At 5:30 am, I finally finished my quilt. Good thing too, since it was turned into the Empire Quilters’ judges at 9:50am this morning. Truthfully, it was supposed to be in at 9am. But, I overslept. I had the great debate with myself at 6am. Should I go to bed and risk oversleeping? Or should I just stay up and deliver it and then go to bed? I figured some sleep was better than none, so I set the alarm for 8:30am. At 9:25am, I awoke with a start! Into my clothes and into a cab, I raced down 7th Avenue. Suddenly we came to a full stop. Ugh. I decided to get out and make a run for it. As I raced down the street, I discovered why traffic had come to a full stop. They were filming the third Bourne whatever movie and had closed the entire street. I silently cursed Matt Damon as I ran down the sidewalk. A young P.A. stopped me and asked me to wait for “a moment” while they filmed something. Normally, I would have. But, I was desperate and growing hysterical. I ran past him and around the corner. Not my usual law-abiding self at all! A few minutes later I huffed and puffed in F.I.T.’s elevator trying to catch my breath. Up to the 8th floor. And, I must be the luckiest girl in the world! There was still a line of ladies turning in their quilts! Hooray! I turned in two, but here’s the one that kept me working until the last moment:
I’ll post a better picture when I get it back from the judges, as well as a photo of the other quilt.
I just finished an article for Craft Critique on the intersection of quilting and scrapbooking. (The article will appear on that blog on Monday, March 12.) I focused on easy ways to bring quilting and fabric into your scrapbook pages. But, this quilt is about the opposite: scrapbooking into my quilting. The title of the quilt is “The Sum Is Greater Than The Parts.” Each of the mini art quilts is a fact about me. (I’ll share some close-ups of individual quilts in the next post.) I used eyelets, tags, stamps, paint, photos…and so much more!
Thanks for looking!
Julie…fantastic piece of art work. Good luck with the competition. When do you find out the results? And I chuckled as I read your story of getting the quilt to the comp!!! Classic!
Julie…fantastic piece of art work. Good luck with the competition. When do you find out the results? And I chuckled as I read your story of getting the quilt to the comp!!! Classic!
Julie…fantastic piece of art work. Good luck with the competition. When do you find out the results? And I chuckled as I read your story of getting the quilt to the comp!!! Classic!
Julie…fantastic piece of art work. Good luck with the competition. When do you find out the results? And I chuckled as I read your story of getting the quilt to the comp!!! Classic!
Wow! Your quilt is so bold and funky. It definately takes Granny quilts of old to a whole new level. So cool! Good luck in the competition.
Wow! Your quilt is so bold and funky. It definately takes Granny quilts of old to a whole new level. So cool! Good luck in the competition.
Wow! Your quilt is so bold and funky. It definately takes Granny quilts of old to a whole new level. So cool! Good luck in the competition.
Wow! Your quilt is so bold and funky. It definately takes Granny quilts of old to a whole new level. So cool! Good luck in the competition.
That is incredible!!! 🙂
That is incredible!!! 🙂
That is incredible!!! 🙂
That is incredible!!! 🙂
GREAT JOB on that quilt and I look forward to seeing the other one you entered!!!
GREAT JOB on that quilt and I look forward to seeing the other one you entered!!!
GREAT JOB on that quilt and I look forward to seeing the other one you entered!!!
GREAT JOB on that quilt and I look forward to seeing the other one you entered!!!
that is so awesome and unique! great job, and glad you made it there in time!
that is so awesome and unique! great job, and glad you made it there in time!
that is so awesome and unique! great job, and glad you made it there in time!
that is so awesome and unique! great job, and glad you made it there in time!