The Challenge: Create an original quilted piece with a limited color palette of hand dyed fabric from Cherrywood. Entry must use only the eight colors of fabric in the official Challenge Bundle. Thread color, ink/paint color and colors of embellishment are not limited in their color.

Theme: The iconic black and orange monarch butterfly is threatened with extinction because of habitat destruction and climate change… How would you like to immortalize the monarch? What is it about monarchs that is so endearing? Use your insight and personal style to design the quilt…
A young girl, dressed as a monarch butterfly, collecting butterfly kisses from several real monarch butterflies. Hopefully this kind of encounter can continue as efforts help ensure the monarch’s health and safety.

Art quilt construction: Raw-edge applique using Cherrywood fabric; fabric for top, commercial cotton fabric for backing; polyester batting, polyester and monofilament threads; various pigments.