{"id":5693,"date":"2018-03-30T16:35:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T23:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=5693"},"modified":"2018-03-30T16:35:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T23:35:06","slug":"directors-choice-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/30\/directors-choice-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Director\u2019s Choice Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tMatt Reese<\/a>. Because he has a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Tuba Performance <\/em>from California State University, Long Beach, in the past, he was partial to choosing quilts with a music theme like last year\u2019s, Yuja <\/em>made by Linda C. Anderson.\"\"<\/a>\nFor 2018, Matt left his music roots behind and chose Marilyn Badger\u2019s Champagne SuperNova. <\/em>Marilyn received $5,000 from Sponsor, Moore\u2019s Sewing Center<\/a>.\"\"<\/a>\nMarilyn is an accomplished, multi-award-winning quilter. She was Road\u2019s last Featured Artist<\/a>, chosen for that honor in 2017.\nHow did Marilyn start out in quilting? Reading the first edition of Quilter\u2019s Newsletter Magazine<\/em><\/a> in the 1970\u2019s!! At the time, she and her husband were living on a boat and didn\u2019t have much room for sewing equipment so she hand pieced a design she saw in the magazine. As she finished the blocks, she would send them to her mother in Tennessee and her church group hand quilted them.\nKnown for her unique quilt designs, Champagne SuperNova<\/em> was another Marilyn Badger original. Star Quilts had always been a favorite of Marilyn\u2019s. This quilt evolved from her desire to make a hand embroidered, embellished, red and black quilt. The black gradated fabric was the first purchase for the quilt. Marilyn added the fireworks because as she explained, \u201cWhat’s an exploding star without a few fireworks in the background?!\u201d After the quilting, when she added the paint, the quilt went from a silverier look to gold. Thus why she chose the name, Champagne SuperNova<\/em>. Marilyn confided, \u201cThe gold theme sort of popped out unexpectedly.\u201d \u00a0It took Marilyn 9 months to make the quilt. She finished it right before the entries were due to Road.\"\"<\/a>\nIn January, she was packing to come to the show when she decided to look at her emails one more time before going to bed. It was then that she saw Road\u2019s name in the sender box. What was her reaction when she won? \u201cMy heart was beating a little faster than normal when I read the part that said \u2018Congratulations.\u2019 Then I read on and saw where it had won Director\u2019s Choice and $5,000. I was totally thrilled and said a big silent thanks to Matt for choosing my quilt!!\u201d\nMarilyn hasn\u2019t decided yet what she is going to do with her prize money. Maybe put it \u201ctowards my dream car.\u201d She is already ready to put her next quilt on the quilting machine and is hoping it will be ready by Road\u2019s next entry deadline. We will definitely be watching out for it!!\nFollow Marilyn on Facebook<\/a> to learn more about her quilting adventures.\n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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