I am very exhausted but happy to be so this week. Monday, I got my quilts turned in to be judged for my guild’s quilt show this weekend. I was able to finish all 5 quilts like I had planned but it took a few late nights to do it.
Here’s a few detail pictures of some of the work (the great reveal of all 5 quilts will be on Saturday, once they are displayed in public). This is the back showing how much quilting went into this applique quilt!
Next, here’s a picture of the exchange blocks all put together. I cut it close on this one, finishing at 11 AM on Monday morning. The quilts were due at noon! (You can see all the quilts piled up on top of each other).
Today, I went and helped out with the set up of the show and helped handle the quilts during the judging process.
I volunteered for this position so I could be there while the judging was taking place and get a “sneek peak” at the winners.
I’m sworn to secrecy until this weekend but I will say I’m thrilled to know that a few of my quilts will be sporting ribbons when I bring them back home at the end of the show!
Christa Quilts 
Hi Christa!
Congratulations on winning 3 ribbons! Awesome! You deserved the best! Am surprised that they didn’t get 1st place! I have always admired your appliqued quilts, as that is not a skill I have wanted to do, as it looks like soooooo much work! You are soooooo talented and so willing to give to others.
Another note: I love the baby animal prints you are showing today on your site! All the colors that go with it are great, too, as it could be for a boy or a girl. I have been making up kits for our National Make A Blanket Day on the 19th of March. The kits have a pattern in them and are easy to do with strips like the rail fence pattern, etc. The ladies get to put their name in a hat when they bring the blanket back completed, for a gift certificate to one of our local quilt shops. It’s a win-win for them and for us! All for now! — Paula