{"id":5069,"date":"2017-07-27T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T00:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=5069"},"modified":"2017-07-27T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T00:37:10","slug":"so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-excellence-in-hand-quilting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/27\/so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-excellence-in-hand-quilting\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Want To Make A Winning Quilt- Excellence in Hand Quilting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tLinda Roy won $1,500 for Aztec Sunset from Sponsor, World of Quilt Travel\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nLinda Roy\u2019s quilting journey began in 1988 when her husband had a job transfer from Southern California to Conway, Arkansas.\u00a0 Shortly after moving, Linda saw a program on television on vintage and newer quilts that introduced her to quilting. Then, a little while later, Linda met one of her new neighbors, Irma Gail Hatcher<\/a>, who just happened to be an award-winning quilter. Irma invited Linda to join a small group that met monthly at her home and then to the Arkansas Quilt Guild. Linda said, \u201cIt was a pleasure to spend time with woman of all ages coming together for the pleasure of creating something beautiful.\u201d\"\"<\/a>\nLinda 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. \u00a0She was hooked on hand quilting with that first original quilt and now hand quilting is her passion.\nThe design and color for Aztec Sunset<\/em> 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 \u201coutside the box.\u201d\nTwo 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.\u00a0 Each quadrant has different but similar fabrics. The tea dyed muslin and stripes are the unifying fabrics.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\nAll the triangles are hand appliqued along with the bias bars.\u00a0 Linda feels that the additional hand embroidery on the quilt gives a little more importance to the hand appliqued triangle shapes.\nAztec Sunset<\/em> took approximately one year to complete. A hoop was used for the hand quilting, working on one piece at a time.\u00a0 Linda remarked that after deciding on the design and color, \u201chand quilting is my favorite part of the quilt\u2026 (it is) very relaxing.\u201d\nLearning about her award, Linda said she \u201ctruly couldn\u2019t believe I had won such a prestigious award.\u00a0 Stunned would be a good word to describe how I felt and still feel.\u201d She plans on using her prize money to replenish her fabric, thread, batting and various quilting needs not to mention that the \u201cworn out chair I sit in to sew could use being replaced too!\u201d\nLinda\u2019s thoughts on her experience in creating a winning quilt is motivational for other quilters as well: \u201cThis award encourages me to follow my heart without fear of the quilting police.\u00a0 Sometimes it can work out!\u201d]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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