Wilhelmina Vandevoorde
Robbinsdale, Minnesota

BEST OF SHOW 2023
I wanted to make a quilt using the many techniques that I learned throughout my quilting career. All work is hand work, and this quilt was seven years in the making. It includes stipple quilting, trapunto, beadwork, hand appliqué, hand embroidery and dimensional flowers.

Margaret Solomon Gunn
Gorham, Maine

EXEMPLARY MACHINE QUILTING
Design and movement are created on this two-color quilt solely by use of value. Original design, hand stitched appliqué, hand-guided longarm quilting and unique binding edge created on longarm.

Lahala Phelps
Washington, Utah

EXEMPLARY HAND QUILTING
Every day for four years I have looked forward to working on this quilt. My design was inspired by Fraktur folk art by the Pennsylvania Dutch. I used many common motifs in Fraktur including birds, hearts, tulips and angels. It is hand appliquéd and hand quilted.

Mike Stephens
Brownsburg, Indiana

VIEWER’S CHOICE
Twelve of the world's most endangered animals on a fractured clock: Giant Ibis, Amur leopard, Vaquinta, Sumatran Elephant, Black Rhino, Saola, Hawksbill turtle, Silver back, Sumatran Tiger, Pangolin, Philippine Eagle, and Barbary Lion (extinct in the wild).

Linda Roy
Knoxville, Tennessee

FIRST PLACE: APPLIQUÉD QUILTS
Inspired by antique pomegranate quilts and made for my twin sister, Louise. Colors were chosen to complement her home. Heavy stipple quilting and stuffed circles add dimension.

Becky Weiland
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

SECOND PLACE: APPLIQUÉD QUILTS
Inspired by a page in a coloring book (and used with permission), and some silk chemise fabric, this summertime fantasy took shape. It uses almost all silk fabrics and features thread painting and various other techniques.

Diana Mahrenholz
Poseyville, Indiana

THIRD PLACE: APPLIQUÉD QUILTS
Done in Batiks and tone-on-tone background. I love the starch and iron method of turning appliqué edges and spent several cruises sewing blocks. The quilting was challenging and fun. After I had the appliqué outlined, I worked from bottom to top on the background.

Inger Blood
Camino, California

FIRST PLACE: SMALL PIECED QUILTS
Inspired by an antique quilt. Main part is pieced using 1" silk squares, finished at 1/2" square. Quilting is free motion on a sit down machine. The border quilting is extending the pattern from the center motif, using ruler quilting techniques and free motion fills.

Kim Fong
Taylorsville, Kentucky

SECOND PLACE: SMALL PIECED QUILTS
My husband is a cyclist and he wanted me to make a bicycle quilt, so I found this cute pattern and made it in his honor.

Arlene Minsky
St. Johns, Michigan
Quilting by Brenda Julovich (Bloomington, Indiana)

THIRD PLACE: SMALL PIECED QUILTS
It's a joy to watch the birds in my backyard. A version of this quilt at Seven Sisters Quilt Shop in Carson City, Michigan was inspiration to make my own. My daughter added the quilting to make the birds sing. Now I enjoy birds in the house too!

Diana Mahrenholz
Poseyville, Indiana

FIRST PLACE: LARGE PIECED QUILTS
This is a two-block pieced quilt set on the diagonal, made with Civil War prints.

Karen Hampton
Evansville, Indiana

SECOND PLACE: LARGE PIECED QUILTS
For my first try at English Paper Piecing, I chose a really ugly fabric print and purchased the entire bolt to practice (shown on back). I pieced the entire quilt by cutting out the same sections of the print for each star part. The color placement mimics a shooting star.

Mary Bauer
Crestwood, Kentucky

THIRD PLACE: LARGE PIECED QUILTS
I used "My Mandala" pattern by Janna Thomas of Bloc Loc Rulers. After piecing a few of the mandalas according to the pattern, I had great fun creating my own versions. Everything except the background fabric was purchased years ago.

Gail Stepanek
New Lenox, Illinois
Quilted by Jan Hutchison

FIRST PLACE: MIXED TECHNIQUE QUILT
Dahlia blocks — with an added line splitting each petal — were paper pieced. Dots in sashing and border were hand appliquéd. The loopy swag is heat transfer glitter vinyl. Using heavyweight black thread, Jan mimicked the loopy border design in each pieced block. Contrasting black thread was also used in the outer border.

Margaret Solomon Gunn
Gorham, Maine

SECOND PRIZE: MIXED TECHNIQUE QUILTS and
RIBBON: EXEMPLARY EDGE FINISH
Peer through the wrought iron fence to see my secret garden, which blooms in my favorite shades of pink & orange. Hand stitched appliqué, original hand guided longarm quilting. Constructed of commercial cottons & silk Radiance.

Cheryl See
Dayton, Maryland

THIRD PLACE: MIXED TECHNIQUE QUILTS
This quilt is Hawaiian style with a pieced background, embroidery, and lace made by my great-grandmother. The town is centered around a garden and is within train tracks. It includes every city and house number I had lived in. Embroidery and quilting reflect my life and include my dog, billboard, cars, spider, flags, flowers, etc.

Irene Scheffler
Newburgh, Indiana

FIRST PLACE: MODERN QUILTS
Using Kathleen Loomis' Fine Line Piecing method, I improv pieced this quilt WITHOUT A RULER (for the center). It was such fun once I cut loose!

Anita Hardwick
Crawfordsville, Indiana

SECOND PLACE: MODERN QUILTS and
RIBBON: EXEMPLARY USE OF COLOR
This quilt depicts the beautiful colors found in the coral reefs. We need to protect not only these reefs, but also the entire earth. Only the blue colors change throughout the quilt.

Josslyn Massey
Zionsville, Indiana

THIRD PLACE: MODERN QUILTS
This was made for my seventh grade 4-H sewing project. It was a challenge to draft the pattern, but exciting selecting colors. This quilt was foundation pieced on white cotton.

Ann Horton
Redwood Valley, California

FIRST PLACE: ART/INNOVATION QUILTS
Inspired by my woodland hikes on my northern California property and the bountiful wild things that I see. The rabbits are always on alert! Thread painting, digital embroidery, machine appliqué, embroidery, quilting.

Tina McCann
Depoe Bay, Oregon

SECOND PLACE: ART/INNOVATION QUILTS
I tried to capture the sunset on the ocean viewed through the trees.

Emily Bogard
Bloomington, Indiana

THIRD PLACE: ART/INNOVATION QUILTS
This piece is a study in patterns of layered squares with stitching.

Bernadette Pohl (quilting)
Ft . Branch, Indiana
Karen Hampton (top)
Evansville, Indiana

FIRST PRIZE: CHALLENGE QUILT
"P" is for PARTY!
Whole cloth designed on the computer and printed as a panel. Hand embroidered, big stitch embroidered, and hand quilted.

Roberta Porter
Batavia, Ohio

SECOND PLACE: CHALLENGE QUILT
The quilt is an original Art Quilt designed from Hibiscus flowers in a friend’s garden. Some of the flowers and leaves were hand painted on cloth and others are fabric appliqué. The background is hand painted using fabric dyes on a white-on-white design fabric. The quilting is a drawing technique using a free motion style.

Dale Vital
Pomona, California
Quilted by Ruth Quinn

THIRD PRIZE: CHALLENGE QUILT
Inspired by Rita Verroca’s on the wings of butterflies pattern; it’s the perfect art form capturing the imagination of a colorful bouquet of flowers pulled by whimsical butterflies. Minor details of the pattern were changed such a house and rabbits with a few embellishments to add my personal touch.

Harriet Carpanini
Madison, Indiana
Top made by unknown
Quilted by Harriet Carpanini

RIBBON: FOUND & FINISHED
This vintage quilt was gifted to me with the stipulation that it be quilted Modern. I think I met the challenge using two blocks that really set off the piecing! I was really drawn by the colors in this quilt and am proud to be able to show it off.

Dana Dodson
Valparaiso, Indiana

HOOSIER AWARD
I made this quilt to honor my Mom, who taught me to quilt, loved applique, blue, and Liberty fabrics – and I inherited the Liberty fabrics! Thank you, Mom, love you!

Jackie Perry
Marion, Virginia

RIBBON: EXEMPLARY USE OF HANDWORK
Adult coloring books inspire me. With the artist's permission, I created "Joy of Spring.” It is completely hand quilted and includes hand stippling, ruched flowers, trapunto, crystals and took 19 months to complete.

Becky Weiland
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

RIBBON: JUDGE’S RECOGNITION (Linda Scholten)
This is a photo I took in a quaint fishing village in Iceland, with buildings painted with trolls, and the street painted in a pastel rainbow pattern. I uploaded the photo to Spoonflower, where it was printed on fabric. I then thread-painted it and quilted it.

MaryEllen Straughn
Indianapolis, Indiana

RIBBON: JUDGE’S RECOGNITION (Sue Cortese)
During the early days of the pandemic, I thought about how apart I felt from my friends. I missed the laughter, the sharing and the hugs! This quilt was started just as the pandemic separated us and was finished as we started to come back together again.

Angie Tustison
Arcata, California

NACQJ AWARD OF MERIT (Linda Scholten, judge)
This quilt is based on a photo I took of my partner walking down the trail to the beach at Camel Rock, Northern California. We caught the most beautiful sunset, which I tried to capture with layers of cotton fabric, polyester sparkly netting, tulle, safety reflective material and polyester organza.

Monica Jensen
Bloomington, Indiana

TOP: Unknown textile artist and Monica Jensen

NACQJ AWARD OF MERIT (Sue Cortese, judge)
I have framed an original African textile from Karlokeh, Liberia (W. Africa) with a quilt of my own construction. I wanted to showcase the subtle coloring and complexity of this original historical textile—a torn piece of Damask cotton with a stamped floral repeat; pleated and stitched; dipped in indigo dye, the ends dipped in the same dye. Finished, it was a body wrap—skirt, top, head.

Anne-Marie Hammond
Bloomington, Indiana

MAYOR’S CHOICE
This quilt was made over a period of nine months during a mystery quilt-along. All blocks were paper pieced with new block templates given every two weeks. I modified the tulip blocks to suit my taste and added flying geese borders. It was a fun and challenging experience.

Betsy Glassey
Bloomington, Indiana
Quilted by Jane Pitt of Bloomington, Indiana

COMMISSIONER’S CHOICE
This quilt was inspired by a Bonnie Hunter quilt that I saw on her blog, Quiltville’s Sips & Snips! While this pattern is a traditional one, her scrappy version was my inspiration.

Lucinda Herring
Pinckney, Michigan

INSTRUCTOR RECOGNITION (Jenny K. Lyon)
I made this quilt from some orphan blocks my husband purchased: 4 yards of 'that' 30's green solid, 2 vintage 9 patch quilts I deconstructed, some new (2020) fabric and a little from my collection (stash). This is the first quilt I quilted on my new Handiquilter Capri.

Ruth Ohol
Lockport, New York

INSTRUCTOR RECOGNITION (Sue Nickels)
This is an Edyta Pattern that spoke to me. I discarded her sweet colors because I wanted something a little bolder and envisioned it with a lot of pink and black. It was an interesting construction but OMG, the fun began when I quilted it.

Becky Miller
Robinson, Illinois

INSTRUCTOR RECOGNITION (Maria Shell)
My first online BOM with TheQuiltShow.com. I tweaked the pattern by drafting the last four homes we lived in. These are at 3, 6, 9, and 12:00 on outer circle. Added dancing girls for my granddaughters who love to dance!

Karen Hampton
Evansville, Indiana

INSTRUCTOR RECOGNITION (Becky Goldsmith)
Getting a good photo of the hummingbird was difficult. The photo used to print the image on fabric was soft and subtle on the hummingbird detail, so I defined it with thread painting to add sharp contrast.

Jamie Huston
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Quilted by Michele Howell

INSTRUCTOR RECOGNITION (Marilyn Foreman)
This is my first designed quilt. It took me over a year to create the design, but once I found the EQ7, it went faster. I paper pieced the bear and iceberg. Fish and puffins are hand appliquéd and painted on fabric. The bear is appliquéd to underwater background.