Festival of Scrappiness - Winners!

Well, you're all winners, really, as I believe you know!  And, wow, there were so many quilters who submitted multiple quilts.  How thrilling to see millions of scraps put to good use by your industrious and talented hands!  Gold stars all around!!!

But, yes, there are actual winners who get to take home actual prizes thanks to some generous folks who will also be herewith mentioned and appreciated.  I've just finished viewing and visiting ALL of the entries.  Now it's time to put Mr. Random to work to award our door prizes...

::1::  From The Warm Company, one 90" x 40 YARD roll of Warm & Natural batting goes to....

Entry 164, Kristy Anderson  






 ::2::  From The Intrepid Thread, the complete Hello Pilgrim by Lizzy House fat quarter set goes to....

Entry 39, Nicke at Kiss, Kiss Quilt

  ::3::  From JAQs fabrics, her Pretty Stripes Half Yard bundle goes to....

Entry 124, Kelly at KelbySews

::4::  From Fresh Modern Fabric, a lively Metro Living fat quarter bundle goes to....

Entry 59, Marion at My Quilt Diet
  

::5::  From Pink Castle Fabrics, the complete Hope Valley Fat Quarter Bundle goes to....

Entry 198, Krista at Spotted Stone Studio

::6::  From Aurifil, a set of 12 extra large spools of their cotton 50wt threads goes to....

Entry 55, Tunde

::7::  From Marmalade Fabrics, Amy Butler's Lark Dreamer fat quarter set goes to....

Entry 6, Deb of Life on the Selvage Edge

::8::  From Bloomerie, a trio of delightful Moda charm packs:  Circa 1934, A Walk in the Woods and Reunion goes to....

Entry 11, Flaun of I Plead Quilty

::9::  From Emily Cier of Carolina Patchworks, a signed copy of Scrap Republic goes to....

Entry 161, Rockgranny

::10::  From Canadian-based Mad About Patchwork, one yard of a classic Kaffe Fassett print along with 12 fat quarters coordinating shot cotton solids goes to....

Entry 185, Hafza

::11::  From The Warm Company, one 90" x 40 YARD roll of Warm & White batting goes to....

Entry 218, Anna at Six White Horses  

::12::  From Contemporary Cloth, this super-fun half yard bundle of Fly Away by Amy Schimler and Remix by Ann Kelle goes to....

Entry 260, Marika

::13::  From Swell Cloth, a Jennifer Paganelli Crazy Love fat quarter bundle goes to....

Entry 316, Anne

::14::  From Aurifil, a set of 12 spools of their wool 12wt threads goes to....

Entry 84, Kelly at Jeliquilts

 ::15::  From Whipstitch, a Pezzy Prints complete fat quarter bundle goes to....

Entry 211, Sharon S

::16::  Scraps from guest blogger Completely Cauchy go to....

Entry 27, Vicki in MN

::17::  Scraps from guest blogger Badskirt Amy go to....

Entry 113, Michelle at Little Peanut

::18::  Scraps from guest blogger Jolene of Blue Elephant Stitches go to....

Entry 16, Bettina

::19::  Scraps from guest blogger Ayumi of Pink Penguin go to....

Entry 253, Hitch & Thread

::20::  And my scraps go to....

Entry 280, Jennifer at My Artfully Chaotic Life

And the Grand Prize from Sew Love Fabrics, the complete Free Market Fancy fat quarter bundle goes too....

Balu51 on Flickr for the stunning Star Quilt below:









 

What a cipher it was to choose just one quilt for the grand prize!  But this scrappy star quilt has certainly captured my heart.  I can stare and stare out it, noticing how she used different scraps for the entire work (no background solids), making careful use of values to define a hazy division between the upper left blues and the lower right reds.  It's charming how some stars fade away and others stand out.  And then there are little diamonds where blocks meet.  Altogether a very artful use of scraps, I'm sure you'll agree!

Congratulations Balu51 and all other winners!  I am emailing each of you now, so check your inbox.  Thanks again for everyone who made the Scrap Attack Quilt Along and Festival of Scrappiness possible, from guest bloggers to sponsors to each individual quilter who joined in.  It's been an absolute pleasure!