Quotes from Oprah Winfrey on Challenges:
It doesn’t matter how far you might rise. At some point, you are bound to stumble. If you’re constantly pushing yourself higher and higher, the law of averages predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to remember this: There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.
Now, when you’re down there in the hole, it looks like failure. When that moment comes, it’s okay to feel bad for a little while. Give yourself time to mourn what you think you may have lost. But then, here’s the key: Learn from every mistake, because every experience, particularly your mistakes, are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.”
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand.
Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
Contact: Toni Beattie (in the directory)
Annual Challenge- 2025
Decorative Flying Geese
Theme: Decorative Flying Geese
Size: 36” x 36” or smaller
The 2024 Westside Quilt challenge – Challenges you to be as creative as you can using at least one Flying goose block and decorative stitching
The Rules:
- Quilt must be 36×36 or smaller
- it can be any shape.
- It must be finished to present at the challenge reveal.
- The quilt must contain at least one Flying Geese or variation block
- and must have decorative stitching either by machine or by hand.
No sign up needed – complete it and bring it to the reveal
The reveal will be at the May 2025 meeting
Have Fun!!
Contact: Jenice Poff VPEducation@westsidequiltersguild.com or look up her cell number in the directory and text her.
2025 Dwelling Challenge!
Join us in a new quilt along Challenge for 2025!
It is all about Dwellings!
Each block will be some kind of dwelling — house, barn, fish bowl, tent, camper, etc — whatever dwelling you want.
Each month beginning in January 2025 you will make 2 blocks per month.
( since this was issued a bit late, January and February will be turned in at the February meeting).
- You can design your own or find a pattern, the more original the designs the more fun this will be!
- All colors are fine – this will be a quilt, so it should be fabric that works for a functional quilt as well as a wall hanging ( probably not a good candidate for wool applique).
- You keep one block for yourself and bring your second block to the monthly meeting where it will go into a pot. Everyone will take a number and when your number comes up you will pick a block out of the pot. (If you pick your own you will put it back and take another).
- At the end of the year you will end up with 24 blocks that you can put together however you want
- Each Month will have a Theme:
- We have a theme each month, the theme isn’t a requirement, just a suggestion to help you come up with ideas and to make a fun variety of blocks. Make your blocks using any technique for a dwelling you would find at the location of the theme. Use your creativity, have fun. Follow the requirements for each block. If you have things like buttons, etc. that you want to add to your block please just lightly tack those on so they can be removed for quilting if needed.
- January: Beach Dwelling – Make your blocks be any technique for a dwelling you would find at a beach!
- February: Dwelling inspired by a book
- March: Mountain Dwelling
- April: Use a technique you have never used before to create a dwelling of your choice
- May: Garden Dwelling
- June: High Capacity Dwelling
- July: Dwelling you wouldn’t want to live in
- August: a non-traditional dwelling
- September: Aquatic Dwelling
- October: Use a technique you have not used before to create a dwelling of your choice
- November: Vacation Dwelling
- December: Winter Dwelling
- January: Beach Dwelling – Make your blocks be any technique for a dwelling you would find at a beach!
It is very important that your block measures 12.5″ by 12.5” unfinished ( for a 12″ finished block) so the person getting your block doesn’t have to take it apart to get the right measurement.
We will have a show and tell sometime at the beginning of 2026. Just have fun with this and let your imagination run wild!
Any questions contact Jenice Poff at vpeducation@westsidequiltersguild.com or text her at her cell number ( in the directory)
Have Fun!!
UFO – UnFinished Object Challenge
Our 2025 UFO challenge has begun!
But it is not too late to sign up.
UFO is a project that you previously started and not completed…….not fabric in a bag yet to be started or a pattern you would like to make some day. The challenge is designated for a quilting project. However, if you have a clothing item that is quilted or you have a bag that is quilted, those would be considered UFO’s……the key phrase is ‘quilted” and they must have been started in time past.
To qualify for a completed UFO it must meet the following: the quilt (or item) must be quilted and have the binding attached.
Contact Cindy Bemis or Renee Friberg for more information.
Contact: Cindy Bemis or Renee Friberg
(in the directory)