{"id":5736,"date":"2018-04-17T18:09:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T01:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=5736"},"modified":"2018-04-17T18:09:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T01:09:28","slug":"beginners-luck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/17\/beginners-luck\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner\u2019s Luck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tDo you have it?<\/p>\n\n\nBeginner\u2019s Luck<\/em><\/strong>– Noun. The initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit.\n\n\n

At Road 2018, Thalia Patricio had it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

She won 3rd<\/sup> Place-Fantasy for her quilt, The Witch.\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\nThe Henderson, Nevada resident had only been quilting \u201cseriously\u201d for the past four years thanks to classes she has enrolled in at her local quilt shop, Quiltique<\/a>. One class she took, The Dress<\/a>, <\/em>a Laura Heine <\/a>pattern.\"\"<\/a>\nWhen Thalia saw the pattern, she immediately thought that it would make a perfect witch. So, she contacted Laura and asked if she would mind if she changed up The Dress <\/em>to become The Witch. <\/em>Laura\u2019s reply was, \u201cIt would be a compliment.\u201d So off Thalia went.\nThe fabric used was the key to the Thalia\u2019s inspiration. Starting on the collage part first, she would put different fabrics up on her design wall and just let it take on a life of its own. The face of The Witch <\/em>was based on Tula Pink\u2019s fabric line, Nightshade<\/a>.\"\"<\/a>Thalia had been to Road 5 times in the past and felt she could \u201cnever make a quilt good enough to be shown there.\u201d \u00a0After she finished The Witch, <\/em>Thalia began receiving lots of good comments on Instagram, Facebook and in the quilt shop. So many, that Thalia decided that maybe this quilt was the one \u201cworthy\u201d to enter in Road\u2019s Quilt Contest. When she received the letter saying that The Witch <\/em>was accepted for judging at Road 2018, Thalia \u201ccried.\u201d\nA couple months later, Thalia was in a casino at the slot machines when she got the email that she had won\u2014and she cried again!! Going to Road 2018 and seeing her quilt on display was \u201cthe icing on the cake.\u201d\nWhere does this beginner\u2019s luck recipient go from here? \u201cI hope I\u2019m not a one-hit wonder,\u201d said Thalia. \u201cI will be taking more quilt classes at Quiltique and want to try machine embroidery. I think I have an original design in me.\u201d\nCongratulations Thalia Patricio for your first win<\/strong> on your first try<\/strong> at entering a quilt in a quilt show. We were glad you chose Road to California.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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