“A Dichotomy” by Anna M

"A Dichotomy"

A tribute to all those things I thought about long and hard, but just couldn't complete in a timely fashion due to one thing or another. 

Well thought out and hasty.  All at the same time.

xxo!
Anna Montgomery

‘A Snow Bird’s Chance’ by Charlene Waggoner

This project is called A Snow Bird's Chance. I bought the fabric for it while on vacation in Florida. It was absolutely going to have several snowmen made using the yellow fabric... but that whole yellow snow thing slowed me down. Then it was going to have snow men in white with blue snowball cornered waves and beach... but that whole snowballed corner thing really slowed me down.

Once I found this @urbanthreads design, I knew that rather than a snowman this one had to be a snow bird. A snow bird wishing she could fly South and get out of the snow.

“Challenge in Review–Done in Ice Blue” by Sandy H

This is  my "Challenge in Review - Done in Ice Blue" .  Combining all the blocks that have been a part of the Focus Through the Prism Challenge in one 20" quilt. 

This has been so much fun -- looking forward to the new challenge each month. Going to miss checking out what the new block will be on the first of the month.    Thank you. 

Sandy Huovinen,

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‘Milestone Memories’ by Roxy A Pike (GranRox)

"Milestone Memories" by Roxy A. Pike (GranRox)

Each of these vegetables depict milestones from my husband's 41 year career at Texas A&M U. I created the design as a memory quilt for him. 

Leonard M. Pike was a Horticultural Research Scientist/Professor and developed these four vegetable varieties, plus others, using traditional plant breeding methods to create more attractive and tastier vegetables with natural plant disease resistance, better nutrition, and fitting certain marketing windows.

The onion is "TX 1015", a large, single center, sweet onion. Noted for its large size and mild flavor, it contains more of the naturally-occurring chemical in onions that M.D. Anderson scientists report prevents colon cancer, provides larger/more onion rings per onion and is grown around the world. The pickling cucumber is "TX Triple Cross" and was developed for once-over mechanical harvesting. The orange carrot is "TX Gold Spike" and noted for its deep orange color, sweet taste, long, slender shape and used for "baby" carrots sold in cello pak. The maroon/purple carrot is named "BetaSweet" because it is high in beta-carotene and has a sweet taste. When sliced into "coins", they reveal a bright orange center.

I made one large Snowball block to frame the visuals and I hope it reads orange.

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‘O Tannenbaum’ by Liz M

November challenge - Snowball Block.  My color is purple / violet.
Made by Liz Mandelkow

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum!

It has been snowy with lots of hoarfrost. This quilt is a picture of the trees outside our widows!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
You give us so much pleasure!
How oft at Christmas tide the sight,
O green fir tree, gives us delight!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You give us so much pleasure!

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‘Give a Snowball a Chance’ by Linda Syverson Guild

Give a Snowball a Chance

Linda Syverson Guild

This has been a fun challenge and definitely made me think on the fly.  When I saw that this month’s block was the Snowball and I had orange to use this month, my thoughts shot to autumn and the cast of characters who inhabit this time of the year.   It began with the Jack-o-lantern because the day before the challenge was announced was Halloween, then came the requisite turkey and the snowman (it is a snowball challenge). But then I began cast a wider field of vision and I thought about snow globes and all of the activity that could be captured within and then the owl began hooting in the woods and the wise one completed this collection of orange snowballs.  All of which are set against an orange sunset.

When this project began I was delighted to find the opportunity to create a collection of mono-colored quilts. Which is something I had always wanted to try.  Six of the seven colors are used (yes I missed the flying geese in September—but hope for my own satisfaction, to finish it in December).  This has been a challenge that has forced me think about the personality of a color, how it is perceived, and what story each one tells.

“The Monkey’s Off My Back But The Circus Is Still In Town” by Nancy L

"The Monkey's Off My Back But The Circus Is still In Town!"
By Nancy LaPorte

I left my least favorite color for last. I just couldn't figure out how to work it into my self-imposed Halloween "sub-challenge". When Kim picked the snowball, I knew I had it covered!

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