Traditional Quilts 100 ~ Appliquéd, Quilted by Maker
First Place and Outstanding Machine Workmanship

Solitaire
By Connie Griner

2013 Block of the Month from The Quilt Show.com

Second Place and Outstanding Hand Workmanship

In the Garden of Morris Memories
By Del Horan

Michell Hill's books inspired me, then I found 21 of the
fabrics in Michigan. The applicqué is fused, blanket stitched,
some also outlined. Hand quilted.

Third Place

Vanilla
By Laurie Fichelberg

I love to applqué. Thought this would be fun. Used mostly scraps.

Honorable Mention

Backyard Visitors
By Kitty Etterman

These are birds that visit my backyard feeder.
Setting my own design and some of the block settings as well.

400 ~ Traditional Quilts, Pieced, Quilted by Maker (small, medium)
First Place

Fall Confetti
By Robin Lancaster

Fall Confetti is my foray into scrap quilting. I also wanted to stretch myself in quilting. This is my first quilt where I feel like a quilter.

Second Place

Morris in the South
By Linda Voltz

I had some beautiful Morris print fabric that seemed
suited to old traditional designs. I made foundation
patterns of the blocks I wanted, then hand drew a center
and corner designs and finished with free motion quilting.

Third Place

Green
By Sally Hall

Exercise in playing with lights and dark of single color;
fabrics in one block not repeated in another block.
119 different green fabrics used.

Honorable Mention

Shimmering Strata
By Betty Van Sickle

I saw this quilt at a vendor booth and loved the fabric colors.

Honorable Mention

Swirling Spirals
By Kitty Etterman

Made from material a friend brought back from Thailand.
Resized pattern to fit New York blocks I had left over from another quilt.

500 ~ Traditional Quilts, Pieced, Quilted by Maker (large)
First Place

Waves for Drew
By Andrea West

I made this quilt for my younger son for his high school graduation.
It took three years and I enjoyed every step.

Second Place

Butterflies in My Garden
By Karen Guinn

Augusta Cole designed this pattern and taught the class at NC Quilt Symposium several years ago. The butterfly motif was perfect for the white triangles! As I was quilting the floral triangles, I became dissatisfield with the design and the thread color, and stopped working on it. Two years later I spent many hours removing the offending stitches, and quilted a new design with different thread. This quilt will be on my bed every spring!

Third Place and Best Use of Color

Elijah's Quilt
By Anne Hodge

This is my fourth "grandchild" quilt; the overall scheme is a geometric design in batiks on a black background with the pinwheel border.

Honorable Mention

Jewels for Stupendous
By Laurie Fichtelberg

A friend needed a quilt on a wall. I volunteered to make one for her.
She picked out a picture — this is it!

Honorable Mention

Green Quilt: North Carolina Is My Home
By Phyllis Tarrant

I did not mean for this quilt to be about North Carolina. I just looked for patterns with points. From the center: North Carolina Lily, Pine Trees, Bear Paws, Sweet Gum (not Maple) Leaves, and Delectable Mountains.

700 ~ Traditional Quilts, Appliquéd, Duet
First Place and Best of Show

Autumn Journey at White Oak
By Kathryn Zimmerman
Quilted by Brian Fackler

A Sue Garmen design, quilt is paper pieced. turned and glued and
machine appliquéd. Also included is cording and ruched flowers.

Second Place

Mariner's Compass
By Ira L. Inman
Quilted by Becky Stowers

I've always loved the Mariner's Compass block, so I had to
join Cindy Blackberg's Handwork in the Smokies Seminar. I used
my own setting for her blocks. It was hand and machine pieced.

Third Place

Trip Around the Garden
By Sally Hall
Quilted by Debbie Beaver

I started with scraps left over from a baby quilt. I like the
color flow – so I kept adding more fabrics. It just kept growing!

Honorable Mention

Tree of Life
By Kris Kinigson

I thought this pattern would fit perfectly in our new mountain home.
I wanted to try to mix batiks and traditional cotton fabrics like Edyta.
My first attempt did not work well after several blocks so I started over with a new background and lighter fabrics for the half square triangles.

Honorable Mention

Bonfire Island
By Marsha Rich
Quilted by Janice Hayes

This was a block that floated in my mind for several years.
I like playing with a simple design and brining it to life with movement.