Modern Quilting Challenges

Upcycled Content Requirement

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• At least 50% of your project must be made from upcycled or recycled materials.

• Fabric from your stash does not count as upcycled. It must have previously been used as something else: Clothing; table runners or linens; curtains; tote bags; upholstery; old quilts; or any previously-constructed textile item. If it had a “first life,” it qualifies

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Project Type: 

 

Any modern quilted or textile project is welcome: quilts, quilted bags, wall hangings,  upcycled garments,  art quilts, mixed-media textile pieces. If it’s quilted or textile-based and modern, it counts.

 

Completion Requirement

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Quilts must be quilted and bound.

All other project types must be fully finished (straps attached, closures added, hems done, etc.).

 

Theme Interpretation

 

Your project should reflect the spirit of: ReMade Modern: Second Chances Through Design

 

Think:

• bold modern composition

• graphic shapes

• improv slicing and reassembly

• unexpected textures

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You may interpret the theme literally, abstractly, or conceptually.

• visible mending

• contrast between “old life” and “new life”

• sustainability as a design choice

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 Timeline

 

Start Date: April 18

Completion & Turn-In Deadline: October 10

Reveal: October guild meeting

 

Prize Drawing

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Everyone who:

Completes their project

Meets all challenge rules

Turns it in by the deadline will be entered into a prize drawing at the October meeting.

This is not a judged challenge — it’s a celebration of creativity, sustainability, and modern design.

 

 Participant Checklist

 

• 50%+ of materials are truly upcycled (not stash)

•  My project is fully finished

•  My design reflects the ReMade Modern theme

•  I can identify the previous life of my upcycled materials

•  My project is ready to turn in by October 10

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Need some inspiration? Check out Upcycle a Denim Jacket with Unused Quilt Blocks by Bianca Springer on the MQG Resource Library.