This summer has been turning our fantastic. Taking the leap from stepping down at work I was incredibly nervous.  But this summer is showing that these goals are possible! You can see in this previous post that the two conventions this summer were a hit. But the big news are right on track!

I have two quilts accepted to the AQS Des Moines show this fall! My Simply Swooning quilt and my Jack the Same Ripper quilt! Every other national show I have been in, have been group categories. The first was a call for modern quilts and was accepted. That was a great feeling.  The second was for the Bad Ass Quilters Society, filling up as many quilts as possible in Chattanooga. Equally as awesome, but those two were special exhibit categories.  The special exhibits I was never up for anything in terms of awards.

monument

These two quilts for this year are accepted to the full quilt show!  I have two quilts competing  in a group of 161 quilts. I honestly don’t see Jack the Seam Ripper winning anything.  It’s tons of fun, but in terms of the ‘Quilt Police’ I know where there are errors. It’s awesome and fun, but not an award winner.  Maybe People’s Choice? Who knows. Now my Simply Swooning on the other hand, I have high hopes for! I am so incredibly proud of this quilt and in my eyes do not see any errors! This is the quilt I have my fingers crossed for.  The Quilt Show is in the beginning of October. I am actually off from work, on our fall break during the show.  But it’s Iowa. It seems silly to fly to Iowa just for a chance to see my quilt win. Granted I have never seen any of my quilts actually hanging in a national show before, but with stepping down recently this is out of my reach. I’ll just be cheering from Tampa if anything happens!

swoon full

And in other awesome news I am in print! My one goal is to be published in a magazine. This isn’t what I actually meant.  I originally meant I want a pattern/tutorial of my own to be published in a magazine. I knew Jose would be in print eventually; I received his confirmation last December. But it was a surprise when the magazine showed up unexpected and he was in it! Happy to see him in print, which also means he will soon be flying back home to me. This is my second piece to have luckily been published in STUFFED. I haven’t heard yet of Rainbow Donkey’s fate yet. Hoping he will show up in a future issue as well.

Jose Tiki Bird

 

August is going to fly by and I have a ton of order to fill.  I will ride this crazy Freddy wave as long as I can! Now to work on crossing some other items off my list!