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Great Excitement!!!!

Posted on | April 10, 2011 | 17 Comments

Ed: Linking to A Beach Cottage – Good Life Wednesday.

Just over a week ago  I received my advance copy of Handmade Magazine. This was because I have had a quilt published in it. First time, ever!

I was excited to just have a quilt in the magazine but when it arrived I was even more excited as it was included on the front cover!!

My quilt was included as part of the Mother’s Day feature. I am delighted with the layout inside the magazine.

As if that wasn’t enough, I saw it on the magazine stands at the airport as we were leaving to fly to Sydney.

This was a quilt that I had made last year. I had used a combination of pink fabrics from Sewing Connection, in Pakenham, to make a snowball quilt. I had also attended a 2 day workshop with Deborah Louie at the same shop to learn free motion quilting.  This was the first quilt I used to experiment with those skills.

I had made it to use as a  cover for our grand daughter’s bed when they visited earlier this year.

I had no plans for this quilt to be published but was encouraged by a good friend, Cheryl Billing Smith, to do so. Cheryl also has a quilt she has designed in this issue of the magazine.

I have since attended another Deb Louie workshop and am looking forward to developing more skills with free motion quilting.

I really like the way the back looks, too.

A close up of the flowers in each snowball.

And the pebbles in the border.

Thank you for indulging my excitement for my first, and probably only, publication.

17 Responses to Great Excitement!!!!

  • This is stunning Karen well done,and you have every right to be excited,what a buzz

  • Congratulations! You deserve the feature, you quilt is absolutely beautiful. Glad you added your link to the party, thanks for joining in at Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesdays!

  • pamq says:

    Now that is so exciting!

    What a beautiful quilt! And you are right—the back is gorgeous as well!

    I love that you took a photo of the magazines in the airport!

    Congratulations!

  • Deanne says:

    Wow, how exciting to have your work published, the quilt is gorgeous!

  • Cheri says:

    Congratulations!! Gorgeous quilt. You must be over the moon!!

  • It’s divine!! So gorgeous – congratulations to you!!!

  • Eileen says:

    This is very exciting. It’s a beautiful quilt. I love the polka dots and and the fact that it is pink. Your work looks very detailed and gorgeous.

  • Tami says:

    Hi Karen, Congrats on the magazine feature, the quilt is beautiful! I think quilting takes lots of patience. My Grandmother did it, it was so much fun helping her put her pretty fabric squares and shapes together. Have a Wonderful Wednesday, xxx tami

  • Ann says:

    Your quilt looks lovely…
    I love the flower stitches ♥

  • Kirsty says:

    Wow Karen! Congratulations! What an honor!
    I have to say it is a beauty! :D

  • Ivory Spring says:

    Great excitement indeed. Congratulations – the quilt looks absolutely lovely. The quilting you did made the quilt.

  • Bev C says:

    Hello Karen,

    Your pink snowball quilt with all that lovely quilting is beautiful. Congratulations on being publlished and especially as they have chosen it for the front cover. Your grandaughter must have had a great sleep under it.
    Happy days.
    Bev.xoxo

  • Joan Kawano says:

    How exciting, and what a great job of quilting you’ve done on it. You must be dancing on air right now and rightfully so!! Congrats!!

  • Sunnybec says:

    OMG Karen how exciting is that! You kept that one quiet! Congratulations and just look at the FMQ….I am going to practice that flower today!!

  • Robyn says:

    Karen, huge congrats, this is very exciting!!!
    I remember this quilt from one of our CFs and I loved it then.
    I’ve done Deb’s workshops too and they’re wonderful…mind you it’s years ago now.
    Your quilting is stunning and I think it really enhances the quilt.
    Good on you and thanks for sharing with us all!!

  • Val says:

    Your quilt pattern is lovely. I especially like the flower quilting. Congratulations on getting in the book :)

  • Congratulations!! The quilt is very, very pretty too!

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