Here we go everyone – it’s time for Challenge 2!
Design and make a quilt that is monochromatic. Create interest, life and energy in a quilt by using tints, shades and tones of a single color.
Meet our judge, Malka Dubrawsky:
Eighth grade art class introduced Malka Dubrawsky to art and she hasn’t been the same since. She went on to graduate from college with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art. It was being at home with children that pushed her into working with textiles.
For several years Malka worked primarily as a fiber artist and was lucky enough to be included in some prestigious shows and publications such as Quilt National and Visions and Fiberarts: Design Book 7.
More recently she’s been busy making more functional textiles though still primarily out of her own hand dyed and patterned fabric. To this end she has turned her attention to crafting quilts, pillows and other sundries for sale via her online store, http://stitchindye.etsy.com. Malka writes and designs patterns and has been published in magazines such as Quilting Arts, Stitch, and several books including Sweater Surgery and Quilts! Baby, Pretty Little Mini Quilts, Whip Up Mini Quilts, and Quilting Art by Spike Gillespie. Her first book, Color Your Cloth: A Quilter’s Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric, was published by Lark Books in November of 2009 and a second book, Fresh Quilting: Fearless, Color, Design, and Inspiration was released this past December by Interweave Press. Read more about Malka and her work at http://stitchindye.blogspot.com.
The Prizes:
Each of the three winners will receive a fabulous prize package, featuring the following products:
A copy of Malka’s wonderful new book Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration.
And a Robert Kaufman Bounty of Basics box of Kona Solids – a box of 100 Kona solid fat quarters!
It comes in both Dark and Light and if you win the challenge you’ll pick which box you’d like.
Imagine all that you could make with the inspiration from Malka’s book and all of this fabric!
Also, everyone should check back here on Jan. 17th to enter for your second chance at winning the Janome Horizon Memory Craft 7700QCP sewing machine drawing, courtesy of Janome America.
You’ll also automatically be entered to win a copy of Malka’s book!
A big thank you to our wonderful contest sponsors.
The Rules & Details:
- All quilts must be 45” x 45” or larger
- Limit of one submission per person, per challenge
- To enter your submission for Challenge 2 please email the following to projectmoderncontest@gmail.com.
1. Two photos of your quilt, a wide shot and a detail shot
2. A brief write up (one or two paragraphs is fine) explaining your quilt and how you took on the challenge
3. Your mailing address
4. Your blog address (if you have one)
5. Your flickr user name (if you have one)
- All entries for Challenge 2 must be received by March 31, 2011.
- The winners of Challenge 2 will be announced on or about April 15, 2011.
- US residents only are eligible for the prizes.
- The three winners of Challenge 2 will be selected by our Guest Judge, Malka Dubrawsky. At the judge’s discretion, members of The MQG Planning Committee may aid in selecting finalists. However, no person involved in the judging process will know the identity of contest entrants. Each winner will receive an identical prize package.
- Project Modern will be conducted on and through The MQG’s website. The details of each challenge, and the winners will be announced on the blog.
- All Challenge 2 submissions will be posted in a public Flickr group after April 15th, 2011.
- Full challenge rules here.
January 5, 2011 at 9:23 am |
Are neutrals allowed?
January 5, 2011 at 10:46 am |
Hi Lindsay! Only if it’s the one color you pick. So if your neutral is gray, the whole quilt would have to be gray(s).
January 5, 2011 at 9:29 am |
I love the idea of a monochromatic quilt! I just might have to join the challenge!
January 5, 2011 at 9:52 am |
Are neutrals allowed? I mean, say I pick blue as my color. Can I also use white, or black, or gray?
January 5, 2011 at 10:48 am |
Hi Margaret! Nope – just one color! That one color can be a neutral, but it can’t be in addition to another color.
Thanks!
January 5, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Thanks for the quick response. Sorry for repeating Lindsay’s question–we were on the same wavelength.
January 5, 2011 at 12:12 pm |
Do the fabrics have to include the same color. For example if I chose purple and one of the fabrics has small white snow flakes would it not count?
January 5, 2011 at 12:21 pm |
Hi Sofia! Good question. Use your discretion and just keep in mind that the goal is a monochromatic quilt. If the white pops enormously then it could take away from the success of that goal – but if the fabric pretty much reads as purple then it could work. It’s up to you to make the call as to if a fabric works! Have fun!
January 5, 2011 at 3:00 pm |
This caught my attention
How strictly monochrome should we be going? In other words, does it have to be actually monochromatic and stick with the same hue of color (like on a paint chip sample)? Or are we just sticking with the same color family (like all blues)?
And, will black, grey, and white together count as monochromatic?
January 5, 2011 at 4:42 pm |
Hi Natalie – we’re going to leave it to your interpretation. That’s part of the fun of the challenge!
January 5, 2011 at 5:14 pm |
Great challenge! Great prizes! Too bad for Modern Quilt Guild members outside the US
January 6, 2011 at 6:54 am |
So much on my plate but I have to try it! Now I just have to pick a color!
January 6, 2011 at 7:23 am |
Super excited to work on this quilt challenge. The Judge’s work is really top notch. This will be fun!
January 6, 2011 at 12:44 pm |
I’ve never participated in a challenge before, but my New Year’s resolution was to try new things, so I’m going to enter. I bought the fabric this morning. I’m excited to try one of the new designs that have been rolling around in my head.
January 6, 2011 at 5:19 pm |
Sounds awesome! 3 months to work it out…. now… to choose a color! Maybe even something out of my comfort zone
January 6, 2011 at 11:13 pm |
What a fantastic challenge and such wonderful prizes! I would love to enter but live in Canada
January 9, 2011 at 7:48 am |
What wonderful prizes for the monochromatic challenge!
January 9, 2011 at 5:44 pm |
2011 is the year for me to travel “outside” my norm! I am going to give this a try! Good luck to all!!
January 11, 2011 at 9:42 am |
My question may be the same as a previous one,but if I pick a color (say yellow) and I get several yellow prints, is that not allowed because some white or black may be in the print?
January 13, 2011 at 3:15 am |
What a fantastic challenge! And it will really stretch me to use my fabric stash. I may never finish such a quilt in time for the deadline, but I will have fun with it in my own time all the same.
January 16, 2011 at 3:45 pm |
Hi there, I am in Australia, now I am not entitled to the prizes, ok, but can I still enter?
January 16, 2011 at 8:30 pm |
Hi Sonia! Of course – we’d love for you to enter! So sorry that non US residents aren’t eligible for the prizes… there’s no legal way around it. Thanks!
January 23, 2011 at 8:44 pm |
Does the quilt have to be of original design or may I use a published pattern as long as I interpret it in a monochromatic color scheme?
January 23, 2011 at 8:57 pm |
Hi Chelley – the quilt has to be your own design. Thanks!
February 12, 2011 at 4:30 pm |
I am making a monochromatic quilt at the moment (well, except the red star!) for my baby.