I will be entering four quilts in the Kentucky State Fair this year. The drop off dates are the 10th and 11th. I put all of my final changes on my projects today. How about that. I am not running up against a deadline for once.
The first entry has been featured on my blog many times before. The Halo Medallion which has shown in four AQS national shows. I shared lots of photos when this was a work in progress.
I don't know why this is showing sideways. Here is a close-up of the center.
The next entry is my red and white Star light, Star bright quilt.
I had several problems with this one. First, after I had the top quilted, but still on the machine, I re-read the requirements for this category. A minimum 300" perimeter was required. Oh scrap! I needed to add borders all around to this already quilted piece in order to make the minimum. You can see the red and white outer border with corner blocks. I figured out how to accomplish this. During that process, I had a very unfortunate rotary cutter incident. I had to put a patch on the backing fabric. The second problem was that I had severe color bleeding, despite the fact that I washed the red fabric before I started the piecing. I followed directions I found on Margaret Solomon Gunn's blog (find it here). Overall, I am happy with the quilting. Here are some detail photos.
My third entry is a double nine-patch. I am most happy with the quilting. This is very much in the style of Judi Madsen. I love her style.
My last entry is in the holiday category. I made Kathy McNeil's Audubon Christmas quilt. I tried many new techniques on this wallhanging. I am very pleased with the way this turned out.
Here is an overload of close-ups.
Now I can relax and work on some other projects.
Thanks for stopping by.
The first entry has been featured on my blog many times before. The Halo Medallion which has shown in four AQS national shows. I shared lots of photos when this was a work in progress.
I don't know why this is showing sideways. Here is a close-up of the center.
The next entry is my red and white Star light, Star bright quilt.
I had several problems with this one. First, after I had the top quilted, but still on the machine, I re-read the requirements for this category. A minimum 300" perimeter was required. Oh scrap! I needed to add borders all around to this already quilted piece in order to make the minimum. You can see the red and white outer border with corner blocks. I figured out how to accomplish this. During that process, I had a very unfortunate rotary cutter incident. I had to put a patch on the backing fabric. The second problem was that I had severe color bleeding, despite the fact that I washed the red fabric before I started the piecing. I followed directions I found on Margaret Solomon Gunn's blog (find it here). Overall, I am happy with the quilting. Here are some detail photos.
My third entry is a double nine-patch. I am most happy with the quilting. This is very much in the style of Judi Madsen. I love her style.
My last entry is in the holiday category. I made Kathy McNeil's Audubon Christmas quilt. I tried many new techniques on this wallhanging. I am very pleased with the way this turned out.
Here is an overload of close-ups.
Now I can relax and work on some other projects.
Thanks for stopping by.
4 comments:
Beautiful Entries for the fair! good luck and have fun at the fair.
Good luck at the Fair - your entries are gorgeous!! - ;))
Love all your entries to the fair..but the double nine patch is my favorite..really love the quilting!
You are an amazing quilter! I am still just making quilts for my grandchildren's beds that they will wear out. I don't think I will live long enough to make quilts for state fairs. That is okay with me. I love looking at quilts with expert quilting like yours, though!
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