It was my turn to set the challenge for 2012, which I revealed at our quilting retreat in early October.
I chose the poem ‘Core of my heart (My Country)’ by Dorothea Mackellar, from which comes the song ‘I love a sunburnt country’. There’s plenty of inspiration in that poem!
The rules and restrictions of the challenge are few:
- Take any word(s), phrase(s), line(s), verse(s)—or even the entire poem—as your inspiration
- Make something in fabric from that inspirational idea (it doesn’t have to be a quilt)
- Minimum size: 6 x 6 inches; no maximum size
- Have it completed by our retreat in September/October 2012 — and keep it secret from the others!
In honour of Royal Show week in Perth, I presented the challenge in show bags!
Inside each coloured bag was a fabric clutch I’d made from some of my fabric scraps. Each clutch was a different colour to suit the colours that I thought matched the recipient.
Inside each clutch was a sealed, matching envelope, with a fabric ‘stamp’.
And inside the envelope was the challenge.
Also inside each clutch were two gifts — a pack of microfibre applicator brushes, and two ‘how to’ quilting DVDs.
The clutches:
Rhonda Bracey: At Random 
Sounds great Rhonda – I love your idea with the bags…and the contents of course 🙂
So thoughtful…what a lovely way to reveal the challenge!
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