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The first Challenge in the Quilted In Honor Initiative has been announced. It is the Giving Quilt Challenge.  Win your share of over $15,000 in prizes and donate your quilt to Operation Homefront!

And guess what?  Alex, Ricky and Bonnie Browning are the judges and they'll be giving away twelve great awards for:

Best Giving Quilt  ·  Color  ·  Improvisation 
Applique  ·  Piecing  ·  Original Design  
Creative Use of Fabric  ·  Best Hand Quilting  
Best Machine Quilting  ·  Most Humorous  
Best Pattern Adaptation  ·  Best Surface Design

...And the Grand Prize is a Bernina 750QE

(quilt: Home is Where the Heart is by Carol Doak and Sharon Pederson)

These rules apply to the 2013 Quilted In Honor Giving Quilt Challenge.

1. Quilter must use Island Batik Quilted In Honor fabrics, available from local quilt shops, or at AQS online.
   You can help support the additional Challenge Sponsors by using these products: Aurifil thread, Pellon batting, OESD embroidery designs, Giving Quilt Pattern by Carol Doak & Sharon Pederson at PatternSpot.com.
2. The maker(s) of a cloth quilt can enter the completed work by entering online at AmericanQuilter.com/Giving.
3. There is a $5.00 entry fee per quilt entered in the Quilted In Honor Giving Quilt Challenge. The fee will be donated to Operation Homefront.
4. There is no limit to the number of entries per person. The name(s) on the top line of the entry should be that of the maker(s).
5. All quilts must fit the size requirements and definitions of the selected category. Please look carefully at category names and sizes. There are three categories: Wall Quilt 24" x 36", Lap Quilt 36" x 48", and Baby Quilt 40" x 60". Quilts may be +/- 2-inches in either direction.
6. All quilts must have a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 36 gift card pockets. (Click here for instructional video)
7. All quilts must have a 4-inch finished hanging sleeve. (Click here for instructional video)
8. All quilts must be quilted by hand, machine, or both. Quilting is defined as a running stitch that passes through top, batting, and backing. Tied quilts are not eligible. Any quiltmaking technique can be used.
9. Three photos must be uploaded with the entry. (Click here for photography suggestions)
   Please include:All accepted quilts will be eligible for prizes and donated to Operation Homefront, except those that are incomplete, torn, or soiled.
   • A full-view digital photo of the quilt showing all four corners. No part of the quilt can be obscured. Do not crop or manipulate your photos, however you may crop the background so long as all edges, corners, and binding of the quilt are visible.
   • A detailed photo showing quilting stitches.
   • A photo of the entrant(s) from the shoulders up. Include in your entries only these three photos.
10. Quilts must be a single unit and may not be framed with wood, metal, etc.
11. All decisions of the judges are final. The challenge reserves the right to reject any entry.
12. Quilted In Honor Giving Quilt Challenge Entry Deadline is February 7, 2014, at 11:59 p.m. (CST).
13. Accepted Quilted In Honor Giving Quilt Challenge quilts are due at AQS by February 21, 2014. (Click here for shipping information)
14. Winners will be announced at AQS QuiltWeek® – Paducah, Kentucky 2014.
15. Accepted Quilted In Honor Giving Quilt Challenge quilts will be donated to Operation Homefront at the conclusion of AQS QuiltWeek® – Paducah, Kentucky 2014.
    
    

Ship your quilt to arrive in Paducah by February 21, 2014.

• Be sure your quilt has a label with the quilt title on the back.
• Pack the quilt in a plastic bag, inside a sturdy box.

Mail to:

American Quilter's Society
Attn: Terry Guill – GQC/Entrants Last Name
5801 Kentucky Dam Rd
Paducah, KY 42003 USA

AQS cannot confirm the arrival of individual quilts.
Please track your quilt using your shipment tracking number.