I was thrilled to learn that my mermaid pincushion won First Place in the Quilted category of Piecework Magazine's 2008 Excellence in Needlework Pincushion Contest. I received the email notifying me of my good luck and proceeded to call and email everyone I could think of. The ironic thing is that at the last minute, I almost didn't send it in. For one thing I was a little nervous about sending off a piece I really really loved and not get it back for a two months. But frankly, all my insecurities popped up and at coffee the day before deadline, I told two friends I wasn't going to submit it because it wasn't good enough anyway and I had this horrible mental picture of the jury taking one look at it and laugh at me. My friend Kim looked at me and said "Don't be stupid. No one's going to laugh and it's probably going to win." Kim and Virginia complete conviction shamed me into sending it so imagine my shock to learn it won the category.
When the magazine came out I was thrilled. As Virginia said, I'm now a nationally published quilter. Pretty cool. Plus I won a prize donated from Quilting Arts Magazine. A copy of "100 Artist Trading Cards", every magazine published by Somerset, and a complete set of DVDs from Quilts Arts television program.
Is it ungrateful to say I wish the photographer had picked a different side to feature? I liked the seahorse and mermaid best.
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