I WON 1st Place

I'm in shock.

I wasn't even going to enter my quilt into the fair.  

But I did because I love to look at other people's ideas and work.

And I thought I would share mine.

I was surprised to see my quilt hanging - as most are folded. There are only a few hangers. 

This quilt was years in the making - ask Sunny - she knows all about it. 

And she kept encouraging me - THANK YOU SUNNY. 

As did many others.  All those comments were so encouraging. Thank you too!

I think this was the third quilt I started - about 20 years ago.  

It took years because it took time to learn to make some of the harder blocks, and to have the confidence to try - like the feathered star,
(which was a tutorial from Molly's Place)

and learn to do prairie points, how to do borders. and to learn to free motion quilt. 

You may not remember but I sewed these squares around the feathered star 4 times to get them on straight!  Making sure my measurements were correct. (Some of my early blocks were not quite as perfect - causing me troubles)

The quilt took a long time too because I designed it as I went.  That took me a lot of thinking and hesitation time. Believe me instructions are so much easier. lol

And when I was turning the quilt in to the fair personnel - I almost just took it right back home, thinking it wasn't good enough.  

I really can't believe that I won.

Maybe - Just Maybe I've gained some confidence from this.

And if not, I've learned to at least just keep my mouth shut about my mistakes!

hahaha

Happy Stitching,

Happy Linda