"Challenge and orphans and stash, oh my!"

Last fall the quilt guild offered a challenge:  Use a recognizable piece of this fabric (or its companion piece with dark background) in a quilt, wall hanging, table runner, whatever, and bring it to the February meeting for guild members to look at and choose their favorite.  Although I would never have bought this fabric on my own, I paid my $5 for a fat quarter and began thinking about how to use it.  I had about twenty little blocks left over from the Fractured quilt which used some of these colors, so I eventually put together a small quilt. without buying any additional fabric.

You may recognize bits of the challenge fabric in the quilt.  For instance, in the upper right is the large circle seen above.  In the upper left and farther down on the right side are whirly-gigs of the fabric.  It is also scattered throughout the quilt.  It is not my favorite quilt by any means, but I think I showed a bit of movement in the blocks which is what the fabric made me feel.

I did not win recognition, though someone told me later that she did not remember seeing my quilt.  I think some guild members voted as soon as they came into the meeting room, rather than waiting till the official time; thus, some entries may not have been on display yet.  If I enter another challenge, I will be sure to arrive early on voting night.