We lived in Kentucky for 20 years. Out of those 20 years I probably attended the Paducah Quilt show, at least 10 or more of those years. The first stop was the Bob Cherry Convention Center, where at the back was always on display the Hoffman Challenge. The Hoffman fabric company makes some very nice quilter's cotton. For the last 30 years, the company has been choosing a fabric to challenge people to make quilts using it. This year I entered the competition and was accepted to travel the country. I didn't win anything, the competition was fierce and those that won definitely should have.
Even though it was pretty wrinkled I still got a kick seeing it in person. The lovely ladies from the quilt guild that had the foresight to snag one of the trunks of the Hoffman Challenge thought it kind on cool that I drove 2.5 hours to their quilt show to see my quilt. Little did they know...smile.
One minor thing is I sure would have hated it if my quilt had been draped over a rocking chair. I guess space was limited, for the mini show within their show in Cassville, Mo. The quilts were judged and displayed by the Ozark Country Quilters.
I've made this same pattern, perhaps a dozen times. It never gets old for me. I really enjoy giving the horses life and movement. Art is all about creating something that was never there before. Creating is therapy and maybe a god complex of sorts. We can't control things in our lives, but we can put fabric together and create things just the way we like them to be.
I saw a new term at the the American Folk Art Museum in NYC. I think it perfectly describes the method for making these quilts. I took this photo of the description of the process.
Intarsia-is a method of butting fabrics up to each other to create something.
When I make my horse quilts with the intarsia method, I butt the fabric next to each other and use a blanket stitch to carefully attach the pieces together. The horse quilt above uses wool, cotton, and silks in the piece.
It is going to be auctioned at a benefit for the Broken Arrow Baseball team. In Kentucky, I donated a couple to the Mom's Closet for a benefit which was sold during the Kentucky Derby festivities. #quiltersdoinggood
We lived in Kentucky for 20 years. Out of those 20 years I probably attended the Paducah Quilt show, at least 10 or more of those years. The first stop was the Bob Cherry Convention Center, where at the back was always on display the Hoffman Challenge. The Hoffman fabric company makes some very nice quilter's cotton. For the last 30 years, the company has been choosing a fabric to challenge people to make quilts using it. This year I entered the competition and was accepted to travel the country. I didn't win anything, the competition was fierce and those that won definitely should have. 
