It’s October at the EMGC!
That means that it’s finally time for the Challenge from the Chair! This was announced about 18 months ago, just before lockdown. Each member of the guild had to produce a block 20” x 20” which illustrated their favourite book. Any technique could be used but you could not use any words.
It produced a huge variety of titles, some of them containing very few words, given that their target audience have an average age somewhere in single figures.
And given the fact that people had 18 months to complete this you will be left wondering why many of them don’t seem to be 20” x 20”.
Or even square.
I think there will be very few hands going up to volunteer to piece these together into a quilt!
Anyway, despite all that they are all clever, inventive and utterly brilliant. But there can only be one winner (more on that later!) and that winner is-
Janet with this interpretation of The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough. One of many blocks featuring birds. Beautiful work! Janet won a gift voucher donated by My Bearpaw.
Second place was-
Kristen’s version of the Tiger who came to tea by Judith Kerr. She also won a voucher to spend in My Bearpaw.
This block had an equal number of votes as Janet’s block but it was done by Mags (who is the Chair!) so she very graciously disqualified herself but it’s still a fabulous piece of work.
Mags’s version of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Extraordinary and, knowing Mags, probably took her about 10 minutes
Next up is the winner of the Chair prize for Mags’s favourite. The winner is-
Suzanne with The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The rest of the entries are below. I’m really sorry if I missed any. In no particular order-
Sunset Song by Lewis Grassick Gibbon
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
This is Jo’s interpretation of Oranges are not the only frby Jeanette Winterson. This is not actually Jo’s favourite book but one she managed to cobble together from an orphan block the day before the meeting (despite the 18 month timescale)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling
(I was recently told by someone that if I hadn’t read the Harry Potter books then I had lost my soul. I pointed out that if she thought that these were aimed at adults then she had lost her marbles)
Watership Down by Richard Adams.
Cross Stitch (Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon
This one caused some confusion. When Audrey told us the title Mags thought she meant that it was cross stitch embroidery and was then looking at the block (which contains no embroidery) with a puzzled face (who said no different from normal?)
The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
This was one of two entries depicting this book. The other was done by Lucy who seemed to have gotten a bit confused as to the nature of the challenge and had made a block the size of a caterpillar. It was disqualified immediately
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The first of TWO blocks(!) made by Pauline in a futile attempt to win two prizes
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
50 Shades of Grey by E.L James
The Night Circus by Eric Morgenstern
Unfortunately we never got to see this lovely cushion in the flesh as Katie couldn’t come to the meeting
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
This won Margaret the prize for least guessed book. Not a single person knew this title!
The Light between the Oceans by M.L Stedman
Another lovely rectangular block
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Lord of the flies by William Golding
A lovely piece of tapestry from Irene
Out of Africa by Isak Denisen
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Sunset Song by Lewis Grassick Gibbon
Our second version of this book and both equally amazing pieces of sewing
Three things about Elsie by Joanna Cannon
The tiger who came to tea by Judith Kerr
The Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Definitely the best book ever written!
Thanks to Mags for setting the challenge and to everyone who took part
And as if that wasn’t enough we also had some show and tell!
Fiona did this lovely elephant family during lockdown
Both of these cushions were done by Barbara for her grandson Magnus, whose first words are most likely to be “Elizabeth Hartman”
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| This is Anne’s stunning version of the guild’s QAL during lockdown |
Sheila hardly ever finishes anything so we thought we better get lots of proof of these lovely projects that she made in classes at the recent Festival of Quilts. She has also recently become Dr Sheila cleverclogs so we have to sit up straight and listen to her now
And that’s everything for this month. Next month will feature a lockdown show and tell!
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