Group Challenge

Finished Challenge Quilt

A year ago, in early May, my small quilt guild held a retreat and each participant received a bundle of 10 fat eighths.  The challenge was to make something with the F8ths.  We could make whatever we wished and could add fabrics from our own stash to it.  I pondered the options for awhile and then came upon the brainstorm to try out some blocks from a book called, "Just Plain Nuts".  This is the second book by the same author, Liz Lois.  The first one is entitled, "Nearly Insane".   The books just have a diagram of the block with no instructions.  I had to measure each of the sections and add seams and cut out the pieces.  I made 9 six inch blocks and then added sashings, corner stones and borders.  The last border worked well with a piano key design using up all the scraps and bits and pieces of the fabric bundle.  It was a fun project and I finally got to using some of the patterns which have been on my shelf for many years.

I quilted the quilt myself doing each block differently....whatever came to mind.

Some of the pieces were crazy tiny!

Below are some photos of the blocks before putting into the quilt.  They are 6 1/2" unfinished. 

 At the retreat at the end of April this year, we had a parade to show everyone at the retreat what we made with our bundles.  Amazing how different everyone's projects were.