Thank you so much for all of you who participated in making our Coastal Quilters Guild 2024 Challenge such a success. We had a total of 19 quilts hung, and all of the quits showed such amazing creativity and imagination. We had help hanging the quilts from Sue Kadner and next year’s challenge committee person Isabel Downs, and Carol Fay’s husband. Three of the quilts hung were by Committee Chair Patti Hunter, and you had all seen them before at meetings, so they were ineligible for voting. Both “roomers” (who voted by paper ballots) and “zoomers” (who voted digitally) had their votes tallied. We had significant donations from Trader Joe’s, from Roxanne’s, and from Grant House for the prizes. The fabric gifts for everyone participating in the challenge came from a selection from our fabric sale collection.

The results of the voting were as follows:

1st Place           Ranell Hansen                         “Tree of Gustatory Delights”
2nd Place          Isabel Downs                           “I am an Artist—Not a Cook”
3rd Place          Linda Boynton De Sepulveda   “Joy”
Most Humorous          Pat Masterson                 “Banish Canned Peas”
Best Use of Theme      Bee Saunders                “Fast Food, Slow Delivery”

Thank you to Bonnie Barber for managing to put together the data and pictures.  Thank you to Jennifer Hendrickson for making it possible for the “zoomers” to vote.

The Challenge Committee
Patti Hunter
Carol Fay
Ranell Hansen

What was your most memorable meal or food experience?

Where were you when you ate it? Was it at a 5-star restaurant or a neighborhood diner?
A picnic at a favorite site that was invaded by ants? A family meal at home?
Was it high tea? Who were you with, if anyone?
What made that food so memorable?
Similarly, what was your most memorable food experience on the negative side?
Was it the taste of cilantro that set your hair on fire ? That first bite of raw fish or sushi?

There are so many possibilities, each one as unique as you and your food memories. Let your imagination and food memories give birth to a quilt for our quilt challenge in 2024. We want to hear the stories that go with the memory as much as seeing the challenge result.

The parameters for the Challenge are similar to those in the past.

• There are no limitations in colors or materials used.

• Creativity is encouraged.

• Three dimensional pieces are allowed.

• Your “Memorable Meal” must be on the front of the quilt or clear from the three-dimensional piece.

• The overall circumference/perimeter should be under 120 inches.
  

Challenge quilts must be submitted by our meet-ing in May 2024.
Entries will be revealed at the June 2024 Guild meeting.

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2024 “MEMORABLE MEALS” CHALLENGE

ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS
ENTRY FORM

It’s almost challenge time!  If you want to enter the 2024 challenge, please complete the Entry Form, which is on the Guild website.  Entries are due at the live Guild meeting, Thursday, May 9, beginning at 6:30 at our usual meeting location.  Viewing and voting on the challenge pieces will occur at June’s live meeting.  The requirements for the challenge are on the Guild website.

To enter:

• Complete the Challenge Entry Form, available on the Guild website, in the April newsletter, or by contacting Patti Hunter at prwhunter@cox.net.
• Attach a 2-4” hanging sleeve to the back of your entry, unless it is a 3D piece.
• Attach a covered  label to the back /or bottom of your entry.
• Submit your entry in a pillowcase securely labeled with your name, phone number, and email, along with the completed entry form. 
• If your entry will not fit in a pillowcase or  needs special handling, be sure it is completely covered and securely labeled before submitting it.
• If you absolutely, positively can’t get your entry to the Guild meeting on May 9, please arrange with Patti Hunter, Ranell Hansen or Carol Fay for its delivery. 
• Since all entries must be viewed at the June meeting, and none will be judged by photograph, and you do not intend to come to the May meeting, please ship your entry to:
  • Carol Fay, 1417 Camino Rio Verde, Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

Got questions?  Contact Patti Hunter at prwhunter@cox.net, or 805-452-6850. 

Challenge Co-Chairs:
Patti Hunter, Ranell Hansen & Carol Fay