I won!

I won...I won...I won....

I've never won a quilt competition before...some seconds and thirds, but no first....

Until this week!

I won a $25 gift certificate to my local fabric store...Sew n' Save...how will I spend it?

Below is my quilt, tho I still didn't feel like it was done. I had planned to add some more sea shells to three of the blocks and maybe some more printed words or poems

The photo isn't the greatest, so my quilt, following the theme of Summertime, has:

Sailboat under exploding fireworks, watermelon, flowers, flipflops, starfish, kites flying, the American flag with the Pledge of Allegiance printed out, a sunshine and a pioneer wagon (Utah was settled officially on July 24, 1847.

I've also included the other winners...in the Non Beginner Group with me...

Second: Sandy

Third:Connie

And the one and only entry in the beginners group....

1st: Cathi

Aren't the ladies of my group amazing...alot of competition!

Now, how will I spend my winning, when I made the goal NOT to purchase any new fabric or patterns this year...I feel like I need to give into temptation!

Davis County Fair

Hubby and I went to the Davis County Fair, where I had entered two quilts. I won first place for my "Devils Gate, Wyoming" journal quilt (pictured below) I got a second place for my "Tree of Paradise" wallhanging (I can't find a photo of it....maybe I don't have one). The quilter who won first place in the wallhanging group did an amazing landscape quilt. I was definitely a distant 2nd place. I had one beef teriyaki kabob and skipped all the other fair food. I really wanted a funnel cake, but forced myself to be a good girl, and that doesn't happen too often, folks! We also saw the lumberjack show. It was okay, but not spectacular. Too many corny jokes and not enough action for me. We had baby Tayge with us. If we ever go to something like that with a baby/small child again, we'll have ear/hearing protection for the baby. My daughter E came by and said the photographer had sent her the photos from their Temple sealing. This photographer was fantastic, and not really costly. When E had her wedding photos done 3 years ago, the photos were okay and very expensive. Even better, this photographer gave her the CD and all copyrights to the photo. If you get a chance, her photo blog is

www.anniemationsphotography.blogspot.com/

Check it out...E, her hubby and baby Tayge are the current post. I love the black n' white of Tayge (I think it's the 2nd photo) Once E gets thru the photos, I am going to post some here too

In Closing: Weird question this time...if you had to run out of the house, and never return, beside your family members, what 3 things would you grab......me, (1)my memory stick bag with the 3 memory sticks containing 15 years of Family History on them, (2)my photo CD box with all our photos on them and (3)my sewing machine, so I could sew new clothes and quilts for us. How about you?