{"id":3943,"date":"2016-04-01T16:15:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T23:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2016-04-01T16:15:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T23:15:43","slug":"so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-road-2016-best-of-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/01\/so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-road-2016-best-of-show\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Want To Make A Winning Quilt: Road 2016 Best of Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tMelissa Sobotka of Richardson, Texas made and quilted Silk Road Sampler<\/em><\/strong>, the 2016 Best of Show winner sponsored by Gammill Quilting Systems.<\/a><\/strong> Melissa received $10,000<\/strong> for her winning entry depicting an ancient Istanbul spice bazaar.<\/p>\n\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3944\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"403\"]\"Silk<\/a> Silk Road Sampler by Melissa Sobotka[\/caption]\nYou had to see Road to California\u2019s 2016 Best of Show winner in person to believe that it was truly an art quilt!!! At first glance, some of our guests actually thought that winner, Melissa Sobotka<\/a>, just stitched over and around a piece of fabric. That\u2019s how intricate and amazing the appliqueing was for Silk Road Sampler<\/em>s.\nMelissa got in to quilting by accident. \u201cI was making some banners for my church when a friend suggested if I put some batting in the banners and added some stitching, I would have an art quilt. I had never heard of Art Quilts. I did some research and was fascinated by this art form so I got some scraps of fabric and taught myself.\u201d\"Melissa<\/a>\nIt took Melissa 5 months to complete Silk Road Sampler <\/em>which was inspired by a picture she took in the spice market in Istanbul. She thought the designs on the pillows were something that many appliquers would appreciate and that it would be a busy enough design for her to enjoy working on for many months.\nAbout 4 months into the project, Melissa wondered. \u201cWhat have I got myself into?\u201d The detail on the bottom section nearly put her into \u201ca straight jacket.\u201d But as with all her quilts, Melissa just \u201cfaced the challenges head on, a little more each day, until it was finally completed.\u201d\nMelissa confided that she was in \u201ctotal shock\u201d when she heard she had won Best of Show. \u201cRoad to California was the quilt\u2019s debut show and you never know how a quilt will be received. I feared people would look at it and wonder why anyone would create a quilt of pillows.\u201d\nWhat did Melissa do with her prize money? She took a trip to India for the color festival, Holi<\/a>, searching for an idea for her next quilt. Melissa hopes that her quilting will continue to evolve; that it will build off what she learns from each quilt that she makes and from the innovations and techniques of her fellow quilters.\n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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