Wonderful Wednesday - Snug as a Bug Quilt Challenge

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  It hasn't been too long since I last released a post for this series.  I thought you might like to see photos of the 2026 Snug as a Bug on a Quilt Challenge entries from our local Quilt Guild.

Am I right?

First, you might like an idea of the rules.

1. Include a bug somewhere on front of your quilt.  Anything goes!

2. Limited to 36" on any side.

There were suggestions offered in our monthly newsletters leading up to the event and the resulting quilts were incredible!!

Monday was the entry deadline...

As you will see, there was a TON of creativity on display.  I apologize in advance for the hastily taken photos.  You will still get a fairly good idea of how each quilter interpreted the theme.  I'm pretty sure that you just want me to stop talking and let you see the quilts.

If so, keep scrolling...

Entry # 1:

Two:

Number 3:

Four:

My most sincere apologies to the maker of this missing entry!!!  :o((

5:

Six:

#7:

Eight:

Entry 9:

#10:

Eleven:

Number 12:

Thirteen:

#14:

And...

Entry Fifteen:

Did YOU make a quilt for the challenge, Joyful???

Of course, I did!!

If you know my style or if you've been paying attention to my last several ScrapHappy Saturday posts, you might have spotted my entry in the photos above.

While this journal page was the jumping off point for my quilt...

Here is my resulting entry:

Which quilts won the challenge, Joyful???

I thought you might be wondering about that.

The winners, by popular vote, were as follows...

Photo from Facebook, compliments of Guild Social Media Chair.

Here's a closer look at the quilts in the photo above:

3rd Place:

and

Yes.  There was a tie for 3rd Place (which seems to happen often in recent years.)

2nd Place:

1st Place:

Editor's Note...

Congratulations to each member who completed a challenge entry.  Well done!  They were ALL fantastic!  Thank you for looking!  I also want to offer a special thank you to Irena, Jr. for taking over the hosting of our Guild Challenge.  It was a fun one and more so since I didn't have to concern myself with coordination of this year's event!  It was a good 5 years, but I'm happy to have stepped back to let someone else take the lead.

Until next time...

Be SEW creative!!!