2021 Quilt Competition Winners
Pacific International Quilt Festival XXX
Santa Clara, California
October 14-17, 2021
The New Norm Quilt Competition
The Yuko Watanabe BEST OF SHOW Award:
#2043 A Summer Christmas by Mariya Waters & Gina Perkes-Tidwell
The BERNINA 1st Runner-Up Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award
presented by California Sewing & Vacuum:
#2040 An Angel Watching over Ewe by Janet Stone
INNOVATIVE
First Place: #1028 Spring Harmony by Kathy McNeil
Second Place: #1034 Free Wheeling by Claudia C Myers
Third Place: #1015 Woodland Wilds by Ann Horton 
Honorable Mentions:
#1003 Fleur De Leapfrog by Lys Axelson
#1029 Losing It by Randa Mulford
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #1054 Baby Boomers by Di Tramontana 
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #1043 Ebb and Flow by Liat Rorer
Best Hand Workmanship: #1051 Connectivity by Zena Thorpe
Best Use of Color: #1011 Memory of Water/KATAKAMUNA by Hiroko Fukawa
Best Pictorial Quilt: #1017 Tulip Splendor by Kaye Iverson
Best Interpretation of Theme: #1008 Lost Time by An Eunjoo
TRADITIONAL
First Place: #2037 Hungarian Rhapsody by Margaret Solomon Gunn 
Second Place: #2001 Wall Flowers by Salena Korpi Beckwith
Third Place: #2030 Sicilian Summer by Claudia C Myers 
Honorable Mentions:
#2009 Crown Jewels by Marci Gore
#2002 Blooms and Feathered Friends by Linda Bergmann
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #2039 Bee yourself! by Simone Steuxner
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #2010 Spring Meadow by Marci Gore
Best Hand Workmanship: #2003 Holiday Splendor by Inger C Blood
Best Use of Color: #2011 Folk Art Fun in Baltimore by Tami Graeber
Best Pictorial Quilt: #2027 Quilter’s Aquarium by Jess Millikan
Best Interpretation of Theme: #2018 Stairway to Heaven by Pam Morgan Holt
WALL QUILT COMPETITION
BEST WALL QUILT: #3038 In Perfect Harmony by Sandra L Mollon
Second Place: #3023 David’s Wasp by Rebecca Ann Haley
Third Place: #3017 The Gov’s House - NOT by Cindy Gangler
Honorable Mentions:
#3006 Take the Time by Ora Clay
#3003 Ruler Play by Inger C Blood
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #3008 Stretch by Deb Crine
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #3010 Frigates by Phyllis A Cullen
Best Hand Workmanship: #3044 Zero Eccentricity by Sarah Ruiz
Best Use of Color: #3027 Zion’s Chisel by Ellen Isaacs
Best Interpretation of Theme: #3052 Rising Above the Fray by April Sproule
JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Stevii Graves: #3046 No Place Like Home by Pauline Salzman
Marjan Kluepfel: #2020 Paradise by Barbara Jones Jelicich
VIEWER’S CHOICE
#1003 Fleur De Leapfrog by Lys Axelson
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