Passion 48
It’s a busy time of year in the office! Just back from the holidays, we’re finalizing our newest bookazine Bags, Pillows, and Pincushions Volumne 2, we’re planning tons of special content for our special 20th anniversary issue of American Patchwork & Quilting that comes out February 4, and we’re creating the best projects for the next edition of Make It Yourself magazine out in April. On top of that, we have great new stories in Quilts and More and many free patterns going on our website allpeoplequilt.com. To say the least, we’re working hard!
When it’s so busy, it’s easy to push our own projects back until we have more time. In an effort to stay inspired and creative in this new year, we’re all embarking on something called Passion 48. For one hour each work week, we all work on a project of our choosing. We get four weeks off in case of vacation, sickness, or just being too busy. So, for a total of 48 weeks this year, we will all be creating a beautiful quilt.
There are a few rules we have to follow:
–The quilt must be from one of our publications.
–We spend exactly one hour (no more, no less) a week working on our project. Check out our cute timer later in this post!
–The quilt must be for us, not for a gift.
–We must blog about our progress once a month.
Last week, we had a launch party for Passion 48. We each brought our pattern and fabrics and spent 2 hours cutting to give us a little jumpstart to our year of quilting. We all squished into our sewing lab, played music, and talked about our projects. Here are some pictures from that day.
Come back every week for two new blogs from our staff. You can see what patterns they’re working on, see their thought process behind fabric choice, and see their projects progress through the year. Take the Passion 48 challenge with us! You can make the same quilts as us or start a different project. We’d love to hear what you’re working on and see your creativity!
Categories: American Patchwork & Quilting | Tags: Passion 48
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25 Responses to “Passion 48”
January 8, 2013 at 1:25 pm, by Lindsay’s Project 48: January | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] Project 48 [...]
January 8, 2013 at 4:16 pm, by Roxanne Ende
I would love to work on a quilt right along with you. I enjoy working with Scrap Quilts, flannels especially! Thank you very much! Have a great evening, too!
January 8, 2013 at 4:43 pm, by mary
I would love to quilt along with you. The last year that I got a lot done was when I took a times sewing challenge……… Thanks for the impetus.
January 8, 2013 at 7:17 pm, by Jody M
Great idea. I might even finish something for once.
January 8, 2013 at 8:06 pm, by Nancy Clark
Sounds like a great plan!!! Looking forward to it! Thanks for the push!
January 9, 2013 at 12:17 am, by Sherri
Sounds like so much fun! I’m in…now to go through my AP & Q magazines and pick a project!
January 9, 2013 at 1:29 am, by susanne mikalishen
I like this I don’t have a quilt for myself so I think I will take up this challenge.
What size quilt are we to do?
January 9, 2013 at 7:43 am, by LInda Lum DeBono
I want to sew with you! Have fun and can’t wait to see the progress.
January 9, 2013 at 8:08 am, by lfullington
Susanne, you can do any size project! As long as you make a commitment to quilt one hour a week, you can join us in the challenge! –Lindsay, American Patchwork & Quilting
January 9, 2013 at 8:59 am, by Susan Plotts
could you post a link to where we could buy that timer? so cute!
January 9, 2013 at 9:06 am, by lfullington
Susan, here’s the link to the owl timer on the World Market page. Unfortunately, it’s only available in stores. http://www.worldmarket.com/product/owlet-timers.do?&from=Search
January 9, 2013 at 9:12 am, by Pam
Can I do it with you . How do I join?
January 9, 2013 at 9:16 am, by Jennifer’s Passion 48: January | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] Project 48 [...]
January 9, 2013 at 9:19 am, by lfullington
No joining necessary! Just make a commitment to quilt an hour a week and follow along with our blogs! –Lindsay, American Patchwork & Quilting
January 15, 2013 at 3:00 pm, by Jody’s Passion 48: January | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] Passion 48 [...]
January 24, 2013 at 5:17 pm, by Nancy’s Passion 48: January | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] chose Double Dutch by Sandy Klop for my Passion 48 project (more about that here). I decided to challenge myself to work on something with triangles. I tend to be a lover of speed [...]
February 1, 2013 at 2:59 pm, by Lisa’s Passion 48: January | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] I was trying to decide which quilt to make for my Passion 48 project, I had some specific criteria in mind. I wanted to select [...]
February 7, 2013 at 8:32 am, by Michelle Killman
I think I am going to try this, I often am working on projects for everyone, except myself. Which I really enjoy sharing my work. My husband is recovering from a stem cell for bone marrow transplant, so as his caregiver I quilt to stay busy between appointments. The hospital even let me bring in my machine to sew quilts while he was hospitalized almost 4 months.I am very thankful his Father taught me to quilt.
February 7, 2013 at 4:12 pm, by Lindsay’s Passion 48: February | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] you following along with our staff’s projects? See details about Passion 48 here and keep coming back every week to see everyone’s progress. If you’re interested in making [...]
March 1, 2013 at 4:14 pm, by Nancy’s Passion 48: February | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] See more about Passion 48 here. [...]
March 4, 2013 at 2:13 pm, by Lisa’s Passion 48: February | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] two full months into my Passion 48 project and I’m still cutting. So far I’ve cut all the rectangles (more than 700 pieces!) and [...]
March 8, 2013 at 9:50 am, by Lindsay’s Passion 48: March | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] you following along with our staff’s projects? See details about Passion 48 here and keep coming back every week to see everyone’s progress. If you’re interested in making [...]
April 16, 2013 at 8:17 am, by Jill’s Passion 48: April | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] Read about Passion 48 here. [...]
April 29, 2013 at 1:30 pm, by Nancy’s Passion 48: April | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] See more about Passion 48 here. [...]
May 29, 2013 at 6:18 pm, by Elizabeth’s Passion 48: May | AllPeopleQuilt.com Staff Blog
[...] it came time to select a project for my Passion 48 challenge, I had two goals that were really important to me. First, I wanted to challenge myself to [...]