Congratulations to our winners this year: Alberta Dalke won Best Meets the Challenge; Francie Nelson won President's Choice, and Kate Stone won Member's Choice.
Alberta
Dalke
won Best Meets the Challenge with her take on Lori Holt’s Scrappy Spools,
using a combination of Tula Pink’s Tiny Dots and Stripes and Zen Chic’s Spotted
for the background. Only the brown
spools aren’t a dot or stripe.
Francie
Nelson won President’s Choice with
her quilt Bodacious Gingko Leaves. The quilt is based on a pattern by
Sylvia Pippen called Hawk Feathers and Gingko Leaves. Three striped
materials were used for the machine pieced chevrons. Most of the Gingko
leaves were made from dotted fabric from my stash; they were hand
appliqued. According to Sylvia Pippen, in Japanese art, chevrons
symbolize hawk feathers & Ginkgo leaves bring good fortune. It is
lightly machine quilted.
Kate Stone
won Members’ Choice with her quilt Camoflage-Hidden in Plain Sight. Dots and
Stripes are a quilting staple but these fun patterns are also used to paint
nature. This quilt celebrates the dots and stripes that make up nature’s camouflage.
