juice 3....................................

Jenga---------------for a wood tone like the Jenga blocks. (sp??)

Jackhammer gray,

Jack-o-lantern another orange

Jack in the pulpit (pinky purple??)

JADE

jackpot-------------a money colored green

jaguar--brown & tan---Or fire engine red if you meant the car

jalopy--rust colored

Jamaican----------pick any bright color--or all the colors the Jamaican bobsled team had on their uniforms and t-shirts.

Jasmine--------white

jay----------blue jay blue

Any variety of Jell-o or jelly or jelly beans

I'm cheating with THE WORD BOOK. I'll stop here--------------all sorts of names you can make up. And some of them like juice and jelly and Jell-o could be many colors.
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Old 10-05-2012, 07:40 PM
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Eons ago, Georgia Bonesteel had a Sun Bonnet Sue challenge. Each participant created a different scenario for the gal. (nursing, teaching, jogging, gardening...........) Then they made one quilt. They had some darling little Sues!
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Old 10-05-2012, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider View Post
I wouldn't propose challenges with a mandatory fabric. Either the guild has to buy assigned fabric and charge members for it, or the members have to go buy it on their own. Either way, they are forced to pay something in order to participate and often have to create something out of fabric they dislike.
For a challenge, I think I could put up with most fabrics and most colors. Even pink! Specially if I had one assigned fabric and got to add at least one of my choice.
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Old 10-05-2012, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by VaQuiltgal View Post
I think that challenge is a great one. Since you could be very creative finding a color to match your initial it would no be difficult.
My guild had a challenge once called "my initial quilt". We had to make a quilt that contained a block whose name began with your first name's first letter. I made a Log cabin. Was a well participated in challenge.

Too easy for me-------------Annie's Choice-----------my favorite to start with.
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Old 10-05-2012, 08:00 PM
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One that I would like to try is where you get a scenic photograph, cut it into fourths/eighthes or what ever fraction for the number of ladies involved. Give each lady one of the pieces of the photo,. they make a quilt block that matches their piece of the pie (everyone does same size block) then when all are done, you put them together to make one big quilt. No one will see the whole original photo until all the blocks are done. I have seen some amazing ones like this at quilt shows
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Old 10-06-2012, 12:16 PM
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Z

this takes some real loosely made up colors------

Zero---------black is the absence of all light Or white-----------if you see it as the absence of all color.

Zoo-----------greenish brown

zenith------I'm thinking sky blue-------a far up as I can see

Zeus----------tan colored

Zennia-------------red for first choice, purple and yellows for 2nd & 3rd

Zombie----------gray?

Zing--------a bright color of chartreuse, purple, hot pink, electric blue----or Lemon Yellow for a zingy taste.

zepher---------that's a wind-------so some blue gray???

What would be the most fun with that challenge is reading what fun names folks came up with for every day colors.
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Old 10-06-2012, 12:44 PM
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How about being creative with your fabric not your colors? Make a 9 patch with an even number of fabrics, like 6 or 10? Make a 10 minute block using 10 fabrics? Make a log cabin using 2 fabrics? Would you choose a stripe for one of them?
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