Sunday 2 October 2016

How exciting is this! I'm the winner!!!

Thank you everyone who voted for my quilts in the Bloggers' Quilt Festival.  Not only did both of my entries win their categories, but I also won Viewers' Choice with my la passacaglia quilt!!



I'm slightly stunned, but very thrilled too.  Thank you to you all for your support and votes, and all the lovely comments left on my blog.


I was hoping that la passacaglia would do well, but I certainly didn't expect to win the Small Quilts section with my Honeycomb Spin. I guess people liked it because it had different design techniques - the hexagons were glued on and then quilted in a spiral pattern. Credit must go to Anna Hicks of Nancy's Stitch Studio who taught me this pattern in a class.



Amy has a fair method of sharing the prizes around, so I will only receive the prize for Viewers' Choice. (I will show you the loot when it arrives.) The good thing about Amy's policy is that my online friend Maryse from Canada will receive the prize in the Hand Quilting category for her beautiful Anna Maria Horner Dresden Plate quilt - click here to see it. 

You can find links to all the winners here on Amy's blog. Again kind friends, thank you so much for voting for my quilts.

23 comments:

Susan said...

See!!! We love it! And of course it should have been going to the exhibition in the States! More fools them, I say!! Congratulations Wendy, so deserved!

Miriam said...

Huge congratulations Wendy!!! Your La Passacaglia quilt is truely stunning! Well deserved wins!!

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

I kind of thought that quilt would win - I voted for both of your quilts - well done!! I'm still amazed it wasn't accepted for the Houston exhibit

Granny Maud's Girl said...

Yay! You can tell those Houston and NZ quilt show poeple they missed out on great entries!

Julie said...

Congratulations Wendy on a well deserved win. Looking forward to seeing what you have won.

margaret said...

so good that you won both catagories and certainly well deservedthey were cerayinly well worth voting for and they got n=my vote

Lilpuddin said...

Yay! Congratulations!!! I voted for you, & I'm so happy you won!

Kirsten said...

Congratulations Wendy - such a stunning quilt!

Frances Meredith said...

Well deserved

Carol- Beads and Birds said...

Congratulations!! It is a great recognition for a beautiful piece. It's nice for me as well to have voted for a winner!! Such much wonderful talent in this show.
xx, Carol

sam said...

Congrats Wendy. And well deserved recognition for your beautiful work.

momto1 said...

Congratulations, Wendy! You so richly deserved the win. Both of your quilts are beautiful.

Carole S.

Cathy Melancon said...

WOO HOO!!! So, so happy for you!!! Your quilts are beautiful and clearly they are loved by many!!! These awards are much deserved!! Bask in the glory!!! Congrats!!!

Kati from Kati's Quilting said...

Biggest congratulations to you WEndy! I think you are the one who had an interview with Charlotte on her podcast, right? I remember I was looking at you La Passacaglia quilt and loved it. And you won 2 prizes, so exciting! Love your work, you totally deserve to be recognized!

Sandi said...

Congratulations on both your wis! So well deserved!

Rosa said...

Congratulations Wendy,be proud !!

Lyn Underhill said...

Congratulations Wendy, what a beautiful quilt, very deserving of the award! Lyn

JanineMarie said...

Wendy, I never doubted for a minute that LaPassacaglia would win. It is just exquisite. Congratulations! And further congrats for Honeycomb Spin. What a wonderful week for you!

Dasha said...

Well done! You must be very chuffed.

Maryse said...

That makes me the runner-up, but I get your prize!! :-) I'm glad you win Wendy, well done, your beautiful quilt deserved to win!

NickiJ said...

Awesomeness, well deserved of course. Congratulations!

OPQuilt said...

Woohoo! I love it when I back a winner, and your quilt(s) are so deserving. One day I will have a finished Passacaglia, but yours will always be the best!

Ruth said...

Congratulations! I smiled when I saw the results, both for you and Maryse!