PIQF Quilt Competition Winners

Pacific International Quilt Festival XXVI
Santa Clara, California – October 12-15, 2017

Everyday Quilt Competition

 

The Yuko Watanabe BEST OF SHOW Award:
#2071 Eternal Beauty by Sherry Reynolds
 

The BERNINA 1^st Runner-Up Award:
#1071 Fractal by Claudia Pfeil
 

INNOVATIVE:
First Place:
#1087 The Sprinter by Birgit Schueller

Second Place:
#1045 Here’s Lookin’ at You by Wendy Knight

Third Place:
#1026 Garden Party #2 by Caryl Fallert-Gentry

Honorable Mentions (2):
#1068 Garden Memories by John Palmer

#1032 The Moon is Made of Green Cheese by Sue Frame

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#1001 Braveheart by Linda Anderson

Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#1035 Byzantine Beauties by Tami Graeber

Best Hand Workmanship:
#1064 A Bittersweet Bouquet by Marie O’Kelley

Best Use of Color:
#1046 Ammonite Confusion by Kimberly Lacy

Best Pictorial Quilt:
#1086 Mont St. Michel Memories by Linda Schmidt

Best Interpretation of Theme:
#1028 Sue’s Journals by Sue Fiscalini

TRADITIONAL:
First Place:
#2003 Supernova by Marilyn Badger

Second Place:
#2068 Old Glory Under His Wings by Julee Prose

Third Place:
#2010 A Taste of Tie by Inger Blood  
Honorable Mentions (2):
#2043 Tumbling Logs by Dorothy Gustin

#2087 828 Valence St. by Laurie Tigner

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#2082 Grandmother’s Cabin by Rahna Summerlin

Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#2083 Silver and Gold Series II by Betty Tang

Best Hand Workmanship:
#2042 Hawaiian Garden by Beverly Gulley

Best Use of Color:
#2020 Color and Passion 1 by Geneva Foote Carroll

Best Pictorial Quilt:
#2073 Hummingbirds Delight by Rosillis Rosario

Best Interpretation of Theme:
#2037 Crazy Chemo Quilt (detail) by Jean Gillette

BEST WALL QUILT:
#3108 Jars of Clay by Sharon L. Schlotzhauer

Second Place:
#3001 Joshua is Jazz by Linda Anderson
Third Place:
#3048 A Glimpse Through the Lattice – Cattails by Julia Graber

Honorable Mentions (2):
#3040 Medieval by Karen G. Fisher

#3075 Sandstone Portal by Linda MacKown

Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:
#3061 Acer Macrophyllum by Lisa Jenni

Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:
#3019 Pepper Dish by Linda Burrell

Best Hand Workmanship:
#3041 A Nighttime Garden by Judie Fleming

Best Use of Color:
#3105 Poinsettia by Laura Ruiz

Best Interpretation of Theme:
#3091 Valparaiso Rowhouses by Randa Mulford

NACQJ Ribbon (Pat Harrison):
#3088 Liz, From a Selfie by Sandra L. Mollen

JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Frieda Anderson:
#1031 I Heard a Bird Sing by Sue Frame

Pat Harrison:
#3020 Forest Park Patrol by Rosemary Burris

Marjan Kluepfel:
#1012 River Oak by River City Quilter’s Guild

Angela Madden:
#2029 Flourish on the Vine by Sharon Engel

Dixie McBride:
#3027 Sanctuary 2 by Barbara Confer
Pat Yamin:
#2057 Garden of Blue by Karen Litvinchuk

VIEWER’S CHOICE:
#1071 Fractal by Claudia Pfeil