An exciting day when I received word that my “Prince” art quilt was accepted as a finalist in this year’s Cherrywood Fabrics Challenge!! Like “The Lion King” piece, this one will be photographed for the book and go on tour around the country for the upcoming year 2018/19. Am still grinning since mine were both chosen for the two challenges that I entered 😁. Perhaps the gorgeous purples in the fabrics were the enticement or maybe the lure of a rock and roll theme for an amazing musician pulled me in, but it was an adventure researching Princes’ life and music while I designed the piece below. Had to figure a way to keep the guitar strings supported so there’s a laminated cardboard piece on the back to keep the quilt from collapsing or curling in when hung. Loved putting all the beads and crystals plus the variety of embellishments that were mostly hand dyed. ‘Way cool theme and fun to create. Will let you all know what venues it will appear in. Anxious to hear myself!