{"id":4085,"date":"2016-06-09T21:49:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T04:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2016-06-09T21:49:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T04:49:59","slug":"2016-outstanding-innovative-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/2016-outstanding-innovative-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Want To Make A Winning Quilt \u2013 Road 2016 Outstanding Innovative Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tReally \u2018Wild\u2019 Flowers! <\/em>\u00a0Third Season <\/em>was made and quilted by Sharon L Schlotzhauer of Monument, Colorado. She won $5,000 from sponsor, SewBatik<\/a>.\"Outstanding<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nSharon Schlotzhauer <\/a>has always loved fabric. She had done occasional garment sewing and fabric-related crafts from her teens into adulthood.\"Sharon<\/a>\nSharon began quilting in 2000 shortly after \u201cinadvertently\u2019 watching a portion of Eleanor Burns<\/a>, Quilt-In-A-Day<\/a> <\/em>program one Saturday morning. (Truthfully, Sharon was actually waiting for a different program to come on and had tuned in a bit early)\u00a0 Sharon thought that Eleanor made quilting look so fun and had made such a beautiful block, that her interest was piqued.\u00a0 After that initial introduction, Sharon started tuning in each Saturday morning and eventually became hooked.\u00a0 Prior to that chance encounter, she had had no interest in either quilts or quilting!\nThe inspiration for Really \u2018Wild\u2019 Flowers! <\/em>\u00a0came from Sharon wanting to do something dimensional and unusual.\u00a0 Ever since she began making art\/wall quilts in 2004, she has worked in dimension and embellishment in some way.\u00a0 This quilt is the newest in her \u2018Wild\u2019 Flowers! series which began in 2008 with a smaller Robert Kaufman <\/a>challenge quilt.\u00a0 The three larger, \u201cReally \u2018Wild\u2019 Flowers! \u2018Seasons\u2019 quilts began in 2009.\u00a0 All the \u2018wild\u2019 flower quilts are different but similar to each other and the flowers have evolved in different shapes and forms.\u00a0 The required commonality is the dimensional open-centered flowers, which to Sharon\u2019s knowledge is uniquely her own.\u00a0 The idea for each quilt comes with a thought, a sketch, and what she imagines that she can do to make the next quilt a little more interesting.\n[caption id=\"attachment_4088\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"406\"]\"Really<\/a> Really ‘Wild’ Flowers! Second Season – 62″ x 65″
\u200bwent missing in November 2011 in Houston, Texas.
There is a reward for its safe return\u200b[\/caption]\nSharon spent a little under 400 hours in 2015 working on this quilt.\u00a0 (Her second \u201cSeason\u201d quilt took 700 hours!!)\u00a0 Every competition quilt Sharon makes is a learning process as she attempts to create a more interesting or more innovative element with each consecutive one.\nWhat did Sharon think when she found out she won Outstanding Innovative Quilt <\/em>at Road 2016? \u201cI was absolutely stunned for a few moments – and then filled with incredible excitement!!\u00a0 I had to read the email twice to be sure I didn\u2019t misunderstand it!\u00a0 I never take any award of any size, at any show, for granted.\u00a0 I\u2019m always grateful, and it\u2019s a blessing for me when my work is given recognition by judges or viewers alike.\u201d\nWhat does Sharon plan to do next with her quilting? She wants to continue to\u201d follow my interest and my heart.\u201d Sharon plans to keep on making show and competition quilts along with benefit and personal\/gift quilts in between.\u00a0 There are two more pieces to her \u2018Wild\u2019 Flowers!<\/em> series that are currently drafted and waiting to be made.\u00a0 Making miniatures is also an increasing interest for Sharon \u2013 usually hand-appliqued landscapes.\u00a0 Sharon says that she loves detail and enjoys working in small scale.\nTo learn more about Sharon and her work, please visit her website.<\/a>\n \n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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