SAO’S TRIPLE CHALLENGE: 2012 Color Challenge 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge 2012 sao Challenge to the AAQI
Posted By drsao on March 17, 2012
I wanted 2012 to be especially memorable as I journeyed through my adventure in quilting! First, I decided to accept the 2012 Color Challenge created by Fiber Artist, Vicki Welsh and hosted by Judy Laquidara of www.patchworktimes.com. I, like many others, seem to be drawn toward CERTAIN FAVORITE COLORS – so I thought that it would be INTERESTING to try to create using colors that were DIFFERENT!
Learning to do Free Motion Quilting has also been one of my goals – otherwise known as my TO DO LIST. When SEW CAL GAL announced a 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge, I just had to be onboard with that too! Each month a different FMQ artist gives us an online tutorial and a challenge to try something that they suggest!
Finally, during my undergraduate days I became involved in working with families who had loved ones experiencing the devastation of Alzheimer’s Disease. Later when I became a professor, I led some of my students to become involved in various research and activities to benefit those who had Alzheimers. It is a cause near and dear to my heart and I wanted to do my part, as a quilter, to help raise funds to further our knowledge of this disease – and TO FIND A CURE! Therefore I made my own 2012 SAO CHALLENGE to make a quilt EACH MONTH in 2012 to be donated to the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative to be sold so that ALL OF THE FUNDS can go toward research.
That is how my TRIPLE 2012 Challenge came to be…..why not make an Alzheimer’s Art Quilt each month using Vicki Welsh’s COLOR CHALLENGE colors for the month and the Free Motion Quilter’s Challenge for that same month!
Here is the Color Challenge for January.
Tiles from an 1882 Ship - from the Victoria and Albert Museum - January, 2012 Color Challenge
Here is my January 2012 Alzheimer’s Quilt made from these colors (with the Free Motion Quilting Challenge of Heart Shaped Leaves!)
The Spangle Tree
For February our color challenge was to use the color of FIGS!
Figs - the February Color Challenge 2012
Our February Free Motion Quilting Challenge was to do FEATHERS!
Here is my February Creation.
Angels Watching Over Us - Feb, 2012 Challenge
Our March Color Challenge was inspired by a picture of art glass from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Art Glass from the Victoria and Albert Museum – March, 2012 Color ChallengeThe Free Motion Quilting Challenge was to make Twists and Loops and/or Flowers/
Here is my March Alzheimer’s Quilt
Twists and Loops Through the Circle of Life
This has really been so much fun and I am looking forward to seeing what our colors and quilting pattern for April will be!
As always, so inspirational and my shero………..
What a lovely idea to use these two challenges to make something beautiful and useful to help others!!! I love the creativity in the quilts you’ve made too. Great job!!!
I love your March challenge! What a great assortment of fabrics. It’s perfect!
Thank you so much for sharing information about the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative! I lost my Dad to Alzheimer’s in December of 2010 and have been committed to raising money for research through AAQI since he was diagnosed in 2006. I am a quilter and I love that the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative is a grass roots organization that is totally staffed by volunteers so that every available dollar can be used to fund research. I think it’s great that you have included AAQI as part of your triple challenge for 2012!
Oh what a wonderful job! Love them all!
Cool stacked hexes.I like all your challenge pieces!
Very interesting use of the hexagons! Nice!
A triple challenge, what a great idea! It sounds like extreme multi-tasking and fun too. I just might try it.
Love your work!