Carrion

And then came the Hoffman NZ entries. This was my first attempt in 2017. The competition chooses a fabric which you must purchase 1 metre of and use sufficient of that fabric in the wall art for it to be recognisable. In this case the fabric was surfboards. The finished quilt had to fit within a metre square dimension but not be square or rectangular.

Off I went creating the feathers from the fussy cut surfboards and creating the head and body from confetti piecing (small pieces under organza free machine quilted together). The top of the legs are velvet and the claws are bound wire clutching some fur material that I had left over from cushions made for one of my girls.

The piece was returned without any explanation. That was interesting because a year later I discovered the reason. My hanging on the back was not regulation, so rather than point that out, my entry was simply rejected. If I had been less confident in my own work that could have been quite disastrous from a development point of view, but I was quite pleased with this piece and still have it hanging in my lounge today. A word to the wise - The judge/jury at competitions is only an opinion and does not necessarily desecrate the value of your work.