After Quilt Challenge

You’ve heard of the “after birth”, now here is the “after quilt”!

"Stargazing", the 2025 RNQG Hunter’s Star raffle quilt is now finished.  It looks fabulous and has already begun traveling to venues where it will be seen by many (and likely generate lots of ticket sales)!

In the meantime, we have some blue and white fabric left over,  due to members’ generous donations, and have decided to use it to make comfort quilts.  The remnants have been assembled into After Quilts Kits.  Each kit contains a variety of fabrics to make one quilt block.  Until they run out, kits will be available for members to claim at all guild meetings,  at the 3/23 Members-Teaching-Members event, and directly from the raffle quilt coordinators. 

All completed blocks will be joined together using a  "quilt as you go" method.  We thought it might be fun to incorporate social events into the creation of the after quilt(s), so workshops and / or smaller pod meetings at member homes will be scheduled to work on the project. Everything will be posted on the website.

 

Please look over the following information and let us know how you would like to participate!

 

PARTICIPATION OPTIONS:

Make Block(s)

  • Make a 12½ -inch square block  using any  pattern or technique you choose with the fabric provided.  Feel free to add your own blues or whites  to augment what is in your kit.  Blocks in this category will  be joined to make scrappy sampler quilts. 

OR

  • Request a Hunter's Star block kit and make a set of 4 (four) 8-inch Hunter's Square blocks.  Depending on the number of blocks made in this category, they will be joined to make a Hunter's Star quilt or become the center for a scrappy sampler quilt.

 

Quilting

  • Donate your block without doing any quilting
  • Participate in quilt as you go…any style quilting you choose.
    [Ruler Work will be demonstrated by Carla at Members-Teaching-Members on 3/23.   There will also be workshops or smaller pod meetings depending on amount of interest.] 
  • Help assemble blocks into quilts. 
    [The Quilt As You Go technique  will be demonstrated by Venera at Members-Teaching-Members on 3/23.    There can be a workshop / pod meetings on this as needed.]

Other

  • Host pod meetings in your home.
    [You decide  how many members you can comfortably seat with their sewing machines.   Help will be available if needed with providing electrical cords, ironing boards etc.]
  • Donate backing or batting.
  • Share your expertise as teacher or assistant at workshops or pod meetings. 

 

SIGN UP:

We hope you will join in the fun!  This project offers lots of social and learning opportunities!

Just let us know as soon as possible what activities you are interested in by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You will receive email updates as workshops and pod meetings are scheduled.

 

Carla Keen and Carol Coakley

 

P.S.  The instructions included in the After Quilt Kits can be found here.

P.P.S. We thought it might be fun to award prizes for “best”  blocks we receive for the After Quilt!  Categories are listed below.

  • Best Overall Workmanship
  • Best Ironing
  • Best Design
  • Most Creative
  • Happiest  Block ( gets a smile from viewer)
  • Best Piecing
  • Best Applique
  • Best Quilting (for those who participate in quilt-as- you-go)

      Prizes will be selected by Sonia G and awarded at the September or October guild meeting.

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