Taking Nashville by Storm
August 21, 2008Nashville, Tennessee, is the place to be this week. The annual AQS Quilt Expo and Contest officially opened on August 20 and runs through August 23 at the Gaylor Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
I was so excited to get a phone call from sales rep and artist Myrna Ficken last night to tell me that she and quilt artist Marilyn Badger had won Best Longarm Workmanship at the show. Be sure to stop by and congratulate them if you're in Nashville.
Originally designed by Claudia Clark Meyers of Duluth, MN, "Kachina" was pieced by Marilyn Badger. While many different fabrics were used, Marilyn chose fabrics that were quiet in terms of design in order to showcase Myrna's quilting expertise in the use of hand-held guides. Myrna used the Hartley Cookie Cutter Stencils to achieve the perfect pinched diamonds and squares featured in the borders, corners and interior blocks. She then filled the spaces created by those designs with freemotion quilting using Superiors "Rainbows" thread. Superiors "Razzle Dazzle" Thread was couched to accent the curved areas. Then it went back to Marilyn to add the binding, label, hand beading and more couching.
"Kachina" has won many other awards including:
2nd place - Tools of the Trade - MQS 2007
3rd place - Traditional - PIQF 2007
2nd place - Two party - Minnesota Quilters 2008
Best use of color - Road to California 2008
Best use of thread - MQX 2008
2nd place - Templates - MQX 2008
Enjoy these photos.
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