"Little Thin Blue Line" (30x30cm / 12"x12")
Hello all, can I just share with you that I have won my first major prize in a quilt show! 1st prize for my miniature quilt here at the Festival of Quilts in England. I'm so proud , not the least because art quilt + miniature quilt normally are two separate things. Miniature quilts is traditionally just that: Traditional.
Update: Getting my prize on stage from Margaret Walker of City & Guilds (thanks Sandy)
"Another Thin Blue Line" (120x120cm)
On top of that I've got a Judges Choice for my Art Quilt - my feet are not quite touching the ground ;O)
As it happens, I got this by Lisbeth Borggreen, a fellow Dane, whom I happen to know, but of course she didn't know that when she gave me the prize. As she said last night, it must be our shared sense of Scandinavian taste that applied.
Sorry to make this so short for now - am very keen to get over to the exhibition, and will update later. Thanks also to all those of you who have complained about my lack of blogging lately - I promise to blog more in future ;O)
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HUGE congratulations twice over :)
Well done!
Congratulations! And I can understand you win the first prize! the colourcombo, texture and stitching are great!
Congratulation:)
I have lookt in your blogg for several minutes, and it is great:)
You have many fine works here.
Love your quilts and your use of color.
Congrats!!! LOVE the quilts!!
Congratulations Mai-Britt! I have just come back from FOQ today and although I felt overwhelmed by all the quilts - too much to take in really - I had seen and admired your beautiful miniature quilt. It was gorgeous.
Your quilt is wonderful and very deserving of 1st place. Congratulations!
Congratulations and well deserved!
Thank you so much everybody - I am overwhelmed and my feet still doesn't touch the ground. :O)
you deserve it. i love your work,
Keep on floating!!! Love, Mirjam
I was thrilled to see that you had won and then see that your larger piece also won, - how great for you! I wanted to see your work since last time I saw the quilt you got into this show, and as I looked it up in the folder and then went looking for them, it really amazed me!!!
We're here until sunday, - still much more to do ;-)
So wonderful for you - I love your work. My quilt Bushfire Sunset also won 2nd prize in the Group Section so my feet are still floating above the ground too.
well done, Mai-Britt. I'm sure this gives you the inspiration to go on to developing even more quilt ideas - as we spoke about recently.
Oh Lisa, sorry not to notice - big congratulations!!
I had noted your name in the catalog - will take a good look at it this morning.
I guess I have been a bit full of myself........ ;O)
Congratulations Mai-Britt! Great achievement.
Congratulations Mai-Britt, I'm sooo thrilled for you. A great achievement and well deserved.
I'm thrilled for you! I know that you must be still dancing around.
ja og jeg så den i Birmingham :-)
Stort tillykke,den var skandinavisk smuk, rigtig flot
Thanks a lot everybody....... still thrilled to bits!
Congratulations! I was so thrilled when I saw your name on the list of winners! You may not remember me, but we met at last year's FoQ (we shared a lunch table!) I hope you're well and have lots of celebrating planned following your prestigious win! Katie x
Oh yes, Katie, I remember you well! Thank you very much for your compliments......
And now I follow your blog - nice to see what else is going on. Mai-Britt x
Cogratulations! I am so happy for you. Celebrate and continue to enjoy the view from up in the clouds - you've earned it! cheers.
Congratulations with your prices, I saw them.
Thank you both,
Sonja - we should have meet! ...... Next year. I saw your quilts too, really liked them.
Stort tillykke Frue
Your work is really great!!
Hilsen
Hr. Nielsen
Once again, huge congratulations. It was fabulous to catch up with you again, and I was so pleased to see a contemporary piece win the minatures.
Its great to see you blogging again. I have missed you.
x
Huge congratulations!
Long may it continue. Good to see the blogging back on!
x
Congratulations Mai-Britt! Dont forget to send me a jpeg for Southern Star - once you have returned to earth!
Terry
Hej Mai-Britt
Kaempe stort TILLYKKE med dine to priser!!!
That is so wonderful for you. I remember admiring your great Art Quilt and smiling when I saw that Lisbet Borgren was the judge. There is just something about Danish/Scandinavian design.....
Haaber du er velankommet til Danmark. Ha' en rigtig dejlig tid i DK.
Birgitte
Hej Mai-Britt
Just blogged about your quilts :-)
http://SewDanish.blogspot.com
Birgitte
Congratulations! I saw your quilts. They're wonderful.
Stort tillykke! That's great news,Mai-Britt,and a well-deserved win. It's been great to watch your designs develop to the point where you have your own, very interesting style!
Kudos to you, and thanks to you for being at the forefront of breaking boundaries!
Fantastic! I love both pieces!
what a great accomplishment! and so clearly deserved! congratulations to you for great work.
Congratulations. Both quilts were beautiful and deserved their awards.
Thanks everybody, for your lovely comments - sorry not to come back sooner, but has been without network and e-mail for the last week........... :O(
Thanks you all for taking time to write a comment, they are highly appreciated.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Thanks a lot Dale Anne! As it's my first, I'm still in the clouds ;O)
Thanks a lot Dale Anne! As it's my first, I'm still in the clouds ;O)
Well deserved recognition! I really like Little Thin Blue Line. The balance is wonderful and I love the color palette.
Congrats on you first win. I am sure there will be many more!
Thank you both - It was/is a great feeling, and the quilt just came together almost by itself ;O)
Congratulations. I am glad I have stumbled across your blog because I loved your miniature quilt at the FOQ. It was my first visit as a new quilter and I was amazed by the work you all produced. Well done!
Thank you Sarah, I'm glad you liked the show - for me it is "the" place to be in August.........
Happy quilting!
Sorry that I'm so late in offering you my congratulations, but this is fantastic news and well deserved! Excellent!
Congratulations. Your piece is wonderful! Well done...
Oh, Vivien, I don't think that you could ever be too late with any congratulations ;O) Thank you both for looking in; now I really must get back to blogging :D
i enjoyed your art at the FOQ this summer ( my first time, wow...i was ready for it! ) and photographed both pieces before i saw they won awards. I enjoy their simple clean shapes and lines and the exceptional workmanship.
I read in one of your post about a program for mac, blogo i think, the link did not work and i would really like to try it, i get so frustrated with blogging, although i am fairly new to it i tried everything....i never get it to come the way i want it even at the simplest stage....Thank you and congratulations on you achievement, from italy Roberta
Thanks Roberta, yes it is indeed worth going to FOQ, I have been every year. Also thanks for the kind words about my work.
The link to blogo is now working, thanks for pointing out the mistake to me. I have now used up my 21 days free trial - and although it's not perfect, I have decided to buy a subscribtion.
lovely. it is a masterpiece. hugs from Italy
Thanks a lot Alessandra :O) Hugs too.
Wow. The Universe does strange things sometimes. Just last night, I was flipping through an old edition of Quiltmania magazine and came across this quilt. I wondered how I had missed it the first time as I found it very inspiring and even marked the page to look at it later.
I've been following Gerdiary for quite some time (more than a year); but for some reason, I decided to look at who she has on her blogroll today and found you! *laughs*
Thanks so much for inspiring us all with this beautiful quilt.
And congratulations!
Thanks for the complement and a lovely story....... It's amazing how we sometimes come across each other!!
I sometimes still have to pinch myself :O)
I too follow gerdiary, and now I follow you too.
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