Award Winners - Road to California Quilters Conference and Showcase 2020

$10,000 Sponsor: Gammill Title: Christmas in St. Andrews Maker: Marilyn Badger Quilter: Marilyn Badger Design Basis: Claudia Clark Myers Claudia challenged me to make this design using the plaid fabric she had. It definitely was a challenge making all those seams match up and I eventually used 6 yards by the time I fussy cut everything. It was a joy to work on though and I especially liked adding all the details after quilting.

$7,500 Sponsor: Road to California, Inc. Title: Crazy Four Ewe Maker: Janet Stone Quilter: Janet Stone Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This quilt was inspired by crazy quilts, wool applique, and my love of the alphabet. Instead of wool for the applique, I used flannel fabrics. By appliqueing and quilting the blocks first, and then appliqueing them to the background, I was able to quilt a different different design behind each block, making it a 2-sided quilt. And there really are four ewes in there!

$5,000 Sponsor: Handi Quilter Title: Missouri Barn Maker: LeAnn Hileman Quilter: LeAnn Hileman Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Missouri Barn developed from a photograph I took outside of Hamilton, Missouri. This homesite was obviously once prosperous with a large farmhouse and barns, all seemingly now abandoned. I became intrigued, some might say obsessed, with wondering what the story was behind the barn and its fellows. All of that curiosity went into choosing all the different fabrics in the boards of the barn - representing all the complexity of how life unfolds.

$5,000 Sponsor: Janome Longarm Title: The Value of Violet Maker: Margaret Solomon Gunn Quilter: Margaret Solomon Gunn Design Basis: Maker's Original Design All my life I have had a love affair with the color purple -- lavender, fuchsia, plum...love them all. This quilt explores creating depth, texture and design with just one color. It features turned-edge hand applique, embroidery, hand-guided longarm quilting and a scalloped edge created on the longarm.

$5,000 Sponsor: Pollard's Sew Creative Title: MIDNIGHT FROLIC Maker: Molly Hamilton-McNally Quilter: Molly Hamilton-McNally Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Although it is often said that butterflies do not fly at night, these butterflies could not resist the lure of the soft glow of the moonlight. As they frolic in a beautiful garden. Later, they will return to spend the last nighttime hours safely tucked in the crevices of a nearby rock or underneath a fallen leaf. Take a moment to enjoy the natural beauty of these gentle creatures as represented in the art of quilting.

$5,000 Sponsor: Moore's Sewing Center Title: Boogie Brass Band Maker: Sharon Casey Quilter: Sharon Casey Design Basis: Maker's Original Design "Boogie Brass Band" owes its creation to the big band music my parents played when I was a kid. I also loved marching bands! What a thrill it is when the light gleams off the trumpets, trombones and sousaphones as they break from strict formation and sway into full-tilt boogie-woogie. This quilt merges the two passions of my life - music and art.

$2,500 Sponsor: World of Quilt Travel Title: Summertime Maker: Elsie Campbell Quilter: Elsie Campbell Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Quilting with bright warm colors and the soft blue of summer skies helped keep me cheerful during long, cold winter days. Completely constructed, appliquéd and quilted by hand over a period of 10 years. Even the binding is applied with hand stitches.

$2,500 Sponsor: Baby Lock Title: Finding Light In The Darkness Maker: Teri Cherne Quilter: Teri Cherne Design Basis: Stars Being a two time Cancer survivor, there were many times I had to look within to find the light. The use of metallic threads allows the quilt will shine bright in the light. I used Wonderfil’s Dazzle 8wt thread for all the hand couching to add more color and shimmer.

$2,500 Sponsor: Baby Lock Title: Starburst Maker: Susan Stewart Quilter: Susan Stewart Design Basis: Machine Embroidery: Zundt Designs and Emblibrary This quilt was inspired by two packs of Cherrywood hand-dyed fabric, which formed the central star. This was appliqued on a background of light blue silk-cotton Radiance fabric. I added machine embroidery, heirloom lace insertion, and lots of detailed quilting, along with a machine-embroidered lace border. I named it "Starburst" because the juicy colors reminded me of the candy!

$2,500 Sponsor: Truecut Title: Lateral Ascension Maker: Cassandra Beaver Quilter: Cassandra Beaver Design Basis: Maker's Original Design While drafting a front elevation of a spiral staircase for a theatre set, I was struck by the elegance of the roughed in shape. The simple horizontal lines draw the eye sideways and upward at the same time. The piecing of the quilt creates what would be the treads of a staircase and the quilting stitches emphasize the horizontal lines, while the two color background creates a strong vertical.

$1,500 Sponsor: Fiberworks Inc. Title: Balam (Jaguar) Maker: Georgia Spalding Pierce Quilter: Georgia Spalding Pierce Design Basis: The Center Panel is based on a Drawing by Linda Schele (SD-171) I am intrigued by the art of ancient societies. This if the fourth in a series of quilts exploring the art of various cultures. This quilt represents Mayan hieroglyphs surrounding a central panel with Jaguar shield based on a carved panel at the Palenque site. Needle turned hand applique and embroidery. The colors used are consistent with those on existing Mayan wall paintings. Freehand quilted on my longarm.

$1,500 Sponsor: Hannah's Quilts Title: Farm Market Blooms Maker: Nancy Simmons Quilter: Nancy Simmons Design Basis: Flower Box Pattern by Edyta Sitar I especially love antique quilts originating from diamonds. The Lonestar being a favorite. And I love precision piecing...the smaller, the better. The possibilities are endless!

$1,000 Sponsor: Yazzii International Pty Ltd Title: Broken Shell Beach Maker: Suzanne Kistler, Alice Chitwood, Barbara Daniel, Kristin Eilers, DeAnn Farris, Barbara Sawyer, S Quilter: Suzanne Kistler, Alice Chitwood, Barbara Daniel, Kristin Eilers, DeAnn Farris, Barbara Sawyer, S Design Basis: Based on a Photograph by Suzanne Kistler Each year our Art Quilt Group, Sew Eclectic, issues a challenge to our members. In 2018, we chose Suzanne's photo of broken shells. The enlarged image was cut into 12 pieces, with most members taking one. Suzanne and Debbie each took two. We were to use our favorite techniques to reproduce our little section of the whole. Because of size issues, display was a challenge. When a friend suggested the fishing net, it was the perfect solution!

$1,000 Sponsor: Carriage Country Quilts Title: Carolinas Maker: Terry Sargent Peart Quilter: Terry Sargent Peart Design Basis: Maker's Original Sketches Each block was inspired by a sketch I made of the things we enjoyed while my husband and I were on vacation in the Carolinas. The sketches were simplified and rendered into quilt blocks. The colors are the colors I saw of the sky, the sea, foliage, flowers and the beautiful surroundings.

$1,000 Sponsor: BlocLoc Rulers - USAUS INC Title: A Tale of The Salem Witches Quilt Guild - Those Pesky Goblins! Maker: Kathryn Bernstein and Cindy Brauntmann (Embroidery) Quilter: Kathryn Bernstein and Cindy Brauntmann (Embroidery) Design Basis: Original Setting Design and Goblin Drawings by Kathryn Bernstein My beloved quilt group, the YaYas, support me when I get crazy design ideas so this quilt reminds me of the YaYas and our witchy ways. I always imagine that goblins will magically finish my quilts while I snack and chat with my buds so I included them on this quilt and wrote a limerick for them on the label in hopes that they will visit my studio while I sleep! The YaYa motto magically appeared on the class board "Completion Trumps Perfection!"

$1,000 Sponsor: Title: Blue Windows Maker: Jennifer Emry Quilter: Jennifer Emry Design Basis: Maker's Original Design A color and value study using blue fabrics in squares.

$1,000 Sponsor: Sew Cherished Title: Away Maker: Karen K Stone Quilter: Karen K Stone Design Basis: Maker's Original Design A trip to Japan with dear friends renewed my heart in many ways. Beauty surrounded us, quilts inspired us, people treated us kindly, and my quilt serves as a reminder of our fun, and our abiding friendships.

$1,000 Sponsor: Superior Threads Title: Arches Maker: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry Quilter: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry Design Basis: Maker's Original Design The inspiration for this quilt came from photos we took in 2016 in the Baptistery of St. John in Pisa, Italy (Battistero di San Giovanni: started in 1152). Rather than trying to reproduce the photo in fabric, I created an abstract composition that captures the feeling one has inside the building, looking up at the lofty arches with the light streaming in.

$1,000 Sponsor: Quilters Dream Batting Title: Bricks ´n Gears Maker: Claudia Pfeil Quilter: Claudia Pfeil Design Basis: Maker's Original Design In my imagination old used gears and wheels are piled along a wall of Bricks - an abstract still-life of technical relicts.Made out of Dupioni silks , using silk organza and embellished with 20,000 Swarovski Crystals.

$1,000 Sponsor: BERNINA of America Title: On Thin Ice Maker: Debra Crine Quilter: Debra Crine Design Basis: Photograph I chose to name this quilt On Thin Ice to help highlight the decreasing population of this beautiful bear. I hope that it brings awareness to climate change and to the increasing pollution of our waters.

$1,000 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Untitled Maker: Lynn Czaban Quilter: Lynn Czaban Design Basis: Copyright Free Photograph from Library of Congress This 1936 photograph by Arthur Rothstein, a photographer for the Farm Securities Administration depicts a Laborer at the Chopawamsic Recreational Project in Virginia.

$1,000 Sponsor: Daylight Company Title: Promised Season Maker: Sachiko Chiba Quilter: Sachiko Chiba Design Basis: Maker`s Original Design This is entirely made by my original design. I always spend a lot of time designing and composition when i make new quilts. I`m focused on choosing what each flower look realistic. I made this quilt beautiully, hoping to see my dear friends of mine live in America again.

$1,000 Sponsor: Necchi Title: Pandemonium Maker: Susan Minchow Quilter: Susan Minchow Design Basis: Kim Mclean I have always loved Kim McLean's patterns and applique is my favorite technique! Kris Vierra finished this quilt off with her amazing quilting!

$1,000 Sponsor: Pineapple Fabrics Title: Love to Embroider Maker: Linda Vaughan Quilter: Amy McGrew Design Basis: Pattern by Dottie Kruger Using the pattern by Dottie Kruger I challenged myself to create flowers using many different stitches rather than the back stitch and lazy daisy stitches the pattern called for.

$1,000 Sponsor: SewBatik Title: 15 warthogs Maker: Marilyn Smith Quilter: Marilyn Smith Design Basis: Maker's Original Design I made a small warthogs quilt for a challenge and loved it so much that I decided to make a larger quilt

$1,000 Sponsor: Pfaff Title: Starcrazy Maker: Catherine Butterworth Quilter: Catherine Butterworth Design Basis: Maker's Original Design In quilt making I purposely chose prints for their visual texture. I add embellishments for extra detail, and then the quilting which gives the quilt it’s unique personally. With Starcrazy I used what I call quilted trapunto. This is where elements of the stars are quilted and then padded before the quilt is sandwiched. This technique provides added interest with its dimensional surface texture

$1,000 Sponsor: Custom Creations Title: The Witching Hour 2 Maker: Amy Pabst Quilter: Amy Pabst Design Basis: Inspired by Traditional Design This quilt was inspired by a 1900s era log cabin quilt from the collection of Marjorie Childress. The embroidered X's in the centers of the blocks are a tribute to log cabin quilts of that era, which were often tied instead of quilted. This quilt was foundation pieced on a 1947 Singer Featherweight and then quilted in the ditch on a Bernina. There are 2,310 pieces.

$1,000 Sponsor: Brother International Corporation Title: Acadia's Own: Cobblestone Bridge Maker: Barbara Binotto Quilter: Barbara Binotto Design Basis: Original Photo by Maker This piece is my rendition in fabric and thread of this iconic bridge in its natural surroundings in Maine's Acadia National Park. Intricate free motion thread painting highlights the delicate nature of the foliage while batting provides the texture and flow of water tumbling over and around the rocks during spring snow melt and runoff. This park is both a photographer's and quilter's endless source of inspiration.

$1,000 Sponsor: Electric Quilt Company Title: Signed, Sealed and Delivered Maker: Sheila Gaquin Quilter: Sheila Gaquin Design Basis: Drawing by Sheila Gaquin My community's rural post office--the center of community--was slated for closure by the US Postal Service. The tiny community of Deer Harbor, with just 350 folks, raised $250,000 in 8 weeks to buy the post office building and convince the USPS to keep the post office open. To celebrate that community success, I made Signed, Sealed, and Delivered.

$1,000 Sponsor: Martelli Enterprises, Inc. Title: Train To Nowhere Maker: Cheryl See Quilter: Cheryl See Design Basis: Hawaiian My goal was to make a Hawaiian style quilt that was less traditional and innovative in design. The town center is surrounded by buildings and then a circular train track and train stations. As I progressed, the North, South, East, and West of the quilt became my personal NSEW and I included signs of every city I have lived in and every house number as well as my workplace. The four larger houses represent houses I have lived in.

$1,000 Sponsor: Janome Title: Ruler Play Maker: Inger Blood Quilter: Inger Blood Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This whole cloth design was derived from its heavy quilting. It was quilted in a center medallion motif which radiates outward. Rulers were used for the main design outlay. Free motion quilting was used for the fill designs including crosshatch, leaves, circles, and outlined edges. The outside border design continues around the piece and displays a scalloped edge. The outside edge is embellished with beading that interlock in a crisscross design.

$1,000 Sponsor: OC Sewing & Vacuum Title: Pure Velvet Maker: Amy Pabst Quilter: Amy Pabst Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Each 1.5" block in this quilt has 49 pieces for a total of 21,609 pieces. The quilt was foundation pieced on a 1947 Singer Featherweight and then quilted in the ditch on a Bernina. There are silks, silk blends, polyesters, velvets, linen blends, and cottons in this quilt.

$750 Sponsor: Quilters Dream Batting Title: Brush Strokes Maker: Jennifer Emry Quilter: Jennifer Emry Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This is a simple composition of reds, pinks, greys, and directional fabrics that suggests brush strokes of paint on canvas. Quilted spiral circles add a layer of interest.

$750 Sponsor: BERNINA of America Title: If Only Maker: Diana Bicknell Quilter: Diana Bicknell Design Basis: Maker's Original Design I've become more aware in recent years of the problems facing endangered animals. "If Only" is a tribute to all of the people, researchers, & volunteers around the world who work so hard protecting our animals. "If Only" it was as easy as drawing a picture to bring them to life...Sketched and painted with inks, appliqued, thread painted and quilted on a domestic machine. It was a joy to see it come to life.

$750 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Pensive Pause Maker: Linda Anderson Quilter: Linda Anderson Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Traveling in India, our senses were alive with color, tastes, sounds and smells. Women were wrapped in stunning colors everywhere we looked, whether doing hard work or relaxing. This woman seemed to take a break in her efforts to sweep the area, quietly drawing into herself amidst the busy congestion all around her.

$750 Sponsor: Aloha Quilt Shop Title: Baltimore Joy Maker: Joanne Florence Quilter: Joanne Florence Design Basis: Friends of Baltimore by Sue Garman Sue Garmen's pattern for this Baltimore Album style quilt appealed to me for many years. Her detailed instructions, and time spent with her in several classes made this a pleasure to work on. It is based on designs from antique Baltimore Album quilts. I added my own designer the border. These quilts were made in Baltimore, Maryland, 1840-1850.

$750 Sponsor: SewBatik Title: Shwe Cool Maker: Judy Powell Quilter: Judy Powell Design Basis: Helen Stubbings I really liked Helen Stubbings Pattern for this quilt but made some changes. She had different embroidery designs. I made a border that she didn't have. When I sent a picture to her of my quilt she said she liked it better. (nice of her to say that)

$750 Sponsor: Necchi Title: Memories Maker: Joyce Hite Quilter: Patricia Hechler Design Basis: Sampler Quilt (Pieced Blocks are from EQ7) I chose to make a Sampler Quilt with blocks that have special meaning to me. Some reference my childhood, some my travels, & some my family. For example, the first block I ever made is included, as is a barn, & wheat applique, because I grew up on a farm. The flower baskets included make me think of my Mom, who had a gift for arranging flowers. I find Japanese fabrics, & Yoko Saito's appliqué designs, very inspiring.

$750 Sponsor: Pineapple Fabrics Title: A Gardeners Alphaet Maker: Judy Powell Quilter: Judy Powell Design Basis: Meg Hawkey-Crabapple Hill This quilt took me 2 years to embroider as I sewed on it while traveling. I love the soft colors and the texture from embroidery. I painted "raindrops on the border as all the plants need rain. I did add the outer border and all the sashing to the original pattern.

$750 Sponsor: Pfaff Title: Flower Power Maker: Marilyn Badger and the QUTIs Quilter: Marilyn Badger and Linda Brown Design Basis: Original design by Claudia Clark Myers Our friendship group consisting of Linda Brown, Linda Finney, Teryl McKnight, Vickie Wardrop, Susan Recknagel, Sharon Freidman, Shirley Baptist and Marilyn Badger are called QUTI - which stands for Quilting Under The Influence. We decided to make a group quilt to enter in our local show and Flower Power is the result. We spent many enjoyable hours together piecing, appliquing, embellishing and enjoying wine at the same time.

$750 Sponsor: Cozy Quilt Designs Title: Under Big Waves Maker: Naomi Iida Quilter: Naomi Iida Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This miniature quilt was inspired by my previous wall quilt. However I applied different techniques I learned recently such as shadow trapunto, boutis as well as free motion machine quilting. I wanted to depict Hawaii’s sea by blue waves with white cap, shell and coral.

$750 Sponsor: Brother International Corporation Title: Orange Crushed It Maker: Andrea Brokenshire Quilter: Andrea Brokenshire Design Basis: Maker's Original Design My Momma is a Begonia whisperer. Each summer she plants a number of beautiful begonias in her clay containers and places them around her front patio. The patio is shaded by a grove of huge old growth Douglas fir. The majestic trees allow the perfect amount light to filter down to let this beauties flourish.

$750 Sponsor: All About Color Quilting Title: Doorway to Georgia's World Maker: Susan Buckingham Quilter: Susan Buckingham Design Basis: Photo Taken by Me at Georgia O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, NM Hand-dyed and commercial batiks and cottons; cotton and cotton/poly threads; Pellon 60/40 blend batting; batik backing and facing. Fusible raw-edge and turned-edge machine applique, constructed from the center out. Neocolor pencils and Fabrico markers. Appliqued on my Baby Lock sewing machine, free-motion quilted on my Handi Quilter Avanté. I used the quilting of the outer adobe walls to help achieve perspective.

$750 Sponsor: Martelli Enterprises, Inc. Title: Summer's Bounty Maker: Jan Mawk Quilter: Jan Mawk Design Basis: From Pattern Floral Sampler in book Beautiful Botanicals When I purchased the book Beautiful Botanicals by Deborah Kemball I fell in love with the pattern titled Floral Sampler. Being new to appliqué, I found it to be challenging but also thoroughly enjoyable. The quilt consists of 94 different fabrics and required 2,200 hours to complete. The hand appliqué was done with 20-25 stitches per inch using YLI Silk over thread.The hand echo quilting is every 3/16 inch with 12 stitches per inch.

$750 Sponsor: Janome Title: Who Let The Dogs In? Maker: Sandra Branjord Quilter: Sandra Branjord Design Basis: Maker's Original Design The political scope of the year 2017-2018 gave me all the ammunition that I needed to make this interactive art quilt. I bashed both sides, hoping that the viewers couldn't guess my own politics. Holding back my fire is not in my makeup...full guns ahead, metaphorically speaking.

$750 Sponsor: OC Sewing & Vacuum Title: Abbey's Flower Garden Maker: Ceidys Butterworth Quilter: Susan Corbett Design Basis: Sue Daley Designs My love of English Paper Piecing and a bundle of fabric called Forget Me Not is what inspired me to piece by hand over 1400 one-inch hexagons. I made a couple of changes to the design by Sue Daley and called it Abbey's Flower Garden which is my Shih Tzu's name.

$500 Sponsor: Quilter's Rule International, LLC Title: Celtic Migration Maker: Angela Petrocelli Quilter: Angela Petrocelli Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Inspired by my love of flying geese, tiny piecing and desire to make everything more complicated than necessary. Blends the simple complexity of Celtic Knots with the subtle beauty of taupe fabrics. There are 7,924 flying geese. The dimension to the quilted feathers was achieved using colored pencils.

$500 Sponsor: From My Heart to Your Hands Title: Pop-Up Stories Maker: Flora Joy Quilter: Flora Joy Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Viewers (students) may enjoy composing creative stories by beginning with all blocks CLOSED and UNsnapping them one at a time while adding to their story with each new pop-up fabric scene. Each block has both free-motion and the quilter’s original stitching designs, and the entire quilt reveals fabric explorations with an array of cording, fishing line, felt, beading, faux velveteen, buttons, upholstery items, Texture Magic, Pel-Tex, rick rack...

$500 Sponsor: Quilters Dream Batting Title: Antelope Canyon Mosaic Maker: Kimberly Lacy Quilter: Kimberly Lacy Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This quilt was inspired by the dramatic colors of the undulating sandstone formations in Antelope Canyon, Arizona. The colors of the canyon walls change at different times of day.

$500 Sponsor: BERNINA of America Title: The Elephant in the Room Maker: Sandra Mollon Quilter: Sandra Mollon Design Basis: Photo With its commanding gaze, the photo of a young bull elephant was one I wanted to work from. I wanted to add color, in the ears, and concentrating on value to convey the depth and texture. Raw edge fused, machine quilted, and some mixed media.

$500 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Little Artists Maker: Hiroko Miyama and Masanobu Miyama Quilter: Hiroko Miyama and Masanobu Miyama Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This quilt was inspired by pictures of Natsumi and Fuyuka, my granddaughters. Their butterflies and flowers were also embroidered and popped into the wall paper.

$500 Sponsor: Cheri's Crystals Title: Triple Treat Maker: Karen Boe, Barb Simons, Marilyn Lidstrom Larson Quilter: Barb Simons of Stoneridge Quilting Design Basis: Maker's Original Design As three friends we decided to design and collaborate in making a quilt. Karen Boe to complete the applique, Marilyn Lidstrom Larson the piecing and Barb Simons the quilting. We worked through e-mails, text messages and face to face meetings; each driving 2+ hours to a central meeting place. We inspired each other with our design ideas, pattern drafts and fabric choices.

$500 Sponsor: Necchi Title: Hosanna Maker: Audra Rasnake Quilter: Audra Rasnake Design Basis: Maker's Original Design I had always wanted to do a quilt using the Hosanna (or the Palm Leaf) block. I also wanted to use up a large portion of my green fabric stash. I designed my own paper-piecing pattern and used my left-over pieces of trimmed fabric to cut approximately 1500 leaves. The dahlia-like flowers in the center medallion are also an original pattern that I created when I couldn't find one that suited me. There are over 1300 hours of work in this quilt.

$500 Sponsor: Pineapple Fabrics Title: A Blanket of Snow Maker: Kathleen Stuart Quilter: Kathleen Stuart Design Basis: Original Wholecloth Design I wanted to create a quilt to use on my bed at Christmas that looked like the snowflakes and feathers were gently blowing off the edge of the bed. I am trying to make wholecloth quilts that are a combination of modern and traditional, using new methods such as machine embroidery and painting as well as traditional feather work. I cut around the feathers, undid the stitching, turned the front and back fabric in, hand stitching the edge in place.

$500 Sponsor: Pfaff Title: Imagine Maker: Maureen Wood Quilter: Maureen Wood Design Basis: BeColourful by Jacqueline de Jonge Two years ago I started making quilts from patterns by Jacqueline de Jonge. I love her bright rainbow colors and her designs are stunning. This one, Imagine, is made from the scraps of the other rainbow quilts I previously made. It was a bit of a challenge getting all of those geese to line up but I love the effect of the circling geese. Karen McTavish designed the quilting pattern and did an amazing job quilting this one for me.

$500 Sponsor: Morgan Quality Products & JD Stencils Title: Floral Filigree Maker: Laura Welklin Quilter: Laura Welklin Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This is a new color combination for me. The orange and red petals are embellished with fused raw edge, blanket stitched applique. The petals are turned edge applique attached with monopoly thread.

$500 Sponsor: Brother International Corporation Title: Sonoran Desert Sunset Maker: Kathy Adams and Joanne Baeth Quilter: Kathy Adams and Joanne Baeth Design Basis: Original Design Based on Photos Taken by Makers Original design inspired by several photos we took of the Sonoran Desert which were collaged to make our pattern. Bold colors and Southwestern sunsets inspired our fabric choices. We divided the pattern horizontally into 6 sections and each created and quilted an alternating section. Work was done independently, sharing progress via phone and email. When complete, sections were mailed back and forth to be joined as we live several miles apart

$500 Sponsor: Block Party Studios, Corp. Title: Stargazer Splendor Maker: Andrea Brokenshire Quilter: Andrea Brokenshire Design Basis: Maker's Original Design My Momma has the most beautiful gardens. One of the flowers that flourishes there is the Stargazer Lily. Their scent is intoxicating and their beauty magnificent. The challenge for me in making this piece was creating the texture and colors of pollen filled anthers.

$500 Sponsor: Martelli Enterprises, Inc. Title: Spring Thing Maker: Claudia Scheja Quilter: Claudia Scheja Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Every year in early spring, I look forward to the first green leaves and flower buds. This quilt with a combination of traditional shapes and modern fabrics brings color and light and this feeling of the spring the whole year. All sewing and applique by hand and quilted on a longarm machine.

$500 Sponsor: Janome Title: Good Wishes Maker: Donna James Quilter: Donna James Design Basis: Traditional Symmetrical Wholecloth Traditional feathers and stars surround an iris wreath, tiny clamshells, and ‘good wishes’ noshi ribbons and crests. Original design. Hand-guided quilting on dupioni silk. Superior threads- Magnifico and Kimono Silk, with Hobbs 80/20 and wool battings. Iris and noshi motifs from Dover permission-free publications - Japanese Design Motifs, 1972, Japanese Designs, 2002.

$500 Sponsor: OC Sewing & Vacuum Title: Trip Around the World II Maker: Inger Blood Quilter: Inger Blood Design Basis: Trip Around the World Inspiration was from an antique quilt from the early 1900's show in "Love of Quilting". Pieced Dupioni Silk. Borders were quilted using rulers on a sit down sewing machine. Embellished with hot fix crystals. Finished with a scalloped border and inserted piping.

$500 Sponsor: SewBatik Title: All we are saying, is give piece a chance Maker: Sharon Morine Quilter: Vicki Rubel Design Basis: EPP Pattern Quatro Colour by Sue Daley "All we are saying, is give piece a chance" was inspired by an EPP Quatro block that caught my eye on Instagram made from Tula Pink fabric. Given my extra-large Tula stash it was the perfect pattern for me to do something different and go Tula crazy.Made exclusively of Tula fabric it is fussy-cut, hand stitched and the body appliqued to the border. In my 17 years of quilting I have never had more fun in the 8 months it took me to make this quilt.