The annual show held by the National Quilting Association allows 400 quilters to send in their quilts without being "juried" by a panel of judges so yours truly decided to send in a wall hanging this year. The show is held in Columbus, Ohio which is only an hour from my home and so DD, DH and I spent the day at the show and here I stand, "Entrant" ribbon on my shirt, trying to look dignified. However, when other quilters saw my DD taking my photo and they started taking my photo too, then I started to grin like an idiot.
The little quilt is called "Sunshine Maze" and it was made from a kit. I love color wheel quilts and I have four of them.
DD and I went on a shopping spree and had a good time at the NQA show. I have already made the quilt top for next year's entry. :-)
Judy in Ohio
Just love your use of color.
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Great quilt and very nice photo.
ReplyDeleteWay to go Judy. Nice quilt.
ReplyDeleteWay to go Judy. Nice quilt.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sara, Doris and Laura. Entering a quilt show was something to cross off my "Bucket List". I plan to do it again next year with a paper-pieced scrap quilt called "Fireworks!" that I just spent four months working on. Took four months to make the top and now I have plenty of time to do the quilting. :-)
ReplyDeleteJudy
Very cool! What fun!
ReplyDeleteJudy, it's just gorgeous! I sure love your work.
ReplyDeleteMary in Oregon
My Sunshine Maze entry was returned today and there was a letter included in the box that has the judges' comments. Are you ready? I'm grinning from ear to ear because I am pleased with the tone of the comments. The one thing I disagree with is just a matter of "quilting philosophy".
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Judges' Comments:
Radiating machine quilting lines give this a dynamic appearance.
Piecing is generally accurate. Strive to keep long lines straight.
Piece would benefit from additional quilting.
Choice of thread color works well.
Stitch length is generally consistent.
Review binding technique.
Pieced binding adds additional interest.
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I will disagree with line #3 (additional quilting) until the cows come home but otherwise I think the judges' comments are enough to send me into one big happy dance. Also, they don't like machine binding (with no hand stitching) but they are never going to get hand stitching from me so I'll always get the negative comment on binding technique.
Wow Judy ! Congratulations. Enjoy your dance ! You deserve to. I suspect that quilt judges are not too free with their compliments ! Something I've never put to the test, or am likely to !
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