IHQS-Quiltshow

Annual Show March 3-5, 2011 with Future Dates: March 1-3, 2012 and March 7-9, 2013

BEST OF SHOW 2010 - BED QUILT
		806	Star Berries Gail Stepanek New Lenox, IL	A Scottish children’s story tells of a red berry plant that only grows by starlight. Hand pieced seven point stars (septagrams are known as magical stars) are combined with hand appliquéd vines and berries to illustrate the story. Ronda’s exquisite quilting adds a layer of textured beauty. Quilting by Ronda K. Beyer
BEST OF SHOW 2010 - WALL QUILT
		911	Grape Harvest Lynn Drennen Lindsay, CA	Grape Harvest, designed by Jessie Marinas, shows vineyard workers harvesting grapes. Construction techniques include turned edge, raw edge and Broderie Perse machine appliqué using various cotton fabrics. Portraits and clothing constructed with fabric appliqué (instead of paint) and pin tucked vineyard fields further the illusion of Trompe L’oeil.
VIEWERS' CHOICE
		100	Wings & Feathers Mark Sherman Coral Springs, FL	Turned edge applique, machine pieced, machine trapunto, longarm quilted with original quilting designs, all hand dyed fabric including quilt backing by artist. Over 3,000 hour project.

EXEMPLARY MACHINE QUILTING
		510	"Fantasy in Lace" Mary S. Buvia Greenwood, IN	“Fantasy in Lace” is a quilted medium inspired from my husband, Bob’s original acrylic painting-one of my favorites. Pattern, fabric selection and all workmanship, including “lace” quilting designs by maker.

EXEMPLARY HAND QUILTING
		107	"The Grapes of Bath" Wendy Caton Reed Bath, ME	I love the “cheddar” colored fabrics of the 19th century and I love appliqueing small pieces so I combined the two and came up with this. I had originally named it “American Cheddar” but after a frustrating night of ripping out grapes my husband re-named it “The Grapes of Bath”. There are 1000 grapes and over 1000 yards of thread!

EXEMPLARY USE OF COLOR
		504	Rain and Shine Linda M. Fiedler Meadows of Dan, VA	Tulips are so bright and beautiful. They signify to me that spring is finally here. Of course, it takes the spring rains to make them, and all other flowers grow. Machine pieced, free-motion machine embroidered and machine quilted.

INNOVATION IN DESIGN
		511	Color Splash Robert Hartley Louisville, KY	Multi-layered construction including dynamic applique shapes on a color-graduated, pieced background. Surface embellishment. Separated layers for three-dimensional effect.

BEST FIRST ENTRY
		320	Fleur Decadence Kathy Stammermann Louisville, KY	Block of the Month using April Cornell’s Decadent Victorian line. Completed 12 blocks. Added four more, set on point with spacer blocks of orchid. Selected green sashing, wine cornerstones and border to accent/balance color. Striped border completed the quilt. Orchid blocks quilted with feathered fleur-de-leis, surrounded by butterflies.

APPLIQUED BED QUILTS
	1st	105	Ring Around the Posy Elizabeth T. Miller Charlotte, NC	The inspiration for this quilt came from the border fabric. All other fabrics are from my stash.
	2nd	103	Inner Beauty Cathleen Miller Albuquerque, NM	I’m most content when hand quilting. Using applique on the outer aspect allowed a large central work area for quilting. The center represents a Victorian Ceiling Medallion with repetition of the outer floral design. Trapunto added dimension. Using tan thread around the trapunto added depth. Beads add a bit of sparkle.
	3rd	111	The Tang Tango Suzanne Marshall Clayton, MO	The Tang Tango was inspired by a drawing from a portion of an 8th century Chinese valance.
	HM	108	Floral Medley Joyce L. Wuehle Galesburg, IL	A friend gave me the pattern. I changed the border and added the bias around the blocks. Hand applique was done by needle turn on the blocks and border. Background is hand stipple and crosshatch quilted.
	HM	109	Ah! Spring Mary Riehle Greenwood, IN	When you live in Indiana, thoughts of spring come often during the cold winter months. The quilt, Ah! Spring, is an adaptation of a pattern called Primavera by the Vintage Spool. The lovely pastel colors are a warm reminder that new beginnings will arrive with the spring rains. The quilt is hand appliqued and hand quilted.

APPLIQUED WALL QUILTS
	1st	200	Pass It On Kathy McNeil Tulalip, WA	We all have been told we have a “gift”. Our real gift is our passion. Pass it on.
	2nd	202	Nouveau Quattro Alfabetico Janet Stone Overland Park, KS	This quilt is a blend of the classic art nouveau alphabet & my idea of how letters can be used beautifully as a design element. Letters are hand cut appliques on white or grey fabric that is reversed appliqued. Silver accents of nailheads, filigree pieces, and braid give it sparkle.
	3rd	207	Regalia Susan Webster Apple Valley, MN	I went on a Ricky Tims retreat and started this quilt. It was a blast to work on and I am really pleased with the results.
	HM	203	Gypsy Rosalie Ronda K. Beyer Tualatin, OR	As a child I wore bright and wild outfits and was nicknamed Gypsy Rosalie. The applique design was inspired by a dinner plate I have.
	HM	211	The Beast and His Boy Suzanne Marshall Clayton, MO	Inspired by tapestries woven in Basel, Switzerland (ca. 1430-1440). The basilisk stood for envy. The sprays of flowers, held by the man, were intended to quiet the beast by their scent.
	HM	212	Oriental Beauty Yvonne Harlow Indianapolis, IN	As soon as I saw the Kamon (crests) Blocks. I knew I had to make a quilt. Then I came up with a center block of a geisha and pagoda. Beads would be a good way to set the blocks together. And the quilting was done to look like sashiko.

PIECED BED QUILTS
	1st	323	Essence Ronda K. Beyer Tualatin, OR	Essence is the natural form of all color and purity of all color. I achieved my goal of using no color in this quilt but enhanced the design with elaborate quilting thus my lifetime Essence.
	2nd	305	Alpha“baa”t Sampler Janet Stone Overland Park, KS	You take fourteen sheep and what do you get? Another quilt created with the alphabet! The alphabet fabric & my love of sheep inspired the design for this quilt. It is 5th in my alphabet quilt series.
	3rd	319	Crowning Glory Julie Lambert Erlanger, KY	This is a replication of an 1830’s quilt owned by the Dinsmore House of Boone County, KY. Machine pieced and quilted on a Bernina 1260. It took 2 days to piece/applique 3 blocks. No paper piecing. Approximately 40 hours to machine quilt. Hobb’s Wool Batting and Superior Threads were used.
	HM	300	Sew Long Sally Cindy Seitz-Krug Bakersfield, CA	My friend, Sally Shuppert, taught quilting for many, many years. Finally in 2006 when her husband retired, she decided to join him. This quilt was the last quilt that Sally taught my friends and me. So, to honor her years of teaching, I named the quilt after her. All of the feathers in this quilt are my original designs made specifically to fit the open areas of this quilt.
	HM	315	30th Anniversary Sampler Jane Pitt Bloomington, IN	My husband “shooed” me out of a quilt store on our 30th anniversary so that he could surprise me with Susan Dissmore’s book, “Better by the Dozen”. I chose to make her “No Way Out” quilt in warm-toned batiks, and finished it in less than 3 years.

PIECED WALL QUILTS
	1st	405	Bohemian Fireworks Sandra Peterson Muncie, IN	This original quilt design was hand drafted; it is still my favorite design process. I chose dark grayed down jewel tones and low contrast to draw the viewer into see the intricate piece work. Machine pieced, hand quilted.
	2nd	407	Thirteen Feathered Stars Susan E. Ziel Ocala, FL	This quilt is composed of thirteen different red and black feathered stars arranged in a heart-shaped setting on a tea-dyed, reverse appliqued background. It is hand quilted with flowing vines of heart-shaped feathers. The black and tan dragon tooth border is paper pieced and machine quilted.
	3rd	402	Learning to Fly Brenda S. Roach Bloomfield, IN	I learned so much while making this quilt! Hand and machine quilted.
	HM	404	Reynolds Crossing Sherry Reynolds Laramie, WY	I designed this quilt on graph paper, calculated measurements and chose fabrics to coordinate with Northwood’s Crossing Fat Quarter Bundle. Center blocks chosen for significance. Lots of imaginative thinking and doodling resulted in final quilt design and quilting. Pieced and quilted on older Bernina 1001. I have been quilting 5 years.
	HM	400	Bella Louisville Mary Bauer Crestwood, KY	As the symbol for the city of Louisville, the fleur-de-lis is quilted into the 160 background spaces. The quilt is named after the “Belle of Louisville”, a steamboat docked on the river. The original appliques are abstract lilies to complete the Louisville theme. Hundreds of beads were added to make Bella sparkle.
	HM	406	256 Blocks from 8 Triangles Susan E. Ziel Ocala, FL	This scrap quilt is based on Dominique Douat’s work in 1704 showing 256 ways to arrange 8 half-square triangles. The yellow diagonal row splits the colorations into 2 mirror image sections, twice using each of 128 fabrics. Machine pieced, hand quilted.

FABRIC ART
	1st	510	"Fantasy in Lace" Mary S. Buvia Greenwood, IN	“Fantasy in Lace” is a quilted medium inspired from my husband, Bob’s original acrylic painting-one of my favorites. Pattern, fabric selection and all workmanship, including “lace” quilting designs by maker.
	2nd	500	Wet Paint #1 Mary Bauer Crestwood, KY	The quilt was made as a house warming gift for friends. The shapes were attached to the background and then the background fabric was cut away. The stripes were inserted one at a time by cutting the top into two pieces and then piecing it back together with the stripe in the middle.
	3rd	526	Sacred Gifts Ann Horton Redwood Valley, CA	Celebrating the rich spectrum of colors in creation, the vibrant silks and embroideries spin around the thread-painted earth. God’s sacred gifts of life are an awesome statement of our creator’s love.
	HM	515	Untitled Robert Hartley Louisville, KY	Multi-layered, interwoven construction for three-dimensional effect, including surface embellishment.
	HM	503	Woodland Tapestry Jan Hutchinson Sedgwick, KS	Treetops create a cathedral-like ceiling over a tapestry of leaves. The metallic tiles in the outer border are loosely inspired by a border in the Dover book “Decorative Frames and Borders”.
	HM	524	No Hearts, No Flowers Eileen Klee Sweeney Niles, MI	This quilt was made for a guild challenge. Unfortunately, I didn’t read all the instructions that said it had to include hearts and flowers. Hand dyed fabric and thread.
	HM	522	Finding My Way To Capistrano Linda Gray Indianapolis, IN	Soon after learning to quilt I realized there was a rigidity involved that made the process more of a chore than the relaxing endeavor I had envisioned. Once I threw out all the rules and began doing things my own way I felt liberated. This piece represents my breakaway.

MIXED AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUE BED QUILTS
	1st	601	The Lady Virginia Sandi McMillan Albion, NE	Inspired by an antique quilt made by Amelia Lauck of Virginia in 1823, Using an interesting color combination and today’s construction techniques gives “Lady Virginia” the look of an elegant fine hand worked heirloom.
	2nd	602	Saffron Spring--OCD meets SAD Barbara E. Lies Madison, IN	This sunny quilt was my therapy during a long dark winter. Trapunto filled with neon orange, gold & white fleece. The variety of decorative threads give liveliness to this whole (holey?) cloth quilt.
	3rd	604	Charisma Mildred Sorrells Macomb, IL	Nine pieced blocks set on point with 4 machine appliqued blocks in between. Three borders with middle border of appliqued leaves and flowers. Heavy machine quilted with feather designs, straight lines, circles, and stippling. Wool batting. YLI silk thread for quilting. King Tut thread for machine applique.
	HM	605	Whimsy Kathy Munkelwitz Isle, MN	Feed sacks used with black. Very scrappy! Original set with appliqued vines and flowers with added embroidery. I used a different accent on the edge.
	HM	614	Windy Nights Mary Wahle Skokie, IL	This quilt was made for my daughter and fiance for their wedding in June '09 - Good thing they had a long engagement, it took me 2 1/2 years to complete.

MIXED AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUE WALL QUILTS
	1st	702	“Morning Visitor” Sharon L. Schlotzhauer Colorado Springs, CO	I photographed a beautiful magpie drinking from the birdbath in my garden one morning knowing he was destined to be in a quilt! I hand-painted the scene. The density of quilting is varied to create texture and realism. The outer portion was designed around the scene to resemble a picture within an elaborate frame.
	2nd	714	Moonlit Mirage Denise Tallon Havlan Plainfield, IL	Native American subject suggesting dreams of the day of the buffalo.
	3rd	701	Thanks for the Memories Mary Bauer Crestwood, KY	A memory quilt made as a gift for friends. Photos from a trip taken together through Northern Michigan. Several of the fabrics were collected on route.
	HM	716	Web of Life Ann Horton Redwood Valley, CA	A celebration of the richness of life and our connections to all things. A Central American rainforest teams with life as the spider weaves her web.
	HM	705	LeJardin Linda M. Fiedler Meadows of Day, VA	A beautiful garden made to hang in my dining room to complement an area rug. Machine pieced, hand applique, free-motion machine embroidery, and free-motion machine quilted without marking.

ENSEMBLE BED QUILTS
	1st	830	Cherry Jubilee Francis C. Moore Indianapolis, IN	Red and Green hand appliqued quilt.
	2nd	805	“Crystal Blue Baskets” Kathy Munkelwitz Isle, MN	Blue work baskets on white. Set with blue scraps against pure white background. Free-motion hand machine quilted. Blue crystals added for a little pa-zaz!
	3rd	812	Peppermint Stars Kathy Scheidt Granger, IN	I used fussy cut motifs from the 2008 Hoffman Challenge fabric to create this Chinese plate design.
	HM	808	Italian Mosaic Betty Doversberger Lafayette, IN	Design inspired by Italian mosaic floor.
	HM	802	Indiana Starburst Judy Laval Morton Newburgh, IN	This Bethlehem Star quilt, titled “Indiana Starburst” was hand appliqued and hand quilted by Judy L. Morton. The star piecing was done by Lydia Stoll and the squares and triangles were set by Miriam Graber, Montgomery, IN. The design was inspired by the Rising Sun (circa 1830) quilt made by Mary Betsy Toten.
	HM	803	The Rose Bonnie Fletcher Tigard, OR	The original design was four blocks and a 61 X 61 quilt. I adjusted the pattern to make an 84 X 84. 100% cotton with Warm & Natural batting.

ENSEMBLE WALL QUILTS
	1st	906	The Geisha and the Serving Girl Claudia Clark Myers & Marilyn Badger Duluth, MN	Using my large, free-form drawing of the Traditional Sawtooth block, I combined dupioni silks, commercial cottons and hand-overdyes to make this quilt. Marilyn designed an interesting scroll background filler for the body of the quilt and echoed the “fattened” Sawtooth blocks for the border quilting. When it was finished, I added Lumiere fabric paint to some of the triangular blocks in the background quilting to move the color out to the border.
	2nd	905	Berry Patch Claudia Clark Myers & Marilyn Badger Duluth, MN	I created the drawing for this quilt, building the scene around a Dover picture of two figures. Marilyn quilted the intricate design, including all the little details, like their toenails, and then, I painted it, using a combination of Seta Shimmers, Lumiere and Stewart Gill fabric paints. So, it actually is a wholecloth quilt that has been painted--with a border.
	3rd	903	The Roost Bonnie Fletcher Tigard, OR	This was a Maggie Walker design that I needle turned appliqued. The quilt has nine roosters/hen plus a header of blackberries and Morning Glories. The center is a male Leghorn standing in a window, with the view of a mountain behind.

SMALL SCALE QUILTS
	1st	1000	Quilter’s Utopia: Where Fabric Grows on Trees Sharon L. Schlotzhauer Colorado Springs, CO	What quilter doesn’t need more fabric? Imagine yourself on a quiet beach where yards and yards of colorful fabric grows and then falls from the trees in a limitless supply. No phones, no internet, and no electricity needed! Most of the elements are hand-painted or over-dyed commercial fabrics and are hand-appliqued.
	2nd	1008	Enchanted Jane Holihan Walworth, NY	This hand appliqued quilt features flowers, birds, 2 inch cherubs and a ladybug. It is an original design and all the hand quilting designs are enhanced with trapunto.
	3rd	1011	Vintage Susan Webster Apple Valley, MN	I love doing wholecloths and this quilt was inspired by the beautiful beads.
	HM	1009	Grandma Rogers Sally Reader Howell, MI	This portrait was created from a favorite photograph of my grandmother. I have very fond memories of the summers I spent with her at her cottage on Lake Michigan. She always tied her hair up with blue ribbons. She used to tell me she did this to “tie her brains on.”
	HM	1002	Saffron Offspring Barbara E. Lies Madison, IN	This is the child of my 84“ X 84“ quilt Saffron Spring. The center section is the same in both quilts.

MAYOR'S CHOICE
		110	Nathan’s Quilt Nancy Mitchell Bloomington, IN	Bed quilt for my grandson, Nathan, who chose the cartoon and clip art dogs used. His dog, Lexie, is the center large block and was created from a photograph. The quilt is appliqued with a satin stitch and is machine quilted.

COMMISSIONER'S CHOICE
		827	Court House Steps in Autumn Betsy Glassey Bloomington, IN	I’ve lost track of how many log cabin quilts I’ve made over the last twenty-five years. This is another which is made with my favorite colors - gold, purple and green.

JUDGES' RECOGNITION
	Lynne Erbach	825	It’s Just A Nine Patch Lu Ann Krug Indianapolis, IN	This quilt has 961 nine patches that finish at 1 1/2 inches. It began as a challenge among friends at a quilt retreat. I went a step farther and set my blocks into a trip around the world setting to give some order to the quilt.
	Anita Shackelford	100	Wings & Feathers Mark Sherman Coral Springs, FL	Turned edge applique, machine pieced, machine trapunto, longarm quilted with original quilting designs, all hand dyed fabric including quilt backing by artist. Over 3,000 hour project.