candy challenge

This is the candy challenge that you have all been waiting for! We each picked a candy and that was to be our inspiration for the quilt. The rules were simple - no traditional binding and we had to use a piece of brownish fabric with bows on it somewhere in the quilt. So....here they are....

Denise Johnson had Crunch and she played with a lot of printing techniques. The dark red fabric has the bows underneath!

Shirley Snowden had Almond Joy and I had to show you a close up as well as the whole quilt.

The bow fabric spells Joy.

Sarah Breckinridge had Reeses peanut butter cup. She put a lot of buttons and embellishment on hers.

Rona Barnes had Mounds. I thought she was nuts when she told me that she was attaching real coconut shells to her quilt but it came out gorgeous.


Nancy Ryan had Skittles and a hell of a time with the machine embroidery but it looks great.

Pat Gleitsman painted her fabric and used the bow fabric for the plate. She actually found a fabric for the back with pictures of Dots boxes on it. I love the intensity of her colors.

Lynne Goulette had Starburst and all those stars in the background are done with variegated thread free hand.

I had Neccos and after doing some research I was so impressed with the company that I had to put facts on some of my circles. They have been in America for more than 150 years and were early

in giving employees the options of profit sharing and life insurance.

I sewed all of the circles to chicken wire for support. There is an actual Necco package on the quilt in the upper left hand corner.

Jill Lee-Jones had Lifesavers and her quilt dances with color. She used bows in the background.

Elaine Turcke reproduced a photograph of her

grandchildren to highlight the M & Ms.

Denise Yates created this cute purse out of felt. She knitted and felted the strap. The coin purse has the bow fabric.

Carolyn Wolf had Kandy corn and she created a whole forest with it.

Barbara Jacquat had Jujyfruits and she has created a whole jungle. Her quilt has three panels and a lot of embroidery on the left hand side.

There are still a few more quilts to add to this collection. I need to get them into my studio in order to photograph them well but you can see them at Fabric of Vision in Ashland now until the end of March. ... and we would be happy to have them travel if you know of other venues that would like to display them.