Royal gauntlet is thrown down

As the land came to terms with yesterdays' quilting time proclamation the Queen today declared that the fun would start with a Royal Challenge.
"It is," she said, "designed to free my people from the fear of imperfection, from the burden of formal design. It is intended as a carefree interlude between UFOs and WIPS, a game to help us all limber up and let loose."As the land came to terms with yesterdays' quilting time proclamation the Queen today declared that the fun would start with a Royal Challenge.
"It is," she said, "designed to free my people from the fear of imperfection, from the burden of formal design. It is intended as a carefree interlude between UFOs and WIPS, a game to help us all limber up and let loose."
In an action unprecedented since Sarah Ferguson and and other Junior Royals played Its a Knock out, the Queen declared her intention to play the game right here on the blog. "There are no prizes, she said, " but all blog links or photos emailed to this paper by participants will be showcased in the Chronicle as evidence of the mass fun about to erupt."


The challenge rules are Royally declared to be as follows:

"1. Send you partner/ child/ friend/ neighbour/ anyone you can find ( and if you can't find anyone close your eyes and do the following yourself) to your stash ( or at least the part of your stash your partner knows about).

2. Instruct them to pick out 5 pieces of fabric - any five - which they like. They are not to make it deliberately difficult for you but at the same time we all know a partner will not pick stuff that you will readily put together.
3. You may, if you wish, disregard one completely. You can add whatever you like to the pile.
4. Then, without planning or pattern, you make something including the four/ five your helper chose.

5. The quilt can be any size at all but the Queen anticipates that most of you will not be dedicating large chunks of your life to this to this tomfoolery and will make a small mini quilt but feel free to go kingsize if you get taken with what you start.

6. Email links and/or pictures of the fabric and the end result.

Let's see what spontaneity and dodgy fabric choices rescued by extra pieces can do! Let's prove to ourselves that we are all possessed of creativity and the ability to create beauty from rather dubious starts. Let's release our instincts. After all - is that not what quilting was all about before Quilt Police (Show Division) started their persnickety examinations of invisible stitches?"

The Royal Consort ( who wanted to be called the Royal Holiness but was told he was not allowed) picked out the fabrics above for the Queen today who plans her freedom quiting session to begin tomorrow and continue over the weekend. Progress will be posted. An anxious courtier (who we understand had previously knocked her bobbin case all over the floor) confided in our reporter, " I really hope someone will play along because she gets really cranky when she makes a fool of herself all alone on the blog and when she gets cranky she starts thinking about sending people to the Tower."