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Second Place for Fields of Gold

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

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Last night was the awards ceremony, and I won a SECOND PLACE for Fields of Gold… I am simply STUNNED and ELATED, and I’m shouting and happy dancing a whole lot louder than my typing indicates…<GRIN>!!!!!!!!!    Here’s a quick photo or two or three…then gotta run teach a class.  It is 6:55 a.m. and I’m in the Hilton lobby en route from room to Convention center, but there is free WiFi here….

After the ceremony, I went to thank Pokey Bolton, whose company Quilting Arts sponsored the prize:2009.10.blog.award003

Here’s my table right now, with laptop, Festival badge and ribbons:

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And a close-up:

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OK….gotta run and teach, but I think you can see how happy I am… DREAMS COME TRUE! (And I get to go home on Sunday to hubby and kids….more dreams come true!)

Checking in from Houston

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Hi all!   I am having a ball in Houston at Quilt Market and (soon) Festival!   I taught my first class today (and forgot to take picture, tho the camera was there!).  I will have to remember tomorrow!   It went well, I sold ALL (ten each) of the piping tools I took, and a number of copies of my book…YEAH!   I may be able to afford to pay AQS for the first  50 copies I ordered to sell…hooray!

I probably won’t be able to blog much, but promise to post something as soon as I know what I won…yes, I won a prize here in HOUSTON!!! ME???????   I am delirious, and find out tomorrow night.  It will be either a Judges’ Choice, 3rd, 2nd or first…. given the other quilts in the category, I’m guessing Judges or 3rd…. there are some amazing quilts, and I can’t figure out how I got so lucky as to get one of the ribbons…

It’s now late, and I need to wash hair (wanna look good tomorrow!), so have to leave the WiFi in the lobby and head upstairs to the NoWiFi room!  (At the Hilton no less!)

THANKS for surfing in!  I PROMISE I’ll return to more regular/ slightly less infrequent blogging soon….. once I’m home from Houston, I have a deadline for a machine article,  then I’ll upload the annotated bibliography “From Sarah’s Bookshelf” that I promised in the Res ources section of my book…

Toodles for now, Sarah

Bloggers’ Quilt Festival–Be Inspired No. 1

Friday, October 9th, 2009

This year I’m not only participating in the Bloggers Fall 2009 online quilt festival,

but I’m a sponsor!  What fun!  I thought about which quilt to share, and I decided on Be Inspired No. 1, because it is the only major quilt I’ve made this past year!    The quilt is part of a planned 6 large and 1 small panels for the local Middle School; we are working on fundraising to pay for the remaining 5+1 panels.  They’ll have more people who inspire middle school students, from around the world and throughout history (going back to the cave painters!).

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And here’s a detail photo:

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I blogged a lot about this quilt and the process of making it; if you type “Be Inspired” into the search box at left, there are probably too many posts you can browse!

Also, check Park City Girl‘s blog for information on how you can win a prize from one of the sponsors.  My donation is a copy of my new book, ThreadWork Unraveled (click on the links in the sidebar, at left, or visit my Store page through the link above for more information about the book).   For tidbits about the book as I worked on it, you can click on the My book category or the ThreadWork Unraveled category.

Succeed or fail?

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

There is a poster with a picture of Michael Jordan that bears this quote:

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.

I’ve lost almost 300 games.

Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

– Michael Jordan

HOORAY!   Like the rest of us who keep trying, we learn, sometimes we make the basket (or the art that works) but sometimes we don’t.  And even when we don’t succeed, we can learn and do better next time……

You can order ThreadWork Unraveled now!

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Cover95My book is now available for order, with shipping to begin about October 26.  It’s all about thread, how to use it, how to make it work with you not against you, and having a whole ton of fun with lots of color!

Click here to order and
click here for more information.