The next “reveal” of the Twelve by Twelve challenge quilts is on 1 December US time. I have one three four five numerous mathematics themed quilts in various stages of completion and am not sure whether “the one” has emerged yet.

While I don’t like making quilts to a deadline, challenges can work in a benign way to give you creative focus. Here is just a handful of quilt challenge and exhibition opportunities coming up in the next few weeks and months:

• the 2010 calendar challenge of the Quilters Guild of NSW closes on 28 November;
• the inaugural AP&Q AQC challenge (Theme:Fantasy) closes on 10 December;
• entries for the 2009 Sydney Quilt Show of the Quilters Guild of NSW close on 27 February; and
• the entry deadline for Art Quilt Australia, an initiative of Ozquilt Network Inc and Craft ACT (open to members and Australian residents), is 24 July 2009.

It’s easy to lose count of all the opportunities that are out there so let me know if there’s one that I have missed.