2007 Winners in Quilts: A World of Beauty,

the annual Judged Show of the

International Quilt Association

Click on the thumbnails below to see larger images of the artworks.

 

Top Winners

That Patchwork Place® Best of Show Award $10,000 Sponsored by Martingale & Co./ That Patchwork Place

Hope For Our World by HOLLIS CHATELAIN

The Founders Award $7,500 Sponsored by International Quilt Festival   Renaissance Revival by MARIYA WATERS

 

Robert S. Cohan Master Award for Traditional Artistry $5,000 Sponsored by RJR Fabrics   Spring of Desire by TED STORM

Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Artistry $5,000 Sponsored by Fairfield Processing Corporation   Feather Study #30 by CARYL BRYER FALLERT

 

Pfaff Master Award for Machine Artistry $5,000 Sponsored by Pfaff Sewing Machines   Star Sign by PHILIPPA NAYLOR

Maywood Studio Master Award for Innovative Artistry $5,000 Sponsored by Maywood Studio   Squared Illusions 6 by GLORIA HANSEN

Superior Threads Master Award for Thread Artistry $5,000 Sponsored by Superior Threads   Uncertain Horizons by RITA STEFFENSON

 

Judge’s Choice

$250 each, Sponsored by Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting

Whispering Pines by FRIEDA ANDERSON	Entwined True Lovers' Knot by MARGARET McDONALD and SUSAN CAMPBELL	We're Not in Kansas Anymore II by KARLYN BUE LOHRENZ

CATEGORY AWARDS
($1,000 for 1st, $700 for 2nd, $300 for 3rd)

Art-Abstract, Large
Sponsored by Hoffman California Fabrics

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Chromatic Counterpoint by LESLIE REGO	Loose Curves by DIANNE HIRE	Pink Rose II by PAULA CHUNG

Art-Abstract, Small
Sponsored by Benartex, Inc.

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Honorable Mention
Undulations by KAREN HAMPTON	Floral Forms I by JUDY B. DALES	Yatsuhashi by CYNTHIA VOGT	Dog Bone by PAT BISHOP

Art-Miniature
Sponsored by eQuilter.com

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Honorable Mention	Honorable Mention
Happy Trails by SONIA GRASVIK	Sunflower Surprise by HELEN RIDGWAY	Serendipity by NANCY DICKEY	Blueberry Chrysalis II by HEIDI LUND	Missouri Underground by BARBARA POZEK

Art-Naturescapes
Sponsored by JWD Publishing

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Honorable Mention	Honorable Mention
Woodland Sighting by CINDY VOUGH	Globe Thistle by PAT BISHOP	Deep Into Summer-First Fall by KAREN SCHULZ	Leaves by KAREN SPENCER	Black Eyed Susans by DEBRA DANKO

Art-Painted Surface
Sponsored by Tims Art Quilt Studio

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
The Gift by HOLLIS CHATELAIN	Where the Water Flows by JOCELYNE LEATH	Sumac by SUE RENO

Art-People, Portraits, and Figures
Sponsored by The Grace Company, Fine Quilting Frames

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Honorable Mention	Honorable Mention
Life Reflections by DEBORAH SYLVESTER	Ladies of the Louvre by ANNETTE HENDRICKS	Joe-Solitude by ELIZABETH SCHAMBER	Sunday Morning by ESTERITA AUSTIN	Dust Storm by PARAMJEET BAWA

Art-Pictorial
Sponsored by FreeSpirit® Fabrics

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Northern Lights by JANET FOGG	Romance by MELINDA BULA	Monterey at Dusk by MELINDA BULA

Honorable Mention	Honorable Mention	Honorable Mention	Honorable Mention
Libellula Saturata, Flame Skimmer by TONYA LITTMANN	Life in Holly Ridge by NANCY PRINCE	The Usual Suspects by NANCY BROWN	Up, Up and Away by DAVID TAYLOR

Art-Whimsical
Sponsored by Quiltmaker

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Honorable Mention	Honorable Mention
Woodland Story by ELIZABETH DILLINGER	Vertigo by KATHY YORK	Run Birdies Run by JULIE DUSCHACK	Little Piece of Heaven by MARY BUVIA	Be Yourself by JOAN FRANTZ

Computer-Aided Machine Embroidery
Sponsored by Oklahoma Embroidery Supply & Design (OESD, Inc.)

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
It's All Thread by SUSAN STEWART	Threaded Wedding Ring by GERALDINE FORD	The Notebooks of a Genius by HELENA MATAEV

Digital Imagery
Sponsored by C & T Publishing

First Place	Second Place
		Third Place
Under the Rainbow by DIANE RUSIN DORAN	The Underground Railroad by BETH GILBERT	Three Step by PEGGY BROWN

Embellished
Sponsored by Quilting Arts, LLC

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Moonglow by CAROL TAYLOR	Rewards of Spring by MARILYN INGALLS	Moondance by JEANNE PFISTER

Group
Sponsored by Quilter’s World (A publication of DRG Publishing)

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
The Three Sisters by GAIL THOMAS, ANNETTE M. HENDRICKS, and HELEN GODDEN	Kiwi and Fuchsia Meet for Mojitos by RAEWYN HAYWOOD KHOSLA, KATHY YORK, FRANCES HOLLIDAY ALFORD, CONNIE HUDSON, LESLIE JENISON, and SHERRI LIPMAN McCAULEY	Frequent Fliers by BARBARA BROSHOUS, GINGER DILORENZO, LYNN LYBOLT, ANN McCLAIN, CATHY MIKKELSON, and BONNIE NASSER

Handmade
Sponsored by Roxanne Products

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Honorable Mention
Stardust by BARBARA NEWMAN	Palmette by ATSUKO KUWADA	When You Wish Upon a Star by NORIKO KIDO	Kirara No Daisuki Na Sue Chan Tachi by AYAKO KAWAKAMI

Innovative Appliqué, Large
Sponsored by Mountain Mist/Leggett & Platt, Inc.

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Mississippi Backroad Treasures by JUDY SPIERS	Peony Dream Melody by MOLLY HAMILTON-McNALLY	Rooted in Love by PEGGY PARROTT

Innovative Appliqué, Small
Sponsored by EZ Quilting by Wrights

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Fall Into Spring by CHERYL SEE	Morning Dance by MAGGIE MARZIALE	Phoenix Rising by JACQUELINE ANN EVANS

Innovative Pieced, Large
Sponsored by Handi Quilter, LLC

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Honorable Mention
Post Reformation Chimaera by PAULA PLATTER	Cosmati Stars by JUDY MATHIESON	Log Cabin⁄ Kaleidoscope by FUMIKO OHKAWA	Space-Time Bloom by HATSUNE HIRANO

Innovative Pieced, Small
Sponsored by Janome America

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Licorice Star Garden by ANN PETERSEN	Sonoran Stars by SHERRI DRIVER	Twilight Dance by CHARLA GEE

Merit Quilting—Hand
Sponsored by Flynn Quilt Frame Company

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Irish Cream by LINDA ROY	I Wonder As I Wander by JACQUIE HARVEY	The BBC-Variations on a Theme by LAURA PARKS

Merit Quilting—Machine
Sponsored by Bernina®of America

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Honorable Mention
Pearls From Grandma by TAMMY FINKLER	Fais de Beaux Rêves (Sweet Dreams!) by JOANIE ZEIER POOLE	Splendor in the Round by CINDY SEITZ-KRUG	Celestial Showers by MILDRED SORRELLS

Miniature Quilts
Sponsored by YLI Corporation

First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Tenacious by SALLY COLLINS	Tapestree by PAT HOLLY	Carnivale by JUDY SPIERS

Mixed Technique
Sponsored by Robert Kaufman Co., Inc.

First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Honorable Mention
Quilting All Over The World by LINDA STEELE	Night Blooming Dahlia by SHERI WOOD	Strata Garden by SCOTT MURKIN	Texas Sunflower by KATHLEEN McCRADY