I am very excited to report that my embroidery won 4 ribbons at the
Washington County Fair this year! Since this is the 1st time I have ever entered anything in the fair, I am very pleased.
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| Embroidery display in Handmade and Homegrown Bldg |
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| Embroidered portrait one 3rd place |
I wish the redwork, embroidered portrait of my wonderful daughter would have placed higher, but 3rd is great. It is a lovely piece that I am really proud of. I think competition in that particular category was pretty stiff. Plus, redwork only requires a few stitches, so it's not the best for showing off what the stitcher can do. The comment I received from the judges was that the picture appeared too large for the frame & I should have used something to keep the fabric flat in the frame. Fair points on both counts.
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| Holiday reindeer pillow took home 2nd place |
This reindeer pillow is the same pillow that took 1st place in the NY State DAR competition this spring. I am happy it received recognition from 2 different organizations!
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| My "We Can Do It!" pillow took home a blue ribbon |
I am proud of both of my 1st place entries. The "We Can Do It!" poster
from 1943 has become an iconic image. I even have a lunchbox that
features the image. I adapted the poster to create this embroidery
pattern & have stitched it a few times.
The
redwork quilt below is another original design. The patterns are based on 5 portraits, one of my daughter & the others of her 4 cousins from their 1st birthdays. It is a wall hanging that, I think, my mother loves as much as I do.
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| Redwork quilt of my mom's grandchildren came in 1st place |
