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You are here: Home / CRAFTS & DIY / 28 Quilts & Astronomical Block Challenge with Karen Nyberg

28 Quilts & Astronomical Block Challenge with Karen Nyberg

November 6, 2014 by Cindy 19 Comments

I saw the NASA booth at the 39th International Quilt Festival in Nov 2013, and this video of Astronaut Karen Nyberg asking for quilt squares to add to the one she made while on the International Space Station.

So I figured 10 months to make an 9.5″ quilt block would be a piece of cake! Of course, I left everything to the last minute and Priority Mailed my block in the week of the deadline.

I thought all of the blocks would be made into one super record-breaking quilt! But when I arrived at the International Quilt Festival 2014, I found that the 2,200+ blocks were assembled into 28 72″x90″ quilts. Makes sense, and made for a much more manageable way to display the work of Quilters from around the world.

It was a beautiful exhibit to walk through… but my heart began to sink when I realized there were 4 huge notebooks of quilt squares to flip though. Squares that were not the correct dimensions or were received after the deadline. Did I measure right!? Was my block mailed in time?!

Luckily, I found my block on the 26th quilt I looked at! It was on the bottom row of the quilt, so I sat on the floor to get a picture with it.

Found my #star #block! #AstroBlockChallenge #quiltfestival

A photo posted by Cindy (@inmylife99) on Oct 10, 2014 at 11:29am PDT

HUGE BONUS: I found out in-route to the Festival that Astronaut Karen Nyberg was going to make an appearance! Had I known in advance, I would have worn a nicer shirt. Being able to meet here really completed this entire experience!


CindywithKarenNyberg

I made sure to take a picture off all 28 of the Star themed quilts… in thoughts to mash them together into a photo of one SUPER QUILT like I had originally thought it would be.

Now I am realizing that 1) Many of the 2,200 contributors could not make it to Houston to see the Display in person and 2) Professional photos of the quilts are not available online quite yet. I thought they be posted as soon as the festival started… but now it may be a week or 2 until Quilts.com gets the online. And that is an eternity to the Quilters who want to see their block!

So to help out, here are the pictures I took of the Astronomical Quilts. They are taken with a point-and-shoot camera, but hopefully are clear enough for quilters to find their blocks!

FindYourStar

** click on photos to enlarge **

AstroQuilt1  AstroQuilt2

astroquilt3  astroquilt4

astroquilt5  AstroQuilt6

AstroQuilt7  astroquilt8

astroquilt9  AstroBlock10

 

AstroQuilt11  astroquilt12

astroquilt13  astroquilt14

astroquilt15  AstroQuilt16

AstroQuilt17  AstroQuilt18

astroquilt19  astroquilt20

astroquilt21  astroquilt22

astroquilt23  astroquilt24

astroquilt25  astroquilt26

astroquilt27  astroquilt28

 

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  1. Karen Roberts

    November 6, 2014 at 4:23 am

    Thank you for posting your photos of the Space Quilts at Houston. I saw the Karen Nyberg quilt block challenge on the net and being a big fan of space exploration and also a quilter I thought it would be fun to be a part of it. I live in the UK and trusted my block to the postal system hoping that it would make it to the US by the deadline and meet all the requirements. I have been keeping an eye on the web but had seen no sign of my block. Thanks to you, I am pleased to say I have now seen my block. It is also in the 26th quilt, immediately to the left of yours.

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  2. Cindy C

    November 6, 2014 at 5:40 am

    I am so glad my post helped you find your block!
    And with over 2,200 blocks submitted, the fact that ours were sewn next to another is incredible!

    I was almost in tears when I looked at the 20th quilt and didn’t see my block yet… so I am hoping to relieve the minds of as many quilters as possible 🙂

    Reply
  3. Sheri

    November 6, 2014 at 6:19 am

    Thank you for posting all the quilts, they were awesome, would have loved to been there

    Reply
  4. Isabell Bourke

    November 6, 2014 at 11:09 am

    Thank you Cindy for showing the star block quilts, they are amazing.
    I found mine… Quilt Number 23 left hand side one row up from the bottom…..red border black background with white patterned pinwheel star and a little star with my signature on it…..
    I live in England UK and am delighted to see all of the stars together.
    Congratulations to everyone who took part.
    Thanks again.

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  5. Marga Andresen-Gransow

    November 6, 2014 at 2:02 pm

    Thank you for sharing all the wonderful blocks sewn into quilt-awesome to see-each and every single one. Found my block in Quilt 8-second row -third block 😀 Am from Berlin in Germany-and an avid quilter for ages,too.

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  6. Caro

    November 6, 2014 at 3:45 pm

    Thank you so much Cindy!! We’ve send two stars from Montevideo Uruguay with my best friend (she is the sewing fanatic and I am the space fanatic). The challenge was perfect for us. We’re very happy to see ours stars. Mil gracias y muchos saludos.

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  7. Shirley King

    November 7, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    Enjoyed your sight. i to was amazed that so many people sent in a block. My block was one of the ones that trey had om a different page, they shared some of the stories that went with the blocks. I am so thrilled to be included with so many wonderful peoples blocks. wish I could have been there, but your pictures were wonderful Thank you

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  8. Melanie McNeil

    November 7, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    Thanks so much! I am going to publish a blog post and send people HERE to see your wonderful photos. You are a peach!

    Reply
  9. Susan the farm quilter

    November 8, 2014 at 1:47 am

    Melanie posted about the quilts you took pictures of…and here I am!! Great story and fabulous quilts!! How totally cool that so many were able to have their blocks in those beautiful quilts. Thank you for taking pictures of all of them and sharing them here!

    Reply
  10. Kerry

    November 8, 2014 at 7:57 am

    This is really neat–I hadn’t heard anything about it so it’s a great to see your photos. I wish I could see the quilts in person!

    Reply
  11. Nann

    November 8, 2014 at 7:57 am

    Melanie in Iowa provided a link to this post. What a wonderful series of constellations! (Literally, “stars together.”) thank you for sharing the photos.

    Reply
  12. Cathy L in IA

    November 8, 2014 at 5:57 pm

    Thanks for the photos. I found my block in the 4th quilt photo row 5, column 5. How exciting!

    Reply
  13. Beth

    November 18, 2014 at 11:26 pm

    Cindy, Bless you and thank you for thinking of your fellow quilters and posting these pics. I was not able to attend the Festival and have been disappointed (until I found your site) that nothing had been published online about these quilts. I found my star in panel 14 – 3rd from left. Beautiful pictures of beautiful quilts. So glad I participated. Maybe I will see them on tour someday.

    Reply
  14. Diane

    December 17, 2014 at 1:15 pm

    Thanks, Cindy, for taking and posting these photos. I found my block on #5. Exciting!

    Reply
  15. Pamela Zajicek

    December 17, 2014 at 2:41 pm

    Is there any way to look up the names of the quilters who participated in this challenge? Do they have a register that tells where each block is located? One of the quilters in my group cannot remember what fabrics she used for sure and we have looked through all these photos. The other two ladies did find their blocks. Hers was turned in on time and I believe the measurements were correct and she did not have any embellishments. We did not take photos when they were finished.

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    • Cindy

      February 13, 2015 at 12:15 am

      I think the best people to ask would be at http://www.quilts.com/ where we submitted the quilts. I’d hope they would have documented everything for us! e-mail: shows@quilts.com

      Reply
  16. Roslyn

    January 13, 2015 at 6:13 pm

    Thx for doing this I found my block, Talking Turkey on the second quilt pic. second row from the bottom, 4th. block from the right, yippee!

    Reply
  17. ask

    March 29, 2015 at 11:33 pm

    Pretty! This was an incredibly wonderful article.

    Thank you for providing these details.

    Reply
  18. Janet

    April 20, 2015 at 10:18 am

    Thank you for posting these! I found my star on the same quilt as yours, quilt 26.

    Reply

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