Oct. 3, 2007

The trunks for the Spring Collection are currently being displayed across the US. To see the schedules click here. For the lists of entries in each trunk, click here. For the winners, click here.

We have frantically been shipping out entries from 2006. There are a few left to ship, but we hope to be done with this by mid Oct. One large quilt trunk is still traveling, but all items should return to their makers by the third week of Oct. When we ship, we put the email you had on your entry into the USPS information, so you should receive a shipping notice and all tracking data per email.

All 2007 returning entries and letters of acceptance have been shipped.

The 2008 challenge fabrics are wonderful. Please click here to see them, and for the 2008 application click here.

For upcoming doll entries: we received a large number of very big dolls in 2007. Please note that your doll is more likely to travel if it is smaller. One large doll takes up too much room in a trunk, so keep this in mind as you are designing! Our next website update will include more about this.

The 2008 fabrics will be in shops starting in November. Please request that your local shop get their orders into their Hoffman Sales Rep as soon as possible for the earliest delivery. The fabric frequently sells out, so purchase it early, and enough of it to complete your entry. You can also get it from www.jukeboxquilts.com. We are accepting pre orders!

Questions or comments? Please don’t hesitate to contact Kelly@hoffmanchallenge.com.

Welcome to the Hoffman Challenge website. Every year, a team from Hoffman Fabrics chooses an upcoming fabric design, and then issues a challenge to quilt, clothing, accessory, and doll makers to create original items using the fabric. The challenge curator and a group of assistants jury the entries, and then a team of judges selects the award winners.

The juried collections then travel to be exhibited by quilt and other fiber guilds, shops, museums, and textile shows. The exhibitions are displayed and enjoyed in several hundred locations across the US and Canada. We welcome you to enter the challenge, or to request to be on the calendar for the traveling exhibitions.

Click on the links to the top for complete competition rules and entry form, traveling exhibit requests or schedules, and other information. Enjoy the process of creating your challenge entry, and encourage others to enter! We’re very proud and excited to see the items that pour in, and to share these wonderful, hand made pieces of art with fiber fans from across North America!

2008 Challenge Fabric:E906 211G-Green Tea

To see the 2008 Challenge Fabric and Coordinates Click here.

Many talented fiber artists have taken part in the Hoffman Challenge. Click on one of the fabrics below to see more about that year’s challenge, or click on Past Challenges to see all of the fabrics selected in our 20 years of presenting these collections.

2007 D610 #145 Spring

2006 C516 #97 Raspberry

2005 B720 #130 Multi

2004 B720 #130 Multi Gold

2003 4381 #196 Black Cherry