Thank you to everyone who visited this year's Festival and to all the many wonderful volunteers who helped make it a success!  Your support is deeply appreciated!

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2016 Quilt & Fibers Arts Awards
Congratulations to our Award Winners!
Best of Show
   Spirit by Georgia Pierce

Spirit by Georgia Pierce; 2016 Best of Show; 1st Place Representational; Long-Arm Quilting

Spirit (detail) by Georgia Pierce

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2016 Quilt & Fibers Arts Awards
Congratulations to all our Award Winners!

Best of Show                                      506      Georgia Pierce          Spirit
Hand Quilting                                                     113         Carol DeGraaf                    The Anniversary Quilt
Domestic Sewing                                              521         Mardi Carter                        Bigtop
Long-, Mid-, or Short-Arm                                 506         Georgia Pierce                   Spirit
Pieced                                                                  620         Louise Harris                     Tripleplay
Applique                                                              562         Barbara Root                      Complementary Fusions and Illusions
Recycled                                                              902         Marty Ornish                       All Tied Up
Surface Design                                                  625         Sonia Grasvik                     Moon Shadows
Fiber Arts Creativity                                            813         Sue Matyszak                      Sea Dancers
Judge's Choice - Brandi Maslowski               634         Lisa Jenni                           Sticks
Judge's Choice - Andi Perejda                        428         Sherri Culver                       Fire Chief Rain Boots
Curator's Choice                                                821         Pamela Price Klebaum     Stitching, Interrupted
Director’s Choice                                               712         Jane Clark                            Bling Volcano #1
People's Choice                                                 101         Summer Truswell               Pandemonium / My Side, Your Side (reverse)
 
Traditional Bed or Wall Quilt
1st Place              113         Carol DeGraaf                    The Anniversary Quilt
2nd Place              110         Virginia Thogersen            Tree Of Life
3rd Place                102         Summer Truswell               Pennsylvania Star
 
Modern Bed or Wall
1st Place              204         Julie Anderson                  Linked In
2nd Place               206         Colleen Wootton              Tango Targets
3rd Place                 203         Season Evans                   Community
 
Original Bed Quilt
1st Place              301         June Cook                           Geo Quilt
 
Original Wall Quilt - Pictorial
1st Place              408         Linda Anderson                   Musicman of Jaipur
2nd Place              415         Wanda Seale                        Spirit of Sedona
3rd Place                420         Erin Martin                              A Helping Hand
 
Original Wall Quilt - Representational
1st Place              506         Georgia Pierce                  Spirit
2nd Place              558         Marilyn Belford                   Perseus Saving Andromeda
3rd Place                559         Linda Anderson                  Trini Dancer
 
Original Wall Quilt - Abstract
1st Place              620         Louise Harris                      Tripleplay
2nd Place              645         Leah Gravells                      Sunrise on the Prairie Snow
3rd Place                629         Marianne Burr                      Off the Grid
 
Fiber Art - 3-Dimensional
1st Place              711         Janet King                           Ocean Motion
2nd Place              707         Carol Walker                      All Is Well
3rd Place                704         Janet King                           Seascape
 
Fiber Art - Created Textiles
1st Place              813         Sue Matyszak                     Sea Dancers
2nd Place              816         Rickie Seifried                    Moon Over Bourbon Street
3rd Place                823         Marianne R Williamson     Autumn colors
 
Wearable
1st Place              905         Kathy Knapp                      The Emergence of Spring
2nd Place              901         Marijke van Welzen           Over the Rainbow
3rd Place                914         Janet King                           Twirl

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