Can you suggest some ideas for a guild fabric challenge project?
We have done Christmas stockings, and several color challenges. So far nothing has inspired me. I'm in charge of planning and fabric selection.

Is it for Christmas or the holidays or just general?
Have you done the doll quilts yet?

Just general. We did minis two years ago.

What do you think about a stack and whack challenge?

how about table runners, christmas ornaments, snowmen, get a jump on Valentines day, ocean, mountains, fish, crazy quits, whites and?????, black,white and????,for baby, donation, pick a favorite food, destination ect.

I kinda like the idea of black and white...maybe a medallion quilt in black and white with one accent color.

How about using all Asian fabric with a focal fabric like the BOM at Persimmon quilts? that is the challenge I am doing. I haven't used any Asian fabric nor a focal fabric where you use a fussy cut for the center of each block.

Somebody had a similar request earlier today... this is what I posted for them. You might get some ideas here.

Our guild was part of an Idea Sharing exchange in the spring. Here are some of the suggestions for activities that came out of the sessions.

http://frederictonquiltersguild.blog...of-guilds.html

and the second part is here.
http://frederictonquiltersguild.blog...of-guilds.html

You could choose a theme, a size limit and several fabrics that must be used. Our LQS had one a few years ago called "Peace by Piece" and we had to use four fabrics to create out version of Peace. Results ranged from art quilts, to applique quilts, to traditional block quilts using Dove in the Window, Peace and Plenty, and similar blocks.

Thank you for the list of ideas! I like seeing what other guilds are up to and your lists are full of ideas.

How about an ugly fabric challenge? Those can be really fun. Get with your LQS and get however many yards of fabric you think you'll need and cut it into fat quarters. Put the fat quarters in paper bags so nobody can see it before hand and then hand them out to the challenge takers. You can add rules like having to use at least half of the fat quarter and it must be visible on the front and not just binding.

(The key to buying a truely ugly fabric is the LQS has had it on sale for more than a month at $3 or less a yard and there's still half a bolt. LOL)

i love this idea because ugly fabric is easy to find and this is a very novel way of using it together with other like-minds. who anyway dont see any issue in cutting up perfectly good fabric, just to sew it back together again! :lol:
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We recently did the ugly fabric challenge so it's a little too soon to repeat it. We also did a crayon challenge, put 3 random crayons in a paper bag and had to make something using those colors. Thanks for all the great suggestions, I greatly appreciate all your help.

tote challenge or an UFO pass along....take a UFO and pass on to another to finish. Of course all the "parts/pieces" need to be there. Limit to a small wall hanging or a table runner

We did the same thing. but we used a gallon zip lock bag. The first year you had to make wall hangings, second year what ever you made had to have a 3-d part to it. the third year it was landscape, 4th year something for the kitchen and etc. We could only add a fat quarter of our own fabric to what ever we was making. It was alot of fun seeing what everyone made.