Don't let the quiet looking
building fool you.....
The Expo Building at the Interstate Fairground in Pensacola is busy with the Pensacola Quilter's Guild 2018 Quilt Show.
My $7.00 Day Pass includes the
Show's Program, a ballot for the
Viewer's Choice Quilt Award; a
plastic glove so I can touch the
quilts & the list of winning quilts.
Sheila & Jo-Ann are my
guides into the world
of quilting.
As quilters, they have discerning eyes for design, fabric, colors, stitching, & quilting creativity.
I receive the "Cliff Notes version" of judging at a Quilt Show. Quilts at this show have been sorted into twenty categories and judged according to a list of criteria. There are also Judge's Awards, and the public votes on the Viewer's Choice Award.
Midnight at the Oasis by
Karen Williamson won The
Judge's Choice Award.
With award winners plus Honorable Mention for each category, there are just too many winning quilts to share.
Quilts are arranged in
"alcoves" for viewing.
Honored by Andrea Bellow is on the left. Straight Waves by Davie Milsted won third place in the Pieced - Long Arm - Medium (Up to 60 inches) Category is in the center. Blue Starburst by Flora Kyle is on the right.
Examine each book cover
& make your best guess...
... because Reading Is
Quiltamental.
Toni's Challenge by Linda
Richardson won Third Place
in Pieced - Long Arm - Small
(Under 50 inches) Category.
The Pensacola Quilter's Guild host Quilt Shows biannually because the process of selecting a quilt pattern, fabrics and sewing takes months, sometimes many months.
Kimmie's Christmas Star by
Chris Clark won First Prize in
the Pieced - Long Arm - Small
(Up to 50 inches) Category.
I spend time examining the
machine stitching....
Red Stars by Linda Richardson
won Third Place in the
Pieced - Long Arm - Small
(Up to 50 inches) Category.
Red Work by Daphne Wilbourn
won Third Place in the Special
Techniques Category.
My Whimsical Garden by Bonnie
Zabzydr won Second Place in the
Kits/Blocks of the Month Category.
Overlay No. 1 by Ingrid
Whitcher won Second
Place in the
Art-Abstract Category.
Machine stitching adds
complexity to this
quilt.
Starry Dreams by Voe Nelson
won First Place in the
Modern Category.
Skyscraper Caper by Sandy Hill
won Second Place in the
Pieced - Home Machine - Medium
(Up to 60 inches) Category.
Cattails in the Meadow by
Susan Garrett won Honorable
Mention in the Pieced - Long
Arm - Large (Up to 77 inches
Category.
The Two of Us -Reprise by
Cena Harmon won First
Place in the Kits/Blocks of
the Month Category &
Judge's Recognition -
Best Quilting.
Asian Cactus with a Twist by
JoAnn McKeithan won Honorable
Place in the Pieced - Long Arm -
Medium (Up to 60 inches) Category.
A close up of the twists
that make up the border
of the quilt.
Fields of Sunny Blossoms by
Sherri Lefman won First Place
in the Pieced - Long Arm -
Large (Up to 77 inches) &
Judge's Recognition -Best
Use of Color.
I love design & colors.
These Shoes Are Made for Walking
by Sue Benvenutti won First Place
in the Applique - Long Arm -Small
Category.
The Croc is wearing Crocs.
Hexagonal quilts are a special challenge for quilters.
Mother's Flower Patch by Davie
Milsted won Honorable Mention
in the Applique - Hand Quilted
Category.
Amped Up by Voe Nelson won First
Place in the Pieced - Home Machine -
Medium (Up to 60 inches) Category.
Whirling Pinwheels by Pat Bowers
won Second Place in the Pieced -
Long Arm - XLarge (Greater than
77 inches) Category.
This striking red & white quilt,
titled Hawaiian Delight, by
Zandy Briggs won Honorable
Mention in the Applique -
Long Arm - Medium/Large
Category.
Stitched pineapples are strategically
placed throughout the quilt.
Cisco by Karen Gardner won
Third Place in the Art -
Pictorial/Landscape Category.
Cena Harmon created the design
of The Circles of Friends Quilt.
She won Second Place in the
Art - Pictorial/Landscape
Category.
Fish are encircled by cats,
whose tails join to make
hearts.
Mice, with tails that intertwine to
make hearts, surround the cats
& the fish.
Too Cool for School by
Sandy Hill won First
Place in the Special
Techniques Category.
Galactic Potholes by Joyce Cobb
won First Place in the Applique -
Home Machine - Small Category.
Mama's Garden by Shirlee Carter
won First Place in the Applique -
Home Machine Medium/Large
Category.
Brower's Great Blue by Joyce Cobb
won Third Place in the Pieced -
Home Machine - Small
(up to 40 inches) category.
The most honored quilts are:
Baltimore Album by Alice
McKinney won First Place
in Applique Hand Quilted
& Best in Show.
Serene with a Sprinkle of Feathers
by Barbara Doster won First Place
in the Pieced - Home Machine -
Large (Greater than 60 inches)
Category & the Gutzheit
Meticulous Workmanship Award.
Barbara is so pleased to
be honored for her work.
Our next stop is.... shopping at the vendors' booths.
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