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This project was a Starry Eyes challenge. The Chinese Whispers game is similar to the children’s game of telephone tag, in which the first player creates a story or message and whispers it to the next person in line. The second person repeats the message to the third person, and so on until the last person. The last person then shares what she/he heard, which is often quite different from the original message. The concept was applied to a quilt challenge, in which the first quilter to participate creates an art quilt. That quilt was then given to the second person who used the original quilt as inspiration. The second quilt was passed to the third person, who only saw the second quilt, and so on. Each person only saw the previous quilt. At the conclusion of the challenge, the quilts were displayed as a group, and members explained what gave them the inspiration for their quilt. There were no rules to creating the quilts, for example size, techniques used, color, etc. It was fascinating to see the progression of themes throughout the group of quilts. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_whispers for an interesting article about ‘Chinese Whispers’.
Held September 11-16, 2019 at the Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center. Organized by Cathy Russell.
Challenge Quilts:
1st: New Day – Bonnie Scott
2nd: Queen Anne’s Lacey -Nancy Oldham
3rd: Fifty Shades of Gray -Judy McWhorter
HM: Solar Flares on a Starry Night -Kelly Zuber
Applique Quilts:
1st: Flower Vases -Cindy Mobley
2nd: Quilt Sign -Dawn Schaben
3rd: Nessie -Judy Byrd
HM: Eye Spy -Patricia Snowadzky
Art Quilts:
1st: TRANSfiguration: Ployphemus Silk Moth -Karin Tauber
2nd: Something Fishy Going On -Nancy Oldham
3rd: Moonglow -Linda Fiedler
HM: Spice Bazaar -Karin Tauber
Fashion:
1: Feathered Retro Gown with Quilted Bodice – Jenna Pynn
2: Flying Geese Away -Bonnie Scott
3: Doodle The Yo-Yo Doll -Laura Perry
HM: Once Again -Bonnie Scott
Miniature
1: Pumpkin Patch -Peggy Ramsey
2: Blue Star Madness -Donna Kittelson
3: Val’s Scrappy Rainbow #1 – Val Stricklin
HM: unnamed by Kathy Martin
Modern Small
1: Fusion – Linda Fiedler
2: Lagniappe -Loretta Bedia
3: The Matrix -Bonnie Scott
HM: Balancing the Rainbow Colors -Stephanie Schaefer
Large Modern:
1: Not a Traditional Wedding Ring – Loretta bedia
2: Endgame -Mick Belcher
3: Morning Sun -Stephanie Schaefer
HM: Malawi Passages -Danette High
Special Techniques
1: Jeremy’s Dream Aquarium -Nancy Oldham
2: Whoooterville -Sue Thurston
3: My Hummels -Elsie Bailey
HM: Paradise in Blooms -Lois Atkins
Traditional Individual Small
1: Tiny Diamonds -Donna Kittelson
2: Chinese Checkers -Kathy Martin
3: Love Through the Years -Jessica Tims
HM: Carnival -Laura Perry
Traditional Individual Medium
1: Berry Mango Delight -Elaine Boyd
2: Tribute -Celeste York
3: Glimpses of Elegance -Karen Hatten
HM: Spring Sunshine -Karen Hatten
Traditional Individual Large
1: My Lone Broken Star -Linda Whisman
2: Trains for Rick -Donna Watts
3: Texas Lone Star -Dawn Schaben
HM: Galaxy of Stars -Loretta Twiford
Traditional Collaborative Small
1: Sew Many Circles -Donna Kittelson
2: Cherry Kitchen Quilt -Gisela O’Connor
3: Kite Season -Diane Markert
HM: Butterfly Garden -Laurie Lyons
Traditional Collaborative Medium
1: Ocean Voyage -Kelly Zuber
2: This one is for MOM -Angela Miller
3: Spring Dresdens -Diane Markert
HM: Log Cabin Revisited -Joyce Moorman
Traditional Collaborative Large
1: Easter Egg Rose -Kelly Zuber
2: The Heritage Quilt -Gisela O’Connor
3: Passion for Purple -Kelly Zuber
HM: Delectable Blue Ridge Mountains – Loretta Bedia
Ann Ware filled in for our historian. I don’t have the list of names, but I included them if I knew them.