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WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST HEXAGON QUILT CHALLENGE?
The Inaugural TASA (The Australian School of Appliqué) will be held in Gatton in May 2010.
In conjunction with TASA we will be having a Retrospective Quilt Show which will display Antique and New Reproduction Quilts.
As a special part of this Quilt Show we are hoping to create the World’s Biggest Hexagon Quilt. We will be asking the Guinness Book of Records to adjudicate our challenge at the Quilt Show.
The completed Hexagon Quilt will be displayed as a special feature at the Quilt Show.
After the completion of the Quilt Show the hexagon quilt will be made into smaller quilts and distributed to Nursing Homes and Aged Care Facilities.
Everyone who participates in this challenge will go in to a draw for a Fabric Bundle Prize valued at $250 donated by Sew Creative, Gatton. The more rosettes you enter the more chances you have of winning!
So how can you be part of this exciting challenge?
There are two styles of rosette which can be submitted.
All hexagons must measure 1” along the completed side. Packs of pre-cut templates are available at most quilt shops and provide an accurate and convenient way of making the hexagons. Templates can also be downloaded from
http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/
Set the template size at 1 inch and then print.
Rosette #1
Centre hexagon – green fabric
First round – Any fabric of your choice. Let your imagination run wild. Fussy cat, alternate fabrics, scrap fabrics. Anything that takes your fancy.
Second round – Cream fabric
Rosette #2
Centre hexagon – green fabric
First round – Any fabric of your choosing
COMPLETED ROSETTES MUST ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 1ST DECEMBER 2009
The Greatest Hexagon Challenge
60 East St
Gatton Q 4343
If you would like a photo of the completed quilt please send a stamped, self addressed envelope with your rosettes and one will be forwarded to you.
The completed quilt will be on display at the TASA, Gatton during the 14th -16th May 2010
Enquiries to Gail Chalker: 07 5462 2401 (work) or email: gailchalker@bigpond.com
absolute stunning ! I´d love to find my flower ;-))
ReplyDeletehappy quilting
Angelika from the most northern part of Germany
This is so exciting, i will post about it on my Blog,as so many people were interested at the time. SOme of my Aussie friends said they would go to the exhibition at Gatton and take photos for me! Kath In England
ReplyDeleteWow Ladies Oh and gentlemen, that is unbelievable.I would never find my hexagons now. LOL
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHoe exciting!!! and to think that you allowed us to share in this wonderful project... THANK YOU!!!!
ReplyDeleteValentina from Cyprus.
This is such a stunning effort!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all participants :D
Oh my God!!, I cannot believe it, it's fantastic. Congratulations!! and thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! It looked fantastic on display! I took some photos and they are on my blog if you are interested
ReplyDeleteI've blogged this site - so impressed by this effort - congratulations to all the participants! What a wonderful experience.
ReplyDeleteWhat I would give to be there to "Find my Blocks I sent" Much gratitude to all those of you in Australia who have put so much effort into such a project. From Alberta, Canada
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome! I just wish there would be a brave soul that might document digitally all the flowers, so each and every participant will have a chance to "brag" until the end of their patchwork/quilting days how they were part of this amazing joint effort and have a photo to prove it. Actually, it might even be undertaken as a school project - hint! hint! hint! - for australian teachers ;-)
ReplyDeleteI am so very proud to a part of this...I only wish I could be there to help with quilting the of the individual quilts. What a lovely idea you have blessed the world with. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteunbelievable to think of all the different countries involved in thes challenge
ReplyDeleteBravo to the ladies who assembled millions of these lovely flowers ....proud to think my belgina friends and I were part of this
Caroline in beautiful Brussels
Congratulations !!!
ReplyDeleteYour Quilt is so great, I love it. I`m very proud to be a little part of this
Best regards
Rena from Germany
Hola, es una pena aver encontrado su pajina a hora de averla visto el año pasado avia participado
ReplyDeletePero me a encantado poder verla, un saludo