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2008 Award–Winning Quilts

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Best of the Show
Poppy Soliloquy by Sandra Frieze Leichner
Best Machine
Workmanship
Best Hand
Workmanship
Best
Use of Color
Best
Embellishment
Moonlight Sonata by Barbara Shapel
Summer Afternoon by Connie Ayers
Hanging By a Thread by Bonnie L Keller
Coral Kelp by Debbie Bone-Harris
Viewers Choice
Reflections of Summers Past by Linda Nelson Johnson
Group
The Three Sisters by Gail E Thomas
First Place
Bunchberries by Judie Hoyman
Second Place
Grandmother's Garden Swing by Janet M Fogg
Third Place
The Bonaventure Years by Jennifer Patriarche
Honorable Mention
Ladder Day Saints by Barbara Houshmand
Honorable Mention
Gear Games by Joanne Adams
Honorable Mention
Traditional Applique
Little Brown Bird II by Linda Simmons
First Place
Last Branch by Pam Pifer
Second Place
Delft Tiles by Jamie Grant
Third Place
Blooms and Baskets by Vonnie McLean
Honorable Mention
Traditional Pieced
Frosted Feathers by Norma Jean Nyman
First Place
The Crown Jewels by Mary Kay Price
Second Place
Rainbows by Virginia L Anderson
Third Place
Spirit by Sue Besser
Honorable Mention
Sun Compass by Nancy Davis
Honorable Mention
Traditional Mixed
Praise Ye Now Our Gardens Green by Sonia Grasvik
First Place
A Change of Heart by Victoria Gray
Second Place
Elegant Butterflies by Janet Kennedy Larson
Third Place
Under the Tuscan Sun by Florence Coffey
Honorable Mention
Wishing You Bluebirds and Happy Dreams by Linda Riesterer
Honorable Mention
Small
4-Block (Reduced) by Anne C Gillihan
First Place
Remembering by Judy Leslie
Second Place

Fly Boys by Dawn Fox Cooper
Third Place
Sweetie Pie by Jo Baner
Honorable Mention
Fruit of the Valley by Sandra Frieze Leichner
Honorable Mention
Wearable
Whimsical Hearts by Nancy Bryant
First Place
Wool Puzzle by Lorraine Torrence
Second Place
Migrating Geese by Lisa Jenni
Third Place
Art
Waiting by Jayne Willoughby Scott
First Place
Night Drawing #2 by Jayne Willoughby Scott
Second Place
Bounce by Colleen Wise
Third Place
February in Anchorage by Cinda Langjahr
Honorable Mention
Line Dancing by Pat Hedwall
Honorable Mention l
Innovative Applique
Kenya Cottonstainers by Karla Harris
First Place
West or North by Mary K Parkhurst
Second Place
Shadow Leaves by Karen Burton
Third Place
Field Guide to 1% of the Birds of Kenya by Amalia S Magaret
Honorable Mention
Innovative Pieced
The Ph. D by Erika Bottcher
First Place
Sweater Quilt by Dorothy LeBoeuf
Second Place
Recycled and Red Hot by Eleanora Laffin
Third Place
Log Pile by Elaine Bowles
Honorable Mention
Recycled, Recut & Reassembled by Eleanora Laffin
Honorable Mention
Transition Three by Ellin Larimer
Honorable Mention
Innovative Mixed
Tribal Fusion by Sherry Rogers-Harrison
First Place
Birds on Safari by Lynne Burkhardt
Second Place
Mental Floss by Avis B Caddell
Third Place
Rhapsody at First Light by Bonnie L Keller
Honorable Mention
Pictorial
Turtle Haven by Jean A Newton
First Place
I Thought I Saw a Blue Cow by Fran Lauzon
Second Place
Southern Oregon Highlights by Karen Hanken
Third Place
In Her Dreams She Dances by Sonia Grasvik
Honorable Mention
Greetings from Oregon by Carrie W Perkins
Honorable Mention
Early Spring in Banff by Judy Leslie
Honorable Mention
Judges Choice
Diane Gaudynski
Yvonne Porcella
Anita Shackelford
Polygonum Tinctoria, Simply Indigo by Erika Bottcher
Erika Bottcher
Five Apples by Pamela Mostek
Pamela Mostek
Impact by Patricia M Goffette
Patricia Goffette
Jurors Choice
Sherri Bain Driver
Stevii Graves
Linda McCuean
Five Apples by Pamela Mostek
Pamela Mostek
Praise Ye Now Our Gardens Green by Sonia Grasvik
Sonia Grasvik
Tribal Fusion by Sherry Rogers-Harrison
Sherry Rogers-Harrison

Awards and Prizes

Cash Awards sponsored in part by: The Quilting Cottage, Clothworks, KingFisher Inn and Retreat Center and Pacific Rim Quilt Company. Each receipent received a ribbon & gift bag

Best of Show - Cruise for two to her choice of New England or Alaska, plus a cash award of $1,500 donated by Quilt Camp at Sea.

Best Machine Workmanship - Aurora 400 QEE with Bernia Stitch Regulator donated by Bernina. Plus a cash award of $750 donated by Pacific Rim Quilt Company.

Best Hand Workmanship - Memorycraft 11000 donated by Janome. Plus a cash award of $750 donated by The Quilting Cottage.

Best Use of Color - Designer 1 USB donated by Husqvarna Viking. Plus a cash award of $750 donated by Clothworks.

Best Use of Embellishment - Pfaff Grand Quilter packaged w/quilt frame donated by Quality Sewing & Vacuum. Plus a cash award of $750 donated by KingFisher Inn and Retreat Center.

Viewers Choice - Brother sewing machine Model NV 2500D donated by Brother.

First Place in Category - $400.00

Second Place in Category - $300.00

Third Place in Category - $200.00

Honorable Mention - 20 ribbon & gift bag prizes were awarded in various Categories

List of Accepted Entrants for 2008

Alberta
Erika Bottcher, Fran Lauzon, Sonja Ohlmann, Cathy Tomm, Jayne Willoughby Scott

Alaska
Lee Blouin, Karin Franzen, Deborah Freeman Wilkinson, Debbi Hagen, Sharon Hughes, Catherine Larrea, Fabienne L. Peter-Contesse, Maria C. Shell, Maria C. Shell

British Columbia
Barbara Baker, Kathryn Botsford, Bernice Bradford, Avis B. Caddell, Cher Cartwright, Pat Crucil, Gloria Daly, Sheila Fowler, Dawn Fox Cooper, Colleen Golumbia, Victoria Gray, Daphne Greig, Vivian Kapusta, Eleanora Laffin, Judy Leslie, Dale MacEwan, Audrey MacKenzie, Vonnie McLean, Barbara P. Root, Carol Seeley, Linda Sharp, Val Smith, Susan L. Teece, Gail E. Thomas, Valerie M. Ursulak, Philippa Zapf

Idaho
Elaine Bowles, Karen Falvey, Karla Harris, Borg Hendrickson, Rita Hutchens, Ellen Kundrat, Linda Nelson Johnson, Jean Van Bockel

Montana
Regina Browne, Karlyn Bue Lorenz, Karen Burton, Libby DuBois Pettit, Brian Dykhuizen, Jamie Grant, Brenda Hermundstad Yirsa, Jan Popa, Bobbie Sacks, Heidi Zielinski

Oregon
Jo Barry, Debbie Bennett, Nancy Bryant, Donna Cherry, Gerrie Congdon, Marilyn Dahlen, Jaimie Davis, Jaimie Davis, Karen Donobedian, Diane English, Judy Eselius, Sheila K. Finzer, Janet M. Fogg, Sandra Frieze Leichner, Peggy Gelbrich, Marcia Gilson, Mary Goodson, Terry Grant, Karen Hanken, Janet Hiller, Laura Jaszkowski Jennings, Sarah Kaufman, Sarah Kaufman, Ann Leibovitz, Carol Loehndorf-Webb, Tammy MacArthur, Joan Metzger, Virginia O'Donnell, Carrie W. Perkins, Mary Kay Price, Mary C. Schroder, Kathy H. Shaker, Carie Shields, Maggie W. Turner, Jean Wells Keenan, Sally Zehrung

Washington
Joanne Adams, Marilyn C. Ahnemiller, Virginia L. Anderson, Carol O. Arnold, Mary Arnold, Kathy M. Arroyo, Mary Aubuchon, Jane Ave'Lallemant, Connie Ayers, Andi Bailey, Betty Marie Bakie, Maggie Ball Jo Baner, Melodie H. Bankers, Carol Barton Jerome, Diane Becka, Joyce R. Becker, Emilie M. Belak, Sue Besser, Debbie Bone-Harris, Sandra M. Brehm, Bonny Brewer, Gayle Bryan, Gayle Bryan, Pat Budge, Lynne Burkhardt, Kristine Calney, Florence Coffey, Melody Crust, Nancy Davis, Joan Dawson, Kathi DeJong, Debbie Eliasen, Terry Engleman, Marian L. Floyd, Barbara J. Fox, Susanna B. Gantt, Christine Ann Gartin, Francie Gass, Anne C. Gillihan, Patricia M. Goffette, Katy A. Gollahon, Kathleen Grady, Paula Graham, Sonia Grasvik, Kathleen Greenman, Gabriele Griffin, Rita Haselman, Cynthia A. Hayes, Patricia Hayes, Pat Hedwall, Patty Hieb, Carol Hill, Ellen Hough, Ellen Hough, Barbara Houshmand, Judie Hoyman, Elizabeth Jacobs, John James, Lisa Jenni, Marie Z. Johansen, Charlene Kagele, Dian L. Keepers, Mary Kelemen, Bonnie L. Keller, Janet Kennedy Larson, Barbara Lambrecht, Cinda Langjahr, Ellin Larimer, Ellin Larimer, Dorothy LeBoeuf, Sylvia A. Lee, Emily Leong Fisher, Isabella Lode, Suzanne Lopez, Heidi S. Lund, Amalia S. Magaret, Patricia Maixner Magaret, Lynn Majidimehr, Merry Maricich, Sandra Martin, Gabrielle McIntosh, Gabrielle McIntosh, Kathy McNeil, Patricia A. Means, Patty Mitchell, Pamela Mostek, Pamela Mostek, Jane Moxey, Karen Murphy, Jean A. Newton, Maurine Noble, Doris Northcutt, Norma Jean Nyman, Colleen O'Connell, Pat Oden, Susan O'Hogan, Marie K. O'Kelley, Patricia Olds, Carolanne Olson, Barbara O'Steen, Linda Ostroff, Linda Ostroff, Mary K. Parkhurst, Carol Paschal, Jennifer Patriarche, Joseph L. Pepia, Mary S. Perillo, Charlie Petersen, Lahala Phelps, Pam Pifer, Pam Pifer, Jaydee Price, Audrey I. Prothero, Jolene Rabey, Wanda Rains, Candy Reiter Midkiff, Linda Riesterer, Sherry Rogers-Harrison, Shirley A. Sandoz, Dianna Sarich, Dianna Sarich, Barbara Schultz, Terri Selby, Barbara Shapel, Linda Simmons, Becky Spence, Susanne Staton, Janet Steadman, Carla Stehr, Stella Tandecki, Linda Tellesbo, Pat Thompson, Lisa Timfichuk, Lorraine Torrence, Susan Treloar, Andrea Van Outryve, Jo Van Patten, Cory Volkert, Cory Volkert, Geraldine Warner, Mary Louise Washer, Laurie A. Weiner, Jody L. Whalen, Colleen Wise, Krista Withers, Gail Witt, Karleen Woodworth