The Liberated Quilters of the Liberated Quilting Blog and the members of the
Liberated Quilting Message Board have joined forces to created a
"Liberated Quilting: Liberated Challenge." Their challenge was announced on January 1st to all quilters to create Priority: Alzheimer's Quilts for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative from January to December 2010.
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here for details.
Quilts using the liberated quilting techniques (inspired by but not limited, to the works of Gwen Marston in her "Liberated Quiltmaking" book) are encouraged to explore the world of liberated quilting techniques. This style can include, but is not limited to, the creation of free-pieced items...free-form, free-pieced stars, houses, letters, flowers, butterflies, frogs, people, etc. Liberated piecing and quilting are encouraged, as are themes relating to Alzheimer's and its challenges, but are not required.
There are no rules as to what fabrics, theme, or style of quilting you choose to use. Quilts can be pieced, free-pieced, strip-pieced, fused, appliqued, beaded, paint over fabric, anything that stretches your imagination, your quilting style, and creates an opportunity for you to think and to quilt 'outside of the box.'
Michele M. Bilyeu
Salem, OR