Softly Tootin' My Own Horn and Some Other Things

 My mom always told me

never to "toot your own horn".

It was bragging and, besides,

others would see your good work and take notice.

But today

I'm breaking that rule, but 

  I hope I'm not tooting too loudly.

I have completely finished

 

 Dutch Chintz Medallion

2014- 2015

63" x 63"

It's taken a year and a half,

6 installments of Quiltmania magazine,

a fabulous design by Di Ford,

and perseverance.

It was fabulous to work with the Dutch Chintz

 from DEN HAAN & WAGENMAKERS

I had never done Broderie Perse applique before

or English Paper pieced hexagons.

The design brought forth new challenges and skills.

I didn't like how these football shapes didn't touch.

So I added some tiny circles to connect

them altogether.

And mitering borders

is always a challenge for me.

Then there was the decision on how to quilt it.

I combined both machine quilting in the ditch and

 hand quilting the open areas.

Today it's done

 and the label sewn on.

Tah Tah Dah!

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Winners:

Last Saturday Running Man drew three names

to win the three fabric baskets I had made 

in conjunction with my birthday celebration 

and my year of fun.

Here are the winners:

Basket #1 - Cathy of Quilting on Main Street

Basket #2 - Sandy L.  

( I still need to hear back from you, Sandy.)

Basket #3 - Julie of JulieKQuilts

Thanks  to everyone who took the time to 

leave a sweet comment.  I appreciate all of you.

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The Fourth of July holiday is 

just around the corner here in the States.

Have a wonderful celebration.

Until Next Time-