I truly thank all of you for your kind words and lavish compliments.

First, this quilt was shown in one of the Oxmoor House books. My cousin in Kansas sent me a picture of it and said, "try this one." There really was no pattern, but some directions that, to me, were pretty vague. Believe me, I stumbled through the whole thing. Once I made all of the diamonds, I laid them out and made my own pattern for the background. It was called simply "Multi Fan Star."

All of the hand quilting was my own. I drew what would fit. After pinning the layers I drug it upstairs to my recliner and stitched for about 2-3 hours each evening from Nov-March. This thing was my life for the last year!!

The scallops...I have to thank Linda Franz. I found her tutorial while searching for "how to's" on my computer...I had never done scallops before. Her instructions were not only complete, but easy to understand. I, also, liked the fact that she said to take plenty of chocolate breaks when frustrated and wanting to give up.

Thanks again...any more questions...I'll be happy to answer.

Congrats to you, Awesome quilt

WOW! What a beauty!

Beautiful!! I love the colors and the design. Congratulations on winning the Gold :D

Big congratulations to you on all that hard work. It is truly stunning eye-candy.

Absolutely Awesome!!!

I see why you took first PLACE...lovely.

I AGREE --thanks for sharing.

Wow! That is beautiful-congratulations!

Great job! Congratulations. It's a beautiful quilt and your handquilting is fabulous!

Wow! just beautiful, congratulations!

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations, it's beautiful! You should be so proud of yourselt! Great job! I would love to put that on my bed!

HA HA I need to use spell check! :oops:

WOW what a beautiful quilt..... you win in my eyes.

The quilting is gorgeous! Is that hand quilting? Congratulations!

All I can say is Wow, gorgeous quilt. Congratulations on 1st place win :thumbup:

WOW... That is very very pretty.

beautiful!!!! congratulations!!!!!

Way to go, love it, great job!!!!

This quilt is beautiful , Congratulations

Beautiful work, cong. on winning.

Amazing quilt, congrats :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

WOW! Congratulations you deserve to win with that one!

What a beautiful quilt. congratulations on the win.

You certainly deserve your win. It is beautiful.

You do have strutting rights! It's very nice :thumbup:

Congratulations! It's beautiful. I love the shading from blue to cream.

Congratulations! It's beautiful. I love the shading from blue to cream.

Wow!! You did an awesome job on this quilt. I just love the colors you choose for the stars.

You deserved to win. Super workmanship!

Your quilt is BREATHTAKING! It is easy to see why it got a blue ribbon. Your hard work shows!
:thumbup: :D :thumbup: :D :thumbup:

The colors and pattern are beautiful as is your work piecing. But your quilting is just outstanding. I love your traditional/artistic take on this pattern.

Wonderful! Congratulations on a well deserved win. This is really lovely.

Congrats, you have worked very hard, on that beautiful quilt.

Congrats. On our way home from Paducah we stopped at this show. It was a nice show.

I can see why you won. It is absolutely beautiful!!!!

PERFECTION!

Congratulations! Very beautiful quilt and the quilting is awesome.

Congratulations! Beautiful quilting and colors (as well as the quilt in its entirity). Sassy? You should be on top of the world with all the work you put into it. Thanks for sharing!