The Reveal

The Basement Divas gathered  in the basement today at the home of Lori and Mike and Brady. There was no sewing today as this was the day to reveal our  pieces for the Black and White Challenge.

Jan and Judy brought appetisers in black and white and orange. They went on line and did a search for black and white food and separately found these penguins. Great minds run in the same circles think alike. The penguins were too cute to eat ........ but we did and they were very good. We enjoyed some of them while we were waiting for the last few people to arrive before we showed our challenge pieces.

There was a lot of visiting and chattering chatting going on as well as
some serious discussion. Diane was hand sewing the binding down on the quilt she started at our meeting in March, there was an audition for borders of a quilt in progress, we met and admired the new Havanese puppy, we discussed and admired Syd's new short haircut and perused books and magazines for ideas for our next challenge. Some people dressed for the occasion in black and white but we are an unruly bunch and there was no way getting everyone together for a photo.

Finally we had the reveal. All but one person had something to show although some of the quilts were not finished.

These were the rules for the challenge that Kathy posted last August. They were amended in October to include a target date for the finish.

The challenge shall be black and white and, if wanted, one other color. Color being defined as a color family. Quilters are to do something they have not done before and no, that doesn't mean finish the thing, using a book, pattern or tool that the quilter already has. Yes, a book that has been used before can be used but not the same pattern in said book. No, it does not mean you can make "that pink quilt you made before, in black and white".There is no size limitation or finish date established yet.
Quilter's should be ready to start, or have started at our next meeting in October.

This is a collage of all of the challenge quilts. There will be  follow up as individuals share the inspiration and how their choices met the challenge rules, along with the challenges they encountered as they worked on their quilts.