New year new challenges

So, Christmas is over. We have finished eating the chocolate, watched the DVDs and read most of the books! Now what?

A link on a blog introduced me to Craftsy and they run lots of interesting online classes so I decided to sign up to the Block of the Month class which is free and also for the Sumptious Stitches class which isn't. I'm not a great fan of all the chatter on the site, but at least it got me started. Then the Contemporary Quilt magazine arrived with details of the Journal Quilt Chllenge for 2012.

The challenge this year is based on colour. The first four quilts must be mainly red and it's shades and tints, although we are allowed to include up to 25% of other colours. The lack of much definition in the rules really inspired me to get going and ideas started coming thick and fast. I decided to use the course materials from the Sumptious Stitches class for the first quilt which was inspired by the strata in the rocks at Bude.


 Here is the result;

It's not as pink as it looks here, but I am quite pleased with the result. Here are some close ups of the stitching.

This has been just the thing to get my creative juices flowing and at last I feel I am starting to produce work that is worth showing off!

Next thing on the agenda is the quilt for the CQ10 challenge, more of which later!