text: This is my first time participating in the Blogger's Quilt Festival.
  I am entering my latest finish, my Baltimore Spring quilt. This was purchased as a laser cut kit, but most of the pieces were just scored, not actually cut. I sat at a quilt retreat for four days and cut apart and fused the blocks inside the border. I did the border after I got home. Then I rolled it up on a large tube I had on hand and it sat. I finally decided to stitch down the appliques in August.
  I used a variety of threads, mostly Superior Fantastico. I machine quilted it Labor Day weekend. I can't believe it is finished! I added a hanging sleeve to the back as it will be hung in my home on a quilt hanger a friend's husband made me.
  Closeup detail photos.
  I entered the quilt in our local county fair a couple weeks ago. We have about 10,000 people in the county, and the fair and Lumberjack Days are a big event in town in mid September. I won Best of Show and the photo below is hanging at the fair.
  The third weekend in September is another fair an hour away. Residents from surrounding counties can enter that fair, which is unlike our county fair. I was surprised to win Best of Show again! I also received Best in Class and Superintendent's Choice. They put all the quilts behind plastic to keep people from touching them. It doesn't make for good photography!
  The most popular question I get asked is "How long did it take?" I really should keep track sometime, but then again, that might take the fun out of it! I am quilting obsessed and I think I will get back to piecing for awhile!