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  Orlando MQG  Challenge Accepted Exhibit.  This year we are showing recent work that can be described as a challenge in some way – be it a Guild-wide challenge, a personal challenge, a technical challenge, or a quilt where the artist encountered a c
 Anne Sullivan - Crayon Box 68 x 89 As a child, the first thing I would do when I'd receive a new box of crayons is meticulously color sort them. As I've grown up, my fascination with color has continued and is one of my favorite aspects of creating
  Top Left :  Judith Sanders - Gardens around the City 25*25 This was a part of the Michael Miller Madrona Road challenge and a personal challenge to me, having to design my own pattern.  It was also the first time I tried a log cabin block.&nbs
  Left :   Sarah Lauzon - Quirky Scrappy 58*65 I started by piling my scraps into color order, then thought I'd use the ones that spoke to me. For whatever reason, green, yellow, purple and brown were it that day. The challenge was not only to comple
  Left :   Anne Sullivan - Ursa Minor 36*36 The creation of this quilt was inspired by a webinar by Shannon Page, which discussed ways to change traditional blocks to fit a more modern aesthetic. Rising to the challenge, I started with a traditional
  Left :   Anne Sullivan - Transcendence 36*36 As an introvert, I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed being part of the quilting community; this quilt is my ode to that community. Although we have our differences, we come together to create spac
  Left :   Wendy Yates - Unmodern Made Modern 58*73 The Unmodern made Modern was a guild challenge, that inspired me to use up some of my remaining reproduction stash. I found the "perfect" orange grunge in my stash to use as a background, but need t
  Left :   Anne Sullivan - We Are 52*64This quilt was made when I lived in Silicon Valley working as a software engineer, and was designed as an introspective comparison between the Amish culture and my own. At first, I found the comparison challengi
 Marge Cree - Tweet, Tweet 60*55 This quilt was an original MQG challenge which I never finished.  This was my first challenge to design without a pattern.  It also stretched my ability to quilt in so much negative space.
  Central Florida Modern Quilt Guild   Exhibit.  “What Makes a Quilt Modern?” is a display of quilts made by members of the Central Florida Modern Quilt Guild meeting in Lady Lake. While the definition of “modern” is subject to interpretati
  Front Left :   A Modern Woman by Mary Shara   Back Left :   Burst by Karen Estep   Middle :   Paradise Central by CFMQG - 2017 Charity quilt   Back Right :   Fresh Peach Transparency by Becky Chianese   Middle Right:   Eudaimonia by Becky Chianese
  Left :  What’s Leftover by Debbie Bookman   Middle :   Bars by Linda Hungerford   Back :   Ode to the Whooping Crane by Beth Shutty
 Floating Squares Gone Graphic by Becky Chianese
 Sliced Zen by Karen Tisdale
  Left :   Bobby Socks by Susan Simone   Middle :  Rebel Remix by Karen Estep   Back Right :  Arrows by Dee Schaal   Front Right :   Circles and Squares by Mary Shara
  Left :   Broken Dishes by Susan Simone   Middle :  Florida Waves by CFMQG - 2018 charity quilt   Right :  A Home For Mola by Beth Shutty
  Front Left :  Pixelated Sewing Machine by Dee Schaal   Back Left :  Lime ‘n Luxe by Linda Hungerford   Draped over table :  Vortex by Beth Shutty   Middle :  Lombard Street by Cindy Barkley   Right :  Shapes by Linda Hungerford
Pinwheel Maze by Karen Tisdale
 Blueberry Jam by Lora Douglas
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