Linda Roy won $1,500 for Aztec Sunset from Sponsor, World of Quilt Travel
Linda made her first quilt when her youngest son was three. She found that she could keep an eye on her son while he played and do her hand work at the same time. She was hooked on hand quilting with that first original quilt and now hand quilting is her passion.
The design and color for Aztec Sunset was inspired by Mayan Ruins. Linda designed her quilt using graph paper. Since Linda made this quilt for herself, she felt that she had total freedom to make it “outside the box.”
Two of her favorite large tomato red scraps were utilized in the quilt along with other fabrics in her stash creating a four-block design with a spiraling border. Each quadrant has different but similar fabrics. The tea dyed muslin and stripes are the unifying fabrics. 
All the triangles are hand appliqued along with the bias bars. Linda feels that the additional hand embroidery on the quilt gives a little more importance to the hand appliqued triangle shapes.
Aztec Sunset took approximately one year to complete. A hoop was used for the hand quilting, working on one piece at a time. Linda remarked that after deciding on the design and color, “hand quilting is my favorite part of the quilt… (it is) very relaxing.”
Learning about her award, Linda said she “truly couldn’t believe I had won such a prestigious award. Stunned would be a good word to describe how I felt and still feel.” She plans on using her prize money to replenish her fabric, thread, batting and various quilting needs not to mention that the “worn out chair I sit in to sew could use being replaced too!”
Linda’s thoughts on her experience in creating a winning quilt is motivational for other quilters as well: “This award encourages me to follow my heart without fear of the quilting police. Sometimes it can work out!”]]>
Tags: Award Winning Quilts, Hand Quilting, Irma Gail Hatcher
