I WON $50 GC!!!!

[bar7700]

Last Fall, my mom mentioned a contest the local fabric store was holding. You had to purchase a kit with holiday fabrics and create a wall hanging from them. I was inspired by a trivet my MIL brought home from Russia and created this...

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...108Abtm7Zszcs_

I just found out today that I won the contest!!

It was a popular vote by anyone who came into the store and wanted to vote. I'm so thrilled!! This is the first recognition any of my quilting has received - and to have the recognition be for something of my own creation is just so unbelievably exciting!!!

[kfstitcher]

Good for you Kimber. That is exciting.

[Lorna1021]

Congratulations. The wall hanging is really cool! Lorna

[Lorna1021]

very well deserved award!! Congratulations.

[Lorna1021]

Kimber, that is really beautiful. Tell us how you did it. Congratulations on a job well done and the appreciation of others for it.

Nancy in NC

[RickyTims]

CONGRATS - Thanks for sharing the good news with us!

[mknavy90]

Congratulations!!!!! Your piece is beautiful! :!:

[mknavy90]

Good for you Kimber ....how exciting! And I love the wallhanging. Thanks for telling us about it!

Dana in Olive Branch, MS

[mknavy90]

Congrats

Great job! It's always nice to be reconized for your workmenship,thats is a very pretty wreath wall hanging. ("Run" and build that stash)!
Hurry Hurry, I hear it calling your name! Enjoy!

Happy Dance
Hugzzz,Kathy

[Judymc]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your wreath is really pretty!!!

[eileenkny]

WooHoo Kimber!!! It's beautiful and the win is well deserved.
eileenkny 8)

[eileenkny]

What exciting news, Kimber! It is a beautiful piece. Congratulations!

[RickyTims]

I needed to add - my first ever prize was also $50, from a block contest at a quilt shop. Patches in St. Charles, MO.

[RickyTims]

Congratulations! Hope this is the first of many!

[RickyTims]

Good for you Kimber. That is exciting.

Congratulations. The wall hanging is really cool! Lorna

very well deserved award!! Congratulations.

CONGRATS - Thanks for sharing the good news with us!

Congratulations!!!!! Your piece is beautiful! :!:

Good for you Kimber ....how exciting! And I love the wallhanging. Thanks for telling us about it!

Dana in Olive Branch, MS

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your wreath is really pretty!!!

WooHoo Kimber!!! It's beautiful and the win is well deserved.
eileenkny 8)

What exciting news, Kimber! It is a beautiful piece. Congratulations!

Thanks so much, all!! I haven't been in this community very long and to have you all share in my excitement means so very much!!

Kimber, that is really beautiful. Tell us how you did it. Congratulations on a job well done and the appreciation of others for it.

Nancy in NC

Thanks, Nancy! Its not a method I've seen around anywhere, but basically, its made up of a bunch of small squares (I think I used 3" squares). I folded them in 1/2, then kind of rolled them into a cone. I then laid them out on the fabric and pinned them to how I liked them. I then tacked them each down - the stitching is hidden for all but the top layer. I have 3 layers of squares around the wreath. After it was all tacked down, I layered it, sewed up the sides, turned it, and fluffed the squares to make it more dimensional. I didn't quilt the top too much since I'm still developing my skills in that area :lol:

Congrats

Great job! It's always nice to be reconized for your workmenship,thats is a very pretty wreath wall hanging. ("Run" and build that stash)!
Hurry Hurry, I hear it calling your name! Enjoy!

Happy Dance
Hugzzz,Kathy

Thanks, Kathy - my stash has definitely been calling me more. Since the wall hanging was my own creation, I'm getting more brave to do my own thing.

I needed to add - my first ever prize was also $50, from a block contest at a quilt shop. Patches in St. Charles, MO.

That's awesome, Ricky!! There is hope for me yet! BTW - I just finished piecing my first convergence top and have received a huge amount of compliments on it. Such a simple method that produces an outstanding piece!

Congratulations! Hope this is the first of many!

Thanks, Louise - I hope so to! I started on another creation yesterday that I hope to put in a couple shows this summer. Nothing juried yet - all are 'popular' vote. One of these days I'll overcome my fear of being judged :lol: