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The 2019 Viewer’s Choice Awards

And the winners are…

DOLLS
Barbara Cleveland “Miss Zara goes to the Oscars”,
made at the suggestion of Ren Krause and given to her.

2. Claudia Smith “Bru doll”

3. Barbara Cleveland “Father Christmas”, originally made for a cousin

LARGE INNOVATIVE QUILTS
1 Jocelyn Muncaster “Queen of Halloween”,
took three years to locate all these Halloween fabrics

2 Sue Bishop “Fidget Fandango”
for a nephew; blue and gold are the University of West Virginia colors

3 Sue Duggins “Beachy”, this quilt is back where it belongs, in a sunroom near the beach

LARGE QUILTS
1 Karen Breeding “Mystical Garden”, blocks of flowers took her two to three years to applique, which she did while traveling and or watching sports with her husband

2 Diane Mitchell “Montana Memories”, made at a Judy Niemeyer workshop in Montana

3 Janice Vaughn “Amish with a Twist”

MEMBERS CHALLENGE
1 Nadine Bowlus “Clamshell Tree of Life”, check the interactive species list and see if you can find all the living beings

2 Jocelyn Muncaster “It Doesn’t have to be Square”, thought about it for six months before deciding how to do it

3 Diane Mitchell “Happy Camper”, consists of 660 small squares

NEEDLE ART
1 Mickey McNamara “Asian Splendor”, the first attempt at this technique

2 Sue Wilmer “Just Married”

3 Diane Mitchell “Stitching in Sisters with Anna”, wool applique class with Anna Bates

SMALL INNOVATIVE QUILTS
1 Valerie Conrado “Cubist Campfire”

2 Candy Gutierrez “Help me if you can, I’m feeling down, Oh, help me get my feet back on the ground.

Art quilt depicting an emotion
3 Sue Bishop “United Hearts”, for a nephew who was married recently and sent to serve in Syria right after

SMALL QUILTS
1 Candy Gutierrez “Christmas Morning”, fabrics from Bali
2 Eileen Roberson “Grizzly”

3 Jackie Sullivan “Enjoy this Beauty – Snow will be falling soon”, thanks to the artist for this lovely central panel

WEARABLE ARTS
1 Doreen Whiteman “1850’s Ball Gown”, made for a daughter to wear as a period costume at a saloon in Virginia City

2 Lynette Pham “Grammy’s Bikini”

3 Vida Kenk “Choir Dress”, hand sewed this dress when she needed a long dress for a choir concert in college; she brought a photo to show she once fit in it. Candy wore this dress for the award presentations.

♥  Congratulations to all these ladies!  ♥

News · Quilt Faire

And — The Winner is…

Raffle Ticket Winners:

Kathy Griggs went home with that striking Bargello Scholarship Quilt!

Sandy Mayfield can’t wait to give her granddaughter her new American Girl Doll!


The show winners walked the red carpet to receive their ribbons on Monday. If you look to your right, you can see how much fun they were having!

Announcing the Winners of a Viewer’s Choice Award – by Category…

 

Member Challenge (CH)
1st  Place Jocelyn Muncaster

Burger Invasion
2nd Place Jennifer Cabral

Vase of the Hamburgers
3rd Place Nadine Bowlus

BBQ Picnic Wreath
Dolls (D)
1st Place  Jean Schwisow

My Sewing Room
2nd Place  Nancy Macomber

Berty, Button Merchant
3rd Place  Sharon Stephens

Country Critters
Hand Quilted (HQ)
1st Place  Laura McGavern

Elephant for P.A.W.s
2nd Place  Linda Palmer

“Nana’s Quilt” **
3rd Place  Carolyn Earhart

Dyeing to Shine
Needle Arts (NA)
1st Place  Linda Burns

Poppies
2nd Place  Carolyn Rector

My Quilt Room
3rd Place  Sue Wilmer

The James-Younger Gang
Quilts (Q)
1st Place  CarolineEarhart

Save the Last Dance…
2nd Place  Diane Mitchell

Somers Bay Sunrise
3rd Place  Jeanne Hand

Fabulous Fiona
Wearable Arts (WA)
1st Place  Nadine Bowlus

“Hope is the thing …”
2nd Place  Jean Schwisow

Knitted Shawl
3rd Place  Nadine Bowlus

Aspen Grove Totebag
 
Wall Hangings  (WH)
1st Place  Diane Mitchell

Kitchen Hunting
2nd Place  Nadine Bowlus

Aspen Grove
3rd Place  Phyllis Holmes

August 21, 2017
Wonky
1st Place Nancy Macomber

Past & Present
2nd Place  Mary Sue Budrow

Love of the Game
3rd Place  Erin Lee Borean

“Flutterbys”

 

** “Nana’s Quilt” also won the coveted “Ironstone’s Choice” award.  

 

Congratulations to Everyone!!