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monster quilt at the quilt show...

a while back I was having meltdowns over my monster quilt and some of you may even wonder what happened next...

well it didn't win anything but I ended up being used as the background of an interview on local TV and was mentioned in the opening line of the local newspaper (in fact it's what the whole article *started* with, though that is the only mention LOL it also shows up on the impression photo's of the show (twice!)

so now the place to see the winners of the show, the impression (and if you choose the Dutch version instead of the English one you can see the interview and newspaper article too)

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if you go to my yahoo photo's album "waalre 2006" you can see the quilt in various stages of construction being displayed on my balcony (with neighbours coming out onto the street and looking LOL) for photo's and at the show itself.

on a side note... on the back wall there are a lot of quilt displayed that are shop samples of patterns made with that well known Californian based fabric manufacturer - amongst which are 4 quilts a bag and 2 throw pillows that will eventually end up in the magazine - though I can't tell you which (the throw pillows are a giveaway for 2 of the quilts though nudge, nudge, wink, wink though they are purposely rather indistinct so as to keep the patterns hidden)

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Jessamy
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Jessamy-

You are amazing! It's breathtaking!!! WOW! WOW! WOW!!!!!

Leslie & The Furbabies > a while back I was having meltdowns over my monster quilt and some of you

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

thanks Leslie!

it's wonderful to sleep under too ;-)

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Jessamy

Ok, I think I need a little more guidance. Can you point out the picures in the "Impressions" secton? (I "think" I know which one...but I want to be sure.) Kj

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KJ

ok.. on the impressions page:

second row left hand side (for the one with the throw pillows)

6th row both photo's have my work for the mag "visible" 13th row both photo's have my show entry - the rainbow starting in red and going to black at the top
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Jessamy

Dazzling Jessamy! What a stunning work of art......

Patti in Seattle

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Patti S

Yup that's the one! Beautiful! Thanks for helping me make sure I had the right one. Kj

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KJ

It's beautiful Jessamy. Those colours are so clear and bright, and the pattern is lovely. Well done you! Looks like a very interesting show. . In message , Jessamy writes

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Patti

Splendid! And I recognize those fabrics!! Roberta in D

"Jessamy" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:454dd26d$0$5381$ snipped-for-privacy@news.wanadoo.nl...

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Roberta Zollner

thanks Patti :-D

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Jessamy

YW :-D

and thanks !

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Jessamy

thanks ! it took several hours of choosing and one or two last moment changes to come this this - it's hard to choose colours to fit a memory of a stunning sunrise.

it is an interesting show - every corridor has quilts as well as the main show area there is a balcony overlooking the show area (some of the overview photo's were made from there) and that has quilts hanging from it too! and last year there were even two quilts hanging from the rafters!

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Jessamy

thanks :-D

errr. yes I think you might ;-) they have interesting names too.. midnight, blue Hawaii, Prussian, the OC and lime to name a few

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Jessamy

I have tried but I can't get the video clip to run :-((

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Cats

hmmm.. gotta have a look...

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Jessamy

Wow Jess, that IS absolutely gorgeous!

Things I aspire to when I get to be a grown up quilter, eh?! LOL

Congrats and HUGS Tina

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Tina

had a look and it opened fine - took forever to load but did play - it used the windows media player to play it on my computer maybe that is the problem?

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Jessamy

thanks Tina after all the wonders of the Really Big Show that you were at I'm really flattered you like it!

when I grow up and am a quilter I want to do even more stuff LOL

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Jessamy

You know Jess, I discovered something looking at all those amazing quilts at the "Really Big Show" this year. Yeah, there are a lot of pretty and amazing quilts....but I found what really awed and inspired me the most - wasn't the most beautiful or the most gorgeous or the most colorful, etc.

It was the quilts like yours, the "monster quilts", the quilts of the Japanese lady who put together over 150,000 little 1/4 inch hexagons, the quilt from the lady who wasn't an experienced quilter, but she made a therapeutic quilt from her heart.

Those are the quilts that touched, moved, inspired me the absolute most. Not the ones that looked like a "competition entry" quilt - but the ones that you KNEW from your heart and soul, took another human beings heart and soul and incorporated it into their love through fabric. Does that make sense to you?

It was the knowing that someone loved what they were doing/creating/representing so much, that they put that "soul" into their quilt. I don't know how else to describe it, but I truly did discover that those kind of quilts, moved and impressed me so much more than all those "I know the most techniques" quilts.

Your quilt shows your heart and soul Jess, that's what makes it amazing!

Hugs, Tina

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Tina

yes it makes sense :-D I have always tried to put a bit of me into the quilts :-)

and.. drum roll please...

the quilt is going to be published in the magazine too :-D

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Jessamy

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