During 2009 International Quilt Festival/ Long Beach ….Quiltingarts Magazine organized the Surviving the Runway, a challenge . This time They went back to the ’60’s and created flower power couture. There was excellent prizes for the top designers (a suitcase of Aurifil thread, Jacquard paints, magazines, etc.). People were equipped with a sheet of fun foam, pipe cleaners, plastic flowers, stencils, and other tacky bits to create their couture, and of course they played music from the ’60s through out.