JTA Door Challenge WINS!

Wow... so much excitement in one morning can give a girl a headache!
But, it's good excitement which results in (if possible) a good headache!

Remember my door challenge...

and all the others in the group:

We entered the Ultimate Guild Challenge at American Quilters Society (AQS) Grand Rapids and we took an Honorable Mention ribbon.  YAY US!  Some people say oh, only Honorable Mention -- ha!  Like I have said a million times before being accepted to a show is fantastic, winning a ribbon is icing.  Super delicious butter-cream icing!  The best part of one of my quilts being at a show... seeing people standing in front of the quilt looking in awe, wonder, and enjoyment -- that is winning, ribbon or not!

Click here for a link to ALL the winners at AQS Grand Rapids -- congratulations everyone!

So, if you are new to my blog, or just happen to have missed all the door goodness, below are some links to previous posts -- because making my door was a super fun, stress-filled, how-the-heck-am-I-going-to-do-that journey!  (Don't be alarmed, some of the older posts are from my other blog.)

http://karenmarchetti.blogspot.com/2012/06/journeys-thru-art-news.html

http://creativelongarmquilting.blogspot.com/2011/11/world-quilt-show-florida-iii.html

http://creativelongarmquilting.blogspot.com/2011/09/omg-she-types.html

http://creativelongarmquilting.blogspot.com/2011/08/door-challenge-update.html

http://creativelongarmquilting.blogspot.com/2011/06/door-challenge-update.html

Super Secret #1 - revealed!

I can now share Super Secret #1

Back in the end of June I received an interesting email.  It was from Machine Quilting Unlimited, you know, the super-awesome machine quilting magazine!  If you don't know about this fantastic magazine, just click the link and go check them out.  It seems that while Clouds in My Latte was hanging at American Quilters Society's show in Paducah back in April, a couple of super nice ladies from MQU were checking it out -- the words "stopped us in our tracks" were used.

Holy crapola, gives me goosebumps just thinking about it!  To think that something I created had the ability to do that.  So I've been teasing and wanting to share with all of you, but didn't want to blurt it out until it actually happened, so.... now that the September/October issue has been printed, I can officially share!  Clouds in My Latte can be found on page 78 under the Noteworthy section.

Make sure you get your copy!