Professional category finalist Joyce Hughes belongs to County Line Quilters and the Modern Quilt Guild of New Jersey.
Joyce’s entry quilt is titled “A Sunflower Day”.
Joyce tells us about her Challenge 1 experience so far: “This is very exciting and of course challenging, most challenging because I do not do traditional quilts. I have never done this block, so here’s to hoping it will turn out okay. I hope thread painting will cover up my mistakes. I have not started on the quilt yet, but am getting my thoughts and ideas together.”
Find Joyce on her website: Joyce Hughes Originals
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Beautiful flowers. Thread painting is on my “bucket list” of things I want to try! Good luck!
Your quilt is wonderful. I would love to try thread painting some day. Congrats on your progress. I cant wait to see all the new projects for this round. Good Luck to everyone!