I won a ribbon!

teleflora · 2007-09-02T03:45:50+00:00

I was stunned that I won a ribbon for this little quilt. I woke up at 5 last Saturday. We were taking in quilts for the show for this weekend and I knew I was going to be stressed and I fell awake waaaaay too early.It's not like me to start sewing that early. I've stayed up that late sewing, but I am NOT a morning person.Anyway, for some reason, this quilt was calling me. I started it a year ago and had yet to sew the binding on. So I got it out and finished it.We took in quilts from 9 till 3 and had 169 quilts. I entered all the information as we went along. Got behind because people WOULD not quit talking to me :-), and ended up lugging 35 quilts home with me because I couldn't remove the paperwork from the quilt. Got done entering all that information into Access on Saturday night.I spent all day Sunday ( my birthday!) merging the information into a Word document, and cutting and pasting it into a Publisher document because that's what the printer people insist on.Had it to the printers by noon on Monday (that was the stress part). They finished the booklet at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon.Judging was on Thursday afternoon and Friday. I got to sit in and scribe for the judge for awhile. Most interesting and informative.We set up for the quilt show all day Friday - one of my favorite days of the year. I get to handle every quilt because I do the hang tags and insist on placing them myself.Our show started at 9 this morning and I was at the auditorium at 7. I finally left at 4. I found the show chair and said, "I'm tired and going home. I know everyone else is tired too, but my give-a-damner is broke, so I'm leaving."The show also runs tomorrow from 1 - 4, but there are plenty of people to help, so I won't be going in.We had a dozen vendors and I did my part to make sure they come back. Bought a couple of kits, some fabric from a woman who owns Nana's Pretties. She travels the quilt show circuit - she's from Oregon. We kept asking her via email when she...

I won a ribbon!

Sep 02, 2007 25 Replies

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Sandy 18 years ago

Cindy, both of your quilts are great! That little one with the ribbon on it is especially so -- it's hard to get tiny points so crisp, and your quilting is in perfect scale to the piecing. Congratulations! :)

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Patti 18 years ago

Good job I'm not trying to catch up, Pati >g< One will do me just fine - as and when! Now you have a photo place, we'll be able to see yours, so that's terrific. . In message , Pati C. writes

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teleflora 18 years ago

Thanks to everyone for their kind words. This is why it has always been so hard for me to enter a competition. Because all of you and my guild members are just so darn complementary. I didn't think I could take a "mean" judge.

Plus, I've never entered because I don't think that competition necessarily brings out the best in folks. People are already complaining that some people got special treatment, some were deliberately placed into "favorable" catagories. You know, the usual.

I say bring your quilts we'll hang them up and enjoy the heck out of them. Everybody's a winner.

Cindy

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Susan Torrens 18 years ago

Congratulations on your well deserved ribbon. Thanks for providing a taste of your quilt show!

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Patti 18 years ago

Hold onto that attitude Cindy, come what may - and it will >g< . In message , teleflora writes

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Julia in MN 18 years ago

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