Best of Show Quilt

$10,000 Sponsor: Gammill Title: Flowers in full bloom to Kirara Maker: AYAKO KAWAKAMI Quilter: AYAKO KAWAKAMI Design Basis: Makers Original Design I made this quilt for my daughter who loves flowers. My daughter will come of age this year. I made this quilt in the hope that she will be able to spend her coming of age with a bright smile.It is my style to make quilts with embroidery. I embroidered the embroidery design as I thought of it without drafting it. The heart motif is crazyquilts.The quilting is hand quilting and Japanese sashiko (boro).And I enjoyed the many colonialknot stitches.

Marie White Masterpiece Award

$7,500 Sponsor: Road to California, Inc. Title: An Angel Watching Over Ewe Maker: Janet Stone Quilter: Janet Stone Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Inspired by antique Frakturs, the name of the background alphabet fabric in the center is “Lexington”, which is where my mom was born, Lexington, Missouri. The entire quilt was designed around that fabric, and the alphabet, of course. This quilt is dedicated to her, and the thought of her watching over me.

Best Machine Quilting Stationary

$5,000 Sponsor: Moore's Sewing Center Title: BEE yourself Maker: Simone Steuxner Quilter: Simone Steuxner Design Basis: Maker's Original Design The quilt is my original design and was inspired by nature and my garden life. I love being outdoors and I especially love bumblebees.

The Stevii Graves Director's Choice Award

$5,000 Sponsor: The Graves Family Title: Flower Carnival Maker: Naomi Otomo Quilter: Naomi Otomo Design Basis: Maker's Original Design I made it with a wish that the bright days will return soon during the pandemic. Welcome to my Flower Carnival. Once you pass through the gate, there is a wonderland full of smiles. The floats decorated with flowers come with music. Please enjoy yourself.

Best Hand Quilting

$2,500 Sponsor: Martelli Enterprises, Inc. Title: Harmony Maker: Sachiko Chiba Quilter: Sachiko Chiba Design Basis: Maker`s Original Design I wanted to quilt beautiful blooming roses. These are loved by all. That is why I wanted to express their elegant and gorgeous appearance. I spent a lot of time designing, carefully selecting fabrics, and taking my time with each one, and finally completed this quilt. I`m happy I was able to create a quilt that is uniquely my own.

Best Machine Quilting Frame

$2,500 Sponsor: Handi Quilter Title: Into The Sunshine Maker: Patricia Hechler & Joyce Hite Quilter: Patricia Hechler Design Basis: Blocks from P3 Designs, Pearl P. Pereira Joyce Hite and I work together, giving each other space to make our own design decisions on each quilt we do. For the longarming, I chose a variety of threads, including the addition of metallic and holographic threads to help highlight the applique. The border was a great area to introduce various thread colors, helping to create a tapestry look to the solid fabric color.

1st Place: Abstract

$1,000 Sponsor: Janome Longarm Title: Quiet Winter Morning Maker: Lisa Jenni Quilter: Lisa Jenni Design Basis: Original Design Fresh snow in an alpine landscape, soft natural glitter under low glowing sun is a wide-open invitation to meditation. Everything is quiet, but for the attentive observer, the branches hold the promise of spring. Being enveloped by nature is a peaceful joy, especially after so many months of restrictions due to the pandemic.

1st Place: Portrait

$1,000 Sponsor: Janome Longarm Title: Sharing the Moment Maker: Hollis Chatelain Quilter: Hollis Chatelain Design Basis: Maker's Original Design African-American women are a powerful force in motivating their families and communities to vote. I wanted to create a piece about this and highlight the fact that African-American women did not receive the right to vote in all 50 states until 1965 when the Voting Rights Act was passed. I met Phyllis at a rally. I was drawn to her and asked if she would be my model. Without hesitation she said yes. She later brought her friend Loretta with her.

1st Place: Applique

$1,000 Sponsor: Baby Lock Title: Inherited Inspiration Maker: Michelle Plourde Quilter: Michelle Plourde Design Basis: Maker's original design This quilt is a generational collaboration (in spirit) between myself and my great grandfather Andrea St. Laurent. A childhood discovery of a dusty box in my grandmother’s basement led me to the most captivating artwork I had ever seen. Between 1900-1940 my great-grandfather drew over 90 “mandala like” drawings using a compass and brown paper bags. I knew these drawings would be a source of inspiration for a quilt one day.

1st Place: Mixed

$1,000 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: AUTUMN SWAG Maker: Linda Roy Quilter: Linda Roy Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Original inspired by Fall foliage in my home state of MA. and newly constructed roundabout in my current home of 19 yrs in Knoxville, Tn. Hand applique, embroidered, quilted, padded.

1st Place: Other

$1,000 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Blue Tone II Maker: AKI SAKAI Quilter: AKI SAKAI Design Basis: Maker's Original Design The designs of this quilt are based on my family memories such as 30th wedding anniversary and my favorite things. It took about a year and half to make this.

1st Place: Pieced Large

$1,000 Sponsor: The Grace Company Title: Belladonic Haze Maker: Margaret Solomon Gunn Quilter: Margaret Solomon Gunn Design Basis: Maker's Original Design The quilt's name derives from a 1973 Queen song, and aptly describes my mind while I waited to quilt this. I'd just gone through the painful journey of my dad's death. This modified carpenter's star features nearly 1300 appliqued silk dots in the 24 setting squares. The final quilting touch was adding titles of 35 Queen songs into the outer border.

1st Place: Miniature

$1,000 Sponsor: OC Sewing & Vacuum Title: Happy Halloween III Maker: AKI SAKAI Quilter: AKI SAKAI Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This is my third Halloween quilt. It took me about 4 months to make this.

1st Place: Naturescape

$1,000 Sponsor: Brother International Corporation Title: Augustinii Maker: Andrea Brokenshire Quilter: Andrea Brokenshire Design Basis: Maker's Original Design “AUGUSTINII” IS A BLUE/PURPLE VARIETY OF RHODODENDRON MY MOMMA PLANTED WITHIN HER FOREST GARDEN. I WAS LUCKY TO BE HOME ON WHEN IT WAS IN BLOOM. WHEN I SEE THIS QUILT, I AM REMINDED OF MY MOMMA AND HOW SHE LOVES TO TEND HER GARDEN AND “GRUB IN THE DIRT”.

1st Place: Pictorial

$1,000 Sponsor: The Grace Company Title: Leap of Faith Maker: Kestrel Michaud Quilter: Kestrel Michaud Design Basis: Original design In this Steampunk fantasy world, men and women have taken to the skies on ships held aloft by hot air, ingenuity, and luck. Faith’s favorite past-time is bungee-jumping off the side of her airship, with Bubo, her pet clockwork owl. This quilt depicts the photo Faith took on her latest jump to test her brand-new camera and selfie stick.

1st Place: Pieced Wall

$1,000 Sponsor: BERNINA of America Title: The troubadour Maker: Luz Seidensticker Quilter: Luz Seidensticker Design Basis: Own Design As a homage to quilters from the past, I modified the traditional Mariner Compass block to capture the magic of petals unfolding on Giant Mammoth sunflowers. In the background, a blue bird serenades his companion at the tune of “Oh Sole Mio”. The piece was completely machine pieced.

2nd Place: Abstract

$750 Sponsor: Janome Longarm Title: Renew Anew Maker: Elizabeth Ray Quilter: Elizabeth Ray Design Basis: Maker’s Original Design Post 2020, emerging we came out to interact, renew, and shine anew. I used the 2021 Pantone Colors of the year to create a radiating plus with a single simple block design, rotated and recolored throughout. The stripes, like blinds, shading, and exposing the different colors as they interact. The interactions, colors and shapes, highlight my many feelings and relationships, internal and external, being challenged yet renewed to continue anew.

2nd Place: Portrait

$750 Sponsor: Janome Longarm Title: The Gift Maker: Kathy McNeil Quilter: Kathy McNeil Design Basis: Maker's Original Design The little girls gift to Santa, reminds us all about the spirit of giving in the Christmas season. Crazy quilted little coat with hand embroidery. Hand applique.

2nd Place: Applique

$750 Sponsor: Baby Lock Title: Baked With Love Maker: Linda Neal Quilter: Jackie Brown Design Basis: Lori Holt of Bee In My Bonnet My grandmother was a fabulous baker. I used her Christmas cookie cutters to make this quilt. The horse shape was the favorite that we all fought over every year-even as adults! So, they are on a silver tray. Lori Holt, of Bee In My Bonnet, Let's Bake blocks were the perfect addition. The blocks are fused together, and hand sewn with 3/8-inch English paper pieced hexagons. The binding is made with 640 1/2-inch hexagons- my own technique.

2nd Place: Mixed

$750 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Are We There Yet? Road Trip On The Learning Curve Maker: Kathryn Bernstein Quilter: Richard Larson Design Basis: Heart adapted from Elly Sienkiewicz; Tulip Papercut adapted from I started this quilt in 2014 and as I learned new techniques, I would make a new block. Like eating a box of truck stop doughnuts, I nibbled at the fabrics for other projects so I was running on crumbs at the end. My beloved YaYas were backseat drivers throughout the trip so we are all happy that the quilt finally arrived! Special shout-out to my shotgun rider and the diabolical mind behind the hand pieced 3" Cake Stand, Jessica LaMar!

2nd Place: Other

$750 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Bubbles Maker: Hanne Lohde Quilter: Hanne Lohde Design Basis: Maker's Original Design To catch a glimpse of a mermaid is never easy, but you might just be lucky enough to see one here in BUBBLES!. A story quilt that tells the story of endangered fish from all over the world coming to "Bubbles" to help the mermaid queen Pernille harvesting fresh water pearls. Between others, Helga the black herring from the Baltics, Safia from the Mediterranean, Kailea & Lailani from the Pacific, Henrietta & Harry the octopus from the Indian Ocean.

2nd Place: Pieced Large

$750 Sponsor: The Grace Company Title: Joyride Maker: Simone Steuxner Quilter: Simone Steuxner Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Life is not always a Joyride, but making this quilt was one. My original design.

2nd Place: Miniature

$750 Sponsor: OC Sewing & Vacuum Title: Paradise Valley Maker: Kumiko Frydl Quilter: Kumiko Frydl Design Basis: original The Covid-19 pandemic engulfed the old normal for many. Staying at home & working on projects is my normal, but luckily I can work from the safety of my bubble overlooking paradise in my garden where butterflies flutter innocently. Paradise Valley contemplates a return to simpler times, and is dedicated to all who have suffered or sacrificed,

2nd Place: Naturescape

$750 Sponsor: Brother International Corporation Title: Homage to Birches Bare Maker: Jessica Noble Quilter: Jessica Noble Design Basis: Fabric recreation of Kesler Woodward's Birches Bare, acrylic on I fell in love with Kesler Woodward’s Birches Bare painting and knew I had to create it in fabric. I cut about 1,700 pattern pieces out of freezer paper and then fused fabric, through the fall of 2019 until the pandemic started. During this time, I homeschooled my two children and the quilt sat in quarantine. I quilted this freehand on my midarm in the winter of 2021. I managed to take the majority of the summer of 2022 on the binding.

2nd Place: Pictorial

$750 Sponsor: The Grace Company Title: Toroweap Overlook Maker: Sandra Mollon Quilter: Sandra Mollon Design Basis: Derived from a photo Toroweap Overlook, in the Grand Canyon National Park, is an incredible view of the Colorado River. When John Slot sent me the photo to consider for an art quilt, I realized the complexity of the amount of the pieces it would require, but knew I had to do it. Raw edge fused, machine quilted, small amounts of media.

2nd Place: Pieced Wall

$750 Sponsor: BERNINA of America Title: Corona Wedding Dish Maker: Ben Darby Quilter: Ben Darby Design Basis: Original design I used computer drawing software to draft repeating distorted circles; the overlapping segments were filled with improv paper piecing. The spiky secondary shapes were serendipitous and inspired the name.

Judges Choice - Gloria Loughman

$500 Sponsor: Title: Piercing Pyramids Maker: Claire Victor Quilter: Claire Victor Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This modern quilt is part of a series where I am trying to get a 3-D effect with geometric shapes. I envision it as pyramids with stiff ribbon like shapes piercing through them. It is English Paper Pieced, double batted and free motion quilted on a domestic Bernina.

Judges Choice - David Taylor

$500 Sponsor: Title: Long Tall Sally Maker: Sue de Vanny Quilter: Sue de Vanny Design Basis: Maker's Original Design & Photo Created with fabric collage only on the patterning of this long legged amazing Giraffe. Inspired by my photo taken in Kenya. Shown in a way that in between the collage patches is just the hand dyed background, so to see through, it's my take on the diminishing of animals in wild , through unlawful hunting and poaching. Free motioned details with thread painting then added silk cocoon for texture. Added free motion webbed holes.

Judges Choice - Pat Yamin

$500 Sponsor: Superior Threads Title: Warm Regards Maker: Cecelia Westerfield Quilter: Cecelia Westerfield Design Basis: Warm Regards by Kim Diehl & Jo Morton "Warm Regards" is a Kim Diehl and Jo Morton pattern designed for swapping blocks. Blocks were pieced by myself and my friends, Fran and Carol, and we exchanged them. Each of us designed the remainder of our quilts according to our personal tastes. I added wool applique in addition to the hand applique.

3rd Place: Abstract

$500 Sponsor: Janome Longarm Title: Emergence Maker: Cassandra Ireland Beaver Quilter: Cassandra Ireland Beaver Design Basis: Original Design As the pandemic wore through 2020, we all needed something to look forward to, and virtual quilt shows were a bright spot in an otherwise dreary Winter. I created Emergence as a 100 day countdown to QuiltCon Together. A small amount of sewing each day grew consistently to emerge as a finished quilt by the time we gathered virtually. Bright, warm colors evoke joy and the mix of hand and machine quilting creates a cozy texture.

3rd Place: Portrait

$500 Sponsor: Janome Longarm Title: The Haskell News Maker: Amy Cavaness Quilter: Amy Cavaness Design Basis: Original My grandparents owned the daily newspaper in Haskell Oklahoma from the 1930’s-1960’s. My grandmother served as the writer/editor and Papa set type and ran the printing press. Honey sat at her typewriter under the window and wrote about small town news, births and obituaries. At noon she walked home and made a hot midday dinner. The town has declined but during my childhood there was still lots of news, and 1 stop light, in Haskell, OK.

3rd Place: Applique

$500 Sponsor: Baby Lock Title: Fairest of Ten Thousand Maker: Audra Rasnake Quilter: Audra Rasnake Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Because the main block in this quilt is Rose of Sharon, I used a phrase from an old hymn that I used to sing with my parents as the inspiration for the title. "I Have Found a Hiding Place" (written in 1942) describes the Rose of Sharon (Jesus) as the "Fairest of Ten Thousand to My Soul".

3rd Place: Mixed

$500 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: My Very Fussy Dear Jane Maker: Alice Ikenberry Quilter: Alice Ikenberry Design Basis: Dear Jane by Brenda Papadakis This is my second Dear Jane and I decided I wanted to make it more challenging and different then my first one. From a distance, it’s a blue and white Dear Jane. Up close, each 4.5 inch block tells a little story. All but a few blocks are fussy cut even down to some 1/4 inch pieces. It is constructed using the English Paper Piecing method.

3rd Place: Other

$500 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: African Crazy Play Maker: Ann Horton Quilter: Ann Horton Design Basis: original My African textile stash seemed right for crazy patchwork. Layers of applique, hand quilting and embroidered inserts called for borders of playful plants and lion cubs.

3rd Place: Pieced Large

$500 Sponsor: The Grace Company Title: Oh My Stars Maker: Alice Ikenberry Quilter: Alice Ikenberry Design Basis: Stars upon Stars The Stars Upon Stars design was a long time goal for me. I decided to construct it using the English Paper Piecing method. My challenge was to use my own fabric stash and focus on color use and placements. I did purchase fabric for the sashings. The making of this quilt took over my life for a few months. I couldn’t stop working on it. It has close to 9000 pieces in it.

3rd Place: Miniature

$500 Sponsor: Janome Longarm Title: Number Six Piece Maker: Amy Pabst Quilter: Amy Pabst Design Basis: inspired by an antique quilt This design was inspired by an antique quilt. It was foundation pieced on a 1947 Singer Featherweight machine and ditch quilted on a Bernina. This quilt is part of my Micropiecing series; there are 5,400 pieces in this quilt.

3rd Place: Naturescape

$500 Sponsor: Brother International Corporation Title: The Old Apple Tree, Winter Maker: Sarah Ann Smith Quilter: Sarah Ann Smith Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Maine in all its seasons inspires me, including this old apple tree along our driveway. I love the architecture of the branches which is best seen in winter. Here, a heavy spring snow rests on the branches, the stone wall beneath is hidden, and just some grasses poke up above the snow.

3rd Place: Pictorial

$500 Sponsor: The Grace Company Title: Catch it Yuri! Maker: Hiroko Miyama and Masanobu Miyama Quilter: Hiroko Miyama Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Inspired by dogs’ action. Yuri, golden retriever big jumped to catch a ball and Ponta, mix hardly waited his turn. Dogs and girl were fused appliquéd.

3rd Place: Pieced Wall

$500 Sponsor: BERNINA of America Title: Heat Lightning Maker: Amy Pabst Quilter: Amy Pabst Design Basis: Traditional Log Cabin Designs This quilt was inspired by traditional log cabin quilt designs, specifically the Streak of Lightning layout. This quilt was foundation pieced on a 1947 Singer Featherweight and machine quilted in the ditch on a Bernina. There are over 8,000 pieces.