Special to The Enterprise

Anita Pineda won 1st place at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley 40th (Jubilee) Quilt Show held at South Padre Island. In celebration of the 40th anniversary, the Challenge category was to create WHAT DOES HOME MEAN TO YOU! with the following requirements:

Must have 1 ruby red fabric visible.

Must have 1 ruby jewel or ruby slipper in the creation.

May use any technique (pieced, appliqued, foundation, paper piecing, etc.) it must include 2 embellishments-think buttons, ribbons, paint, colored pencils, etc.

Be original-no kits.

Completed project can be any shape but may not exceed 230 inches in circumference.

 Anita’s quilt is titled: There’s No Place Like Home- Life after Oz!  Her rationale for the quilt was since “The Wizard of Oz movie was made in the late 40s. Dorothy was about 12, no more than 13 years old in the movie; hence, she would be my age.” I am depicting Dorothy as a Hippie Dorothy during the Hippie age of my life. Middle age Dorothy living in a modest house with a career. Finally, Elderly Dorothy on her way to live in an Assisted Living facility, which someday I may have to use.

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