Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!
My “The Quilts at Poppy Lane Farm” wall hanging won a huge award–one of top three–at a regional art competition, and it is currently on display into September 2025. It’s one of about 60 pieces juried in (from 430) for the themed “Home” show of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Montgomery, Alabama. It won the “In Memory of Rick Mills” award. What an honor!
I’m especially thrilled that a fabric piece won as art!
The techniques I used include applique (buildings), fused applique (tree and cat), 3-D applique (barn doors, quilts and hanging clothes) , free-motion quilting (grass and pebbles), free-motion embroidery (the poppies), and photography on fabric (the purple quilt is my design, a photo on fabric of MY quilt), and the biggest quilt is pieced and quilted from vintage fabric. I also made the little clothes from scratch. For more details, scroll to June 5, 2023, blogpost. Also, there’s a video on home page–on the far right.
It was definitely a labor of love, and I was so pleased when it made a Best in Show at the Prattauga Art Guild Summer Show two years ago. It was also featured in Nancy’s Notions. However, this is a HUGE regional show and a $1000 prize, so it’s especially wonderful.
In the same show, I have another wall hanging juried in: “Live Oak Bay.” (below) It doesn’t have the 3-D touches, but it’s interesting because it was a Keepsake Quilts Challenge project. I was only allowed to add two fabrics to the ones provided, so I chose the brown for the tree and white for the background and “frame” border. The blue sea, yellow sand and pink cottage were scrimped from one piece of batik, and the flowers “fussy-cut” from the green used for the tree. I pieced a log cabin background, cutting up a blue/white floral for the sky. The lavender bushes and magenta yoyos are from two other required fabrics. For more details, scroll to June 28, 2024, blogpost.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get it to the challenge on time, but it’s received some recognition locally, which is always fun!
Forgive my crowing, but awards are really exciting! It’s so nice to be able to show and share my work. If you live near Montgomery, AL, you can visit the museum, and on Sept. 13, 2025, I’ll be there all day with the MMFA Fall Festival–I even was filmed for a promotional commercial! Y’all come!!
WOOHOO, WHOOPEE and even YEEHAW!!
Libby
Congratulations, Libby! I especially love your “Quilts at Poppy Lane Farm” fabric art. So creative and so you! Love you, friend!