5 posts tagged “ribbons”
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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.
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.
My friend Laura had several quilts. Two that I quilted for her won ribbons.
This year I put 7 quilts in the fair. These took third place:
These took second
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.
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.
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!