I received two acceptance letters from IQA that my quilts, “Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory” and “Floral Soiree” were of the 44 finalists. The show will be at the Celebrate Spring show at the Rosemont Convention Center April 16-18.

On Monday evening I had the pleasure to be one of the artists for http://www.quiltcritique.com. My quilt study for doing abstract was the one I had submitted.

One major point that was suggested was that I rotate this quilt like this. It was said that it was too heavy on the left side otherwise. I have to agree with this suggestion.

It was also mentioned that I sould work larger as this was only a 5″ x 5″ approx. study. If it was larger I could also play more with thread in my quilting. But all in all, I was told to explore more with this study as I have a good thing going.

I would recommend having your quilts critiqued by Lisa and Sandra. I never felt intimidated as I was back in college. All comments were of positive feedback to help, not hinder creativity. Here are the links to contact Lisa. http://www.quiltcritique.com. Face book, Lisa Gosnell Chipetine, or twitter@lisachipetine.