5 posts tagged “ribbons”

You can view the carnage here.

Ken and I made it to the State Fair today.  You know you're at the fair when you see all kinds of food deep fried or on a stick.

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Of course we made it over to look at the quilts.

My friend Toni entered the fair for the first time this year (because I made her).  I was supposed to quilt this for her, but I got sick and couldn't get it done in time.  Had I done it I'm sure she would have gotten first instead of second.  Please pardon the glare and lack of focus on all these shots.  That glass barrier is a real pain in the butt.

Toni

My friend Michelle had three quilts in the fair and won first, second, and third place with them (in different classes). 

Michelle 1

Michelle 2

Michelle 3

My friend Laura had several quilts.  Two that I quilted for her won ribbons.

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This year I put 7 quilts in the fair.  These took third place:

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These took second

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This one took first

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This one took Best of Show!!!!!!!!!

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I think I did OK this year.

This weekend is our county fair.  I entered my usual 4 quilts (two large, two wall hangings).  This year I only got three ribbons.  Two blue (first place) and one white (third place).  But a friend of mine also won a blue ribbon with a quilt that I had quilted for her.  Hooray for our team!

Double Wedding Ring

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Fish Fracture

Daisy Fracture

Laura's quilt

I finally got around to getting my ribbon quilt hung in the studio.  It's been folded up on a table since I brought it home from the shop at the end of August.  I didn't add any more ribbons to it after we decided to close as it was full and I figured I'd save the reworking of it until I got home.  I have won 19 ribbons in that time.  Even after scrunching them all together the darn thing is still pretty much full.  If I rework the bottom couple of rows I might be able to get about a dozen more on it.  After that I'll have to come up with a new solution. 

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OK, I know too much bragging gets old.  I'm really trying to control myself but this weekend's results played right into the hand of my upcoming plans.  You see, I'm now in the works to write a book on a new piecing technique I've been developing.  At the quilt show I entered this weekend the two quilts that used this technique placed first and second in their categories.

Fractured Flowers with Siamese Cat

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Through My Window

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The cat quilt has already been published in a book and will be hanging in the Quilters' Resource booth at Fall Market the end of October.  The tentative release date for my book is January 1, 2009.  That's not nearly as far away as it seems.  I'd best go get busy!