I participated in a challenge put on by members of the QuiltArts mailing list for people who weren't going to Houston this year (I've never been, but it's one of my goals to make it there one of these years, preferably with something in the show--yeah, right) and made 3 Priority Quilts that I donated to this organization. I was blown away by some of the other quilts that people from the list made. I am clearly a novice, but as usual, my work was made with much love. Here's what I made:
1. 'Crazy Love': A crazy quilt made up of scraps from other quilts, with a cool heart-shaped applique in the middle. I dedicated this one to my friend's mom, who is currently suffering from Alzheimer's.
2. This one is 'Verbs to Live By': I tried some new techniques with this one: I used Shiva paintstiks on fabric (rubbed over a rubber stamp), and stamped words, then covered with organza and quilted it. The border fabric is some of my first hand-dyed fabric.
3. "Remembrance": My last piece used some rust-dyed fabric (Rust-Tex--www.rust-tex.com) from a woman named Lois Jarvis. Lois offered to donate $5 for each art quilt made with the fabric she sent people. I suspect that she ended up making a hefty donation! The fabric, which is part of the body of the quilt, and the border, is not in my color comfort zone, but I found some coordinating fabric that I think worked well with it. 
I really hope that these pieces end up generating some money for Alzheimer's Research because the organization's goal 'making a difference, one quilt at a time', is such a cool concept.
