Every year, Cherrywood Hand Dyed Fabrics chooses a theme and creates a color palette of their fabrics to challenge fiber artists and quilters world-wide to compete for a place in their juried exhibition.

The Monarch Art Quilt Challenge in 2023 was the company’s eighth juried competition. After the call for entry, artists and quilters had about six months to design and create 20-inch square art quilts. The Monarch Challenge color palette consists of three greens and three oranges plus black and white in Cherrywood’s hand-dyed fabric.

There were 472 submissions; 225 entries were chosen and the quilts were separated into three traveling collections — Caterpillar (90 quilts), Chrysalis (90 quilts), and Milkweed (45 quilts).

The Barn is delighted to share the Caterpillar and Chrysalis Collections. Tri-sate artists selected for the Caterpillar and Chrysalis Collections include: Jean Bailey, Columbia, Ohio; Reyne Davis, Cincinnati, Ohio; Karen Hostetler, Sunbury, Ohio; Melanie Kemble, Lafayette, Indiana; Dianna Kenneally, Mason, Ohio; Constance Mitchell, Chardon, Ohio; Lynn Ticotsky, Cincinnati, Ohio; Julie Wells, Cadiz, Kentucky.

Join us @ The Barn for an exhibition of the Caterpillar and Chrysalis Collections, comprising 180 beautiful creations — This exhibition is sure to amaze and delight.