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Mountain Mist is sponsoring the latest exhibit at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, NE.  "Crafting a Better Planet" required entrants to use all-natural materials in the construction of their quilts. Winners were selected by a panel of jurors.The exhibit features eleven contemporary quilts all with planet-friendly themes. A sneek peak of the quilts are shown above.  The top three quilts and artists are: "City Bikes Two" by Marta Amundson of Riverton, Wyoming; "Small Things Make a Difference" by Shelly Burge of Lincoln, Nebraska; and "Kirei" by Ginnie Hebert of Puyallup, Washington.  The exhibit runs from September 5, 2008 - November 9, 2008.

The International Quilt Study Center & Museum is an academic program of the Department of Textiles, Clothing, and Design in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Even their building is GREEN: The new home of the Center was designed to meet requirements for the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. The Center's world-class collection features more than 2,300 quilts.  For information on the Center and their other programs, log on to www.quiltstudy.org.

Unlike recently used petroleum based polyester batting, Inego fiber--generically known as polylactide (PLA)--comes from fermented sugars found in plants. This revolutionary process in textiles and fibers is patented by Nature Works, LLC, and produced at their Ingeo plant in Blair, NE. For more information on Mountain Mist (a TQS sponsor!) and their EcoCraft line of batting, visit www.mountainmistlp.com.

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Capt'n John--Okay I now realize that I'm in trouble. I took the names of the blocks off the wall of the museum.  Based on your comments, I then looked some of them up in Barbara Brackman's Enclyclopedia.  Yes there are a lot of names for some of the blocks.  Sometimes the museum used a very generic naming convention.  For instance, look at the block below.  The museum called it "A Square in a Square".  Well that covers a lot of ground.  I couldn't even find this block in the encyclopedia.  What would you say the name is?

I have a feeling that when I publish the names, there may be some "discussion".  Maybe we should start with religion or politics and work our way up to quilt block names?  Actually this is a lot of fun.  So tomorrow we publish.  Just a note, before you respond, I'm known for being kind to pets and small children. 

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This is the final 5.  Now is the time to list all 30 of your choices and email them to us.  Don't take too much time. If you haven't been keeping track here's a shortcut.  Just send us an email that says, "I want to Win".  We will collect all the entries through Monday at Midnight EST.  Then we will announce the winners on Tuesday.  So here's the email address to send in your entry.  Just one per person.  You do not need to have all the answers right.

blockguess@thequiltshow.com

Thank you for playing.  I hoped you saw some patterns you hadn't seen before, and put names to ones you had seen but didn't know. Thank you again to Susan Brooks and the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek California.

www.befordgallery.org

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Well it is Sunday, so I've got some charity in my heart.  One of these patterns is called "Algonquin Trail".  How many of these did you identify?  Did my hint help?

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Here is your bonus block for today.  I tell the answer in the comments.  Did you get it right?

Here is how the contest works.  After we show the last 5 blocks on Sunday (#26-30) email us a list of your 30 answers to the block names.  Every email, whether right or wrong, is a valid entry.  You may only enter once. We will select by a random number which entries are the winners.  All entries have to be in the email box by Monday night at 12:00 EST.  That gives all our viewers all over the world a chance to enter.

Email your answers to  blockguess@thequiltshow.com

We will retell the rules on the Blocks 26-30 blog. 

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Have you ever made a quilt with any of these blocks?  How many did you know without looking?  Tell us in comments.  As a hint, some blocks can have more than one name for a pattern.

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1. Yo Yo

2. Carmen's Block

3. Country Lanes/Cross in the Square

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If you are looking these up or if you were going to look these up, where would you look?  What book would you use?

Also, how many of these did you get without looking it up?

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Because this is a Bonus Round, I will give the answers tomorrow.

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Remember not to tell what the patterns are, but do tell us how many of these five you knew without help.