Last year I made my daughter Darlene and her family a Countdown Quilt for Christmas. As a surprise for me, she entered it in the Deerfield Fair and I won a Blue Ribbon!

First time to post a picture and it worked. The quilt was an adaption of a quilt from "Hearts A Plenty". The squares are envelopes with bells on the flaps and we placed ornaments in the envelopes for the grandkids to place on a tabletop tree. I did 24 squares because of the space where the quilt was going to hang. It proved to be a big hit with the grandkids!

Beautiful!!!!!!!

I know my granddaughters would love the surprises inside too!!

are those fussy cuts or applique? either way, you obviously put a lot of thought, work and love into that project.

very nice!!! you EARNED that blue ribbon, girl. i especially like knowing you can reload it every year. (bet the kids like that idea, too.) :P

Congratulations! All the extra love you put in it paid off.

Carrie, keep it up your quilt really deserved that blue ribbon . i've seen that one done but yours is really really nice Esther :) :-) :D

That's definitely a blue ribbon quilt! :thumbup: I love the idea of putting in little surprises. What a special quilt this is all around. Congratulations on the blue ribbon. It feels really good to have your work appreciated so, doesn't it? :D

what a neat idea! Very pretty and happy for you for winning a ribbon!

Congrats!!! Its just wonderful!!

Congratulations, you deserve it, and what a nice thing for your Daughter to do. Well done :thumbup: