Astonished at the MN Sate Quilt Show
 

Last weekend my Mom & I went to the MN State Quilt Show. We had a fantastic day, looked at the Blue Diamond class quilts, the Judged class quilts and wandered over to the non-judged quilts. I told my Mom that I nearly missed entering anything but saw a call out for more quilts and an extended deadline for the non-judged class. I had a couple of nice quilts to share, not perfect, not nearly good enough for the judged class but people may get a kick out of them, enjoy the colors. Glanced over & saw my Barn Quilt and there was a RIBBON next to it! I thought it was a mistake. Astonished, flabbergasted, entirely delighted - my BlockSwapper "Barn Quilt" won the President's Choice Award! The President of the MN Quilters liked the bright colors and that each barn has a unique hand embroidered weathervane. Best of all, I got to share the excitement with my (nearly 82 yr old) Mom. Moral of the story - enter your quilts, don't let the pursuit of perfection keep you from sharing your quilts!! Enter your local quilt show, your county fairs, your state shows, and enter the national shows!!!

well good for you!! it is a great quilt!!!

CONGRATULATIONS! It is a beautiful quilt; no wonder you won "President's Choice Award".

Congratulations on your barn quilt win. It's very creative and colorful. I hope to visit the state quilt show next year when I'm retired. It sounds like a great time.

Congratulations! It's a wonderful quilt and I bet Mom was very proud of you ...

Congratulations, so well deserved!

Congratulations! It's bright and beautiful and I can see why the president loved it!

What great advice!

Is this the BOM that Lori Holt had on her site a year or so ago?

How cute, loves those colors. Congratulations.

Congratulations. I attended the show and saw your quilt. Loved the bright colors.

congrats, so happy for you

a very nice quilt

Congratulations!!! You deserved that ribbon! I am a farm girl from Iowa and I love it!!!!!

It's not a block of the month but a BlockSwapper. There are 12 of us who pick a theme or fabric or something then make 12 identical blocks and pass around 11 of them. Sometimes we make other numbers, vary the sizes, even one year made a row quilt. The side of the barn is the block. The shape of the barn is my Grandparents', my Mom's home place barn. My block is the middle top row. The weather vanes are a loon with a baby on the back, a brachiosaurus, a running horse, a camel, a moon & stars, the 4 directions, a rooster, a witch on a broomstick, a dachshund, a flying pig, 3 pine trees, a racing greyhound. Other than the 11 exchanged blocks, it's an original design.

Cool quilt and love the bright colors!

A ribbon very well deserved, congrats!

It was the MN STATE show not sate - absolutely embarrassed by my poor typing skills. and edit isn't working for the post. Sorry Sorry Sorry! Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Congratulations your quilt is great. Miss going to your quilt show, always so much to see.

Very neat quilt and especially wonderful that you entered not expecting anything and what a lovely surprise. Congratulations.

congratulations! Your barns are terrific!

Your creativity is a winner again! Congratulations! Having seen your quilt in person, I can say that your unique weathervanes really are the icing on the cake. Easy for you; I would have agonized over those.

Nice quilt and congrats!

congratulations nice quilt

Yeah, fantastic, congrats. That is a really cool quilt.

Congrats! Well deserved!

What an unusual, unique and delightful quilt!!! I'm so happy for you and know just what you're saying about the joy in having your mom there with you to share in the excitement. Happy memory that you'll have forever.

Congrats - I love a quilt of barn quilts!

Very deserving!

Well it's no wonder you got a ribbon. How wonderful to be able to share that with your mother. I'm betting she was pretty darn proud of her girl. bet she's also telling everyone she knows. Congratulations!!!

Congrats on the great quilt and the ribbon. It was a nice show, as always but the # of judged quilts was down. We need to be brave and share our quilts with others.

What a thrill for you both! I am very happy for you. I just love those kind of surprises.

Congratulations! Very good quilt!

Congratulations!! You did a wonderful job on this quilt. I'm with the President. I think its great!!

Wow! Would brighten any one's world.

Very Nice. I love the local fairs. I enter my quilts just to share and If I get a ribbon; that is just icing on my cake.

Happy happy happy quilt.. Cute take off on barns.....I could do this type of barns!

Smart judges. It is great.

​Congratulations! Great barn pattern and use of bright colors.