Monday, October 19, 2015

A Fun Surprise!!!

Before I get to the surprise, I have to say sorry that it has been a little quiet around here this last week.  I had one of those "put a secret quilt together quick" kind of projects (for a friend for market, so I can share soon ;) which wouldn't normally keep me from blogging, but I was also fighting a monster cold  all last week.  So by the time I was done with the sewing that needed to be done, I just didn't have any energy left for blogging.  I barely even remembered to put a few things on Instagram, like the project below.  Apparently stuffy heads and social media don't mix well together ;)  But, I can tell you I did a lot of sewing last week,  and I have a lot to share coming soon ;)


And with that said . . . let's get to the Fun Surprise!!!  I got an email this weekend letting me know that my Unraveled Quilt, the Cottage Garden Edition, was selected as a finalist in the Modern Quilt Guild Riley Blake Fabric Challenge!!!!  Yippee!!!!  I can't tell you how much this brightened up my weekend, and I think it helped to chase away my cold too ;)


Unraveled is one of the quilt designs in the Modern Patchwork section of my book Irish Chain Quilts.  It is such a fun quilt to put together and I loved making it the second time every bit as much as I did the first time ;)

I really tried to push myself on the quilting of this one and I think it might be some of my all time favorite quilting I have done!!  So that just makes it all the more special for me ;)


I wrote lots more about this quilt when I originally posted the finish here, if you want to check it out ;)  This was just such a fun surprise for me and I am just tickled pink to have been chosen as a finalist!!!  Thanks so much to the Modern Quilt Guild and Riley Blake for hosting such a fun challenge!!  I look forward to these every year and love seeing all of the amazing projects everyone makes!! This is such an amazing community to be a part of :)


You can see all of the Finalist and Winner of the Challenge at the MQG Blog right here ;)

I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!

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11 comments:

  1. CONGRATS TO YOU!
    msstitcher1214@gmail.com

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  2. I have your book but want to finish up some things before I dive in - cannot make up my mind which one I want to do first - this one is in the mix definitely -

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  3. Congratulations! It is a beautiful fun quilt. When you blogged about it, I thought that the quilting was so beautifully done. Haven't looked at the others yet, but I'm sure this quilt will be high on everyone's list.

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  4. SEE? I TOLD you your quilting was good!!

    Now you get to go treat yourself to a LARGE order of fries!!! 😉😎

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  5. Congratulations, wonderful quilt.

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  6. Beautiful quilt. Congratulations!

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  7. Yeah! Congratulations!!! This quilt turned out so nice and calm. There is just something about it that takes my breath away!

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  8. Congrats-it is a beautiful quilt. Feel better soon :-)

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  9. Happy happy for you! Congratulations! Glad you got that cold whupped, too!!

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  10. Congratulations! Your quilt is beautiful and the quilting is amazing.

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  11. How exciting! Congrats. Pretty quilt and the quilting is awesome.

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Thank you so much for your sweet comments. I just love hearing from you!!
Have a Happy Quilting Day :)

Melissa