Cherrywood Challenge Update (Best In Show - 3rd Place)

Woohoo! I just received the news that my submission to the Cherrywood Challenge was named Cherrywood Fabrics' vote for Best In Show - 3rd Place.

The Cherrywood Fabrics’ vote for Best in Show:

1^st Place: “The Survivor” by Carolyn Crump

2^nd Place: "New Dawn" by Paula Doyle

3^rd Place: "Magic Carpet of Hope" by Suzan Engler

Honorable Mention: “Flowers for our Future” by Venetta Morger

October 26-28, 2011:  Display of Actual Quilts for Online Quilt Auction (MD Anderson Main Campus, Houston Texas)

October 26 - Nov. 9, 2011:  Online Quilt Auction

November 3 - 6, 2011:  Display of Quilts at International Quilt Festival Houston

Thanks to Cherrywood Fabrics for sponsoring this challenge and to Kreinik Threads for donating the threads used in my quilt.   I sure hope we raise a lot of money for cancer research!

Note: My previous posts on the design and construction of this project are here. 

MDAnderson Cherrywood Challenge Quilt Completed

My submission for the MDAnderson Cherrywood Challenge is complete! This quilt will be part of the Online Quilt Auction at M D Anderson to raise funds for ovarian cancer research. The auction will be held Oct 26 - Nov 9, 2011.  I'll let you know when the auction quilts are on online so that you can see all of the contributions to this worthwhile cause.

You can check out the MDAnderson website for more details: www.mdanderson.org/ovarianquilt. 

Here was my process for this particular quilt:

1. Pen and ink (archival and waterproof) drawing on Cherrywood fabric

2. Machine quilting (teal and black cotton thread)

3. Paint key areas with fabric paint (Lumiere & Shiva sticks)

4. More machine stitching (teal and black cotton threads)

5. Final stitching (black, peacock and copper Kreinik metallic blending filaments)

6. Ship to MDA and celebrate!

Update on MDA Quilt

The quilting and painting are just about complete and now it is time for the fun part - the metallic thread!! I am using Kreinik Blending Filaments. They are really versatile in that you can use them alone or with another thread depending upon the look that you want. I'll provide a tutorial soon on using these.

I use a glass (vodka?) to hold the filament so that it feeds evenly!

Quilt for MDAnderson Cherrywood Challenge

I was given the opportunity to make a quilt for the MDAnderson Ovarian Cancer Quilt Project. The quilt project and 2011 online quilt auction benefit the Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program and the Uterine Cancer Research Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Cherrywood Fabrics donated a pack of fat quarters in teal to be used in the challenge. Teal is the representative color for ovarian cancer just as pink is the representative color for breast cancer. Cherrywood fabrics have a beautiful sueded-quality and are a delight to work with. The guidelines are that the quilt should be at least 2/3 Cherrywood fabric but other fabrics can be used as well. I decided to stick with only Cherrywood and take a wholecloth approach with lots of quilting and thread work. Being that the fabric is not transparent, it was difficult to trace my quilting pattern with my homemade light table. So I ended up sketching it on.

I love using my technology but sometimes it is just simpler to improvise. Spools of thread helped determine the spacing for a border motif.

Kreinik Threads donated the metallic threads for my project - they are so jewel-like that I am tempted to put them on a chain and wear them around my neck!