GETTING THE CALL

IT'S GETTING THE CALL TIME AGAIN.  EACH YEAR WHEN THE TIME FOR THE AQG QUILT SHOW ROLLS AROUND, WE IN THE ARIZONA QUILTERS GUILD GET ALL EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THE CALL.  " THE CALL" IS THE
TELEPHONE CALL THAT ANNOUNCES THAT OUR QUILT HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO WIN AN AWARD AT THE STATE SHOW AND LETS US KNOW THAT WE ARE INVITED TO THE AWARD CEREMONY ON PREVIEW NITE.

THE CALL DOES NOT TELL YOU WHICH AWARD (RIBBON), WHICH QUILT, OR HOW MANY RIBBONS YOU HAVE WON.  iT JUST TELLS YOU THAT YOU ARE A
                                   "WINNER" 
AND THAT IS ENOUGH FOR US.  THE US I AM TALKING ABOUT IS THREE VERY GOOD QUILTING FRIENDS...BETTY HAHN, FRANCES MURPHY, AND ME.  WE ARE THREE VERY COMPETITIVE ART QUILTERS AND WE ARE ENTERED IN THE SAME CATEGORIES IN THE SHOW.  IT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING DRIVE TO THE SHOW TOMORROW...YES, WE ALL RIDE TOGETHER.

HOW DO I MAKE A SHADOW DANCE?

 

 

THIS QUILT IS MY FIRST ENTRY INTO THE DIGITAL CATEGORY.  I REALLY ENJOYED MAKING IT.  I FIRST CREATED PAPER COLLAGES AND THEN PRINTED THEM ONTO FABRIC ON MY INKJET PRINTER. WHEN I HAD THE FRONT PIECED TOGETHER I HAND STAMPED THE QUOTE.  SINCE I WAS USING PAINT, IT HAD TO BE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.    KEEPS ME ON MY TOES!

I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THE SCARY PART.  THIS QUILT IS UP AGAINST BETTY ...PRETTY SCARY!

DETAIL 1                                                 

 

I USED SCRAPBOOK PAPER FOR THE BACKGROUND AND BECAUSE THE QUILT WAS PRETTY BUSY I ONLY DID STRAIGHT LINE QUILTING.

 

DETAIL 2

 

 

 

THE ONLY QUILT LINES THAT STAND OUT ARE THE THREE RED LINES THAT BISECT THE QUILT.  AS YOU CAN SEE, I DID THE STAMPING AFTER THE QUILT WAS QUILTED.  








DUELING WITH BETTY...PRETTY SCARY

THE MURDER ARTIST

 

 

 

  THIS QUILT READS (PUN INTENDED) AS ONE OF MY ALTERED BOOKS.  I PRINTED THE BOOK PAGES ONTO THE FABRIC AFTER THEY WERE STAMPED.  I USED THE FABRIC SHEETS TO CREATE THE BOOK SPREADS BY FOLDING AND GLUEING, JUST AS I DO WHEN I MAKE A BOOK.  THE INTERACTIVE CARDS ARE SEWN PAPER AND ARE HELD IN PLACE WITH METAL PURSE MAGNETS.  

THIS QUILT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO MAKE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IF IT IS A WINNER.  THIS QUILT IS IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS FRANCES.  SORRY FRANCES, BUT I WANT TO WIN.  BETTY TAUGHT FRANCES TO QUILT AND I WISH SHE (FRANCES) HADN'T TAKEN THOSE LESSONS SO SERIOUSLY.  IT IS TWO AGAINST ONE

DETAIL...

"BUT DID YOU DO IT?"
UH UH, NOT 
QUILTY."



OK BETTY! I
DID IT ON PURPOSE.


QUILTY-
GUILTY 

CHECK OUT
THE BLING... A
LEGO WITH
CRYSTALS.

  


WELL I GUESS I JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO SEE WHO THE WINNERS ARE.  THOSE ARE THE RULES.  JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME, I HOPE IT'S ME.
DOES THAT BREAK THE RULES?


WOMEN HAVE THE FEELING THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE THE RULES, THE RULES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM."

I DIDN'T WRITE IT, BUT I SHOULD HAVE...REDFOX 

PS...I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE RIDE HOME TOMORROW NITE.