Best of Show Quilt

$10,000 Sponsor: Gammill Title: Harlequinade Maker: Rebecca Prior Quilter: Jackie Brown Design Basis: Maker's Original Design "Harlequinade" is a theatrical quilt filled with visual clues guiding viewers to discover a hidden story. Inspired by Venetian Carnival masks and commedia del'arte characters, the quilt features the antics of Harlequin, the trickster, who has his own ideas about freedom and fun!

Marie White Masterpiece Award

$7,500 Sponsor: Road to California, Inc. Title: Merry Christmas II Maker: AKI SAKAI Quilter: AKI SAKAI Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This is my second Christmas quilt. It took about a year to make this. I made it with the hope that everyone can have a happy Christmas.

Director's Choice

$5,000 Sponsor: Moore's Sewing Center Title: Welcome Home Maker: David Taylor Quilter: David Taylor Design Basis: Original image by Margo Clabo, used with permission I first saw this image from friend Margo Clabo more than a decade ago. It took years to convince her to let me adapt her photo into a quilt. The image it depicts is especially sentimental for her. The challenge for myself was to create a pieced pictorial background and recreate a traditionally pieced quilt by using my hand appliqué technique. The project size was overwhelming, but I'm thrilled with the finished quilt. So is Margo. Time to exhale.

Best Hand Quilting

$2,500 Sponsor: Martelli Enterprises, Inc. Title: Lullabye in 3/4 Time Maker: Barbara Clem Quilter: Barbara Clem Design Basis: Maker's Original Design I needed a project to carry along when I traveled with my husband. All the fabrics came from my stash and since time was of the essence, quickly assembled my motifs in a medallion style. I added the pale yellow to bring that center hung square to life and proceeded to add more of my curvy vines, flowers and leaves till I was happy. She is lightly embroidered....enhanced with beautiful hand quilting and light trapunto. She is a happy quilt.

Best Machine Frame Quilting

$2,500 Sponsor: Handi Quilter Title: and...(dot, dot dot) Maker: Gail Stepanek Quilter: Jan Hutchison Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Hand appliqued dots along with fusible glitter vinyl dots make up the circular design. Jan quilted with dark thread in the center and then gradually used lighter threads to the outer edges to give the appearance of lace. The name is a phrase taken from the movie "Mama Mia".

Best Machine Stationary Quilting

$2,500 Sponsor: Janome Longarm Title: Emerald labyrinth Maker: Kumiko Frydl Quilter: Kumiko Frydl Design Basis: Maker's Original Design As a starting point I used an image from the entrance to the EL Barkookeyeh Mosque in Cairo. Thinking of an elegant and intricate garden I added bursts of natural color and filled the area between the large elements of the design with finer ornament inspired by butterflies and plants. I set the circular image in a rectangular frame with a subdued complimentary design of rippled reflective pools.

1st Place: Abstract

$1,000 Sponsor: Cherrywood Fabrics Inc Title: DREAMWEAVER II Maker: Beth Schillig Quilter: Beth Schillig Design Basis: original After hand dyeing my fabrics, I love exploring the capabilities of my various machines. An electric cutter machine creates perfect circles & ovals in heavy interfacing for appliqué templates. My sewing machines are used for accurate piecing and decorative embroidery stitches to enhance the appliqués. And my sit down longarm for freehand quilting including ruler work. My only handwork is to attach the yo-yo’s and add beads.

1st Place: Animal

$1,000 Sponsor: Fiberworks Inc. Title: Woodland Wilds Maker: Ann Horton Quilter: Ann Horton Design Basis: Maker's Original Design My morning hikes in the woodland hills of our northern California home inspired this quilt. The rabbits are always alert for danger. This machine appliqued, thread painted and embroidered view through a window is surrounded by wild flowers on hand dyed silk and again surrounded by other wild birds and animals. I love my wilds things in the woods!

1st Place: Human Image

$1,000 Sponsor: BERNINA of America Title: The Memories That Remain Maker: Lynn Czaban Quilter: Lynn Czaban Design Basis: Library of Congress Photos - LC-USF33-006183MI and LC-USF33-0061 I am fascinated by the human face and our ability to communicate without uttering a single word. The Portuguese word 'saudade' meaning a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for something or someone that one cares for and loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never be had again.

1st Place: Applique

$1,000 Sponsor: Baby Lock Title: Ewe Two Crazy Love Birds Maker: Janet Stone Quilter: Janet Stone Design Basis: original design Created in honor of my 25th wedding anniversary. Vases were woven with bias strips, I crocheted the wreath on the gate, and a few embellishments were added, including hand covered buttons. Since we have no kids, the 8 sheep in the center represent my husband and I and each of our 3 siblings, my half-brother being on the far left. Made with mostly French General fabrics, which brought me joy, during a year that did not.

1st Place: Mixed Large

$1,000 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Midnight in Morocco Maker: Marilyn Badger Quilter: Marilyn Badger Design Basis: Claudia Clark Myers and Marilyn Badger I always wanted to make a blue and yellow quilt and when Claudia sent a photo of this design she had come up with on EQ8 it was perfect. I also wanted to do some machine appliqué on my new Janome machine. There is also hand appliqué to accent the quilting designs and lots of added crochet circles and embellishments

1st Place: Other

$1,000 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Celebration Maker: Elsie Campbell Quilter: Elsie Campbell Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Large embroidered floral motif is influenced by a lace appliqué from my wedding dress. 2021 is the year of my husband Ken’s and my 50th wedding anniversary, thus the name Celebration. Hand embroidered background include swarovski crystals and Superior’s Glitter thread embellishments.

1st Place: Pieced Large

$1,000 Sponsor: The Grace Company Title: Madame Butterfly Maker: Marilyn Badger Quilter: Marilyn Badger Design Basis: Claudia Clark Myers and Marilyn Badger Paper pieced, machine quilted, hand embroidered to accent quilting with 16 hand embroidered monarch butterflies appliquéd to the quilt before quilting. Lumiere paints added to accent details of quilting. Crystals and metal embellishments added to accent as well.

1st Place: Miniature

$1,000 Sponsor: OC Sewing & Vacuum Title: Flower Baskets Maker: Lahala Phelps Quilter: Lahala Phelps Design Basis: Hand applique This miniature quilt was inspired by an antique quilt made in 1850. The maker of the antique quilt is unknown. It is hand appliqued and hand quilted.

1st Place: Naturescape

$1,000 Sponsor: Brother International Corporation Title: Desert In Spring Maker: Andrea Brokenshire Quilter: Andrea Brokenshire Design Basis: Maker's Original Design My Mom and I embarked on an epic travel trip we named our "Thelma and Louise Adventure" In Palm Springs, CA we visited the Living Desert Botanical Garden. This quilt is inspired by one of the photographs I took that spring day of a Prickly Pear Cactus in full bloom. I loved the leathery texture of the cactus leaves (paddles) and the almost translucent citron yellow blossoms.

1st Place: Pictorial

$1,000 Sponsor: Janome Title: Fabulous Welcome Maker: Brigitte Villeneuve, Diane Coté, Doris Boivin Quilter: Brigitte Villeneuve, Diane Coté, Doris Boivin Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Each fall, people on board cruise ship docking at LaBaie, Saguenay, among migrating snow geese, are greeted by volunteer from a local show “Fabulous Story of a Kingdom”. Music, dancing, tasting local dishes are all part of a “Fabulous Welcome”.

2nd Place: Abstract

$750 Sponsor: Cherrywood Fabrics Inc Title: Vine #2 Maker: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry Quilter: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry Design Basis: original Vine #2 began with a doodle I drew many years ago. I decided to play around with it and see what happened. After I tried many different shapes and arrangements it evolved into the design for this quilt. The fabrics include hand-dyed gradations, hand painted fabrics, and fabrics from the various collections I have designed for Benartex. In the quilting I used dozens of different colors of thread. The negative spaces are quilted in vine patterns.

2nd Place: Animal

$750 Sponsor: All About Color Quilting Title: Not Today Maker: Kestrel Michaud Quilter: Kestrel Michaud Design Basis: Maker's Original Design The chase is on! The Roadrunner is after his next meal, chasing a Common Collared Lizard through a steampunk junkyard. The desert is a favored dumping ground for the detritus of progress, even in a fantasy world. A steam-powered industrial revolution creates iron refuse and pieces of broken machinery have been left to decay in dry desert air. That doesn’t bother these critters. To them, this is home. Will that lizard wind up as dinner? Not today!

2nd Place: Human Image

$750 Sponsor: BERNINA of America Title: Declaration of Independence - Voices of Freedom Maker: Nancy Prince Quilter: Terri Taylor Design Basis: Reproduction of John Trumbull's Painting The quilt is a reproduction of John Trumbull's painting which depicts the moment in history when the first draft of the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Second Continental Congress on June 28, 1776. The quilt front and back were created in Photoshop and custom printed on fabric. Four thousand hours over 4 years was necessary to create the quilt. The back captures the story of the Declaration and its signors.

2nd Place: Applique

$750 Sponsor: Baby Lock Title: HOME TOWN OF KIRARA-FISHING VILLAGE Maker: AYAKO KAWAKAMI Quilter: AYAKO KAWAKAMI Design Basis: Maker's Original Design I have a daughter named Kirara.Kirara's grandfather was a fisherman in Wakayama.When I go back home, I get off the train and see the sea breeze, the smell of the sea, and crabs walking on the beach.The many big fishing flags that I saw during the New Year's holidays were very majestic and left a deep impression on me.I made a quilt of the scenes of precious memories between Kira and her grandfather.

2nd Place: Mixed

$750 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Hungarian Rhapsody Maker: Margaret Solomon Gunn Quilter: Margaret Solomon Gunn Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Made exclusively from many bold shades of Silk Radiance fabric, my preferred material for competition quilts, this quilt features original floral hand-applique. The design is reminiscent of the Hungarian crewel embroideries. Quilting is done using a hand-guided longarm. Motifs quilted in contrasting color silk thread add to the garden theme of the quilt. Accents of lace, pearls and embroidery complete the details.

2nd Place: Other

$750 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Victorian Trellis Maker: Tami Graeber Quilter: Tami Graeber Design Basis: Maker's Original Design A traditional looking quilt that’s actually an art quilt , most of the design elements were created with paints, inks and cork. Years ago I made a miniature quilt inspired by antique Victorian Tiles as a test for a larger quilt. During Covid I had lots of time to follow through on that idea. The original center had to be completely redone after months of work due to an unfixable bleeding of a new marker.

2nd Place: Pieced

$750 Sponsor: The Grace Company Title: Losing It Maker: Randa Mulford Quilter: Randa Mulford Design Basis: Complex Pieced Kaleidoscopes Losing It started as a response to watching an elderly friend lose her memory and her personality to dementia. Color and pattern gradually faded away, leaving only suggestions of what had been before. As I worked on the quilt during 2020, the many other kinds of loss that came with that year also became part of the quilt for me, with a dark end to a dark year.

2nd Place: Miniature

$750 Sponsor: OC Sewing & Vacuum Title: Soft Pride Maker: Amy Pabst Quilter: Amy Pabst Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This quilt was foundation pieced on a Singer Featherweight and machine quilted. The fabrics are from a hand-dyed bundle sold by Pro Chemical and Dye. This quilt was made during summer 2020 while we were under lock down. It is the 8th quilt in a series I am working on called Micropiecing. There are 11,925 pieces.

2nd Place: Naturescape

$750 Sponsor: Brother International Corporation Title: P is For Poppy and Periwinkle Maker: Kathie Kerler Quilter: Kathie Kerler Design Basis: Maker's Original Design A neighbor’s garden planted with red and orange poppies bordered by periwinkle stalks of False Indigo, inspired my design. I created a triptych to give the impression of a panoramic view.

2nd Place: Pictorial

$750 Sponsor: Janome Title: Passiflora-Find Joy, Live your Passion Maker: Andrea Brokenshire Quilter: Andrea Brokenshire Design Basis: Maker's Original Design I began this quilt during the time when my father was dying from a nasty form of Parkinsons Disease and finished it during Covid-19 Epidemic. I wanted something to take my mind away from all the sadness I was feeling. I channelled the passion I feel when I create into this quilt to transform my heart from bruised and battered to one of beauty and joy.

Judges Choice - Annie Smith

$500 Sponsor: Lakeside Scissors Sales Title: Magnificent Millie Maker: Mary Olson Quilter: Mary Olson Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Magnificent Millie is a tribute to my grandmother, Mildred Jackson. She was strong and loving woman (reds), a friend when you needed to talk (yellows), encouraging (oranges), and a calming presence (blues) in my life, with a twinkle in her mischievous eyes.

Judges Choice - Cindy Sietz-Krug

$500 Sponsor: French Connections Title: Rambling Ways Maker: Becky McDaniel Quilter: Heidi Miller Stango Design Basis: Rambling Ways - Sharon Keightley I saw the center block on Pinterest and fell in love! Then saw that the designer was Sharon Keightley. I am attracted to her designs. I made the pillow first with that block and then had to make the whole quilt. I love how the bright Kaffe fabrics pop against the grey neutrals.

Judges Choice - Kathy McNeil

$500 Sponsor: Sulky of America Title: In the Countryside Maker: Hanne Lohde Quilter: Hanne Lohde Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This story Quilt tell the story of my memories of a 250 year old thatch roofed country house in Denmark that I spend my childhood summers in. It also tells the story of what happened in the surrounding nature and with animals that would be visiting during our time at The Countryside Cottage.

Judging Floor Staff Favorite

$500 Sponsor: The Graves Family Title: Bad JuJu: The Harrowing Tale of a Twice Quilted Quilt Maker: Kathryn Bernstein Quilter: Richard Larson Design Basis: Barbara Brachman Block Base #3317 The story of this quilt is a classic tale filled with love, hate, horror, faith, perseverance and redemption. The roles of fairy godmothers are played by my beloved YaYas because they always bring the magic. The hero of the story is definitely Richard Larson. The End.

3rd Place: Abstract

$500 Sponsor: Cherrywood Fabrics Inc Title: Finding Neverland #2: Free Fall Maker: Jan Soules Quilter: Jan Soules Design Basis: Maker's Original Design This is the second in a series of improv quilts inspired by the work of Sheila Frampton Cooper. I began with basic shapes and let them decide where they wanted to go. The piecing was often challenging and caused several design decisions and changes along the way. I hope the bold colors and unusual shapes keep you interested in going to "Neverland".

3rd Place: Animal

$500 Sponsor: Flynn Quilt Frame Co Title: Midnight Flight Maker: Joanne Baeth Quilter: Joanne Baeth Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Several years ago we had an injured Great Horned Owl roosting in our willow tree during the day. I took several pictures and was inspired to create him in fabric. The background features a painted sky, old buildings, melting snow and a rabbit on the run The foreground is the swooping owl which was constructed by painting and inking each feather and thread painting over fabrics and needle punched wool rovings.

3rd Place: Human Image

$500 Sponsor: BERNINA of America Title: The Year of the Masks Maker: Rhonda Montgomery Quilter: Charlene Nelson Design Basis: Lower left mask modified design of Handini Atmodiwiryo I love making wearable art and quilting. After a trip to New Orleans, I knew I had to make a quilt with masquerade masks. I am also intrigued by the masks we hide behind as human beings. I put the two ideas together and created this quilt. I had so much fun making the girl in the mirror. I wish I could be that girl, but all too often I conform to what others think I should be. It would be wonderful if we humans could embrace our differences.

3rd Place: Applique

$500 Sponsor: Baby Lock Title: SERENITY Maker: Molly Hamilton-McNally Quilter: Molly Hamilton-McNally Design Basis: Maker's Original Design My quilt, ‘SERENITY”, slowly emerged during this past dark and dreadful year. Pairs of birds,calm, untroubled and safe at rest, are done in shades of red which, in my culture,represents hope and happiness in the future. Along with just a touch of whimsy, see if you you can find my tiny goldfish. I want to extend these same wishes of hope and happiness to everyone.

3rd Place: Mixed

$500 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: Lockdown Afternoons Maker: Marilyn Giblin Quilter: Marilyn Giblin Design Basis: Afternoon Delight by Sue German This time consuming quilt was the perfect project to undertake in 2020 since I had so many free afternoons to fill. All of the fabric came from my stash with the exception of the brick red border and setting triangles. The appliqué is turned edge using the Apliquick technique. The pattern name is “Afternoon Delight” by Sue Garman. It wasn’t always a ‘delight’, but I am very pleased with the final results.

3rd Place: Other

$500 Sponsor: Husqvarna Viking & Pfaff Title: An Eye Clue Test Maker: Flora Joy Quilter: Flora Joy Design Basis: Maker's Original Sketches I love challenging viewers to participate in this fun “Eye-Clue” Test by giving themselves 10 points for each “famous face from the past” they can correctly identify within two minutes. (There are numerous hidden and subtle stitched CLUES.) Those wishing to increase their score may add 5 more points for each hard-to-find STITCHED NAME they can “EYE” (“see,” but not touch) in each of the 12 hexagon blocks.

3rd Place: Pieced

$500 Sponsor: The Grace Company Title: Chenault Maker: Amy Pabst Quilter: Amy Pabst Design Basis: Original Log Cabin This quilt was started and finished in 2017. It was machine foundation pieced and machine quilted in the ditch. There are 8,092 pieces.

3rd Place: Miniature

$500 Sponsor: OC Sewing & Vacuum Title: Hope Chest Heirlooms – Napkin #2 Maker: Sally Terris Quilter: Sally Terris Design Basis: Original design. My maternal grandmother married my grandfather 1928 at the age of 30. She had always wanted to travel to Europe. My grandfather hated to travel, so he told her she’d better go before they got married, which she did in 1927. This napkin is part of a bridge set that she purchased in Italy on that trip. Almost 100 years later, I quilted two of these napkins - the previous one for my mother and this one for me.

3rd Place: Naturescape

$500 Sponsor: Brother International Corporation Title: Day Into Night Maker: Deb Deaton Quilter: Deb Deaton Design Basis: Maker's Original Design Inspired from photo by Robert Murray with his permission. When the Arizona sun begins to set, the sky comes alive. I saw this photo and knew the splendor of this landscape needed to be captured with fiber! Sky is hand painted. Raw edge applique. Mixed media used: oil pastels, color pencils, inks to enhance the fabrics and create more dimension. Cheesecloth: painted to create spikes of cactus. Tulle used to capture the sunrays. Machine quilted.

3rd Place: Pictorial

$500 Sponsor: Janome Title: Tiles, Tapestry and a Teal Tail Maker: Tami Graeber Quilter: Tami Graeber Design Basis: Maker's Original Design I wanted to try several new to me design elements so combined them to create a Threadlpainted Peacock, surrounded by hand painted Mexican tiles and then faux leather . The shape was inspired by a Mexican metal and tile mirror I saw. The wool cording added some extra embellishment.