The 'OP'

"Your mission, should you decide to accept it..."

The 'OP' Challenge

The 'Orange Pile' ... yep... we are gonna use some Orange BaBY!!!

From Friday Feb 20 to Sunday night Feb 22 I am going to host a VIRTUAL RETREAT... woot!

Have you been on one of my Virtual retreats yet?

If you have then you KNOW we have fun!

We do a blog hop, have prize giveaways, post photos of work in progress, and I have a tutorial here at 'Da Blog'.

In order to prepare for our ChaLLEnGE.... do the following

• Snag the small button below and put on your side bar
• Invite as many quilt friends as you can to our Virtual Quilt Par-tay... as some prizes will need lots of comments.. so the more at the Par-Tay the better!
• Collect up ALL your CURRENT orange fabric and show me a picture.. on your blog, at my yahoo group or my Facebook quilt group
• Before the 20th I'll post a few more challenge steps to get you ready for the event.. it will be worth it!

Small logo for your side bar

Click HERE for My Facebook Quilt group called Pat Sloan's Place

Send me a FRIEND request at Facebook - Pat Sloan

CLICK HERE for my Yahoo group

Thank you to all who are going to be officially 'hopped to' during the retreat! They will be giving away awesome prizes.. so fun! I've got enough people now... so we'll do it again!

And SOME of my orange fabric ...

PS - some of you had asked a few questions about the 'Business of Quilting'... see yesterday's post below

Comments

[Deb]

Ok...I've gathered up some orange fabric and would like to sew-along! Here's my blog link with the fabric and my green buddy fabric. Thanks!

http://girottifamily.typepad.com/mountain_musings/2009/02/op-sewalong-thats-what-i-get-for-bloghopping.html

[Barbara Anne]

No blog and very little orange fabric ... so am wondering if I should wait for the next time to play?

There was a mention of more information by the 20th and I was wondering if it's here somewhere I haven't found? I'll check back,

I found you by way of Susan at Blackberry Creek, too.

[Deb]

I think I have two orange things in the house...an orange Burpee garden hat that I won in a giveaway and our 1980 orange floral sofa that I finally had covered! But it sounds like FUN so I'll go through my meager stash and see what I have. It's a shame that our local quilt store doesn't start their 20% off fabric sale until Saturday in case I need oranges, but I'll see what I have and possibly post tomorrow. (I've never been to your blog before, by the way; found you via Blackberry Creek.)

[Susan Ramey Cleveland]

Pat, I signed up and I'm so excited. This sounds like fun. I posted photos of my fabric at the Yahoo group and on my blog. I also posted the OP button. Thanks for the fun.

[Nicole]

I saw the link to your OP Sew Along on Carrie's blog, and would love to play along! I am posting orange fabric pics tomorrow on my blog.

[Messy Karen]

i'm ready to play. but i'll be looking for more oranges. i know i have them.

[Maggie]

Count me in! I've added the button to my sidebar and I'll dig up my oranges for a photo.

I just found your blog and can't wait to read more.

[Dorrie]

I'm in! I've posted a pic on my blog of my orange stash and the button is in my side bar! How fun is this. . .I'm thinking dots too! My favorites to accompany orange are light blue and anything pink!

[Trudi]

This looks like a whole load of fun! Count me in! I've posted the link to my sidebar and am working on the picture of my oranges, I know I have plenty :o)

[Wilma Eichler]

Fooey. I am a weekend worker who's on vacation from Feb2 til the 20th. I got all excited then saw the dates. Maybe next time.

[Iva]

OK... figure out button/linky thingy and add to blog...check. No orange fabric, so a trip to one of the quilt stores (oh darn)...check. Picture...coming soon.

[Carrie P.]

I have not ever done this before but I am willing to give it a go. I will go thru my fabric today and try to post a picture tomorrow. I will be sending an email too.

[Cynthia]

I'm working on getting you a photo of my oranges (think dots!!!). I love dots. All colors!

Is there a topic for the challenge or just the color? How do I get all the info...

Cynthia

[Deanna Gipson]

count me in!

deanna

[Elaine]

I LOVE orange - check out my blog
http://elaine9703.livejournal.com to see how much!!!!

I have an orange bike, orange cycling clothings - orange walls in the dining room. I love orange!!!

Can't wait for the challenge.

[Debi]

Count me in, I have added the logo to my sidebar and sent you an email. To my dismay, I HAVE NO ORANGE. This means a trip to the LQS to buy some FQs.

[Amanda]

I want to play, too! I'll put the button on my blog and do a post on my orange fabrics tomorrow.

[Pat Sloan]

When I do these things my hope is you will 'go with the flow' as there are
--NO RULE
--NO supply list
--NO yardage requirements
--and did I say NO RULE yet????

So you can use anything YOU consider Orange.

I'll have a few more pokes about it before the challenge weekend to get you moving.

Just follow along, have fun!

[Stacey]

so can it be any fabric with orange in it or just orange fabric????

[Tacha]

Count me in! I am off to dig out my orange stash!

[Matt from Quiltcetera.com]

I can't wait!

I'm digging out my orange stash and taking photos. Although as the pile gets bigger and bigger, I realize that I only buy orange fabric, Crazy!

I can't wait for the fun to begin.

[rachel]

yayyy!!!
i'm ready to go!!!

[Pat]

Pat...Just sent you two emails about this.....one is more "correct" than the other but would hope you get to read both of them.
For any who have not done a virtual retreat with Pat, DO it....it is a fun time.