Three in one sweep
 

A few months ago I have entered a quilt at Quilts UK in Malvern, one of the biggest quilt shows in Europe. Last weekend the show took place and I received the wonderful message that my quilt won three ribbons! 3rd in the category bed quilts, the Award for Wholecloths and the Award for Handquilting.

Three ribbons in one sweep...I am so proud! :)

Congratulations!! You should be proud! That's quite an acheivement!

Congratulations, a beautiful quilt. It's a show I go to every year, and as always the quilts were beautiful. I always find it a little less intimidating than the Festival of Quilts which is in Birmingham in August.

Congrats to you, iit's beautiful! You Rock Girl, May in Jersey

Congrats! You worked hard and earned it!!

Congratulations - what a very pretty quilt!

Your work is spectacular ! No surprise it was going to get the recognition it deserves. Be proud. I know if it was me I would be standing a little taller.
I hope to be able to see your work at one of the shows here in the US. I appreciate that you post them for us to see on the board ... but the thrill of seeing one in person...

Nothing left for me to say - previous posts say it all - you go girl - you deserve three ribbons.
Happy stitching

I have entered a quilt at the World Quilt Show in August. Hopefully it will be accepted.

Oh, that would be so wonderful!! That's the one here in New Hampshire! Your work is truly inspiring, Andrea. Congratulations on your success at Quilts UK. :)

Congratulations, Andrea - you earned those ribbons!

Janet

Congratulations on another beautiful quilt and the well deserved awards. I love looking at your work, and I'm always happy when your work is awarded.

I have a few questions :)

First ... can we PLEASE see some closeups of your quilt design? Your designs are always beautiful and the execution is flawless.

Second ... Is this quilt dyed or pieced strips? I am guessing dyed (or printed) because it is in the whole cloth category (unless the rules for that category are different in that show and they allow "some" piecing?).

sue

Congrats. I am always in awe of your work. Beautiful quilt!

Congrats. The quilt and quilting are beautiful!

good for you

Congratulations!

Congratulations! And, it's a beautiful quilt. Good job, lady!

Way to go, wonderful quilt!!!!

Here are some closeup pictures of the quilt. The strips are pieced, not dyed. There mostly are different rules in UK compared to US - strippy quilts like this one are considered as wholecloth quilts because the quilting, not the piecing makes the design of the quilt.

Congrats to you!

Congratulations! Your work is always amazing!:thumbup:

Your work is so beautiful, you deserve the honor. Congratulations.

You should be proud! Your hand quilting is marvelous. You take hand quilting to a whole new level.

Andrea, that's wonderful!! I do so enjoy seeing your work! Can we please see a close up of this one sometime?

Congratulations!!! :thumbup:

Congratulations!!! Very pretty!!

You can see some more pics here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ck-t87805.html

How wonderful, so happy for you. Beautiful quilt.

Beautiful work, Andrea! And good luck on your next win (and there will be a next, and a next, and a.....well, you get the idea!)

You have good reason to be proud. Your work is always what we can only dream of doing.

Congratulations! This quilt is well deserving of all three ribbons! I love it!

Wow! Jackpot!

What a BEAUTIFUL quilt!!! GREAT job!!

How wonderful. Congratulations.

What a lovely quilt ! ! ! Congratulations ! ! ! ! But I am a little confused, I always thought a whole cloth was one piece of fabric that has been quilted not pieced. Are your stripes one piece (making it whole) or did you piece the white and gold stripes?

Congratulations. You have very nice work.

The stripes are pieced together. Regarding the rules in most of the UK shows strippy quilts like this one are considered as wholecloths. The quilting makes the main design of the quilt, not the "piecing" - this the reason the organizer of the show informed me when I asked. As far as I know this is different to US shows.

You have a right to be proud of your accomplishment. You quilt is beautiful.

Triple WOW! Congratulations, and gorgeous quilt!

One of our local shows does include wholecloth as a separate category, but that's pretty unusual. I haven't seen a wholecloth category in any of the major US shows yet.

Janet