My Blue Ribbon Winners
 

I love entering items at the county fair. My quilts are made for charity and my favorites are displayed at the fair prior to donation. The local quilting guild makes Christmas stockings for the foster children and their families. A friend decided to de-stash. I took the quilted sateen, Christmas prints and white fake fur which became 13 stockings. The stockings looked too formal. I found an embroidery design which was meant to be a coaster. The coaster was sewn to the stockings and adds a nice touch.

This year I was given FSL (Free Standing Lace) embroidery patterns and decided to stitch some of the designs. The large green bowl and doily used almost all of a 5000 meter cone of thread. When I picked up my items, I was told there were numerous questions about how the lace was created. Two fair volunteers asked that I include an informational document with next year's lace entries. Guess I better get stitching as the FSL bowls take a long time...

My gosh Marilyn! What a busy girl you have been! The lace bowls are something new to me, and they are gorgeous... thanks so much for posting pics of your wonderful quilty items... a real treat to see!

What beautiful things you make. It is wonderful to know that you donate so many quilts.

Your work is beautiful so it is no wonder all the blue ribbons! :thumbup: I love the last quilt you have pictured. It would go perfect in one of my guests rooms.

lucky you that is a lot of ribbons

Beautiful work! Love the lace bowls....AMAZING!

Wow...Great work.
Can we call "Blue Ribbon Marilyn"
Thanks for sharing your great work..

They are all just beautiful, great job and thank you for sharing. Congratulations.
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

Congratulations....loved looking at all your work!!! Beautiful !!!

wow what a nice collection of beautiful items.my personal favorite is the quilt in the middle of the last pic-love it

Congratulations !!!! Thanks for sharing your stunning works of art, I loved seeing such perfection.

Wow...Congratulations to you!! You did a wonderful job on every single item. I also love the blue lace bowl. Gorgeous items.:thumbup:

Very nice pics. Your bowls are stunning!!! How in the world do you do that?

congratulations you do beautiful work!!!!

You have some beautiful quilts. Love the bowls also.

WOW, you are a very talented lady. Everything is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my work! The Free Standing Lace items are done on an embroidery machine. The bowls consist of 8 side pieces and 1 center circle. Each side piece is over 34,000 stitches and takes about an hour to stitch out. Whatever thread is used on the top is also used in the bobbin so that the color/texture is the same on both sides. Two layers of Vilene, a water solvable stabilizer that looks like fabric, is used for the stitching base. The pieces are swished around in warm water to rinse away the Vilene and left to dry between plastic canvas sheets. The dried pieces feel like they have been heavily starched. The pieces are joined with a zig-zag stitch on the sewing machine.

You have done beautiful work on all of these and deserve all the blue ribbons! Great job! I love the FSL bowls, too!

Congratulations on so many blue ribbons. The bowls are georgeous. I bet you could sell a bunch of them easily. Great job and keep up the great work for charity. It will caome back to you ten times over. Blessings

they are very nice and congrats

Beautiful items, easy to see why they got the ribbons. You do wonderful work. Congrats.

Busy AND super talented! Wow! These are all fabulous! You're so sweet to donate these beautiful things! And the bowls are amazing! Great job! Congrats on your ribbons!!!

WOW! beautiful work. I love all the creativity

congrats, you have been a very busy person. the lace bowls are fantastic

So many beautiful items, love them all. The bowls are really pretty. My favorite quilt is the one with the Christmas squares with the half squares pieced around them. Thanks for sharing.

No wonder you won those ribbons. You deserve them all. Beautiful work and beautiful quilts. You are a perfectionist.

You deserve all the ribbons and each item is just outstanding!! Love the quilts, especially the last one-wowser!

what a talent you have and to donate your work to others is wonderful. I love the lace bowls and "how did you do that"
would love to know. thanks for sharing all your blue ribbons with us.

Pat

OMGoodness.....the bowls are awesome!! All of your work is blue ribbon.....congratulations!!!! :)

So happy for you, beautiful work!!

Very cool items!

hurray! it must feel good to see those ribbons on your wall and know that your efforts are both being rewarded as well as enjoyed by someone else, which is the real reward in your heart! what a beautiful lady you are! have a fantastic day!

ALL your work is awesome! Those receiving these charity gifts will be so blessed by your work. Could you tell me how you did the friendship braid quilt (finished size, size of all the bordering fabrics)? I love doing the friendship braid and your way of showcasing the braid is a new twist of this pattern. Congrats on all you blue ribbons - you deserve them for your exceptional work. Have a great day!

Love the quilt w/the winter scenes. I make FSL bowls, also. Love the fern looking one. Where did you get the pattern? I'm always looking for new designs.

Congratulations!!! Your work is beautiful! Will be watching to see how you did the lace bowls!

Congrats on all the ribbons. They all look very wonderful. I am new to the lace bowls also.

You are a busy woman. Thanks for showing you beautiful work. The bowls are new to me also

Wow, those lace bowls are something else. How do you do that? They are gorgeous!