My daughter and I attended my traditional guild’s show today and it was great to see so many beautiful quilts. I was thrilled to find a second place ribbon on my Charming Chevrons quilt and a third place on my Baby French Roses.
Charming Chevrons by Christa Watson
2nd Place, Modern Quilt Movement
They gave us cute little buttons to wear that matched our awards. I am not a ribbon-chaser, but earning some sure does give me validation as a quilter!
Roses for Katelyn by Christa Watson
3rd Place, Mixed Techniques
Here are more award-winning quilts for you to enjoy. I wish I had room to show them all!
Lest We Forget by J. Lee Bagan
Best of Show, Small
Flower Penny Garden by Jean Bailey, quilted by Valerie Krueger
Best of Show, Large
Lotus Blossom by Cory Allender
Judge’s Choice
Round and Round by Elwyn McGaugh
1st Place, Hand Quilted
Fire Dancers by Helen Prosser and Karen Garth
1st Place, Collaboration Quilt
Happy Hour by Cynthia Anderson
1st Place, Pieced Wall Quilt
Churn Dash Crazy by Cher Chu, Quilted by Diane Chipman
President’s Choice
Migration by Karen Garth
Show Chair’s Choice
Desert Quilters of Nevada by Guild President Karen Garth
2013 Challenge Winner
The next time I post, I’ll show pictures of many outstanding modern quilts seen at the show!
Christa Quilts 
I miss the LV and the Road to CA Quilt shows! Great job on the ribbons. I love your pictures. Is the round and round pattern yours?
So cool. Congratulations. Some of those quilts are just breath taking.
That’s fabulous! Congrats! Cute pic of you and your daughter too. 🙂
You really do deserve the recogintion for your beautufil work! Congratulations.
And OMG – your daughter is an adorable mini-you!
I can just imagine how proud you must feel! Congrats 🙂
Congratulations! Love your quilts. I love the brights in Charming Chevrons. Isn’t it fun to win ribbons.
Congrats Christa!!! That is so exciting!! Well deserved 🙂
Christa – You are so deserving of your ribbons! The Chevron quilt is wonderful and I followed the creation of your French Rose quilt devotedly! I admire your expert craftsmanship and thank you for sharing your step-by-step instructions.
Congratulations on your ribbons. I really like that chevron quilt. Someday I want to make one.
Congratulations on your awards! You should be especially proud because it looks like the standard overall was great! Well done.
Congratulations on both your wins ! Awesome job!
Congratulations on your awards. Thanks for sharing.
It was nice to see that you enjoyed a day with your daughter after your neighborhood tragedy. Thank you for the photos. Inspiring!
Thanks for sharing. 😀 And congratulations on the ribbons!
Well done ! Congrats. From East London in South Africa. It is the quilting which is so fascinating for us.
Wonderful quilts!!! Thanks for sharing with us!..Congratulations on your wins!
Christi, Congrats! on winning twice! You did a great job on your quilts!
Congratulations! I bet it brought a much needed smile.
Wow! There’s some amazing quilts there! I just went to the Australasian quilt convention here in Melbourne last week and was stunned by the brilliance. I did a blog post on it if you want to skip over and have a look http://www.msmidge.blogspot.com.au
Ps. Congratulations!!!!
Congrats on your ribbons! The quilting plan and quilting execution on the chevron quilt are stunning! The contrast in quilting styles in the rows is very effective!
LOVE your Charming Chevrons! Congrats on your well deserved ribbons.
Congrats !! And thank you for showing pics of those amazing quilts, specially yours!
Congratulations!!!!! Great quilts 🙂 Thanks for showing us the other lovely quilts in the show too! How exciting to get two ribbons!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!
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Congratulations, Christa! Two wins, that’s AWESOME!
Well deserved!
Congratulations, Christa! It’s been fun watching your process.
Congratulations! Really love your chevron quilt! Thanks for sharing all the pics of the great quilts.
Congratulations! Thank you for the wonderful photos!
Congratulations! Very deserving too. I enjoyed the pictures too, great work on display.
Congratulations!!! It is nice to get a more formal validation isn’t it?
Congrats on two ribbons!
Congrats for winning twice! I caught the one with the roses on as yours, but that chevron one is cool….great way to inspire a rainbow effect…I shall keep that in mind!
Congrats! Love the zigzag:)
Wow, you for sure did deserve them. Your quilts are beautiful. How great you get to share with your daughter. Patti
Thank you for the pictures and congrats too. You earned it as we all know how long and hard you worked on your quilt. It’s beautiful.
WOW, Congratulations!! You deserved it on your beautiful quilts! Keep creating!