Paris, Tenn.–Each year the National Quilt Museum in Paducah offers the School Block Challenge. School students receive three challenge fabrics and design an 18″ x 18″ quilt block which must include those fabrics. There are prizes in different age categories and the selected quilt blocks go on exhibit at the National Quilt Museum in the winter.
The Krider Performing Arts Center (KPAC) is organizing participation in this event with the First United Methodist Ladies Quilting Circle. We have room for only four more young quilters from grades 6 through 12. The FUMC quilting group will help participants design and create their quilt blocks. There is no charge to participate.
Quilting happens on Mondays, beginning Sept. 9 and will continue until your quilt block is finished. KPAC will submit it to the National Quilt Museum in November. Our young quilters will need to arrive at FUMC between 3 and 4 PM (depending upon what time you get out of school). Young quilters should expect to spend between 1 and 1.5 hours each Monday until you are finished.
ANY school student in grades K-12 may participate, however. Information about this year’s event can be found at the following web address: https://quiltmuseum.org/education/contests/school-block-challenge/
ANY school student in grades K-12 may participate, however. Information about this year’s event can be found at the following web address: https://quiltmuseum.org/education/contests/school-block-challenge/