More quilts!!

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 There has been enormous popular demand (well, one request) for me to show the reading-themed quilt that my friend made for me, so here it is.  She made it look kind of like me!

I also realized that when I took a break back in November/December, that meant that I never posted about the guild quilt show.  I entered several items for show, and two for judging.  I don't think of myself as a person who produces judge-worthy quilts, but on the other hand, if nobody puts in quilts for judging it's not as interesting.  So I generally challenge myself to enter something as a personal goal, not because my quilts are all that fantastic.  And guess what, each won a first prize in its category!  (There are a lot of categories.)  So here they are:

"When the Tripods Came," a very small quilt

"It's Only Forever," a giant quilt

There were a lot of amazing quilts at the show.  It was a lot of fun, and really nice to have an event again after three years; usually we do it every other year, but of course Covid meant that we missed the 2021 date that was going to happen.

Comments

  1. LoryMarch 22, 2023 at 12:05 PM

    The book quilt is amazing! Love it. I also especially love your labyrinth quilt, when I came across that design somewhere I immediately wondered how I could knit it as a blanket (seems it would be a great mosaic knitting pattern). But it was too much work to actually execute the idea. I am glad to see somebody made it happen.

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    1. JeanMarch 23, 2023 at 12:41 PM

      It was a lot of work in quilt form too! But it's the best labyrinth pattern I've ever seen and I had to do it. :)

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  2. Jenny @ Reading the EndMarch 23, 2023 at 3:56 AM

    OOOOOH, those quilts are beautiful! I'm so impressed by you and your friend -- and congrats on your two wins!!

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  3. bookertalkMarch 24, 2023 at 2:57 PM

    Your giant quilt is impressive. A lot of work went into keeping the blocks in the right order!

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