Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Goodness Gracious!

Goodness Gracious! Is that a phrase you grew up hearing? I did. Or more completely, it was "Goodness gracious sake's alive!"

And "goodness gracious" is about all I can say after what happened at the fair on Saturday.

I won a rather surprising ribbon for one of my entries.

That ribbon is something, isn't it? It covers up half of my little quilt! This is one of three quilts I entered. And to be honest, I entered them practically on a last-minute whim.

As I was finishing my 6-Point Star quilt, I had in mind that I would put it in the fair. It was the motivation I needed to keep my efforts focused on finishing it. You can read about my finish here, or do a general search of the blog for '6-point star' for lots of progress reports.

This quilt got a blue ribbon in the hand-pieced/hand-quilted category. That was gratifying news.

I entered my little doll quilt, too; it got a red ribbon.

And then there is my miniature quilt - Pincushion Stars. I began it back in January and finished it in early February. Click here to read about the finish, if you like.

I still have a hard time believing that this was selected for BoS; there were several very accomplished quilters in the same department, so I was definitely not expecting it.

And just so you know that I won't be getting a big head over this, my drive home from the fair served to keep me on an even keel. My car broke down; I had to call a girlfriend to come fetch me as DH was out for the day and a tow truck had to retrieve the car. I still have not heard from the mechanic what is wrong with it. Geesh. 

I have linked up with Sew Fresh Quilts/Let's Bee Social; check it out for a dose of inspiration!

Happy Quilting, Friends!



8 comments:

  1. Sorry about the car, but we'll done on winning Best of Show.

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  2. Wow! So exciting - you are inspiring me to enter something in next year's fair. I have my eye on The Gypsy's Wife pattern.
    Congratulations !

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  3. congrats on the wins! too bad about the car. hoping it will be back in service soon.
    those quilts are gorgeous

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  4. Congrats on that awesome ribbon on your adorable little quilt! our 6 point star caught my eye on Scraptastic Tuesday :-)

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  5. Bravo on all those ribbons and Best in Show! What a lovely surprise but a worthy winner. Thank you for joining up with #scraptastictuesday!

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  6. Congratulations!!! It is fun to get an award, especially if you aren't expecting it.

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  7. Congratulations! All the quilts are lovely, but I especially like the doll quilt!

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  8. Congrats! What a wonderful way to celebrate your beautiful quilt!

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