2017 Competition Winners
PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL
QUILT EXTRAVAGANZA

BEST OF SHOW:
#4004 Atomic Synergy
by Deborah  Levy

BERNINA 1^st Runner-Up Best of Show:
#1007 Respite
by Sandy Curran

INNOVATIVE
First Place:
#1006 When My Spirit is Set Free
by Teri L Cherne

Second Place:
#1001 The Big Bang
by Kathie Beltz and Mara Novak

Third Place:
#1009 Dialogue
by Rachel Derstine

Honorable Mention:
#1021 Life and Times of the Attitude Birds
by Lydia Erika Middugh

Best Hand Workmanship:
#1010 Women Rulers
by Connie Harris Farrington

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#1027 Words for a Good Life
by Carolee Rounsaville

Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#1023 Points and Zigzags
by Catherine Palmer

Best Use of Color:
#1012 The Midnight Musician
by Marlene Fenoglietto

Best Interpretation of Theme:
#1022 The Shot
by Leslie A. O’Brien

TRADITIONAL
First Place:
#1032 Decadent Victorian Darlings
by Hattie F Williams

Second Place:
#2033 When the Stars Come Out
by Diane Wingo

Third Place:
#1020 Paradise In Blooms
by Joyce McComas

Honorable Mention:
#2002 With Milk and Sugar … ?
by Rhonda Adams

Best Hand Workmanship:
#2005 I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends
by Stephanie J Braskey

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#2014 Afterglow of Summer
by Lorraine A Ennis

Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#2020 The Doctor’s Wife
by Debra Lohman

Best Use of Color:
#2022 Butterflies
by Jan Lucas

Best Interpretation of Theme:
#2013 Flowers from My Grandmother’s Garden
by Claudia Dimond

MID-CENTURY MOD MODERN
First Place:
#4003 Whistling Winds in the City
by Cindy Carey

Second Place:
#4010 Climbing Your Ladder
by Janet Schoenfeld

Third Place:
#4002 Connect the Dots
by Sue Bower

Honorable Mention:
#4011 The Neighborhood
by Janet Schoenfeld & Maria O’Haver

Best Use of Color:
#4005 Off-kilter
by Rebecca Moyer

Best Use of Negative Space:
#4009 Miro and Me
by Stephanie Zacharer Ruyle

Best Interpretation of Mid-Century Theme:
#4013 Mod Blocks 2.0
by Betsy Vinegrad

WALL QUILT COMPETITION

BEST WALL QUILT:
#3008 A Silver Lining
by Lisa H Calle

Second Place:
#3031 Autumn Forest
by Carolyn L Olsen

Third Place:
#3001 Everyday Rust … Faded Glory
by Esterita Austin

Honorable Mention:
#3047 Drawing Nigh
by Betty Jo Tatum

Best Mid-Century Mod Wall Quilt:
#3007 Night Moon
by Maxine Shall Burkholder

Best Hand Workmanship:
#3051 Joyful Blooms
by Joyce L Wuehle

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#3036 The Toymaker
by Sheila Riess

Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#3004 Nathan’s School House
by Daria Bernard

Best Use of Color:
#3020 Where is Everyone?
by Susannah  Kipp, Jane Frenke, Phyllis Hagstad, Shirley Hillgren, Dawn Lewis, Colleen Tavenner & Lin Vance

Best Interpretation of Theme:
#3023 Lime Ammonite II
by Kimberly Lacy

JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS

Frieda Anderson:
#3042 S Spiral
by Sheila Shepherd

Bobbie Bergquist:
#2007 Berries & Blossoms
by Katherine Carrington

Pepper Cory:
#3010 Two Heads are Better than One
by Donna Chambers

Paula Golden:
#1024 Flying Off into the Sunset
by Jamee Pemberton

Dierdra McElroy:
#1032 Decadent Victorian Darlings
by Hattie F Williams

VIEWERS’ CHOICE:
#2011 Edith and Irene (central detail)
by Rich Danner