2019 Quilt Competition Winners
Pacific International Quilt Festival XXVIII
Santa Clara, California
October 17-20, 2019
Quilty Pleasures Quilt Competition
The Yuko Watanabe BEST OF SHOW Award:
#2088 For Such a Time as This by Kathy K. Wylie
The BERNINA 1st Runner-Up Award:
#1007 Feathers and Frost by Joanne Baeth 
INNOVATIVE CATEGORY
First Place: #1093 Espalier by Joann Webb
Second Place: #1021 Finding Light In The Darkness by Teri L. Cherne
Third Place: #1082 Ocean's Edge by Beth Schillig
Honorable Mentions (2):
#1055 Boro 1 by Katherine McCormick
#1011 Tree Trolls by Marilyn Belford & Jamie Wallen
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #1012 Orange Crushed It by Andrea Brokenshire
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #1066 Bricks'n Gears by Claudia Pfeil 
Best Hand Workmanship: #1057 Cherry Blossom Time by Catherine McGovern
Best Use of Color: #1027 We Three I'iwi by Phyllis A. Cullen
Best Pictorial Quilt: #1059 Baker Beach by Sandra L. Mollon
Best Interpretation of Theme: #1097 Digital Interface by Zoe A. Williams
TRADITIONAL CATEGORY
First Place: #2037 Wonderland by Renae Haddadin & Karen Kay Buckley
Second Place: #2003 Christmas At St. Andrews by Marilyn Badger
Third Place: #2059 Perseverance by Mary Olson
Honorable Mentions (2):
#2020 Love Entwined by Dawn Fox Cooper
#2017 Square Dance by Barbara Clem
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #2042 Blessed by Ann Horton
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #2043 First Frost by Jan Hutchison
Best Hand Workmanship: #2076 RUFFLED by Linda Roy 
Best Use of Color: #2047 Aurora by Marilyn Lidstrom Larson & Barb Simons
Best Pictorial Quilt: #2001 Mantas-2 by Amy Allen
Best Interpretation of Theme: #2021 Sew She Did by Tracy Cox
WALL QUILTS CATEGORY
BEST WALL QUILT: #3029 Polarization Pain by Sandy Curran
Janome Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #3017 Trip Around the World II by Inger Blood
Second Place: #3087 Sacred Places by Kathy McNeil 
Third Place: #3090 The Mute Swan by Sandra L. Mollon 
Honorable Mentions (2):
#3065 Izzy's Lily Pond by Kaye Iverson
#3122 Sumeg Village by Angie Tustison
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #3052 Autumn Beauty by Tami Graeber
Best Hand Workmanship: #3061 Raindrop by Janeene Herchold
Best Use of Color: #3030 On Reflection - Cape Town Harbour Fenders by Sue de Vanny
Best Interpretation of Theme: #3063 Bobbin, the Bold by Nikki Hill
JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Bobbie Bergquist: #1010 Feathers by Irelle Beatie
Dierdra McElroy: #2029 Song To The Moon by Mariko Kagawa Duenwald
Sue Nickels: #2068 Shwe Cool by Judy Powell
Linda Rasmussen: #3021 Cranky Claus by Tanya A. Brown
Linda Schmidt: #3092 Technicolor Dream Parrot by Roxanne Nelson
Gillian Travis: #1060 Circle Sensation with Swags by Marianne Mulheren 
VIEWER’S CHOICE:
#1007 Feathers and Frost by Joanne Baeth
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