Getting “The Call”
OH MY GOSH……….. I am in near disbelief, but I have the message on my machine and I talked to Houston just now…
I HAVE WON A CASH AWARD for Fields of Gold, and you better believe I’m SHOUTING!!!!!! And yes, I am also in orbit and gaining speed. (PS–I forgot to mention earlier that this is absolutely my first, major, national-mega-show award!) Here’s the quilt:
Thanks of course go to Lisa Walton of Dyed and Gone to Heaven in Sydney, Australia; she sent me the metre of her glorious fabric as a gift (AND tells me that if you join her monthly fabric club, this is the sort of delectable goodie that comes in the mail! and yes…she ships internationally and easily to those of us in the US, Europe, wherever!). It was on my design wall along with the center window of the quilt while I was trying to decide what to do with the latter. Then I realized that one portion of the rust-yellow-green fabric PERFECTLY matched the sky and ground……
While deciding how to quilt it, I gave my husband “Fields of Gold” by Sting for Valentine’s on his iPod, and was listening to it….. that led to the stalks of wheat waving in the foreground. WOOOOHOOO! Guess I’ll spring for a more expensive haircut than the usual $14 with no wash at the barbershop!
I won’t know until Festival what I won, but since it is cash (and not one of the top prizes), it will be 3rd, 2nd or 1st in its category. I *think* I entered it in small art quilts (it is 18 1/4″ wide by 20 3/4″ long)…which makes this all the more astonishing as that is usually a very competitive group and size. Who ME??????!!!!!!!!!!!! Shaking head, thoroughly enjoying the rattling!
OK….enough talk…I’m going back to floating around the house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please join me in a raucous, really LOUD WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!
August 31st, 2009 at 1:41 pm
CONGRATULATIONS Sarah!!!
WAHOOOO!!!
YES, time to celebrate with a fancy NEW DO!!!
August 31st, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Congratulations ! I’m happy for you :-))
Heidi
… and know the origin of this strange sound I heard ….
August 31st, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Hooray!
August 31st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I’m glad to join you~~WOOOOOOHOOOOOO! Congratulations Sarah! That’s fabulous and I’m excited for you. I’m not sure yet if I’m going to make it to Houston but if I do, I’ll certainly look for your Fields of Gold.
Happy floating!
D~~~~
August 31st, 2009 at 4:17 pm
And another WooooHooooo from me!
August 31st, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Awesome! Maybe I will get a chance to meet you there!
August 31st, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Hurrah!!! Congratulations!
August 31st, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Congratulations, Sarah!!! Beautiful quilt. Wish I could be in Houston this year to see it in person. (PS: I got a call too!)
August 31st, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Whoo-hoo indeed! This is indeed your year to achieve — with much more to come now that you have the first olive out of the bottle!
Onward and upward!
jq
August 31st, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Congratulations Sarah!!!! You have worked so hard and it’s a great quilt.
August 31st, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Congratulations, Sarah! I think you’ve shared a photo of this piece somewhere in the last few months. I remember loving it then and love it still. WONDERFUL use of fabric, wonderful border, wonderful, wonderful! Well-deserved award!
August 31st, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Way to go, Sarah! I’m not surprised that you won…it’s beautiful! I’m glad to see a “Mainah” win.
August 31st, 2009 at 9:09 pm
You go, Sarah! It’s a wonderful quilt and a well-deserved award!
August 31st, 2009 at 9:48 pm
WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!
September 1st, 2009 at 8:10 am
Congratulations on winning. I’m sure you deserve it!
September 1st, 2009 at 8:43 am
I will jump in line here to say you so deserve this. You have worked hard to get to this point and be sure to enjoy every morsel of joy and recognition coming your way.
Robin
September 1st, 2009 at 10:47 am
I am so happy for you! Recognition AND a cash award……does it get any better? Way to go! Hooray!
Kathy
September 1st, 2009 at 10:49 am
Yeah you!! I *love* this piece and thought it very striking the first time I saw it. I’m so happy for you. I think we’re in the same category and I got a call too – it made my day.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Whoopeeeeeee!!! This is a great piece, I loved it the first time you showed it. How great to win a cash prize, you can buy something you have been wanting, not something you need!
September 1st, 2009 at 2:06 pm
WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!! Congratulations on this well deserved award. You are so talented and such an inspiration.
September 1st, 2009 at 6:07 pm
I can wooo hooo to that! That is wonderful, Sarah, congratulations!
September 1st, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Congratulations and well deserved! It’s a beautiful quilt. I will look for it in Houston with its BIG ribbon.
September 1st, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Congratulations Sarah!!!! It’s gorgeous. I am so pleased for you…………not as pleased as you are for sure. Well Deserved……you do great work!
September 1st, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I’m there with you girl….whoohoo-ing and doing my own jig for you.
Congratulation on your award for a beautiful quilt. Well Done!!
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:12 am
Wonderful news! I’m so happy for you and you certainly deserve the award! You are hard working and certainly going for the gusto! Can’t wait to see what other wonderful awards you win in the future!
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:56 am
WooHoo! How absolutely fantastic and so well deserved! I know you have been working very hard for recognition in the national quilting scene….and you have made it! YaHoo!
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
What an amazing quilt! I can feel how estatic you are! Congratulations.
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:55 am
Wooohooo! Congratulations! I’m so happy for you.
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:11 am
Congratulations! So pleased for you and your award. Sally
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:03 pm
WOOHOOHHOOHHHOOOOWWWWOOOOOOHHHHOOOO!
Congratulations!
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Congratulations Sarah! Well deserved.
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:52 pm
That quilt is amazing and the prize well deserved.
September 4th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I thought it was gorgeous the first time I saw it. Wowzie Sarah and many many congrats. I am so very happy for you.
September 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Sarah!! WOOOOHOOOO!!!!
Well deserved!! I’m so HAPPY for you!!! The first of many more, I’m sure.
Pam
September 6th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Sarah, you SO DESERVE this award! If you had any self-doubts about your artist classification or your ability, you have persmission to SHELVE IT!
You.have.arrived.
Many hugs!
September 6th, 2009 at 11:12 am
many congratulations – and the quilt is beautiful! shout away.
September 18th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Sarah, I’ve been out of the loop for so long and just saw this post. CONGRATULATIONS! A much deserved honor. It is such a thrill to watch your progress in the quilt world.