2020 Quilt Competition Winners
MID-ATLANTIC QUILT FESTIVAL XXXI
Hampton, Virginia • February 27 – March 1, 2020
Stitch Your Art Out Quilt Competition
BEST OF SHOW: 2018 Midnight Frolic by Molly Y Hamilton - McNally
Innovative
1st Place: 1049 After the Battle by Cathy Wiggins & Olivia Wiggins
2nd Place: 1015 Plunge by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry & Ron Gentry
3rd Place: 1023 Pop-Up Stories by Flora Joy
Honorable Mentions (2):
1004 Acadia's Own: Cobblestone Bridge by Barbara Binotto
1048 Benelux Plus by Becky Weiland
Best Hand Workmanship: 1006 Twirly Birds by Betty Lu Brydges
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: 1046 Rainbow City by Claire Victor
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: 1022 Opulence by Shari Novak Johnson
Best Use of Color: 1010 Send the Light by Heather K Costen
Best Interpretation of Theme: 1042 Mariana of Austria by Jan Soules
Traditional
1st Place: 2045 Crazy Four Ewe by Janet Stone
2nd Place: 2042 Hosanna by Audra Rasnake
3rd Place: 2043 Belladonic Haze by Margaret Solomon Gunn
Honorable Mentions (2):
2009 Sofie's August Morning by Lynne S Dalleyer- Hartman
2006 Caswell Garden by Becky Brown
Best Hand Workmanship: 2005 Forever and Always by Barbara J Broshous
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: 2021 Reunion with Spring by Ann Horton
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: 2044 Rock Star by Gail Stepanek & Jan Hutchison
Best Use of Color: 2029 Blue Hosta by Debbie Martin
Best Interpretation of Theme: 2026 The Plaid Perspective by Sara L Madson
Wall Quilts
Best Wall Quilt: 3010 Vigilance by Deb Crine
2nd Place: 3050 Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga by Sheila Riess
3rd Place: 3055 Lupines by Sarah Ann Smith
Best Hand Workmanship: 3032 Sunset Stroll by Suzanne Kistler
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: 3053 Dreamweaver by Beth Schillig
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: 3058 Bird of Paradise by Qurrat Thakur
Best Pictorial Quilt: 3043 Brewing Friendship by Kestrel Michaud
Best Use of Color: 3056 Rose Hip by Sarah Ann Smith
Best Mid-Century Mod Wall Quilt: 3040 Blind Abstraction by Tina McCann
Best Interpretation of Theme: 3061 Convergence by Barbara Triscari
Mid-Century Modern Quilts
1st Place: 4020 Parading Parallelograms by Claire Victor
2nd Place: 4005 Stretch by Karen Foster & Stephanie Ruyle, Leanne Chahley, Hillary Goodwin, Kari Vojtechovsky, Debbie Jeske, Anne Sullivan, Marci Debetaz, Felicity Ronaghan, MR Charbonneau, Sylvia Sutters
3rd Place: 4014 Cinque by Stephanie Ruyle
Honorable Mention: 4002 Vera meets Marimekko by Nancy Breland
Best Use of Color: 4010 Square Dance by Krishma Patel
Best Use of Negative Space: 4012 The Modern Drunk by Jodi Robinson
Best Interpretation of Mid-Century Theme: 4015 Modern Signals 2.0 by Stephanie Ruyle
Judge’s Choice Ribbons
Sue Nickels: 1008 Woodland Whimsey by Hellen Choma
Bobbie Bergquist: 1003 The Three Trolls by Marilyn Belford
Susan Edmonson: 3023 My Mother, Margaret Heatwole by Julia Garber
Priscilla Godfrey: 3002 From the Far Side of the Pond by Barbara Binotto
VIEWERS’ CHOICE
1033 Flower Garden by Martha H. Moore