2023-2024 MPQG UFO Challenge

Let’s “WIP” out those “UFOs”!

Now that the pandemic has waned, how many works in progress (WIPs) or unfinished objects (UFOs) do have laying around? Let’s challenge ourselves to finish those projects, earn tickets, and win prizes!

Criteria:

The Challenge starts Monday, September 11, 2023 and the final meeting to show your UFOs is, Monday, July 1, 2024.
Donation of $10.00 to enter
All WIPs and UFOs must be in progress (at a minimum with the fabric purchased) at the time you sign up.
The UFO can be a quilt, wall hanging, table topper, wearable art, or another unfinished sewing project. It can be almost any size with a minimum size of 18" in at least one direction for quilts, wall hangings, or table toppers.
Tickets are awarded for entering the Challenge and for finishing UFOs. Bonus tickets are available.
Show your finished UFOs at the monthly Guild meetings. Drawings for prizes will be held throughout the year. The Grand Prize drawing is at the August 5, 2024 Guild meeting.

How do I win tickets?

1 ticket just for signing up
1 ticket for each finished project
1 bonus ticket for each decade the project went unfinished (e.g., project started in 1988 and finished in 2023 = 5 decades = 5 bonus tickets)
5 bonus tickets if the project is donated to one of the Guild’s Community Quilt Projects
10 bonus tickets if you finish all your UFOs by July 1, 2024

Instructions:

Download and complete the form. The last day to submit forms to be eligible for prizes is December 8, 2023. Keep a copy of the form for your records.
The current progress of the UFO must be indicated on the form (e.g., purchased fabric, cut, blocks pieced, quilt top pieced, etc.)
There are three ways to sign up:
1. Turn in the completed form at the monthly meeting with your $10.00 check payable to “MPQG”;
2. Email your completed form to lauramlawrence@gmail.com and pay online at the MPQG website; or
3. Mail your completed form to Laura Lawrence along with your $10.00 check payable to “MPQG.”
Finish your projects and bring them to Show and Tell at the monthly Guild meetings to earn your tickets for prizes. If you cannot make it to a meeting, post pictures of your finished projects on Instagram with the hashtag #quiltufo and tag @montereyquiltersguild.
Eligible submissions must be on your form to be eligible for tickets and prizes.
Completed UFOs must be submitted by July 1, 2024.

Questions? Email me at lauramlawrence@gmail.com or call/text (831) 578-4824.

Happy Sewing!

Laura Lawrence

Activities Coordinator

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Traditional Modern quilts spring from traditional blocks. I found in an older publication, "Best Blocks" by Quilter's Newsletter, a wonderful variety of published blocks, from 1840-1950's. A short story about each block's origin will be presented monthly over the next twelve months.

Directions for both traditional piecing and paper piecing will be offered whenever practical to do so. Most blocks will be offered in a standard 12" X 12" finished size. For those preferring a traditional modern quilt, some blocks will also be offered in smaller sizes allowing for some asymmetry or negative space in the sashing. That will be up to each individual.

The blocks featured will go from easy, to somewhat more challenging. Each block will be complete, so you can do all of the blocks for a lap quilt or some of the blocks for some other use, possibly a nice table runner or wall hanging. Join the group and make a traditional quilt or challenge yourself for a traditional modern creation!

Marjorie Longo, Block of the Month Coordinator

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