Even tho my week & month are swamped, I took 7 items to the fair this year. Everything was done or nearly done, I didn’t make anything just for the fair.
I wasn’t really invested in it but still it is fun to enter and win ribbons. I was gone so Phil had a list of my items and their categories and went to see the results Tuesday night. I called & he reported!!
Not everything placed but that doesn’t really matter to me once he told me I had won a Best of Show ribbon!! 🙂
This is from the LaPetité group in December. It was pieced but I hadn’t quilted it so I did that last week. And in the matter of LACK OF TIME, I did a meander on the cream and plaid, hearts on the tan border, and a triple swag & pine bough on the aqua border. Seriously, when I took it off the frame last Friday, I wasn’t happy with the quilting but it was finished. hahaha!!
Today I took my friend, E, to the fair. It was so nice to look at the quilts with a lady along. 🙂 Even better was her LOVING my quilt and not knowing it was mine. ♥ She is so sweet to me!
This one placed second behind the first one —
It really lays flat and I planned it more for a table runner than a wallhanging. I designed the holly pattern. It is micro quilted and uses my hand-dyed silk-cotton fabric. I should have entered this in the original design category but didn’t see that when I did my entries. Let’s just say, that was a goof!! Ack!!
The acorn one like the above one got a first. This photo is from the fall – not at the fair. It belongs to my in-laws (for their anniversary on 10-10-10) but she let me enter it anyway. {more detail here}
A few things didn’t even place but I’m OK with that. I just grabbed something to fit the categories and really am THRILLED with just one ribbon as long as it is purple. 🙂
I have SO much to share about my week! Stay tuned!!
and sew on... 