Pacific International Quilt Festival XXVI
Santa Clara, California – October 12-15, 2017

Everyday Quilt Competition

The Yuko Watanabe BEST OF SHOW Award:
#2071 Eternal Beauty by Sherry Reynolds
 

The BERNINA 1^st Runner-Up Award:
#1071 Fractal by Claudia Pfeil
 

INNOVATIVE:
First Place:
#1087 The Sprinter by Birgit Schueller

Second Place:
#1045 Here’s Lookin’ at You by Wendy Knight

Third Place:
#1026 Garden Party #2 by Caryl Fallert-Gentry

Honorable Mentions (2):
#1068 Garden Memories by John Palmer

#1032 The Moon is Made of Green Cheese by Sue Frame

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#1001 Braveheart by Linda Anderson

Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#1035 Byzantine Beauties by Tami Graeber

Best Hand Workmanship:
#1064 A Bittersweet Bouquet by Marie O’Kelley

Best Use of Color:
#1046 Ammonite Confusion by Kimberly Lacy

Best Pictorial Quilt:
#1086 Mont St. Michel Memories by Linda Schmidt

Best Interpretation of Theme:
#1028 Sue’s Journals by Sue Fiscalini

TRADITIONAL:
First Place:
#2003 Supernova by Marilyn Badger

Second Place:
#2068 Old Glory Under His Wings by Julee Prose

Third Place:
#2010 A Taste of Tie by Inger Blood  
Honorable Mentions (2):
#2043 Tumbling Logs by Dorothy Gustin

#2087 828 Valence St. by Laurie Tigner

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#2082 Grandmother’s Cabin by Rahna Summerlin

Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#2083 Silver and Gold Series II by Betty Tang

Best Hand Workmanship:
#2042 Hawaiian Garden by Beverly Gulley

Best Use of Color:
#2020 Color and Passion 1 by Geneva Foote Carroll

Best Pictorial Quilt:
#2073 Hummingbirds Delight by Rosillis Rosario

Best Interpretation of Theme:
#2037 Crazy Chemo Quilt (detail) by Jean Gillette

BEST WALL QUILT:
#3108 Jars of Clay by Sharon L. Schlotzhauer

Second Place:
#3001 Joshua is Jazz by Linda Anderson
Third Place:
#3048 A Glimpse Through the Lattice – Cattails by Julia Graber

Honorable Mentions (2):
#3040 Medieval by Karen G. Fisher

#3075 Sandstone Portal by Linda MacKown

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#3061 Acer Macrophyllum by Lisa Jenni

Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#3019 Pepper Dish by Linda Burrell

Best Hand Workmanship:
#3041 A Nighttime Garden by Judie Fleming

Best Use of Color:
#3105 Poinsettia by Laura Ruiz

Best Interpretation of Theme:
#3091 Valparaiso Rowhouses by Randa Mulford

NACQJ Ribbon (Pat Harrison):
#3088 Liz, From a Selfie by Sandra L. Mollen

JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Frieda Anderson:
#1031 I Heard a Bird Sing by Sue Frame

Pat Harrison:
#3020 Forest Park Patrol by Rosemary Burris

Marjan Kluepfel:
#1012 River Oak by River City Quilter’s Guild

Angela Madden:
#2029 Flourish on the Vine by Sharon Engel

Dixie McBride:
#3027 Sanctuary 2 by Barbara Confer
Pat Yamin:
#2057 Garden of Blue by Karen Litvinchuk

VIEWER’S CHOICE:
#1071 Fractal by Claudia Pfeil

Pacific International Quilt Festival XXVI
Santa Clara, California        October 12-15, 2017

WEARABLE ART COMPETITION

BEST OF SHOW:
#5017 Portmanteau by Harold Thomas

The BERNINA 1st Runner-Up Wearable Art Award:
#6001 Pumpkin in Silk by Vendulka Battais

FULL ENSEMBLE 
First Place:
#5008 Florentine Rose by Eve Kovacs

Second Place:
#5015 Heidi’s Dream by Monika Scola

Third Place:
#5007 30th Anniversary Tribute to Michael Jackson’s Bad
by Kathy Knapp

Honorable Mention:
#5014 Pants Outfit by E. L. Salmon

Best Machine Craftmanship:
#5011 Field of Flowers by Ahuva Libman

Best Use of Embellishment:
#5006 Rose Red Fantasy by Kathy Knapp

Most Innovative Design:
#5016 OctoGent by Annalisa Tay

VEST, JACKET or COAT
First Place:
#6021 Red Brick Road by Betty Tang

Second Place:
#6013 Wanda’s Challenge by Roberta F. Morgan

Third Place:
#6011 Hidden Treasures by Tonja McCarthy

Honorable Mention:
#6010 An Artist Is Someone You Make Yourself Into
by Victoria Light

Best Machine Craftmanship:
#6020 When Life Throws You Curves by Teresa Soll

Best Use of Embellishment:
#6004 Plum Tree Jacket by Judy Dieter

Most Innovative Design:
#6007 Mad Tea Party by Diane Gloystein

JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Bobbie Bergquist:
#5013 Cardamom Coat & Dress by Mary Ann Reed

Sue Nickels:
#5010 Color Games by Ahuva Libman

VIEWER’S CHOICE:
#5016 OctoGent by Annalisa Tay

Pacific International Quilt Festival XXVI
Santa Clara, California          October 12-15, 2017

 Mid-Century Mod Modern Quilt Competition

Best Mid-Century Mod:
#4035 Carnival by Beth Nufer & Clem Buzick

Second Place:
#4062 My Modern May Basket by Sherry Werum

Third Place:
#4004 Spinning Stars by Mel Beach

Honorable Mention:
#4006 Unchained Melody
by Jackie Benedetti & Dionne Matthies-Buban

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#4047 Licorice Ribbons III by Sharon L. Schlotzhauer

Best Hand Workmanship:
#4022 DaVinci by Dee Goodrich

Best Use of Color:
#4045 Clifford, Still Life by Stephanie Zacharer Ruyle

Best Use of Negative Space:
#4008 Configuration by Eva Birch

Best Interpretation of Mid-Century Theme:
#4024 Color Block by Patti Henderson

JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Bobbie Bergquist:
#4048 Quo Vadis? by Birgit Schueller

 Sue Nickels:
#4058 New Directions by Betsy Vinegrad

Meet PIQF Instructor David Sirota
Quilt Artist, Instructor, Lecturer

One of the highlights of Mancuso Show Management’s quilt festivals is always the instructors who present workshops and lectures. Talent, creativity and expertise are always abundantly available from the wonderful teachers. This year’s Pacific International Quilt Festival, held October 12-15, 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California has, as always, a spectacular faculty who will be offering a wide variety of workshops for beginner to advanced quilters and textile artists. Included is David Sirota who we have convinced to travel to California from his home in Manchester, New Hampshire.

DAVID SIROTA
After David’s friend, Amy, taught him the basics of quilt making, he learned just about everything else he knows from watching Simply Quilts. He’s spent the past 15 years looking for the quickest and easiest way to complete a quilt … short of just buying one! As a result, he has developed the No More Tears^© method of paper piecing. David has taught his workshops for several years now and it has changed the way his students paper piece … forever! He can’t imagine going back to the old way.

In the workshops, you’ll learn David’s revolutionary No More Tears^© method that takes much less time than traditional paper piecing techniques. In addition, David’s method enables you to use your pattern over and over again. Best of all, you won’t have to spend hours tearing the paper off the back!

David’s mission is happy quilting! Learn his technique and kiss your tears good-bye.

Thursday, October 12
Storm at Sea – No More Tears Method^©

Are you curious about paper piecing? Do you and paper piecing already have a love/hate relationship? Do you love the accuracy you achieve, but hate the process of getting there? Well, this class will change that to a LOVE relationship.

Friday, October 13
Chevron Star – Using the Sirota No More Tears Paper Piecing Method^©

Who’s up for a bit of a challenge? Paper piecing can be a quilting brainteaser, right? Well if you love paper pieced projects but find the process somewhat “confusing,” then this class is for you.

Saturday, October 14
So Many Triangles, Sew Little Time – No More Tears Foundation Piecing Method^©
David loves two color quilts, and his original So Many Triangles is perfect for two colors. If you’re anything like him, you love paper piecing because of the accuracy you can achieve, but it can be a very time consuming process. Well … not any more.

Lecture – Thursday, October 12
What Makes a Quilter Tick? A Humorous Look in the Mirror

Join David for a fun-filled, interactive, eye-opening look at quilters and all the little quirks, passions and obsessions you share. We’ll hold a mirror up to ourselves and see what others see when they look at us.

Founding Sponsor BERNINA of America/California Sewing & Vacuums; Major Annual Sponsor Brother/Meissner Sewing Centers; Major Sponsors Baby Lock/Gammill/ Meissner Sewing Centers, Husqvarna Viking/U.S. Sewing, and Janome/Ray’s Sewing Machine Center; Silver Sponsors Handi Quilter and Innova; and Special Exhibit Sponsor Nolting Manufacturing generously support the Pacific International Quilt Festival.

Pacific International Quilt Festival
October 12-15, 2017

The Pacific International Quilt Festival at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California from October 12-15, 2017, features an impressive instructor line-up offering a variety of workshops and lectures. This year’s PIQF features well-known instructors including Mark Sherman from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

MARK SHERMAN
Born and raised in San Diego, California. Mark began his quilting in 2001. His mother taught him how to sew and everything she had learned from Eleanor Burns about quilting. Since the beginning, Mark wanted to make his own quilts using his own style and concepts. As a result, he developed many unique quilting methods which he is now teaching to the quilting community.

Mark dyes his own fabrics and if you have the chance to see his work you will immediately notice his obsession with bright, rich and ReMARKable colors. His quilts have received many awards and are featured in numerous magazines and art exhibits. 

His first stained glass quilt “Wisteria” was inspired by one of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained glass windows, and is now part of the Permanent Founder’s  Collection of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. A lot of his work is inspired by nature and his love for Stained Glass, which he has been studying for a long time now. 

Mark is doing what he loves the most: Traveling all around the world teaching and speaking. With a lot of projects, from traditional to contemporary, different techniques and designs, and a handful of ReMARKable tips, Mark is committed to spreading a message of encouragement and positivity. It doesn’t matter what type of quilter you are, he will take you to the next level of creativity by teaching you how to let the artist that lives inside yourself shine through. 

Mark will teach three, full day (9am – 4pm) workshops at PIQF:

Thursday, October 12

Remarkable Stained Glass Quilt
What I discovered over the years is that hand dyed fabric and stained glass have so much in common. Beautiful colors, striations and mottling are present in both. This makes it so easy to create stained glass quilts using fabric.

Friday, October 13

Remarkable Hand Appliqué by Machine
Necessity being the mother of invention I came up with this method of applique and have used it ever since for all of my prize winning quilts. The stitches are perfect and the applique edges are turned. Open up your quilting world to making gorgeous, soft appliques with hidden stitches, all done by machine!

Saturday, October 14

Remarkable Machine Trapunto for the Timid Quilter
Just imagine turning your quilt into a 3-D piece of art. Quilting is the only art form that can do this from within. Whether you are a brand new quilter or someone who is experienced, this class is perfect for you. I take all of the fear out of quilting using an open toe walking foot and your own home sewing machine. No free motion quilting experience is necessary.

Founding Sponsor BERNINA of America/California Sewing & Vacuums; Major Annual Sponsor Brother/Meissner Sewing Centers; Major Sponsors Baby Lock/Gammill/ Meissner Sewing Centers, Husqvarna Viking/U.S. Sewing, and Janome/Ray’s Sewing Machine Center; Silver Sponsors Handi Quilter and Innova; and Special Exhibit Sponsor Nolting Manufacturing generously support the Pacific International Quilt Festival.

 The Pacific International Quilt Festival XXVI
Welcomes Gyleen Fitzgerald
Artist, Instructor & Quilt Enthusiast

For those interested in studying a wide variety of quilting techniques and styles, the Pacific International Quilt Festival features a range of workshops and lectures presented by a world-renowned faculty. Among the talented instructors presenting workshops at PIQF in Santa Clara, CA, October 12-15, 2017 is Gyleen Fitzgerald who is eager to spread her knowledge and passion for quilt making to students planning on participating in her full day workshops. Gyleen’s love for quilting is contagious. You won’t want to miss her this year at the PIQF!

GYLEEN X. FITZGERALD
Gyleen makes quilts that blend color, pattern and texture to provide a contemporary essence in traditional quilting. Her strength as a quilter is demonstrated by the infusion of engineering tools and innovative techniques to simplify visually complex quilts. She shares her enthusiasm for quilting through interactive lectures and workshops.

An avid quilter, Gyleen has earned Best of Show honors and as a publisher, she is a Gold Medal winner for Quilts: Unfinished Stories with New Endings. She is best known for inspiring Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilts and the creation of the Pineapple Tool by Gyleen.

She has appeared on The Quilt Show and Lifetime TV promoting a contemporary spirit in traditional quiltmaking. For Gyleen, dreams hold no limits. Gyleen is a Philadelphia, PA native, who spent her formative years in Taiwan and Japan.

Gyleen will teach three, full day (9am – 4pm) workshops at PIQF:

Thursday, October 12
Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilt
Isn’t it time to clear the clutter in your life and use up all those bits and pieces? Let’s make an old fashion favorite pineapple quilt with a new and contemporary twist; sewn with perfection and totally random without paper piecing! This workshop turns trash to a treasured one of a kind pineapple quilt.

Friday, October 13
Play Modern with Tumbling Blocks
It’s fast, it’s quick, it’s geometric and it’s free-style piecing with control. We will start with the thought of having fun and being in the moment. The technique is to use the Polygon2 Tool and Butterfly Seam to create a BOLD wall-hanging that shouts, Modern or Contemporary.

Saturday, October 14
Over and Under Rainbows

Modern with a twist! “KNOT” as hard as you think! It’s visually dynamic with fast easy piecing. Don’t let cutting “Tie” you up.

Founding Sponsor BERNINA of America/California Sewing & Vacuums; Major Annual Sponsor Brother/Meissner Sewing Centers; Major Sponsors Baby Lock/Gammill/ Meissner Sewing Centers, Husqvarna Viking/U.S. Sewing, and Janome/Ray’s Sewing Machine Center; Silver Sponsors Handi Quilter and Innova; and Special Exhibit Sponsor Nolting Manufacturing generously support the Pacific International Quilt Festival.