Monday 5 September 2016

Great Northern Quilt Show 2016 - Nearly Insane quilt wins Overall Champion

Frances Meredith 'Nearly Insane' quilt  Overall Champion Great Northern Show 2016
Frances Meredith 'Nearly Insane' quilt
Overall Champion Great Northern Show 2016

It's been an eventful weekend.
Last Thursday I was busy quilting a quilt for a customer when I had a message from the Great Northern Quilt Show in Harrogate to say that my Nearly Insane quilt had won Overall Champion in their 2016 show! A quick change of plans for the weekend and I was heading up to Harrogate for the Prize-giving presentations. 
Frances Meredith 'Nearly Insane' quilt
Overall Champion Great Northern Show 2016
It wasn't until I got to the show that I realised that I had not only won Overall Champion, but also first in the Bed Quilt category and the Longarm machine Quilting award, along with a Judge's Choice certificate from Merrilyn Orr of Kaleidoscope Books.  You can see here all the goodies I have come home with including three lovely rosettes, two shields, and a Pfaff sewing machine donated by Direct Sew and Knit in Sheffield.

The other good news is that my kind husband drove me up to Harrogate, so I was able to press on with some Dear Jane stitching as we went along and two more blocks have been completed.

20 comments:

  1. Sincere congratulations Frances!
    Your piecing and quilting are a delight and inspiration. These awards are so well deserved.
    All the best from Oz😊

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  2. Congratulations: your patience and perseverance have been rewarded! Well done!

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  3. Congratulations! Your stunning quilt has not yet won all the prizes it deserves...it probably needs to get out more.

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  4. Those are some pretty impressive awards - and very very highly deserved!!!! Congrats!!!! I'm not surprised you stitched on the drive to the show. Nice to have a picture of you too

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  5. Congratulations, your quilt is stunning!

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  6. Congratulations on all the awards!! Most deserved!!

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  7. Dear Frances-I am so happy for you! this is a beautiful quilt with fabulous quilting! Congratulations and many happy returns!
    I see by your Dear jane grid that you are almost finished. That will be another stunner.

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  8. How thrilling! Many congratulations

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  9. Congrat's...your quilt is stunning and how nice to win sew many awards.

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  10. Wow! What a thrilling experience for you and your prize winning quilt.

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  11. Congratulations Francis, a truly amazing quilt, well deserved.

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  12. Congratulations! Not so nearly insane now, eh? :)

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  13. Absolutely fabulous! Congratulations.

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  14. Congratulations, your quilt is fantastic!

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  15. Well deserved indeed! Good for you.

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  16. Congratulations - an absolute masterpiece!!

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  17. Congratulations! Of course you won, it's a stunning quilt.

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  18. Congratulations! What an amazing quilt!

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  19. Congratulations, your quilt is super stunning!

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