American Quilter's Society

Contests

Winners of the AQS Quilt Contest

• List of Quilt Contest Semi-finalists

American Quilter’s Society Best of Show Award 2008

• Spring of Desire, Ted Storm-vanWeelden, 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands

American Quilter’s Society Hand Workmanship Award

• Stardust, Barbara Newman, Brandon, MS

Bernina Machine Workmanship Award

• Shadows of Umbria, Diane Gaudynski, Waukesha, WI

Moda Best Wall Award

• Blushing Triangles 3, Gloria Hansen, East Windsor, NJ

Benartex Best Miniature Quilt Award

• Palampore, Pat Holly, Ann Arbor, MI

Gammill Longarm Machine Quilting Award

• Spirit of Mother Earth, Sharon Schamber, Payson, AZ

Coats & Clark Wall Hand Workmanship Award

• Fall into Spring, Cheryl L. See, Ashburn, VA

Brother Wall Machine Workmanship Award

• Sally at the Window, David M. Taylor, Steamboat Springs, CO

Handi Quilter Wall Longarm Machine Quilting Award

• Tribal Fusion, Sherry Rogers-Harrison, Normandy Park, WA

Olfa Young Designers Okada Award

• One Tree Quilt, Naomi S. Adams, Round Rock, TX

Bed Quilts

Appliqué – Mountain Mist

• 1. Joy, Marilyn Smith, Columbia, MO
• 2. Lea's Choice, Joanie Zeier Poole, Sun Prairie, WI
• 3. Aunt Mimi's Flower Garden, Elsie M. Campbell, Dodge City, KS

Pieced – Hobbs Bonded Fibers

• 1. Mamaw's Puzzle, Valli Schiller, Naperville, IL
• 2. Log Cabin/Kaleidoscope Two (II), Fumiko Ohkawa, Kobe, Japan
• 3. Lost in England, Cindy Vermillion Hamilton, Pagosa Springs, CO

Mixed Techniques – EZ Quilting by Wrights

• 1. Would You Kiss a Frog?, Patricia L. Styring, St. Augustine, FL
• 2. Fan-tastic Foliage, Elisabeth Polenz Haase, Weston, WI
• 3. Irish Cream, Linda M. Roy, Knoxville, TN

1^st Entry in an AQS Contest – Morgan Quality Products

• 1. A Spring Breeze, Rumiko Ooiwa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
• 2. Butterflies Flew to Baltimore, Marie Anne Coadic, Wilmington, NC
• 3. Wedding Star, Mindy Skinner, Lodi, WI

Group – Mettler

• 1. Flower Circle, Yufukobo Quilt Group, Matsusaka, Mie, Japan
• 2. Tropical Splendor, The Feather Princesses - Tampa Chapter of the Appliqué Society, Tampa, FL
• 3. Nine-Patches from the Ladies, Dee Van Driel & 1999 Sioux Falls Quilters’ Guild Members, Fitchburg, WI

Handmade Quilts – Hoffman California Fabrics

• 1. Lovely Tenth Anniversary Rose, Yachiyo Katsuno, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
• 2. Pennsylvania Palette, Wendy Caton Reed, Bath, ME
• 3. A Slow Walk through the Roses, Diane M. Ladue, Beverly Hills, MI

Large Wall Quilts

Appliqué – Fairfield Processing Corporation

• 1. Illuminated Alphabet, Zena Thorpe, Chatsworth, CA
• 2. Wistful Willow (2008), Linda M. Roy, Knoxville, TN
• 3. Tree O' Life, Becky Goldsmith, Sherman, TX

Pieced – Baby Lock USA

• 1. Checker, Stripe & Polkadot, Haruko Hiroe, Oyama, Tochigi, Japan
• 2. Coral Reef, Noriko Kobayashi, Kounan, Yokohama, Japan
• 3. Star Sign, Philippa Naylor, Beverley, East Yorkshire, England

Mixed Techniques – Robert Kaufman Co., Inc.

• 1. Foliage in Transition, Carol Taylor, Pittsford, NY
• 2. The Gift of Sight, Pat LaPierre, Naples, FL
• 3. Fan-Crested Magenticus, Janet Simmons Scheer, Corpus Christi, TX

Pictorial – C & T Publishing

• 1. Spectators, Inge Mardal & Steen Hougs, Chantilly, France
• 2. The Zodiac, Martha Brown, Pickering Ontario, Canada
• 3. Chance Encounter, Rita Steffenson, Urbana, OH

Small Wall Quilts

Traditional – FreeSpirit/Westminster Fabrics

• 1. Rocky Mountain Floral Bouquet, Sandi Fruehling, Aurora, CO
• 2. Ollie Jane's Flower Garden, Sandra Gilreath, Bonaire, GA
• 3. A Good Old Flower Garden, Michiko Meike, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Non-traditional – Koala Cabinets

• 1. Frutti-Tutti Citrus Surprise, Jaynette Huff, Conway, AR
• 2. Under the Rainbow, Diane Rusin Doran, Glenelg, MD
• 3. Starburst, Irena Bluhm, Antlers, OK

Pictorial – Husqvarna Viking

• 1. Gorilla Gorilla, Nancy S. Brown, Oakland, CA
• 2. Winter Encounter, Carol Ann Sinnreich, Lawton, OK
• 3. Delicious, Rachel Wetzler, St. Charles, IL

1^st Entry in an AQS Quilt Contest – YLI Corporation

• 1. Homage, Christine M. Wickert, Penfield, NY
• 2. Bourbon Street, Elizabeth Lanzatella, Minneapolis, MN
• 3. Grandma's Clock, Jodi Robinson, Enon Valley, PA

Young Designers – Olfa, Inc.

• 1. Encompassing Orange, Susan Webster, Apple Valley, MN
• 2. Stars of the Sea, Gina Perkes, Payson, AZ
• 3. Rachel's Quilt, Heidi K. Meyer, Richland Center, WI

Miniature Quilts – Benartex, Inc.

• 1. Illusions, George Siciliano, Lebanon, PA
• 2. Solitaire, Pat Kuhns, Lincoln, NE
• 3. More Carrots, Please, Jean Biddick, Tucson, AZ

Judges’ Recognition – Possibilities

• Midnight Lady, Sharyl L. Schlieckau, Loganville, WI; Libby Lehman
• Night Jungle, Betty Busby, Albuquerque, NM; Gabrielle Swain
• Mexican Flower Bowls, Sylvia Gegaregian, Portola Valley, CA; Donna Wilder

Honorable Mentions

• Image of Autumn, Mildred Sorrells, Macomb, IL
• Big Bird Blues, Claudia Clark Myers & Marilyn Badger, Duluth, MN
• Awesome Blossoms, Claudia Clark Myers & Marilyn Badger, Duluth, MN
• In My Lifetime, Marilyn Webert, St. Charles, MO
• Bird's Paradise, Lehua Quilt Group, Saitama, Japan
• The Pastor's Attic, Marsha D. Radtke, Crossville, TN
• Scottish Dance, Linda Steele, Park Orchards, Victoria, Australia
• Tangerine, Sandra Peterson, Muncie, IN
• String of Pearls©, Mary S. Buvia, Greenwood, IN
• Panthera Tigris, Janneke De Vries Bodzinga, Kollumerzwaag, Netherlands
• Princess Feathers and Cockscombs, Rhoda Libiez, Canton, OH
• Soaring Rhapsody, Charlotte McRanie, Marietta, GA
• Help! There's a Chicken in my Chili, Sheri Mears Cooper, Winchester, MA
• Roman Patience, Dena Bauer, Wadesville, IN
• Celestial Garden, Jane Holihan, Walworth, NY
• Conundrum, Judy Spiers, Foxworth, MS