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 Innovations 2009
 First Place
 Quilting Challenge
 Scraps, Stash, UFP's

 Blest Be the Ties
 Karen Parker
 Billings, MT

 

 


Innovations 2010

Quilt Show Winners

Innovations wishes to thank the following businesses for their generous
sponsorship of the Innovations 2010 Quilt Show.

Boersma's Sewing, Superior Threads,
 Longarm University, Munnich Design
 SewBatik, Statler Siblings (Online) Forum


For a copy of the Innovations 2010 Quilt Show Program (pdf file) Click Here

Many. many thanks to Jan Dahlke, Weed, CA
for her photos of the winning quilts.
 


Quilt Show Categories


Judges Choice Traditional Large Traditional SmallContemporary/Art
Whole Cloth  Wearables Pictorial Quilts  Unusual Quilts  • New Quilter
Tools & Templates Hands Free (computerized) Youth Computerized
Teacher's QuiltsSky's the Limit Quilting Challenge Fabric Challenge
Creativity Challenge 
 


Judges Choice
 

Judges Choice

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C#310  From Winter We Emerge
Entered by:
 Heidi Zielinski, Stevensville, MT

Dimensions:
  26" x 30"
Machine: Home Machine
Batting: Warm & Natural
Thread: Sulky, Madeira, YLI
Quilters Statement: The ivory-colored raw silk area represents the late winter snow, while the earth tones of the rest of the piece reflects the colors of spring as we move from one season to another.  The extensive beading helps to move the viewers eye around the abstract representation of a changing landscape.


Traditional Large
sponsored by Boersma's Sewing

for a description of this Category Click Here
 

First Place

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TL#116  Strawberry Latte
Entered by:
 Linda Thielfoldt
The Quilted Goose, Troy, MI

Dimensions:
  79" x 97"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Warm & Natural & Hobbs Poly Down
Thread: Superior Bottom Line
Quilters Statement:
The paisley border fabric, which  I found on a ski trip, was the beginning point of this quilt. I pulled all the other fabrics from my stash and was happy to make a dent in the “tans” drawer! The feather patterns are my own design, drawn specifically for this quilt.
 

Second Place

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TL#105  My Mom's Roses
Entered by:
 Wendy Costello, Bayview, ID

Dimensions:
  67" x 79"
Machine: Longarm
Batting:  10 oz Poly for trapunto and Hobbs 80/20
Thread: Perma Core and Bottom Line
Quilters Statement: This quilt was inspired by my mother's rose garden.  The trapunto is the cut away method
 

Third  Place

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TL#113  Amish Harvest
Entered by:
 Judy de Boer
Willow Wood Longarm Quilting, Oakland, CA

Dimensions:  80.75" x 80.75"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Cotton & Wool
Thread: 100 wt Silk, So Fine
Quilters Statement: I wanted open spaces for a beautiful pattern to show off.  I wanted a weighty quilt for cold winter  nights.  I wanted to try 100 wt. silk thread.  It's purple on the blue & purple fabric and various colors in SID.  Some pieced blocks are silk & some are So Fine because of my limited silk colors.
 

Peer Judged



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TL#102  Cactus Rose
Entered, Created by:
 Susan Pharis, Lincoln, CA
Quilted by: Lin Squires
Lin's Longarm Quilting
Roseville, CA
Dimensions:  99" x 99"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Hobbs 80/20
Thread: Superior Thread, Bottom Line Tan, green & red
Quilters Statement: I quilted "soft desert breezes" dancing around the colorful blossoms.  Of course, hummingbirds would be drawn to the sweet nectar of the flowers, where they would hover quietly near the center.  Can  you find them?
 


Traditional Small
sponsored by Boersma's Sewing

for a description of this Category Click Here
 

First Place

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TS#203  Nisqually Earthquake Memories 2001
Entered by:
 Dee Eckhardt, Olympia, WA

Dimensions:  33" x 40.5"
Machine: Home Machine
Batting: 50% Cotton / 50% Poly
Thread: Signature 30 wt. Sunrise poly thread and Superior Rainbow 40 wt. #840 Poly Thread
Quilters Statement: The quilt is meant to be viewed from both sides.  My son, a 5th grader, was at a youth theatre performance at Washington Center for the Performing Arts in Olympia, WA when the February 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake hit.  The quilt was made in response to his discussion of his experiences during and after the earthquake and addressed my feelings & reaction related to being separated from him.  The quilt top was designed using EQ4 and completed in 2001.  However, the back was made, quilt assembled and finished in August 2010.
 

Second Place

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TS#201  Bargello Mirage
Entered by:
 Bea Lee, Pittsboro, NC

Dimensions:  46" x 46"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Cotton
Thread: Signature
Quilters Statement: This is a quilt pattern by Dereck Lockwood.  I bought a book that has several bargello patterns but just fell in love with this one and had to make it.  This is the first quilt I quilted on my longarm that I got last fall.
 

Third  Place

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TS#202  Grandma's Bouquet
Entered by:
 Cathy Kessel,  Marysville, WA

Dimensions:  37" x 38"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Hobbs 80/20
Thread: Signature
Quilters Statement: The memory of my grandma's backyard perennial flower garden in Windsor, Ontario, Canada was the inspiration for this quilt.  The appliqué patterns come from the August 1993 issue of Quiltmaker Magazine using scraps from when I grew up in the 1950's.  The trapunto is my own design to fit the spaces within the quilt.
 

Peer Judged

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TS#202  Grandma's Bouquet
Entered by:
 Cathy Kessel,  Marysville, WA

Dimensions:  37" x 38"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Hobbs 80/20
Thread: Signature
Quilters Statement: The memory of my grandma's backyard perennial flower garden in Windsor, Ontario, Canada was the inspiration for this quilt.  The appliqué patterns come from the August 1993 issue of Quiltmaker Magazine using scraps from when I grew up in the 1950's.  The trapunto is my own design to fit the spaces within the quilt.


Contemporary Art
for a description of this Category Click Here
 

First Place

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C#303  Autumn Day
Entered by:
 Linda Nelson Johnson, Moscow, ID

Dimensions:  18" x 27"
Machine: Home Machine
Batting: Wool Batting
Thread: Superior King Tut

Quilters Statement: On an autumn day, colorful leaves fall gently on the water and float down the stream glistening with droplets.  This peaceful scene was created with the use of an original stencil cut from freezer paper.  Oil-based paint, Delta Stencil cremes, was applied to silk.  Handmade ceramic buttons and glass beads become rocks and sparkling bubbles.
 

Second Place

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C#317  Nude With Rope
Entered by:
 Ferret,  North Harrow, Middlesex UK

Dimensions:  83" x 24"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Hobbs 80/20
Thread: Superior Masterpiece
Quilters Statement: This applique' quilt is based on an image by Alex Treacher and used with his permission.  The fabrics are all commercial fabrics by Moda.
 

Third  Place

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C#304  Pretty Van Gogh
Entered by:
 Linda Nelson Johnson, Moscow, ID

Dimensions:  12" x 12"
Machine: Home Machine
Batting: Wool Batting
Thread: Superior King Tut
Quilters Statement: Nothing is prettier than fresh cut golden yellow sunflowers in a cobalt blue pitcher.  Heat transfer of toner copy of photo by artist using heat transfer tool, colored with Neocolor II water-soluble pastels, water and brush.  Thread painting and free motion quilting on silk.
 

Peer Judged

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C#310  From Winter We Emerge
Entered by:
 Heidi Zielinski, Stevensville, MT

Dimensions:
  26" x 30"
Machine: Home Machine
Batting: Warm & Natural
Thread: Sulky, Madeira, YLI
Quilters Statement: The ivory-colored raw silk area represents the late winter snow, while the earth tones of the rest of the piece reflects the colors of spring as we move from one season to another.  The extensive beading helps to move the viewers eye around the abstract representation of a changing landscape.


Whole Cloth
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First Place

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WC#401  Grandma's Garden
Entered by:
 Kaylene Parry
My Little Quilt Shoppe,  Lehi, UT

Dimensions:  67" x 67"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Winline Bamboo
Thread: Sulky
Quilters Statement: No statement submitted.
 

Second Place

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WC#402  Obsession
Entered by:
 Kaylene Parry
My Little Quilt Shoppe,  Lehi, UT

Dimensions:  55" x 69"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Winline Bamboo
Thread: Sulky
Quilters Statement: No statement submitted.
 

Third  Place

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WC#403  Greek Fossils
Entered by:
 Ferret,  North Harrow, Middlesex UK

Dimensions:  80" x 60"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Two Layers of Wool Batting
Thread: Signature top thread & Masterpiece bobbin thread
Quilters Statement: This quilt was designed as a test piece for a larger whole cloth design.  I was so pleased with the test, that I decided to finish it as a quilt in it's own right.
 

Peer Judged

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WC#403  Greek Fossils
Entered by:
 Ferret,  North Harrow, Middlesex UK

Dimensions:  80" x 60"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Two Layers of Wool Batting
Thread: Signature top thread & Masterpiece bobbin thread
Quilters Statement: This quilt was designed as a test piece for a larger whole cloth design.  I was so pleased with the test, that I decided to finish it as a quilt in it's own right.
 


Wearable
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First Place

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W#505  Something In Red
Entered by:
 Linda Thielfoldt
The Quilted Goose,  Troy, MI

Machine: Longarm
Batting: Tuscany Silk
Thread:
Superior Bottom Line & So Fine
Quilters Statement: Jacket: McCall's 5759   Pants: My own design/draft.  Red & black silk dupioni fabric, a few beads, a few of my original quilting designs and "Something In Red" was born.  I love working with silk and this garment was no exception.  I love the fact that the buttonholes are built in and did not have to be sewn after the garment was completed.  The jacket pattern cross over front gave me some really great quilting space.  Quilting motifs were designed by me just for this garment.
 

Second Place

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W#503  Chocolate Orange Cocktail
Entered by:
 Birgit Schueller
Creative Bits, Riegelsberg, Germany

Machine: Longarm
Batting: Tuscany 100% Silk by Hobbs
Thread: 100% Poly machine embroidery thread by Embrofil, Rainbows by Superior Threads (top) Bottom Line by Superior Threads (Bobbin)
Quilters Statement: Another yummy cocktail is on the menu!  The sparkling etui-style burnt orange dress is featuring a flock of flying geese flying south, sort of!  The dress is accompanied by a short jacket in chocolate brown featuring a complimentary line of geese.  As a stylish accessory carrying the wearer's party necessities comes a creme-colored clutch.  Lots of Swarovski hot fix crystals add to the sparkling appearance!
 

Third  Place

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 W#504  Mirage
Entered by:
 Naysa Withem, Charles Town, WV

Machine: Longarm
Batting: Hobbs Thermore
Thread: Krenik "Snow"
Quilters Statement: Quilt pattern drawn by Carissa Zanella, digitizing by Christy Dillon.
 

Peer Judged

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W#506  Heirloom Baby
Entered by:
 Sue Hawkes, Pocatello, ID

Dimensions:  45" x 45"
Machine: Longarm
Batting: Quilter's Dream Poly Airtex    16 oz. Trapunto
Thread: Superior, Highlights & Bottom Line, Hemingworth Embroidery
Quilters Statement: Heirloom Baby is an ensemble consisting of a dress, slip, bonnet, jacket, booties and quilt.  I have always wanted to design something this special that could be passed down among granddaughters.  So far…only grandsons.  Now that it is complete maybe there is a granddaughter on the horizon.
 


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Judges Choice Traditional Large Traditional SmallContemporary/Art
Whole Cloth  Wearables Pictorial Quilts  Unusual Quilts  • New Quilter
Tools & Templates Hands Free (computerized) Youth Computerized
Teacher's Quilts Sky's the Limit Quilting Challenge Fabric Challenge
Creativity Challenge

 


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