Rhododendron Needlers Quilt Show

Belonging to a quilting guild is a fabulous experience,
it exposes you to many different ideas, techniques and talented ladies!

This past weekend one of the guilds I belong to
 RNQG held their biannual quilt show.

With over 130 quilts on display,

 a very talented group of ladies put on a great show!

We had the opportunity to have our quilts critiqued
by certified quilting judge Pat Harrison.
To me this offers a great opportunity to learn more about
quilting, and how to strive to become a better quilter.


So EXCITED!!!

My Blue Hawaiian Hibiscus Quilt
WON
a Judged ribbon for
Exemplary Hand Quilting!!

Pinch me!!

And .... My sweet little beaded Birdie Stitches
won a first place viewers choice ribbon!

Pinch Me again!!

Must of been the Luck 'O the Irish with me!!
Had my green on too!

Had a chance to white glove and mingle amongst the quilts
(Love white gloving - must be the power of the gloves
and being able to touch the quilts!!)
and work the Comfort Quilt Table...


Notice I have my embroidery hoop out!!

Silver City Quilt Guild Show

Wow - we had a wonderful quilt show. Lot's of fabulous quilts made by some incredible quilters! And my little quilts did very well for themselves - receiving 6 ribbons! I was so excited!!

Blue Hibiscus received FOUR ribbons! Oh My Gosh!

We had the opportunity to have our quilts judged by Holice Turnbow  

two ribbons were from the judged category!

First Place Small Bed

Best Hand Quilting

First Place Viewer's Choice

Second Place Guild Choice

This quilt was a true labor of love - it took a year and a half to do all of the

needle turn applique and hand quilting (Hawaiian Echo style)

Fiesta Won a Third Place Small Bed - Judged category

 Sashiko Bamboo and Hibiscus won 

Second Place in the Judged Wall hanging division

 And my little Experimental Iris was just so darn Cute!

But her binding needs work!

So I plan on removing the binding, re blocking her

and reattaching the binding on a bit better this time!

Even my Mom's vest won a ribbon!

Second Place -Other in the Judged Category!!

She was so excited!

As she put it ... "I'm 86 and this is the first ribbon I've ever won"!!

It was really special!

Now that the show is over - I'm taking a small breather!

Lining up my next few projects.

But on the top of the list is my daughter's T-shirt quilt

which I MUST have done by Christmas!!

Crazy Quilting

My guild is having our 3rd quilt show in September and we are making a
Crazy Quilt as our raffle quilt!

It will be gorgeous! And ever since we started the project - I've noticed crazy quilts everywhere! Isn't that funny how that happens! The Quilt Life magazine December issue had pages and pages on crazy quilting - great articles!
A must read if you like quilting history.

 I think I went a bit overboard and really embellished my block!

Between the stitching and the beading it has inspired me to make one for myself ....someday!!!