The 2018 Houston International Quilt Festival - Part Two

QUILTS: A WORLD OF BEAUTY

CATEGORY AWARDS

(Continued from the Last Post)

1st - $1,000

2nd - $700

3rd - $300

ANIMAL KINGDOM

(sponsored by equilter.com)

1st - "Jewel Beetle"
Esther Tronchoni Simo
Javea, Alicante
SPAIN

2nd - "Roaming Free"

3rd - "OR-7"
Christina McCann
Depoe Bay, Oregon
USA

Honorable Mention - "All You Need is Love"
Kathy McNeil
Tulalip, Washington
USA

(While I was standing by my quilt, answering questions, "Henry the Goat" never took his eyes off me - a little creepy.)

(Up close, it's hard to tell this is a cat.)

APPLIQUE, LARGE

(sponsored by EZ Quilting)

1st - "The Days Filled With Baltimore"

Toshiko Imai

Sagamihara, Kanagawa

JAPAN

2nd - "Perseverance"

3rd - "My Baltimore Journey"

Honorable Mention - "ABC Frippery"
Janet Stone
Overland Park, Kansas
USA

Honorable Mention - "Happy"

     
     "Fluttering of Birds"
     Sachiko Nakagawa
     Nerima-Ku, Tokyo
     JAPAN

APPLIQUE, SMALL

(sponsored by World of Quilts Travel)

1st - "Contentment: A 20th Anniversary Celebration"

2nd - "Steering by the Stars"

3rd - "Finding Balance"

     "Geometry of Circles"

     Sarah Ruiz

     Houston, Texas

     USA

BALANCED PIECING AND APPLIQUE

(sponsored by Quilters Select)

1st - "When Everyone's Heart Blooms"

2nd - "Spot On!"

3rd - "Paradise of Flowers and Fountains"

FANTASY/WHIMSY

(sponsored by The International Quilt Association)

1st - "Bringing Down the House"

2nd - "Graffiti 2"
Susan Bleiweiss
Pepperell, Massachusetts
USA

3rd - "Bird Talk"
Beth Miller
Kambah, Australian Capital Territory
AUSTRALIA

Honorable Mention - "Wild Spirit: Prince of the Woods"
Mandy Murray
Griffin, Queensland
AUSTRALIA

Honorable Mention - "Happy Vegetable Fish"
Tomiko Onishi
Yokohoma-Shi, Kanagawa
JAPAN

GROUP

(sponsored by Hobbs Bonded Fibers)

1st - "Ice Fishing Village"

Brigitte Villeneuve

Jonquiere, Quebec

CANADA

with Diane Cote and Doris Boivin

2nd - "A Slice of Norway: Along the Fjord"

3rd - "Woman's Work"

Honorable Mention - "La Vie en Rose"

HANDMADE

(sponsored by Martingale & Company)

1st - "Flower Rhondo"
Chizuko Ito
Hokuto City, Yamanashi
JAPAN

2nd - "My Flower"
Kiyomi Takayanagi
Kitanagoya, Aichi
JAPAN

3rd - "Attracted to Kalocsa Embroidery"
Sechiko Suzuki
Iwaki City, Fukushima
JAPAN

MERIT QUILTING, HAND

(sponsored by Flynn Quilt Frame Company)

1st - "Song of Early Spring"
Chizuko Ito
Hokuto City, Yamanashi
JAPAN

2nd - "Andesine"
Andrea Stracke
Gross Niendore, Scheswig-Holstein
GERMANY

3rd- "Flower Festival"
Sachiko Chiba
Morioka, Iwate
JAPAN

MERIT QUILTING, MACHINE - FRAME (sponsored by APQS)

1st - "Into the Westward Sun"
Bethanne Nemesh
Allentown, Pennsylvania
USA

2nd - "Flowers for Remembrance"
Sharon Hansen
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
USA

3rd - "Oh, My Bleeding Heart"

MERIT QUILTING, MACHINE - STATIONARY

(sponsored by BERNINA of America)

 1st - "Barcelona"

2nd - "Rainy Day in Madrid"

3rd - "Moonlight Sonata"

Susan Stewart

Pittsburg, Kansas

USA

Whew!  Wow...there are even more coming!

In stitches, 
Teresa  :o)