Sunday, November 25, 2018

The 2018 Houston International Quilt Festival - Part Three

QUILTS: A WORLD OF BEAUTY
CATEGORY AWARDS
(continued from previous two posts)

1st - $1,000
2nd - $700
3rd - $300


MINIATURE QUILTS
(sponsored by TrueCut)


1st - "Streak of Lightning"
Amy Pabst
Leroy, West Virginia
USA




2nd - "Raven's Flight"
Gretchen Adams
Afton, New York
USA




3rd - "Measure For Measure"
Philippa Naylor
Beverly, East Yorkshire
UNITED KINGDOM



MINIATURE, ART
(sponsored by Janome America)


1st - "Eastern Bluebird"
Barbara Mickie
Lyme, Connecticut
USA




2nd - "Born in Formosa"
Chih Ting Kuo
Taipei
TAIWAN




3rd - "Libby's Leaves"
Laura Wasilowski
Elgin, Illinois
USA



Honorable Mention - "Power of Telecommunications"
Barbara Triscari
Lebanon, Indiana
USA



NATURESCAPE
(sponsored by Mountain Mist)


1st - "Sunset Serenity"

Cheryl Quesnell
Lake Forest Park, Washington
USA



2nd - "Spring Trio"






3rd - "Exuberance"
Judy Leslie
Coquitlam, British Columbia
CANADA




Honorable Mention - "Going Through the Change"
Jan Reed
Grass Valley, California
USA






















PAINTED SURFACE
(sponsored by The QuiltShow.com)


1st - "Copper Enamel Ammonite"
Kimberly Lacy
Colorado Springs, Colorado
USA





2nd - "The Eternal Spiral"
Neroli Henderson
St.Kilda, Victortia
AUSTRALIA




3rd - "What Remains"
Ana Buzzalino
Calgory, Alberta
CANADA




Honorable Mention - "Pages in My Book"
Peggy Brown
Nashville, Indiana
USA










PEOPLE, PORTRAITS, AND FIGURES
(sponsored by The Grace Company, Fine Quilting Frames)




1st - "Is She Ready Yet?"






2nd - "After the Last Sky"





3rd - "A Bright Idea"




























































PICTORIAL
(sponsored by AccuQuilt)
 


1st - "Pisando Fuerte"





2nd - "On Reflection: Cape Town, Harbour Fenders"





3rd - "Roots and Branches"





Honorable Mention - "Ipsum"






































PIECED, LARGE
(sponsored by From Marti Michell)



1st - "Monreale and Mom"
Lynda Lynn
Otis Orchards, Washington
USA











2nd - "Carnival"








3rd - "Celtic Migration"
Angela Petrocelli
Prescott Valley, Arizona
USA





Honorable Mention - "China Scraps...Porcelaine de Chiffons"























































PIECED, SMALL
(sponsored by Tin Lizzie 18)



1st - "Chenault"
Amy Pabst
Le Roy, West Virginia
USA






2nd - "Turning Over a New Leaf"






3rd - "Into the Light"







Honorable Mention - "New Again"





















SURFACE DESIGN
(sponsored by Sew Steady)


1st - "Lost in the Sun"





2nd - "Playing in the Waterfall"






3rd - "The First Snow at the End of Autumn"
Ha Minyoung
Goyang, Gyeonggi-Do
SOUTH KOREA




Honorable Mention - "Julia's Tree"
Sharon Carvalho
Sisters, Oregon
USA




Honorable Mention - "The Shoemaker's Wife"
Jan Hayman
El Cajon, California
USA





















     "Cowgirls"
     Margaret Abramshe
     St. George, Utah
     USA








I think this post represents the last of the contest quilts.  I certainly didn't get pictures of ALL of the contest quilts. 

In all, there were 345 quilts in the judged show.  This International contest had juried entries from 18 countries.  The break-down was as follows (for those keeping score at home):

          USA - 213
          JAPAN - 51
          AUSTRALIA - 20
          SPAIN - 15
          FRANCE - 3
          GERMANY - 3
          CANADA - 13
          S KOREA - 5
          MEXICO - 1
          BRAZIL - 3
          NEW ZEALAND - 3
          UNITED KINGDOM - 5
          INDIA - 1
          ISRAEL - 1
          KENYA - 1
          TAIWAN - 4
          CHINA - 2
          SWEDEN - 1

I have pictures of a few quilts from a very few of the Exhibits.  There were a total of 1072 additional quilts in 56 distinctive Exhibits. 

I will post them next time. 

There were so many incredible quilts, and they were all curated and displayed so well.  

Stupidly, I did not allow enough time to even walk through all the exhibit quilts, let alone take pictures.

There is NO END of incredible quilts to see at this show.

Next time I am fortunate enough to return to Houston for the show, I will allow more time...this trip was a last minute whim.

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

In stitches, 
Teresa   :o)