Sunday, May 2, 2010

"Texas DNA"

In a previous post I had just given you a sneak peak of my entry "Texas DNA" made for the exhibit "Blending of Cultures" The exhibit opened up last night so I'm now posting a picture of the whole quilt.
I also want to share that "Texas DNA" won the themed prize.  I'm so thrilled!!
During the awards ceremony, the juror for this event, Liz Good, senior editor of Fiber Arts Magazine, started calling the winners and when she called my name it didn't register, my husband was standing next to me and
he had to nudge me and said something like: that is your name...then I started walking towards the podium to receive the prize. It was definitely a surreal experience...anyways...I'm very excited  because in this kind of events you never know how things will turn out but this was definitely a great evening for me.

"Texas DNA" designed and made by Martha Tsihlas,
55"x55" c.2010
Liz Good and moi in front of "Texas DNA"

8 comments:

deanna7trees said...

Congratulations. It is a beautiful quilt.

Anonymous said...

Que fabuloso! I am so happy for you. It's a gorgeous quilt. And I am very happy that you're working on a proposal for the city of Austin Art in Public Places program. Good luck!

Mary Ann Littlejohn said...

I can see why it won the prize. This is probably just the first of its prizes.

Sabrina said...

Que bontio! Congrats I was also in the show but didnt make it to the homeland. I hope the opening was great. I will visit in a few weeks when I go see the familia.

Ronda said...
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Ronda said...

Gosh and I knew you BEFORE you were famous!! Just wait I see a Fiber Arts magazine article in your future ;-)

Martha Tsihlas said...

Thank you for your comments!
It is always niece when friends and fellow fiber artists visit...

Kate Merriman said...

Stunningly beautiful!! Wow.