Virtual Retreat 2016

[Pamela N.]

Congratulations to you both - Dawn and Renata - you must be both overjoyed I'm delighted for you both. So exciting.
Love Pam (in Scotland)

[Pamela N.]

Renata and Dawn,
Congratulations.

[Pamela N.]

Congratulations to the both of you - Dawn and Renata. Can you post pictures or do we have to go hunting elsewhere to see them?

Getting excited about going to the FoQ tomorrow, just made lunch and should be packing my bag and organising my clothes for an early start.

[Pamela N.]

Hoffman's Facebook page posted photos of the winners. The photos are rather small, but you can see the competitors in the groups:
https://www.facebook.com/HoffChallenge/

Congratulations to Dawn and Renata!

Kathy

[Renata L.]

Thank you everyone! Like Dawn, I am over the moon happy (and a bit flabbergasted) with the judges' decision. Many of you saw me start my quilting journey on the pages of this Forum just a few years ago when I was too afraid to even try to FMQ and many of you gave me a lot of advice and help along the way... so the best I was hoping for was for my quilt to be accepted to travel. This was a total surprise!

Thanks, Kathy, for posting the Hoffman Challenge Facebook URL with photos of all the winning quilts. I think they took the photos of the first place winners and enlarged them, leaving them a bit blurry and not showing some of the detail. Rosemary, I'm reposting my photos here so you can see them without scouring through this topic (even I don't remember what page my photos are on...). Sorry I don't know how to make these photos smaller when "inserted."

[Dawn S.]

Wow, Renata! I love that close up! The detail is exquisite! Such tiny circles and squares. Absolutely beautiful! First place well deserved!

And, thank you all, from me, too! I will admit, I could hardly hold it together when I called my DH to share the good news. This is such an honor! And, as Rosemary requested... a reposting of photos.... (Clear, not blurry!)





Dawn

[E.M. T.]

Congratulation on the wins Renata and Dawn !! Thanks for the repost on the pics ....so nice to see them again !!

[Terry K.]

Awesome news, Renata and Dawn!!!! I'm doing the happy dance for you both! Congratulations! Well done!!!

[wendy w.]

Thank you for posting them again, quilts to die for xx

[wendy w.]

So thrilled for you Dawn and Renanta!!!! Such awesome quilts!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Dorothy

[Jules M.]

I've just had a few mins to pop over here for once and wow! How fun to see your Hoffman quilts and congratulations! That would be a wonderful thrill!

I took last week to quilt for myself. I hadn't quilted for me since the end of Feb or early March. But I had to hurry and Mr. Farmer needed a ton of help with bookkeeping as our account was due on Weds so that took some quilting time from me. Well, mostly delayed my return to customer work.

I finished quilting one for my great-niece who is now 15 months old! I had it done and the binding on the day a great-nephew arrived! I'm never caught up! LOL!! I just wish I saw these littles more and they could know their great-aunt. And I finished quilting a mystery quilt I made this winter. Either tonight or tomorrow, I'll put the binding on that. Then it will be fun to throw them through the washer & dryer and get photos.

Meanwhile, up early this a.m. to head to a Pi-Yo exercise class. It is a combo of Pilates & yoga they say. I am learning it is more Death by Yoga to me! I did miss 2 weeks in a row so that could have made last week tougher. I'm hoping today is better and I don't feel like I'm having an exploding heart attack. It would be a hard landing!

Have fun quilting today! Hope to be back later! (I finished my little bag of dark choc covered cranberries. I think I need more for this weekend! :silly: )

[Geneva C.]

Renata and Dawn, I'm so happy for both of you! Though I'm not surprised. Your quilts are exquisite and very uniquely made.

Congratulations!!!

geneva

[Betty J.]

Hooray for Renata and Dawn!! Such wonderful quilts. I am not surprised and am so happy for you two.

[Alex A.]

Happy dancing for Dawn and Renata! Great job ladies!!!!

[Alex A.]

Happy dancing for Dawn and Renata! Great job ladies!!!!