Hitting the Blocks

So, I’ve been waiting for my non-winning Hoffman Challenge quilt entry to return home. I finally broke down and emailed the coordinators, asking when I should get worried. This was the reply I received:

I’ve researched your entry and your quilt was selected to travel in Quilt Collection “D”… CONGRATULATIONS on being selected to travel in this year’s Hoffman Challenge.

After sitting there and blinking my eyes stupidly for several minutes, I picked my jaw up off the keyboard and went to the Hoffman Challenge website to see where exactly my little baby was traveling. Seems she’s been in the Midwest (Colorado, Texas, and South Dakota) since August, and will eventually hit Iowa, Florida, Georgia, Washington, California, and New York before I get her back next September.

Okay, so she’s only one out of 200-plus quilts chosen, but it was my first contest entry ever, and my first completely hand-stitched and hand-quilted piece, so I’m still quite startled and more than a little pleased. Truth be told, I’m proud as a…as a peacock

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