Please enjoy the amazing winning quilts in the Evolving! quilt competition at the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XXIII. There’s still time to see these wonderful works of textile art in person at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA. The Extravaganza is open today and tomorrow (Friday & Saturday, September 16-17) from 10 am to 6 pm and on Sunday, September 18 between 10 am and 4 pm.
BEST OF SHOW
#2010 Chasin’ Rainbows by Teri L Cherne
BERNINA 1st Runner-Up Best of Show:
#1007 Hungry Hunter by Anna Faustino
INNOVATIVE
First Place:
#1003 Emma in the Looking Glass by Lenore Crawford
Second Place:
#1004 Sunset Trees by Sandy Curran
Third Place:
#1024 The Couple by Eve Vallorani
Honorable Mention:
#1002 Weeds by Nancy Breland
Best Hand Workmanship:
#1006 Lady of the House by Connie Harris Farrington
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#1026 Geisha in the Snow by Jennifer Wheatley
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#1005 Pueblos by Marcia DeCamp
Best Use of Color:
#1015 Gaudi at the Gates of Heaven by Amy A Peterson
Best Use of Embellishment:
#1018 Lost in the Woods by Susan H Schweikhart
Best Interpretation of Theme:
#1020 Spiral Galaxy Number 3 by Betty Jo Tatum
TRADITIONAL
First Place:
#2011 Now I Know My ABC’s by Marie Anne Coadic
Second Place:
#2036 Cultivate Creative Wonder by Terri VandenBosch
Third Place:
#2023 Love in Bloom by Nancy L Losee
Honorable Mention:
#2002 Party Games by Marcia Andrews
Best Hand Workmanship:
#2029 Cairo Nights, Cairo Lights by Sarah Pierson
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#2032 Iced Ginger Snap Latte by Nancy Simmons
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#2018 Mariner’s Compass by Valeria J Hill & Lew Kinter
Best Use of Color:
#2014 Spring has Come by Lynne Do
Best Use of Embellishment:
#2034 Bountiful by Jo Timko
Best Interpretation of Theme:
#2037 Razzmatazz by Becky Weiland
MID-CENTURY MOD MODERN
First Place:
#4009 Tiki Dilemma by Jodi Robinson
Second Place:
#4008 Ribbon Dance by Rosemarie Palmer-Sungail
Third Place:
#4001 Improv Insanity by Janet Bergman
Honorable Mention:
#4004 Dottie’s Lament by Sue Bower
Best Use of Color:
#4007 Ashes to Ashes by Teri O’Meara
Best Use of Negative Space:
#4011 Modern Mojo Three by Linda M Thielfoldt
Best Interpretation of Mid-Century Theme:
#4010 Home by Jessica Skultety
WALL QUILTS
BEST WALL QUILT:
#3003 Waratah by Melinda Bula
Second Place:
#3019 Late Bloomers by Eileen Mannion
Third Place:
#3007 Alegria by Anna Faustino
Honorable Mention:
#3029 The Birds on Hoffman Avenue by Sheila Riess
Best Mid-Century Mod Wall Quilt:
#3038 Dream House by Janneke Van der Ree
Best Hand Workmanship:
#3033 ‘Wild’ Flower Fiesta by Sharon L Schlotzhauer
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#3031 Annabelle’s Wedding Feast by Kathleen Rountree
Best Use of Color:
#3006 Blue-Throated Barbet by Deb Crine
Best Interpretation of Theme:
#3014 Becket Mountain Trilliums by Terry Kramzar
JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Bobbie Bergquist:
#2003 Surprisingly Red by Becolourful by Margaret B Applegate & Jeanne Thompson
Karen Boutte:
#1011 Randy the Rhino by Nanette Konstant
Pepper Cory:
#4005 Airplane Quilt by Kimberly DiJoseph
Robbi Joy Eklow:
#1025 Wild Roses on a Eclectic Field by Eve Vallorani
VIEWERS’ CHOICE
#2031 Friends of Baltimore by Dorothy E Shaddinger