Untitled by Iara Ferreira from Bragança, São Paulo, Brazil (Tied for Favorite)
Recently I had the most difficult task of picking my favorite project from The Modern Quilt Guild / Michael Miller Fabrics Madrona Road Challenge. There were hundreds upon hundreds of amazing entries and more are still pouring in even though the official deadline has passed. I am so thrilled that everyone is still finishing their projects and I plan to keep looking through all of them as they come in.
I honestly didn't know where to start and I wrote a little about my dilemma. Lindsay from ellesquare responded with her blog post Steal This Quilt. To quote her, "In short, I wish I'd made it and I want to steal it. I want it. I will take it and hide with it for years in an underground cave, and then after I lose it in a game of riddles, I will follow a pair of tricksy hobbitses through the gates of Mordor only to jump into the fire of Mount Doom to be with it forever. My precious." Thank you so much Lindsay!
So that is how I started to bring my numbers of favorites (hundreds) down to something I could work with (dozens). When I had a workable number of favorites I asked myself, would I jump into the fire with it? I'm a total geek, so you can see how this post really resonated with me. When I was all said and done, I had ten that I couldn't let go of... and I had two top pics that I completely could not separate. I loved them both for totally different reasons and I wanted to pick them both... and fortunately, The MQG allowed me to do just that.
Above are the two I could not separate from being my favorite. Below are in no particular order of awesomeness. Click on the photos to see their Flickr streams. Again, thank you SO MUCH to everyone who participated in the challenge.
Buckles and Belts by Linda (Flourishing Palms)
Madrona Road Scrappy Stars by Terry Aske
Untitled by mb slinko
Madrona Road Challenge Quilt by Irelle (Jibberish Designs)
Projective Plane of Order Four by moonbrightinjune
Untitled by Lindsay (ellesquare)
Madrona Road Challenge Quilt by Anne (anne @ play-crafts {asdesigned})
Sweet Dreams by Disentangled
Amazing, right? The Michael Miller QuiltCon booth choices are all posted on The Modern Quilt Guild blog - those were all high on my personal list as well! And with more entries still coming in, I foresee at least one more post soon :)
They are all so nice and I love your method of figuring out your favorites! I am so happy the you had the opportunity to see all the wonderful creations made from your fabric.
ReplyDeleteViolet, thank you so much for choosing my quilt as one of your favorites! :D I feel so honored and flattered! Also it was really great talking with you on the plane to QuiltCon. Thanks for setting such an awesome tone for the entire trip! :D
ReplyDeleteI would have had the hardest time picking! Everyone has done such a fabulous job with the challenge!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE those trees!!! Congrats everyone!
ReplyDeleteThank you Violet, for including my quilt in your post. Even though it wasn't chosen for the Michael Miller Fabrics booth, I am pleased that I put the best of what I know how to do into my quilt. This isn't the end for Buckles and Belts, either, as I'm entering it in a judged show. Thanks for your fabrics, and the motivation to do my best.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you chose! When choosing fabric I find when feel like, "oh my god! I love this; I don't think I could live without it!" or the colours are so yummy I wish I could eat it! That’s my Smeagle moment. I can't imagine picking through so many quilts, only to pick 10. Ofta, that would be a big job but you did a fantastic one!
ReplyDeleteHi Violet! I keep seeing pictures of a cute charcoal and yellow tunic dress with tabs on the hem from your Waterfront Park booth at Quilt Market, and I'm obsessed with it! What pattern is it??
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