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Post by jwugg on Sept 29, 2016 13:23:02 GMT
My sister-in-law was organising her village festival recently & wanted to ensure she had enough variety in her textiles craft section, so asked me to send in an item. I sent a wet felt picture I'd made last year for 1 of our quarterly challenges here - it was an interpretation of Monet's waterlilies paintings. I added further free machine embroidery, just 'cos I wanted the practice, & I gave it the title "When Claude came to Surlingham", with a little spiel about how their village pond with weeping willows reminded me of Claude Monet.
I won! & not only the textiles section, I won Best in Show! How mad, especially as I live 2000miles away. & it sold within 15 mins.
So, if I ever feel the need to talk myself up in terms of my 'art', I guess I can say I'm a gold medal winner! |
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 29, 2016 15:21:04 GMT
Congratulations Jill! The name is brilliant!
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 29, 2016 16:24:38 GMT
Wow, Jill, that is a wonderful story. Good for you. Do you have a photo of the finished piece with the machine embroidery? I'd love to see it again. Definitely something to put on your art resume!
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Post by lyn on Sept 29, 2016 17:48:48 GMT
Fantastic Jill! Well done! I bet you're walking on air and feeling very proud of yourself. I really like the title you gave it.
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Post by halay on Sept 29, 2016 19:31:24 GMT
Congratulations, Jill. You must be proud of yourself.
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 29, 2016 23:38:07 GMT
Congratulations. I bet you are proud. What a great story. This make you an internationally selling artist now.I hope you asked enough for it. I to hope you have a picture of the finished piece. They must have taken pictures of it with it's ribbons.
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Post by jwugg on Sept 30, 2016 5:41:28 GMT
Thanks everyone, but I didn't remember to take a photo before I sent it & no Ann, they didn't! It was just a bit of fun a very small event, so no great kudos! It had been to a couple of sales here without any interest, so I was happy for them to have it towards their village funds.
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Post by zed on Sept 30, 2016 12:07:54 GMT
'Internationally acclaimed fibre artist'! Well done!  |
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Sept 30, 2016 12:13:30 GMT
Kudos to you, Jill! Woo-hoo!
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Post by triciaf on Sept 30, 2016 12:50:23 GMT
That's wonderful! Congratulations!!! Such a shame there are no photos.
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Post by elizabeth on Sept 30, 2016 17:20:11 GMT
Wonderful, Jill !!
So excited for you.
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Post by koffipot on Oct 1, 2016 8:47:55 GMT
Well done Jill. |
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Post by chookie2 on Oct 2, 2016 2:01:03 GMT
 Well Done Jill !! Congratulations on a well deserved win, hope you feel very chuffed about it...and the sale too.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Oct 10, 2016 13:46:21 GMT
you are definitely a gold medal winner well done
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Well Done Jill !! Congratulations on a well deserved win, hope you feel very chuffed about it...and the sale too.
