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title: "Linda’s Folly: Award-Winning Wholecloth Quilt - Quintessential Quilting"
description: "Discover award-winning “Linda’s Folly”: a wholecloth quilt with home-machine quilting, earning Best Machine Quilting/Workmanship at major shows."
url: "https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/gallery/award-winning-quilts/lindas-folly"
date: "2026-08-20T12:58:26+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

Award-Winning Quilts

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#  Linda’s Folly

 *Click photos to view larger image.*

 Linda’s Folly

**Size:** 68″ x 79″
**Completed:** March 2009
**Techniques:** Wholecloth; machine quilting on a home sewing machine.

**Awards:**

- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show, Knoxville, TN: Best Machine Workmanship
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival: Best Machine Workmanship
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    National Quilting Association Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting, Stationary Machine
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    National Quilting Association Quilt Show: 3rd Place, Other
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    Best of the Valley Quilt Show: Best of Show
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    Home Machine Quilting Show: 1st Place, Wholecloth
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    Cotton Patch Quilter's Quilt Show: 1st Place, Other
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    Cotton Patch Quilter's Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    Houston International Quilt Festival: Finalist

 [ ![Linda’s Folly full quilt](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/lindasfolly/lindasfolly1.jpg) ](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/lindasfolly/lindasfolly1.jpg)

 [ ![Linda’s Folly quilt detail](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/lindasfolly/lindasfolly2.jpg) ](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/lindasfolly/lindasfolly2.jpg)

 [ ![Linda’s Folly quilt detail](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/lindasfolly/lindasfolly3.jpg) ](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/lindasfolly/lindasfolly3.jpg)

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