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)