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