2012 Quilt Competition Winners


10/11/2012 - 10/14/2012
Santa Clara, California

Pacific International Quilt Festival XXI
Santa Clara, California          October 11-14, 2012
“Vitamin Q” Quilt Competition

The Yuko Watanabe BEST OF SHOW Award
#1057 Hues of Amber by Karlyn Bue Lohrenz



The Bernina 1st Runner-Up Award
#2057 Mom’s Lily Bed by Jenny K Lyon



INNOVATIVE
First Place
#1075 Cordoba
by Claudia Pfeil

 

Second Place
#1065 More than a Memory
in this Old Tree
by Kathy McNeil

 

Third Place
#1003 Red Feathers
by Marilyn Badger
& Claudia Clark Myers

 



Honorable Mentions (2)

   

 

#1105 The World
by Rachel Wetzler

#1026 Baby Tigress Sheena
by Pat Durbin

 
Best Machine Workmanship
#1010 Flooded
by Tanya Brown

 

Best Hand Workmanship
#1021 Down and Away Below
by Ruth De Bord

 

Best Use of Color
#1033 Stripe
by Janet Fogg

 

Best Use of Embellishment
#1041 Under the Canopy
by Kay D Haerland

 


Best Interpretation of Theme
#1045 Show and Tell: A Diptych by Sharon Hightower & Mary Pavlovich
 


TRADITIONAL
First Place
#2002 An Unexpected Pleasure
by Nancy Arseneault

 

Second Place
#2042 Elsa’s Knot
by Ann Helbling
& Clem Buzick

 

Third Place
#2041 Mi Amor
by Margarete Heinisch

 


Honorable Mentions (2)

    

   

#2049 Wild Child
by Jan Hutchison

#2060 Enchanted Garden
by Cathleen Miller


Best Machine Workmanship
#2025 Sedona Sunset
by Terri Doyle

 

Best Hand Workmanship
#2018 Tiare de Tahiti
by Alice Crema

 

Best Use of Color
#2105 Flower Power
by Jane Zillmer

 

Best Use of Embellishment
#2072 Vintage Roses
by Barbara Polston
& Terri Doyle

 

 
Best Interpretation of Theme
#2081 Northern Lights by Patricia Robertson
 


BEST WALL QUILT
#3025 Grief by Sandy Curran


Second Place: #3035 Ponte Vecchio, Firenze Italia by Jeanie Ferguson


Third Place: #3094 Stegner’s Aerie by Amy Witherow
 

Honorable Mentions (2):

  

  

#3053 I’m Watching You
by Barbara Barrick McKie

#3062 Grandma’s Stellar Array
by Ann L Petersen


 
Best Machine Workmanship
#3066 Grass Widows
by Mary Kay Price

 

Best Hand Workmanship
#3023 Leaves of Spring
by Letitia Chung

 

Best Use of Color
#3043 Windy
by Janeene Herchold

 

Best Use of Embellishment
#3008 Red Sunflower
by Susan Bianchi

 



JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Frieda Anderson
#3038 Reaching (#2 Roots Series) by Doria Ann Goocher
 

Bobbie Bergquist #2062 Autumnal Explosion by Marla Monson
 

Janice Gunner #2098 Whimsy … to the MAX by Joyce Stewart
 

Marjan Kluepfel #1030 Eureka by the Fiber Art Friends


Dierdra McElroy #2016 Starlings by Sandy Clark


Barbara Olson #1032 Hippo Love by Janet Fogg
 

Jennie Rayment #3068 Chosen by Jan Reed
 

Pat Yamin #1004 Great Blue Herons by Joanne Baeth
 


VIEWER’S CHOICE
#1075 Cordoba by Claudia Pfeil
 


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*Quilts pictured above:
top row: "California Chardonnay" by Jan Rashid, "Gathering Baskets" by Margret Strauchman, "Life Goes On" by Irene MacWilliam
bottom row: "Technique Rebellion II Redux" by Melody Johnson, "Cape Primrose" by Barbra Barrick McKie, "Breadfruit in Blue Hawaii" by Connie Ayers