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My mother, Madeline Gallagher has been over every day from mid July on. She has spent hundreds of hours helping with every aspect of the challenge.
My kids, as always, opened and flattened boxes, and Karlee or my dad made daily trips across town to the recycle center for three weeks.
Becky Bohlinger of Tigard, OR flew out and spent a full week assisting with jurying, sorting, data entry, etc. in addition to the time spent judging the clothing.
Cindy Kruse from Santa Ana, CA also flew out and spent a full week to help complete all data entry, all photography, and trunk selection. She also forwarded all items sent to the studio.
Eileen Maelzer volunteered during judging.
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The unpacking crew: Karlee, Kyle and Ryan Abbott.
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| Sonya Meyer, Patt Blair and Becky Bohlinger at work judging entries.
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| Customer service department.
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New 2006 Challenge Fabric:
C516 #97 Raspberry |
Suggested Coordinates for 2006: |
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B674 #12
Pink |
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B674 #61
Turquoise |
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B674 #71
Lime |
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C517 #23
Fuchsia |
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C517 #162
Jewel |
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C518 #162
Jewel |
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C519 #8
Green |
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C519 #23
Fuchsia |
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C520 #23
Fuchsia |
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C526 #14
Purple |
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C774 #7
Blue |
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C774 #8
Green |
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C774 #23
Fuchsia |
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Selecting the fabrics for the annual Hoffman Challenge is a challenge in itself! Although all of the Hoffman Fabrics are famously inspirational, we must narrow the selection.
Some of the criteria used are:
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The fabric has to be newly designed, never seen, and specifically released for the challenge. |
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We review the fabrics used in past challenges, and attempt to choose a totally new style and look. Because Hoffman is famous for its very high quality multiple colored fabrics, chances are the challenge fabric will have numerous rich colors and shades, providing endless opportunities for all involved to choose coordinates and companion fabrics. To see all of the past challenge fabrics, Click Here. |
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Potential uses of the fabric are discussed. This is a challenge, remember? We consider how the fabric will look when it's cut and incorporated with other fabrics in clothing, quilts, dolls and accessories. We think about use of both little bitty pieces, and large sections of the fabric. When the entries begin to arrive, we never cease to be amazed how the challenge items use the fabrics in wonderful ways we could never have imagined! |
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A highly sophisticated selection process takes place over sandwiches and chocolate, and when the preliminary designs look just right on paper, sample "strike offs" are made to see how the design looks on actual fabric. If these are as beautiful as we expect, the fabric is announced to all.
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The selected fabric is then released with applications to shops around the world. Even though the process of selection was highly scientific, everyone feels obligated to put in their two cents! The opinions and advice are carefully weighed, but like we said, this is a challenge! It’s impossible to please everyone, but since the challenge uses Hoffman fabrics, you know that no matter what fabric is selected, it’s one of the best! |
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| 2006 Award Winners! |
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To view the winning items for the New traveling collection (2006 Raspberry)
Click Here |
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| Help Wanted! |
| We need and appreciate volunteers! If you would like to assist in the processing of the entries, scribe for the judging process, or help in any other way, we'd love to have you! Contact Kelly at kelly@hoffmanchallenge.com |
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