Packer Backer! by Nancy H

Packer Backer!

Project Quilting Challenge 11.2 ~ Team Colors

My husband suggested high school team colors since he thought everyone would do NFL colors. I expanded on that and did lots of teams that I’ve rooted for over the years.

I used orange and white for my kid’s softball team that my husband coached for 12 years, black and red for my high school and my kid’s high school and college, blue and gold for my nephews’ school and the Milwaukee Brewers, green and cream for the Milwaukee Bucks, red, white and blue for the USA and of course green and gold for the Green Bay Packers! 

I decided to make all 6 PQ challenges 18”x12” this year so I’ll have a set of placemats when I’m done.

My quilt is 18”x12”. #ProjectQuilting #pqSeason11

This was created for an online challenge called Project Quilting. You get a week to complete a whole quilt based on a theme. There is no voting this year. Prizes will be given out by random drawing. This week’s theme was Team Colors. You needed to be inspired by a team you root for and use their colors.

 

Here is the link to see all the entries: https://kimlapacek.com/2020/01/teamcolors.html

Nancy Horwath

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Team Packers for My Dog Milo by Liz M

Team Packers
PQ11.2 Team Colors
Liz Mandelkow
My Dog Milo
I quilt in Buhl Idaho.

I was born in Wisconsin and forever consider it my home. I can remember many weekends at my uncle’s home with all the family around. The men were playing Sheepshead. The women were in the kitchen fixing way too much food. The cousins were doing what kids do. And the Packers were playing in the background. I am born and bred a Packer fan! Such great memories.

This is my first attempt at a rag quilt. My Dog Milo is my constant companion. His bed needed a new quilt so we made him a packer fan too.

All the directions for making a rag quilt said to clip the edges after sewn with spring scissors. Don’t know what that is and don’t have any. I decided to “clip” the edges with my rotary cutter. After each seam was sewn I used my smallest cutter to cut the edges every half inch. I did clip the stitched seams a couple times. But just went back and sewed over that bit that I cut. Worked great and went quickly.

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UK Coasters by Michelle R

I made these coasters 5" square. Blue and tan on one side, UK camo on the other. 

Made for our UK decorated living room. Straight line quilted in a swirl pattern.

Created by Michelle Rollins for the Project QUILTING 11.2 Team Colors Challenge.

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Just Imagine That by Amanda Reid

Amanda Reid

South Africa

PQ11. 2.Team Colours

8"x7"

Just Imagine That!

I'm not as such with teams but am in a SAIL Club.. I was going to make a picture of my kind of bland sail... White with orange stripe.. But then thought imagine if all the sails had patterns and colours all mixed!!

This was made with hand dyed fabric and printed (sails).. The tree is confetti cut with tulle over to hold bits in.. And is raw edge appliquéd.. It is always fun to imagine!!! 

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Team Purdue by Patty K

My team colors Purdue!

Created by Patty Kiel for the 11.2 Project QUILTING Team Colors Challenge.

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Tokyo Olympic Games Bunting by Caroline

Happy Sunday,
Bonjour from Nouméa New Caledonia way down in the South Pacific. A French Island North of New Zealand et East of Australia. 

I would like to submit my bunting for the 11-2 challenge. 

My team colors are for the Tokyo Olympic Games of this summer. 

I am all for Olympic Games!! But as we are French we will support “Team FRANCE”!!

I created the blue and white background fabrics to match the Tokyo logo, By piecing bleu and whites fabrics.

Lucky that the word TOKYO has 5 letters for the 5 colors of the 5 rings. 

I appliqued the 5 letters.

Then quilted with a tri color threads “blue white red” 

And decided to use red for the 2020 to accentuate the French colors: blue white red!!!
And voila ready to host an opening ceremony party in July!!

Thank- you very much,
Caroline

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P Wall Flag by 'Lisa Pearson

Here is my entry for PQ 11.2 Team Colors.  I live in a sports free home , but come from a large family and we are a team all on our own.

 Blue was my Dad's favorite color and red is Mom's. Those colors, combined with the letter P for our last name, equals this little flag!! I collect different P's so this flag is now hanging on my P wall. 

Created by 'Lisa Pearson for the Project QUILTING Team Colors Challenge.
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“Most Seasons are Like a Storm at Sea, but if You’re Lucky, You Find Smooth Sailing” by Diane C

Those who know me well in real life and on Facebook know that I’m a HUGE sports fan. These days I attend way too few games in the four major sports, but I run ladies’ fantasy baseball and football leagues each year and I read the sport section of the San Francisco Chronicle from cover to cover EVERY day.

Almost 6 years ago, my first paper pieced quilt was red and gold with a San Francisco 49ers logo in the center. A couple of years ago, I made logo Christmas ornaments for each of “my” teams. I also made four table runners in the team colors. I pair those up with silk flowers and I rotate them around the house depending on the season.

And to underline it all, the four logos are prominently displayed on the back of my phone.

So, to say I was THRILLED with this week’s theme is quite an understatement. (Thanks, Trish!) I knew I had to come up with an awesome quilt. I usually illustrate the PQ weekly themes with simple, child-like appliqués (I taught kindergarten and first grade for thirty years). This week I knew I had to create a quilt that was worthy of my life as a sports fan. Here’s the result: “Most Seasons are Like a Storm at Sea, but if You’re Lucky, You Find Smooth Sailing” (28” x 28”).

I LOVE IT!

Diane Crawford

created for the Project QUILTING Team Colors 11.2 Challenge.

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Ohio State Mug Rug by Joan

Here is my Ohio State mug rug.  Not perfect by any means, but I did literally challenge myself by trying to make my own binding.  Let’s just say I learned what not to do! 

If you have a link to binding tips, I would love to see it!  Thanks again for posting this for me.

Sincerely,

Joan

Created for the Project QUILTING Team Colors 11.2 Challenge.

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Seeing Red by Sharon Scott

This is my team colors project called “Seeing Red”. I am a proud alumni of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “Seeing Red” refers to the mass of color you see at Badger games.
The project caused me to reflect on how our lives were changed by attending the UW and choosing to remain near Madison and raising our family here.

I am enjoying the Quilt Challenge to help keep me motivated during my recovery from hip surgery. I am also enjoying experimenting with fusing, hand stitching and in this case making the bag that I have thought about making for a long time. This is the easy zipper case pattern from Sew Hungry Hippie. It goes together really well and the online video tutorials that she offers are very helpful.

Created by Sharon Scott for the Project QUILTING Team Colors 11.2 Challenge.

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Babydoll Packer Blanket by Siri S

For this challenge, I had to really think out of the box.  Choosing my favorite team colors was easy, but making something was going to be the real challenge; I am in Denver the entire week without my usual sewing tools.  So, with cardboard, scissors, fabric, thread and a 1954 Singer 66 knee crank, I had to get creative!! 

I checked and the Packers did not win the Super Bowl that year (1954) but I found out they won the very first Bowl game!!  How exciting to learn about my team and how to sew without my modern tools!  So here's my mini babydoll blanket for my granddaughter, Akira.  

Created by Siri Sinha for the Team Colors Project QUILTING Challenge.

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PQ 11.2 by Donna A

Here's my project, it's done that's all I can say!

Created by Donna A for the Project QUILTING Team Colors 11.2 Challenge.

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Team Peace Corp

Again, many thanks for the TeamColors idea that gave me the prod to come up with this quilt.  Obvious American Team Colors and Team Colors of the Senegal flag where he will be working.

  If he takes it with him, he could have folks who are important to him sign the back.  Because of limited packing space, if he chooses not to take it with him, I will hang it in his room at home.  Either way, I love the end result.

Created by Michele M for the Project QUILTING Team Colors Challenge

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Dawg House by Woodra C

Dawg House   12 x 22

When I heard the challenge was team colors I was thrilled.

Red and Black rule. Will hang on my door in the fall. 

Woodra Clontz 

St Simons Island, Georgia 

Created for the Project QUILTING Team Colors 11.2 Challenge

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Georgia Bulldogs by Anneliese B

This is my quilt for the team colors challenge.  My team is the Georgia Bulldogs.  I wasn’t really inspired until I thought about getting to use some of the white and black fabrics in my stash that I rarely find a place to use.  

That was all it took to get me going – that and an extra day off this week.

Created by Anneliese Bopp for Project QUILTING Team Colors 11.2 Challenge.

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She Scores by Pauline

My project inspired by Team Colors got me thinking of my 9 year old granddaughter who plays ringette.

 Love to watch her play. She is 9 years old and plays for the Moncton Storms, their team colors are Black and Yellow. The project is 16 X 18.

My name is Pauline and live in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Created for the Project QUILTING Team Colors 11.2 Challenge.

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Auburn Pincushion by Shirley C

Shirley Campbell 

Pardeeville WI

Team Colors

I made a pincushion using orange and blue for Auburn University. 

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Team Cafe by Melisa

For my team colors challenge, two of my biggest supporters who have been on my TEAM since the beginning, My Mom and Older Sister, are opening a cafe on 2/1 so I made them a wall hanging with their team theme.

This is a 16× 16 applique quilt with cotton batting and machine binded. I chose to not do any quilting through the layers, as all of my applique zig zag stitches go through both layers for the quilting, this was for time sake. The backing is the coffee fabric in the border. Since I can't draw but had an idea for what I wanted in my mind, I purchased a cricut file of the coffee cup and heart steam image on etsy from OwenandDemi and used that to cut my fabric, and used the cricut also to cut the letters. The fabric for the appliques was backed with heat and bond lite when cut and then fused on the top.

Created for the Project QUILTING 11.2 Team Colors Challenge by Melisa Stine

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Scottsdale Community College by Jo Van Loo

Here is my second project. I chose the colors of Scottsdale Community college because they were green and gold. 

I chose not to do their mascot which is an artichoke. I did an abstract bird. 

Created by Jo Van Loo for the Project QUILTING Team Colors 11.2 Challenge.

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Teeny, tiny quilt by Carol K

This project is inspired by Team Colors in Premier League Soccer. 

Hubby loves Man United. I cheer for all the clubs, but especially - Way to go, Arsenal, a serious rival. 

It started larger. I used the mini Twister from Twister Sisters for the pinwheel. 

A change this week means the larger project would not be done in time. 

So I decided to use the sweet little scraps and the Twister again. Wanted to make a pin cushion, but a no go. 

So, a teeny, tiny quilt.  

Not a coaster, no way.

Done. Next week the "mother" of this baby will be completed. 

Created by Carol Kunnerup for Project QUILTING Team Colors 11.2 Challenge.

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