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Quilt Show Winners – 2023
Winner’s Showcase
Best of Show – “Fire Island Hosta Queen” by Susan Nelson – Category: Pieced Duet Group EViewer’s Choice – “Ars Longa, Vita Brevis” by Rebecca Rumpf
Awards of Distinction
Best Use of Color – “Kaleidoscope” by Talia Feyke, Michelle Johnson, Laura Plaisted – Category: Group Best Handwork – “It Had To Be Blue” by Phyllis Tarrant – Category: AbstractBest Machine Work – “Blue Oak” by Lynn Barrett – Category: AppliqueBest Traditional – “Celestial” by Jeri Kellett – Category: Pieced Duet Group DBest Art – “Essential Workers” by Nan Miller – Category: Non-original ArtBest Specialty – “Stumpy” by Ellen Mabry – Category: Wearable/Home DecoScott Murkin Judge’s Choice – “Circles And Grids” By Phyllis Tarrant – Category: Pieced Group C
Pieced – Group A
Honorable Mention – “Gifts & Glitter” by Judy MorganthallHonorable Mention – “Bento Box” by Tammy PradoHonorable Mention – “Brightly Blooming” by Susan ScottJudge’s Recognition – “Quartered Strips” by Brenda BaconJudge’s Recognition – “Golden Palm Leaves” by Donna HartenstineJudge’s Recognition – “Allure” by Mary Jerz3rd Place – “Criss-Cross” by Pam Owens2nd Place – “We Gather Together” by Dawn Stephens1st Place – “Celebrating Gray” by Donna Hartenstine
Pieced – Group B
Honorable Mention – “Vintage Funk Venus” by Brenda BaconHonorable Mention – “Feathered Star” by Donna PenzellHonorable Mention – “Color Outside The Lines” by Rebecca RumpfJudge’s Recognition – “Pacific Winter” by Jan Simmons3rd Place – “Color Mania” by Marian Voorhees2nd Place – “Sermon Scribbles” by Rebecca Rumpf1st Place – “Down Under” by Delia Dorn
Pieced – Group C
Honorable Mention – “New York Beauty” by Donna PenzellHonorable Mention – “Weekender” by Kim RatchfordJudge’s Recognition – “Harlequin 61” by Colette BlackmerJudge’s Recognition – “Pockets” by Valeria Rainey3rd Place – “Pineapple Juice Nostalgia” by Rebecca Rumpf2nd Place – “Mediterranean Tiles” by Jeri Kellett1st Place – “Sweet Dreams” by Lynn Barrett
Pieced Duet – Group D
Honorable Mention – “Prairie Paisley Parade” by Linda Dassenko – Quilted by Rebecca RumpfHonorable Mention – “Star Light, Star Bright” by Yvonne Schulze – Quilted by Linda GibbonsJudge’s Recognition – “Dogs In Sweaters” by Nancy DeBerry – Quilted by Linda GibbonsJudge’s Recognition – “The Circle Is Unbroken” by Diane Muldoon – Quilted by Mary Jerz3rd Place – “Vermillion” by Mary Lou Gallucci – Quilted by Christa Smith2nd Place – “Stars On Falling Water” by Yvonne Schulze – Quilted by Rebecca Rumpf1st Place – “Celestial” by Jeri Kellett – Quilted by Linda Gibbons
Pieced Duet – Group E
Honorable Mention – “Entwined” by Nancy DeBerry – Quilted by Kay GieseJudge’s Recognition – “Color Play” by Ann Davis – Quilted by Linda Gibbons3rd Place – “Moon Glow” by Susan Nelson – Quilted by Linda Gibbons2nd Place – “Crystal Prism” by Mildred Gwinn – Quilted by Rebecca Rumpf1st Place – “Feathered Stars” by Amy Owen – Quilted by Donna Penzell
Applique
Honorable Mention – “Flower Power” by Jeri Kellett3rd Place – “Ziggy Cats” by Brenda Bacon2nd Place – “Animals Round My Village” by Sheilah Lakay Stripling1st Place – “Blue Oak” by Lynn Barrett
Mixed Method
Honorable Mention – “Winter Wonderland” by Loretta KelleyJudge’s Recognition – “Sunnybrook Farm” by Wanda BrooksJudge’s Recognition – “F16 Air Force Veteran Quilt” by Sophie Pelletier3rd Place – “Christmas Card” by Pamela Beckwith2nd Place – “Koi” by Pat Hopkins1st Place – “Girls Hair Memories” by Sheila Lakay Stripling
Abstract
Honorable Mention – “This Is Knot Covid” by Elena RobertsHonorable Mention – “Planned Community” by Ellen ApteHonorable Mention – “Where Did I Start?” by Judy MorganthallJudge’s Recognition – “You’ve Got Mail” by Liz Harris3rd Place – “There Are Place I Remember” by Deborah Langsam2nd Place – “Upward” by Phyllis TarrantBest Traditional – 1st Place – “It Had To Be Blue” by Phyllis Tarrant
Naturescape/Landscape
3rd Place – “Impalas In The Sunset” by Judy Morganthall2nd Place – “Bearfootin'” by Judy Morganthall1st Place – “Pawley’s Island” by Liz Harris
Pictorial
Honorable Mention – “Viewing The Sukkah Outside My Window” by Eve Nichols3rd Place – “Posies” by Ellen Apte2nd Place – “Henry” by Brenda Bacon1st Place – “Betty Davis – The Singer” by Kathy Phillips
Non-Original Art
Honorable Mention – “Secretary Clinton And The Glass Ceiling” by Nan Miller3rd Place – “Big Daddy’s 100th” by Liz Harris2nd Place – “Happy Days” by Anna Sitterly1st Place – “Essential Workers” by Nan Miller
Modern
Honorable Mention – “A Foregone Illusion” by Pamela BeckwithHonorable Mention – “Inner Piece” by Debbie Rieck3rd Place – “Quarantine Quilt” by Amy Owen2nd Place – “A Twitter” by Ellen Apte1st Place – “Heartbroken” by Rebecca Rumpf
Juvenile
Honorable Mention – “Bon Appetite” by Anna Sitterly3rd Place – “Chitter Chatter” by Mary Jerz2nd Place – “Rainbow” by Mary Lou Gallucci1st Place – “Fancy Flowers For April Grace” by Donna Hartenstine
Group
Judge’s Recognition – “Salute To Raptors” by Cosette Blackmer, Marian Vorhees, Sandy Dean3rd Place – “From Fear To Hope” by Colette Blackmerand L.O.L. Bee2nd Place – “Joya” by Talia Feyke, Michelle Johnson, Rebecca Rumpf1st Place – “Kaleidoscope” by Talia Feyke, Michelle Johnson, Laura Plaisted
Wearables/Home Deco
3rd Place – “Gourdgeous” by Elena Roberts2nd Place – “Tidy Tote” by Tawny Morrison1st Place – “Stumpy” by Ellen Mabry
Junior Quilter
1st Place – “Venice Table Runner” by Chloe Coates1st Place – “Field Of Pink” by Adeline Jamison1st Place – “Majestic Meadow” by McNeal Miller
