Category: Awards

  • Sheer Whim at NQA Show

    Sheer Whim at NQA Show

    My sweet hubby and I had the opportunity to go to the NQA show today, and I was thrilled to see that “Sheer Whim” won a third place ribbon in the Art/Innovative category. (Sorry for the lousy picture! Can you believe I only took one, and it was fuzzy? Oh, well.) It was lots of…

  • I’m a calendar girl on my first blogiversary

    I’m a calendar girl on my first blogiversary

    Today is my one year anniversary of starting my blog! I can’t believe I wrote 180 posts in that time. Today is also the first day of May, so thousands of people around the world are changing the page on their 2011 Quilting Arts calendar and seeing my “Strawberry Delight” quilt. (Unless, of course, they’re…

  • Quilt Inspiration

    Quilt Inspiration

    Quilt Inspiration is a blog that shares a wide variety of really wonderful traditional and art quilts by quilters from around the world. For the last couple of weeks, they have been focusing on the “January Blues.” I love beautiful blue and white quilts! And (drumroll, please) today they featured two of my blue and…

  • Sheer Whim Wins Third Place!

    Sheer Whim Wins Third Place!

    I just got the phone call! Sheer Whim just won a third place ribbon in Art-Miniature category at the 2010 International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. You can see all the winners here.

  • Quilting with Machines

    Quilting with Machines

    Yesterday my sweet hubby and I drove our hand-me-down RV up to Huron, Ohio to see the “Quilting with Machines” show. I also registered to take a couple of classes with Patsy Thompson. My first class was bright and early at 8 AM. I hurried in a few minutes late, but once I had everything…

  • Reason to celebrate!

    Reason to celebrate!

    Today I received a reason to celebrate! I was in Panera with my mom after bringing her to the dentist when I heard my cell phone ringing in my pocket. The fact that I even had my cell phone with me is rather shocking. The fact that I heard the ring above the noontime noise…

  • Surprise prize package arrives!

    Surprise prize package arrives!

    I got a surprise knock on the door today. It was my faithful deliveryman dropping off this package from Quilting Arts. It’s the prize package that I won when they chose my quilt, “Strawberry Delight,” for the 2011 Quilting Arts calendar. How exciting! There was Jane Dunnewold’s “Art Cloth” which was on my Amazon wish…

  • 2010 NQA show

    2010 NQA show

    Today my mom and I had the opportunity to see the NQA (National Quilting Association) show in Columbus, Ohio. My dear hubby played chauffer, so we were pampered with door-to-door service. The show was really nice; very well laid out, wide aisles, great vendors, terrific quilts. Everything you want in a good quilt show! Plus,…

  • 2011 Quilting Arts Calendar Girl

    2011 Quilting Arts Calendar Girl

    Just found out that “Strawberry Delight” was chosen to be included in the 2011 Quilting Arts calendar. The theme of the contest was “Flavor of the Month” which made me think of the pictures I had taken of some little kids eating ice cream. I used a modified version my “Making Faces” technique to convert…

  • Captivated Wins!

    Captivated Wins!

    My quilt guild, the Miami Valley Quilters’ Guild, had their show this past weekend. It was so much fun seeing all the quilts! At this show, instead of having a judge, each viewer is given a ballot so they can choose their favorite in each category. I was thrilled when “Captivated” won the viewers’ choice…