The Sew & Sews Quilt Show at Treasure Mountain Festival ended a successful weekend with close to 400 visitors viewing an array of beautiful antique to modern quilts. Visitors enjoyed seeing a wide variety of colors and patterns, as well as other fiber arts exhibits.
Melinda Walker’s Nine Sisters quilt earned her the Judges’ Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award went to Holly Hubbs’ Blizzard quilt.
The guild’s annual member fabric challenge was titled “America 250, Stars, Stripes, and Stitches.” This year’s People’s Choice was Pam Sexton’s wall hanging, Patriots Heart. The fabric challenge exhibit was stunning and was done by Paula Waggy.
Hubbs spent the weekend spinning wool and explaining the process to the young and old. Jasmine Moats Hanger demonstrated hand quilting. Vickie Skavenski demonstrated remaking a split bottom chair.
First, second, third and honorable mention awards were given for the entries in the following categories:
Machine Quilted Bed Quilt — Melinda Walker, Star Log Cabin, first place; Hubbs, Blizzard, second place; and Sexton, Scrap Basket was Full Again, third place. Honorable mention awards were given to April Walker, Scrap Happy, Melinda Walker, Nine Sisters, and Kitty Carson, Primrose.
Hand Quilted Bed Quilt — Jamey Wimer, Spitzer Quilt, first place; Wimer, Triangle, second place; Bev Eye, Primrose, third; and Skavenski, Amish Christmas Quilt, honorable mention.
Hand Quilted Embroidery Bed Quilt — Patty Sickler, Dani’s Quilt, first place.
Machine Quilted Embroidery Bed Quilt — Susan Bennett, Auction Quilt, first place.
Machine Quilted Applique Quilt — Jane Ann Thomas earned three placings in this category with Dahlia Quilt, first place, Victorian Ladies Quilt, second place, and Vintage Hearts Quilt, third place.
Hand Quilted Applique Quilt — Ann Bennett, Transportation Quilt, first place; and Sue Slowinski, Simple Elegance, second place.
Antique Crazy Quilt — Ann Bennett, Crazy Quilt, first place.
Hand Quilted Antique Quilt — Skavenski, Orange Peel, first place; Susan Bennett, Country Living, second place; and Alice Vance, Bow Tie, third place.
Hand Quilted Antique Embroidered Quilt — Wendy Putz, State Flowers, first place.
Hand Quilted Antique Applique Quilt — Kristin Catterton, Wreath with Flowers, first place.
Machine Quilted Lap Quilts — Pam Hartman, Log Cabin Hidden Stars, first place; Shirley Shank, Chandelier, second place; and Carson, Seeing Double, third place. Wimer, Made in the USA, Melinda Walker, Camping, and Shank, Denali Park, received honorable mention ribbons.
Hand Quilted Lap Quilts — Susan Bennett, Vintage Block, first place.
Machine Quilted Wall Hangings Large — Shank, Wooden Cross, first place; Melinda Walker, Farm Animals, second place; Melinda Walker, Christmas, third place; and Barbara Umbling, Seeds of Gratitude, honorable mention.
Machine Quilted Wall Hangings Medium — Tristen and Bret Waggy, The Buck, first place; Shank, Snowman with Quilts, second place; and Hartman, Carpenter’s Star, third place.
Antique Miscellaneous — Skavenski received two ribbons with her Red, White, Blue Woven coverlet placing first and her Blue and White coverlet, second.
Needlework Embroidery — Putz, Sunlight in the Forest, first place; Sickler, God Bless America, second place; and Wimer, Crazy Birds, third place.
Needlework Miscellaneous — Skavenski earned three placings in this category with Tenerife Pillow, first, French Knot Butterfly, second, and Chicken Scratch Star, third.
Needlework Counted Cross Stitch — Rebecca Puffenbarger received three ribbons in this category with Cottage placing first, End of a Perfect Day, second, and Watering Can, third.
Miscellaneous Household Items — Mary Grace Richardson, Christmas Stack and Whack tablecloth, first place. Hartman, Sun Flowers table runner, second; and Skavenski, Clothesline Bowl, third place. Honorable mention awards were given to Shank for her Butterfly tote and her Colorful tote.
Crocheted Miscellaneous —Putz received two ribbons in this category with Peacock, first, and Maple Leaves, second.
Antique Quilt Restored — Donna L. Hoover, first and second, Grandmother’s Flower Garden and Churn A Dash, respectively.
Machine Quilted Baby Quilts — Sexton, Something Fishy, first place and Shank, Clouds & Snails, second place, and Flannel Kitties, third place.
Hand Quilted Baby Quilts — Shank, Baby Animals, first place.
The youth division winners were as follows:
Machine Quilted Lap Quilts — Marley Champ, Purple Majestic, first place, and Daisy Hartman, Ribbons and Bows, second place.
Hand Quilted Lap Quilts — Alex Adams, FFA quilt, first place.
