Juried & Judged Show
Our 2009 Juried and Judged Winners!
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Feb 3, 2010, 02:00 pm

Many thanks to our sponsors who make the cash awards possible:

Good Books, The Old Country Store, The People’s Place Quilt Museum, Fairfield Processing Corporation, Mountain Mist/Leggett and Platt, Bernina of America, Brubaker’s Sewing Center, Cherrywood Fabrics, Flynn Quilt Frame Company, YLI Threads, Morgan Quality Products, Janome of America, Golden Threads, Quilter’s Rule, Sauder’s Fabrics, Superior Threads, Gammill, Inc., and Tin Lizzie 18.

Best of Show

JJ309 Remembrance

Dawn Gerber

Hanover, PA

Remembrance, a visual record of my family's genealogy, was hand appliquéd, hand embroidered, and predominately hand quilted with some machine quilting on the buildings, baskets, and birds.  I used some patterns from Elly Sienkiewicz's series of Baltimore books; the realistic birds and insects are from Carol Armstrong's Wild Birds and her Butterflies and Blooms.  A book by Jane Townswick on album quilts and a Baltimore Album workshop taught by Karen Kay Buckley were other valuable sources.  The buildings are original designs.

Best Workmanship

Sponsored by Fairfield Processing Corporation

JJ601 Tea at Tenby

Sue Nickels

Pat Holly

Ann Arbor, MI

For this two-person collaboration, Pat designed and stitched the machine appliqué, pieced border and edge treatment.  Sue designed and stitched all the machine quilting.  Inspired by wonderful trips to England and Wales, both used home sewing machines for all aspects of creating this quilt.

Best Use of Thread

Sponsored by YLI Threads

JJ713 Guardian of the Lost Garden

Ann Horton

Redwood Valley, CA

Based on Genesis 3:24, this quilt shows Eden and the angel.  Time has passed, yet the garden remains as a reminder that our true home with our Creator awaits.  Lush thread painting, digitized embroidery, hand-painted angel on satin, hand-beading.  Machine appliqué and quilting. 

Judge’s Choice/Kimberly Einmo

JJ507 A Plate of Pineapples

Julia Graber

Brooksville, MS

This quilt was based on the Dresen Plate pattern.  You can eat pineapples off a plate, so why not construct the Dresden Plate from Pineapple blocks.  I sewed the Pineapple blocks together and then cut out the Dresden Plate blades from those blocks.  I enjoy bright, bold colors and chose purple to complement the gold. 

Judge’s Choice/Linda McCuean

JJ524 Q=MC x 4

Marie Glenwright

York, PA

Quilt Equals Mariners Compass Times Four was pieced, appliquéd, and quilted by hand.  After completing the quilt, I thought I would fancy up the back with a "little" hand embroidery.

Pieced Traditional (100)

First Place

JJ103 Rebecca’s Legacy

Barbara Diem

Watchung, NJ

This is my version of a quilt I inherited that was made circa 1846-50 by my great-great-grandmother, Rebecca Miles.  The original quilt is documented in The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey book. 

Second Place

JJ110 Pepto Bismol

Anna Macaluso

Totowa, NJ

I first saw the design for this quilt 15 years ago, and I promised myself that one day I would feel confident enough to make my version.  Last year I did just that!  The border is my own design.  I tried to use only stars and squares to make the flowers on the vine.

Third Place

JJ107 Carolina Star

Maggie Fontana

Greely, Ontario Canada

This is a Judy Niemeyer pattern which I adapted to my own colors - bought all the batiks in Lancaster last year!  I quilted it on my Gammill Classic longarm and added a bit of bling for enhancement. 

Honorable Mention

JJ101 Rays of Rubellite

Loretta Painter

Norris, TN

This quilt started out as a Feathered Star design, and as the design evolved, the feathered ends of the stars transformed into arrows.  I paper-pieced this medallion style quilt and quilted it on my home sewing machine.  When I had finished the quilting, I washed it to remove the markings, and to my dismay, the batting had bearded through the quilt top.  The only solution was to unquilt it entirely.  When I re-layered the quilt, I used black cotton batting and put a piece of white batting behind each piece of white fabric.  It took one week to requilt it! 

Pieced Innovative (200)

First Place

Not Awarded

Second Place

Not Awarded

Third Place

Not Awarded

Honorable Mention

Not Awarded

Appliqué (300)

First Place

JJ303 Wistful Willow

Linda M. Roy

Knoxville, TN

Formal Folk Art style features Weeping Willows surrounded by Wreath of Flowers.  "Don't Park Beside Your Troubles" is from a 1980's quilt by Helen Fleenor, East Tennessee, in the collection of Merikay Waldvogel.  This quilt is very personal and truly from the heart.  Notice "Tink's" footsteps she left on my heart in the center as she prances around.

Second Place

JJ301 Cathedral Ceiling

Mildred Sorrells

Macomb, IL

Ornamental design (from Dover book) enlarged, added corner designs and outer border.  Machine-appliquéd and added machine decorative stitching around each appliqué piece.  Wool batting, machine-quilted with echo, stipple, interlocking circles, heavily quilted with YLI silk thread. Appliquéd outer border and piping applied.

Third Place

JJ308 Daisy Dance

Kathy Munkelwitz

Isle, MN

Machine-pieced and hand-quilted. 

Honorable Mention

JJ305 Geese in the Mountain Garden

Barbara E. Lies

Madison, WI

Machine appliqué and trapunto with hand-pieced traditional Delectable Mountain blocks set in diamond on a square.  Loopy edge treatment inspired by Sharon Schamber.

Other Techniques (400)

First Place

JJ401 La Vida es Sueño

Cecilia Maciá

Brewster, MA

La Vida es Sueño (translation: Life is a Dream) celebrates my heritage: the border quilt pattern is a composite of two Spanish tiles, American crazy quilt embroidery stitches, the title is a classic 17th century play (my literature degree).  All hand done.

Second Place

JJ403 Saffron Spring – OCD Meets SAD

Barbara E. Lies

Madison, WI

Central medallion wholecloth quilt with hand and machine embroidery, machine trapunto and quilting, and hand and machine construction.  Perforations in body and border of quilt spanned by fabric bars.

Third Place

JJ404 Tulip Time

Elsie M. Campbell

Dodge City, KS

One cold, gray and snowy January, I decided to cheer myself up by painting tulips and reminding myself that Spring was coming.  This is the quilt I made from those blocks.  It was pieced and quilted by machine.

Honorable Mention

JJ406 Threaded Wedding Ring

Geri V. Ford

Clinton, MD

The center of this quilt is made up of plain white squares embroidered to look like the fabric pieces that are usually found in a traditional Double Wedding Ring quilt.  The border was embroidered and hand-appliquéd, as was the back, making the quilt totally reversible.  The trapunto motifs are from Karen McTavish's Secrets of Elemental Quilting book.  I machine-quilted this quilt on a domestic machine. I designed and digitized the embroidery myself.

Wall Quilts (500)

First Place

JJ518 Poppy Soliloquy

Sandra Leichner

Albany, OR

Flora and Fauna are captivated by the Poppy's soliloquy on its own beauty.  Appliquéd, pieced and embroidered by hand; machine-pieced and -quilted. 

Second Place

JJ538 Sherbet and Marshmallow Crème

Lorilynn King

Longmont, CO

This quilt has a wholecloth batiste layer done with shadow trapunto over a pieced underlay.  The center medallion was adapted from an appliqué pattern by Karen Kay Buckley.  The center motifs were repeated in the border sections and enhanced with trapunto feather quilting designs.

Third Place

JJ532 Morning Glory Bluebirds

Barbara M. Burnham

Ellicott City, MD

Wreath block pattern by Joyce Feucht; border and birds designed by Barbara Burnham.  Hand appliquéd.  Hand-quilted trellis design and around appliqué.  Morning glory vine border with 7 bluebirds throughout.

Honorable Mention

JJ528 Waltz of the Lobsters

Judy Sheridan

Skaneateles Falls, NY

An original design featuring three playful lobsters surrounded by a ring of seaweed sewn in needleturn appliqué within a border of reverse appliquéd and embroidered shells and corner squares with lobsters depicted using both needleturn and reverse appliqué.  Hand quilted.

Team or Group Quilts (600)

First Place

JJ626 Grape Harvest

Lynn Drennan

Gina Perkes

Marilyn J. Smith

Jessie Marinas

Lindsay, CA

A day in the life of vineyard workers at harvest time is depicted in this quilt.  A variety of machine techniques including pintucking, broderie perse, thread play and free-hand quilting were used.  Jessie Marinas is the artist and Lynn Drennen, Gina Perkes, and Marilyn J. Smith contributed workmanship to the quilt. 

Second Place

JJ604 My, That’s a Lot of Yella

Fay and Merl Pritts

Mt. Pleasant, PA

Merl designed the quilt from a picture of a single block, did the machine piecing, cut out appliqué pieces and did the marking for quilting.  Fay did the hand appliqué and hand quilting. 

Third Place

JJ617 On Friendship’s Tree

Barbara M. Burnham et. al.

Ellicott City, MD

The central design was inspired by a vintage embroidered sampler.  The surrounding 9" appliqué blocks were exchanged or signed by friends from 1990-2005.  Quiltmakers:  Barbara Burnham, Anita Askins, Peggy Bonner, Sandy Bryant, Eleanor Eckman, Christine Frost, Jean Harmon, Susan Hinzman, Lynn Irwin, Carol Mesimer, Berta Murray, Kathy Siuta, Kay Smith, Mary Stewart, Judith Thompson. 

Honorable Mention

JJ613 Everything Old Is New Again

Kathy Munkelwitz

Nancy Sammis

Isle, MN

Black with embroidery designs from a 1930 Kansas City Kansan newspaper.  Longarm freehand-quilted by Nancy Sammis.  The colored fabrics are all feedsacks. 

Pictorial Quilts (700)

First Place

JJ714 Evening Egrets

Joanne Baeth

Bonanza, OR

Living in a rural area in southern Oregon where wildlife is abundant, I wanted to create an art quilt resembling a water color painting.  I took several photographs of the egrets that migrate to this area in the summer and made drawings of them before constructing them from cloth.  Techniques included raw edge appliqué, thread painting, and machine quilting.  I also used inks, fabric paint, and several of my own hand-dyed fabrics. 

Second Place

JJ707 Ravens Return

Terry Kramzar

Kennett Square, PA

Ravens strut their personalities as they pose and posture, returning home to roost amidst the sunflowers.  My quilt is an original design constructed from hand-dyed and commercial fabrics.  Machine-pieced and fused using a raw edge technique with free-motion machine quilting. 

Third Place

JJ718 Swan Lake

Bente Kultorp Andresen

Hafslundsøy, Norway

In this quilt, I wanted to capture the feeling of drama in the ballet "Swan Lake."  I also wanted to express the grace and beauty of classic ballet dancers.  The technique is raw edge appliqué; the quilting is done partly freehand and partly with a walking foot on my Janome Jubilee 85. 

Honorable Mention

JJ711 Gorilla Gorilla

Nancy S. Brown

Oakland, CA

A group of the endangered lowland gorillas somewhere in Africa.  An original hand-appliquéd design.  Machine-pieced and hand-quilted. 

Miniature Quilts (800)

First Place

JJ801 Himalayan Garden

Pat Holly

Ann Arbor, MI

While studying old embroideries from India, I was drawn to a coverlet stitched in a village near the Himalayas.  These antique textiles inspired the design of this completely machine-appliquéd and machine-quilted miniature quilt.  I want to honor the amazing textiles that have been created all over the world. 

Second Place

JJ802 Celestial Garden

Jane Holihan

Walworth, NY

This original design white work quilt is based on a medallion style quilt and features birds, flowers, and cherubs.  The hand quilting is enhanced with trapunto. 

Third Place

JJ807 My Petite Victorian Image

Ellen Purdy

Purdys, NY

After completing my first crazy quilt with 10.5" blocks, I decided to challenge myself to scale down and create this quilt.  Each of the nine blocks is 3.5" square with at least 8 pieces of fabric.  Every section in each block has been embellished using silk ribbon, embroidery floss, beads and a few charms.  This was truly an exercise in patience, and I'm very pleased with the results!  Machine-pieced and hand-quilted. 

Honorable Mention

JJ809 Jay’s Icy Hot

George Siciliano

Lebanon, PA

With 3 variations of the Log Cabin block and a specific use of color, I wanted the quilt to "glow."  Upon completion, I couldn't think of a name.  While visiting us for Thanksgiving, my nephew Jay looked at it and proclaimed that it looked icy hot.  So, there you go - Jay's Icy Hot.  Pieced and quilted by machine, it has well over 2200 pieces. 

Wearable Art (900)

First Place

JJ901 Rose Parade

M. Gayle Wallace

Taylor, LA

Original adaptation of an old Burda pattern.  Black dupioni silk front wrap jacket.  It's enhanced with hot pink spikes that gracefully curve across the front of the jacket and continue across the back.  Stitched and trapunto feathers/rose are added to the front.  Added sparkles are radiating lines of beads.  The pants leg is also stitched and beaded. 

Second Place

JJ907 Fanciful Hearts

Joan Bryan

Chesapeake, VA

I created this jacket using the Jambalaya Jacket pattern by Grainline gear and used multiple techniques and embellishments.  Scrunched fabrics, with decorative threads, and the use of both bobbin work and couching are used on the sleeves. The jacket is finished with a multitude of Swarovski crystals and beads. 

Third Place

JJ906 A Night at the Goodspeed Opera

Kathy Knapp

Belpre, OH

My ensemble is inpired by a vintage opera ensemble with a modern twist and recalls couture that I witnessed in my youth while attending performances at the Opera House in East Haddam, CT.  Ruffles are used throughout both garments, and yo-yos festoon the purse.  The ensemble is constructed from 100% cotton black and metallic gold textiles that I have collected over time.  Using Hobb's Thermore batting, the coat was fabricated by traditionally pieced patchwork with free-motion quilting of the entire surface.  Beads normally used in making jewelry accent the patchwork. 

Honorable Mention

JJ902 Designing with Thread

Cathie Werner

Schnecksville, PA

My princess seamed jacket was made with lilac silk dupioni using Thermore batting and then quilting the entire jacket in a variety of free-motion machine stitching (not digitized) with Sulky metallic thread.  Fabric-covered snaps were added to close the jacket front. Rhinestone buttons and matching slacks complete the outfit.  Pattern: Butterick 4262, modified.