Ricky's Miracle Fabric Challenge - 2014
Challenge Rules
- Your design must be totally original, or an original setting of a traditional, non-copyrighted quilt pattern. All entries must be completely finished when submitted. The quilt must be three layers, front, batting, and a back layer.
- Fabrics
- Caveman Pastel - the Miracle Fabric must be the dominantly featured light fabric in your quilt top. Other light fabrics are acceptable as long as the Miracle Fabric is dominant.
- Additional Ricky Tims' hand-dyed fabrics, your own hand-dyes, or commercial fabrics may be used.
- Quilt must be no smaller than 24 inches on any side.
- No alteration to the color of the Miracle Fabric is permitted such as over-dying, bleaching, painting, tea-dyeing etc., or any other means of altering the original color of the fabric is not allowed.
- Embellishments in the way of beads, attachments, sequins, etc. are permitted.
- Designs based on traditional blocks as well as contemporary art quilt designs are all eligible.
- Construction techniques should be patchwork, applique, a combination of both or whole cloth.
- Dimensions: No smaller than 24" on any side.
- Quilt must be made entirely by one person - from start to finish.
- Quilts can be made by hand or machine or a combination of both.
Challenge Prize
One winner will receive ten pieces (one yard each) of Ricky Tims' hand dyed fabrics of their choice, a $200 value
Purchasing Your Fabrics
Caveman Pastel - the Miracle Fabric- must be featured predominantly as the light fabric in your quilt. To purchase fabric click here.
Submission Information
- You will find this information listed at www.rickytims.com under the EVENTS menu.
- Cost for submitting is free.
- Entries must be submitted online before midnight MST March 28,2014.
- You may enter as many times as you like, but each online submission is for one entry.
- Entry requires mid-to-high quality digital photo images.
- The entries will be judged by photo submission.
- A well-photographed submission enables your quilt to receive the best evaluation.
- Two images are required per submission: one flat full shot including borders and binding (or other edge finish treatment) and one flat detail shot.
- Images must be standard .jpg no larger than 8mb.
- The submission button will become inactive at midnight, MST, on March 28, 2014. Once the link is inactive, the submission deadline has passed.