Challenges

The European Quilt Association issues challenges for the members of all national guilds, member of EQA, that then travel throughout the continent. These challenges are regular events and have a reputation for being democratic, engaging, fun and always something special

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Flower Power

In 2023 the EQA chose a topic that runs contradictory to the association’s clear intent of unifying European Quilters, namely the topic Flower Power. This could be interpreted on all different kinds of levels, either color or design, or technique, or fabric, or whatever the members would come up with.

The EQA Challenge is an annual event, open for all members of the European National Quilt Guilds, member of EQA, that highlight the diversity and expertise of quilting practices across member countries.

2023

Start Date

01/02/2023

End Date

08/10/2024

Ireland 25 - 27 August 2023

Hungary 25 - 27 August 2023

Belgium 5 - 8 October 2023

Spain 16 - 26 February A

Greece 1 March- 18 April 2024 B

Finland 15 - 17 March 2024 A

Germany 9 - 12 May 2024 B

France 10 - 20 June 2024

Collection details

Specific rules (for this call)

The dimensions: Round with a diameter of at least 25 cm and at most 40 cm.
The collection will be exhibited at Festival of Quilts in Birmingham 3 - August 2023 will be available for quilting events in EQA member countries by agreement.
Register your participation to the challenge using the form beneath or by sending your name, address, email electronically or by post by 31 January 2023 to your national EQA representative (this can be done using association websites, where available).

General Rules

The quilt must show or be associated in some way with the respective theme of the challenge
Any technique or style may be used. 3D works are not accepted, and it is recommended not to use heavy or fragile materials or accessories.
Binding: must align with the style of the work, and the required dimensions must be strictly respected. Quilts that do not meet the size requirements are not accepted!
The piece must be single-sided (not reversible), with a minimum sleeve width of 7cm and positioned 2 cm from the top edge of the quilt and 2 cm from each side of the quily.
The label on the back must contain the quilt title, artist’s name and email address and country of origin.
All EQA Association members may participate and there is no registration fee. The quilts are not for sale. One registration form pro person.
Please do not share complete images of the quilts in any public/social forum before publication by EQA. The photos may be used by EQA for publicity purposes.
The collection will be exhibited at the announced shows for the respective challenge and will be available for quilting events in EQA member countries by agreement.
Register your participation to the challenge using the form proposed in your country/guild and send it to your national EQA representative (IR) by the respective deadline.
By and no later than the respective deadline: send the finished quilt to your national IR
The photos previously sent may be used in EQA announcements or advertisements. Digital images must be saved as high-quality JPEG file and should be at least 2100 pixel on the largest side and not exceed more than 12 MB per file.
As other venues may be identified after this call for participation is published, it is not possible to predict the exact duration of the exhibition tour. Entered works must be available for the entire duration of the exhibition, possibly up to two/three years.
By participating you recognize that the participants will be at all levels of expertise. The reward for participating is the experience of connecting with other European quilters.
Privacy Policy:
1. EQA and the affiliated guilds will photograph the entries. EQA and the national guilds holds the perpetual right to use these images and may publish them free of charge in their media
2. EQA and the affiliated guilds may forward images of the entries to its sponsors and the organizers of trade fairs at which it is represented, so that they too may publish them in their media for promotional purposes.
3. The data collected is required for the processing of the competition and will only be used for this purpose.
Insurance for the works is the responsibility of the participants, unless otherwise announced.

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