Quilt show update

Well, today I got an email notification that my art Quilt "Transformation" got accepted into the AQS Quilt Expo in Nashville, TN. I am very excited since I had wanted to enter it into their Pacuca show and it didn't qualify because it was 1 1/2 inches too small. But for some reason this show has different size requirements. I tell you, if anyone is entering quilt shows make sure you read and reread all the instructions on entering. I think they are all so confusing since the rules change for each show, even within the same organization. I am excited to have two quilts to be able to have to show this year, my first year of showing. I had another quilt but pulled it after it went to Road and didn't do anything there or at Pacific International. It is a black and white quilt and I think that they just can't compete against all the color. It makes me excited to start something new even though my shoulders still ache from that quilting.

Finally Finished

It has been so long since I wrote on this blog, I seem to update my other one more regularly since I draw faster than I quilt. As you know I have been working on another quilt, well I finally finished it. I am not as happy with it as I was with my last one but thats ok. I had a goal this year and I made it. So I am very pleased with myself. I will share my goal later if the quilt is accepted. I first painted all the fabric and then fussy cut all the flowers. It is about 80"x49" so its bigger than the last art quilt I did which made it harder to quilt. I spend days in my sewing room "manhandling" that quilt to get it quilted with my sewing machine. I can't tell you how much my arms ached from trying to keep it rolled up and manuver it through that little hole! I like smaller quilts! Anyway here it is, comments are always welcome.