SINGER Quilting Contest

Grand Prize

Quilted Mad Tea Party Set by technoplastique

Second Prize

Applique Quilting a Map by antibromide	Maze Quilt - Design Choices by cfox	Playable Quilted Mario Snuggie by Kaisei13

Runners-Up

(alphabetical order)

Cathedral Windows Quilt Squares by abbyholverson	Fiery Phoenix Quilt by csiebe	How to make a baby quilt - From start to finish by MissouriQuiltCo	How to sew a quilt! (Quilting 101) by jessyratfink	The Tree Hugger Baby Play Mat by Nyki_L

47 comments	Add Comment

Apr 13, 2011. 2:40 PMCycleBob44 says:

meghanelizabeth -- your "featured" Pineapple Quilt is awesome.

No wonder -- it's exquisitely crafted with clear and accurate instructions to make it, as you put it, as simple or complex as a quilter may want.

A superb example of the serious quilt maker's craft.

Good luck in the contest.

Apr 12, 2011. 7:55 PMRookiesmom says:

Good luck Rozz

Apr 12, 2011. 10:56 AMMasterofFaster says:

Rozz01, I love it! Best of luck to you!

Apr 12, 2011. 10:15 AMauntiemaria123 says:

Lovely quilt. Sure wish I had the time to quilt again.

Apr 12, 2011. 6:54 AMedehart says:

Great quilt by Rozz01!

Apr 12, 2011. 10:07 AMRozz01 says:

Double Thanks to you to.
Rozz

Apr 12, 2011. 1:54 AMdiesel51 says:

Roz, I love your quilt. Good luck.

Carol G

Apr 12, 2011. 10:06 AMRozz01 says:

Appreciate your support and kind words. Rozz

Apr 10, 2011. 11:59 PM

iminthebathroom says:

oh man, just not enough time to get my instructable in... Done and all, just don't want to submit a sloppy instructable. So many super cool quilts though, awesome work!

Mar 13, 2011. 9:10 AMvgunkel says:

A quilt in a month? You want an entire quilt finished in a month or just a block construction and top finished in a month? I kind of doubt a person can get the top pieced, the quilt quilted and binding sewn on in just a month. Is this just a quilt-or can it be a quilted article?

Apr 8, 2011. 7:17 PMHappyGoLuckyLens says:

My sister is crazy i guess cause she gets quilts done in a day if she sits and works on it!

Apr 7, 2011. 11:57 AMMadDogg710 says:

PBS has a show called "quilt in a day". Although I have never made one Im sure it can be done.

Mar 30, 2011. 11:45 AM

jeff-o says:

Also remember that some people will have photographed a quilting project completed prior to the contest, so all they have to do is write up the Instructable. I've got a few projects like that - photos ready to go, but nothing written.

But yeah, I've seen the amount of work that can go into a full-size, detailed, and meticulously made quilt. It certainly takes longer than a month unless you have hours per day to work on it. And most people don't have that kind of time!

Mar 23, 2011. 8:22 AMlittlegandhi1199 says:

haha my mother can! :)

Mar 17, 2011. 3:51 PMpamelae says:

lap quilts can easily be finished in much less time than this.

Mar 14, 2011. 9:00 PM

annahowardshaw says:

The description just says “relates to some aspect of quilting” which will end up including everything from super-simple to crazy-complex projects. I totally agree that a whole quilt in a month is a tall order, especially if someone doesn’t check the site constantly and may not see the contest until the second or third week in (and has a job/family/other projects going on).

I’ve known people who have completed quilts over weeks, months and even years. So I do not think being surprised by the idea of a month long deadline demonstrates an underestimation of anyone’s abilities. It just sounds like you made awesome quilts : )

So I bet you have advice/examples around one part of quilting that could be a great entry!

Mar 14, 2011. 1:35 PM

antibromide says:

It is sad that you underestimate your and the Instructables community member's ability to create great items in a short period of time. You should challenge yourself to make an entry. I bet you would be surprised at how much you could accomplish in one month.

Mar 30, 2011. 7:18 PM

iminthebathroom says:

Yup, technically even if you didn't have time to make an instructable for this contest in time, you could look on your past experience and/or builds. Then document to the best of your ability and contribute it as a photo Instructable. This is what I will be doing as years ago I made my wife a quilt for Christmas. No I don't have photos of me making it, but I do have nice shots of it being up through the holidays, and shots of it now.

Mar 29, 2011. 11:36 AMdreliuhernandez says:

Preach it, antibromide!

Mar 14, 2011. 10:00 PMvgunkel says:

"items" I can make in a short amount of time. My comment/question referred to making, and quilting a whole quilt in a month, or just making a block to show a recycling type of project. I misunderstood the requirements of the contest-making a quilted item and making an entire quilt in the next few weeks would determine if this was something I could even consider.

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Mar 17, 2011. 4:26 PM

canida says:

A block design, a quilted purse, speed-piecing techniques, or tips on binding are all fine - it doesn't have to be a whole quilt start-to-finish! We try to make contests as broad as possible for exactly the reasons you describe.

I've got one quilt that has been "in progress" for roughly 20 years now, so certainly understand that quilts can be enormous labors of love. ;)

Apr 11, 2011. 6:12 PM

handprints says:

me too...the contest got me going to finish it!

Apr 4, 2011. 6:22 PMjaja_yo says:

i dont know about sewing but i like how quilts look like good luck everyone

Apr 3, 2011. 9:24 AMbatikmania says:

Wow... beautiful... beautiful pieces of quilts and craft works. It will be hard work for the judges to decided the winner. Good luck for all...!

Feb 26, 2011. 3:06 AMeroberts-1 says:

Nothing like a Singer!! Smooth Sewing!

Mar 31, 2011. 4:42 PMTheTemptress says:

Agreed, my older Singers still work!

Mar 28, 2011. 1:20 PMvcharbonneau says:

I still use my old Futura 900... wish I had a new one, but the old singer is the one I keep going back to! :)

Mar 28, 2011. 9:32 AMRebekah22 says:

How is this contest voted on, but the comments or just by the judges?

Mar 29, 2011. 10:18 PM

ChrysN says:

There is a voting period of a few days following the close of the contest. The top vote getters make up half of the finalist and the other half are chosen by instructables staff (?and sponsors). Then there is the judging phase the judges are usually instructables staff and I'm guessing sponsors too.

Mar 30, 2011. 11:41 AM

jeff-o says:

Judges also include the Community Team (formerly Feature Team) and select Instructables members.

Mar 30, 2011. 10:34 AMhill_fighter says:

Good luck americans!Iam from LATVIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mar 27, 2011. 4:08 PM

mary candy says:

why is this contest open only to USA residents. ?? :(
I could pay the delivery by mail.. or so what :D
plizzzzzzz

Mar 29, 2011. 10:19 PM

ChrysN says:

You can enter if you have a shipping address in the US (or know someone who does that can then send the prize onto you....)

Mar 23, 2011. 9:26 PM

starshipminivan says:

If you've done an amazing quilting project in the past but didn't take step-by-step photos, consider submitting a Photo Instructable. Take some good shots, maybe include your block patterns, some words about the material choices, assembly method, etc. and you've got yourself an entry without killing yourself to get a big project done by the deadline. You can describe your process and materials in as much detail as you'd like.

I plan to submit a photo of a finished project along with my own hand-drawn blocks (if I can find them, otherwise I'll probably draw them again) and some description of my process.

Photo 'ibles are a great way to share projects that you just can't (or would rather not) redo step-by-step. It doesn't have to be a brand new project, just a brand new Instructable.

Mar 20, 2011. 9:43 AMrecyclegrandma says:

Are there only 12 entries or am I missing some somewhere?

Mar 21, 2011. 2:37 PM

jeff-o says:

The odds are good! Quick, submit something!

Mar 6, 2011. 9:41 PMrnoel says:

Booo ....open only to U.S.

:(

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Mar 17, 2011. 4:28 PM

canida says:

Unfortunately the sewing machines have to be shipped within the US. Maybe you need a US-based co-conspirator?

Mar 15, 2011. 9:09 PMthevoid says:

so can you enter more than one? just wondering

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Mar 17, 2011. 4:27 PM

canida says:

Please do! You can only win one prize, but enter as many projects as you like.

Feb 27, 2011. 9:49 AM

abbyholverson says:

Do our entries have to be new instructables, or can they be one that we wrote in the past?

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Feb 28, 2011. 2:51 PM

canida says:

They need to be new Instructables that are published after the contest starts on March 3. However, you can do a new and improved version of a past project - maybe reference your original crazy quilt block Instructable and explain how you tweak it for different effects, or how you assemble it?

Mar 5, 2011. 8:29 PM

iminthebathroom says:

Always wondered about that, every once in a while you would see entries that were a year or more older. Guess they were tweaked and re-published?

Feb 28, 2011. 3:06 PM

abbyholverson says:

Thanks! I figured as much, but had to double check!