Artist: Katherine M Dossman - Belton, Texas USA

Materials and Techniques: Shiva paint sticks stenciled on the black fabric and french knot centers. Hand embroidered and beading on the dresden plate. Texture magic in the center of the flower. Cotton.

Artist's Statement: I like dresden plates and hand embroidery . I love bright colors and often use animals in my quilts . The fabric made me happy. My mother loves cows and lived on a farm when she was little. This art quilt makes her smile.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Jodi Scaltreto - Hillsboro, NH USA

Materials and Techniques: Commercial cotton, invisible thread

Artist's Statement: Lately I have become very taken with the modern quilt movement. This is one of the first ones I have done in this style. I like the simple lines of this piece.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Ramona L Bates - Little Rock, AR USA

Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabrics. Heirloom batting. Machine pieced/quilted.

Artist's Statement: I love flag quilts and have made many different sizes of American flag quilts. This one uses different red/beige fabrics. The red strips of the flag were made using hearts. The blue field is quilted with a central heart then echo quilted outward.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Barbara Polston - Phoenix, AZ USA

Materials and Techniques: Rust-dyed muslin, quilting cotton, variety of vintage buttons, metallic fiber embroidery floss, Superior So Fine thread, poly-cotton batting. Foundation pieced, home machine quilted, hand embellished.

Artist's Statement: Playing with a new favorite that has been on my "must try" list for years. Rust-dyed fabric creates the background for this Fall tree. Changing colors of the leaves are represented with the addition of buttons, many from my vintage collection. Trees have been a central theme in my work over the past several years, just another favorite!

Size: 16" x 16"

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Award: Members' Choice: Honorable Mention

Artist: Sondra Millard - Wichita, KS USA

Materials and Techniques: All cotton quilting fabrics, broderie perse, machine applique and quilting on a sit-down domestic machine.

Artist's Statement: Blue Muse honors my favorite quiltArtist-Danny Amazonas, fabrics- Kaffe Fasset Collective, subject-Jane Sassaman's garden art statue Blue Muse and technique-broderie perse. I designed the binding as an homage to Yvonne Porcella, my favorite teacher. I wanted my subject to convey the mysterious process of where ideas come from and how they can take on a life of their own. My quilting choice represents ideas flowing out from our muses with the outline quilting giving definition to the flowers in the gardens our our imaginations.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Leslie F Kauffmann - Brussels, non-USA Belgium

Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabrics, cotton thread, low loft batting, glass beads, sequin. Machine piecing, hand quilting.

Artist's Statement: Bargello quilts are one of my very favorites. I have played with bargello technique to evoke a multi-tiered city skyline at purple sunset when lights are beginning to come on in the city.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Award: Members' Choice: Honorable Mention

Artist: Maria F Cousins - Great River, NY USA

Materials and Techniques: Hand Painted on Mulberry silk by Maria with silk dyes, free motion machine quilted, hand stitched embroidered rain, and a quilt as you go silk dupioni border with a silk piping. Fusiboo batting and silk threads on painting. Aurafil thread on borders. This quilt is one of a series of quilts based on the poem with different locations and landscapes.

Artist's Statement: Playing favorites means to me, combining my painted quilts with my poetry. As an aviation major I wrote the poem The Cycle ( I included it in the buyers note.) I loved being up in the sky with the clouds it was one of my favorite activities. This earth's cycle is one of my favorite examples of our creators brilliance. My favorite(and only)sister lives in one of my favorite places; Hawaii. This painting is inspired by my many visits there.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Pauline Salzman - Treasure Island, Florida USA

Materials and Techniques: my husband's shirts, cotton fabric, Aurfil thread and wool felt batting.

Artist's Statement: I love doing quits about puppies. This is the 1st Lizzy quilt. Like all puppies she explores new things and getting into trouble. This quilt gave me the opportunity to try a new idea.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Megan E Byrne - Wembley, WA Australia

Materials and Techniques: 100% cotton fabric and two layers of warm and white batting. Various coloured polyester thread. Lumiere fabric paints both metallic and flat as well as water soluble pastels for the image.

Artist's Statement: My favourite technique at the moment is fabric painting and quilting. While on holiday in the outback I came upon these two kookaburras sitting in a gum tree. Yellow roses had wound themselves through the branches and the two birds looked as if they were kissing in their own little flower bower. I designed and painted this quilt from that image.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Alice Helms - Asheville, NC USA

Materials and Techniques: English paper-piecing, hand appliqué, trapunto, machine quilting.

Artist's Statement: The technique of English Paper-Piecing has become a favorite. I like doing handwork, for one thing, but I also like the visual effect of the tessellating shapes. I love to use up scraps of fabric and these were some of the leftovers from a quilt made 2 years ago for a raffle.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Phyllis K Campbell - Rockford, Illinois USA

Materials and Techniques: cotton fabrics, cotton threads, cotton batting. machine appliqued, machine-pieced, machine-quilted.

Artist's Statement: Playing with machine-applique is one of my favorite things to do, and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is one of my favorite places in the USA! The vibrant red-orange bridge color, the blue waters, and the green mountainsides create a charming quilt that is bordered by mini peace signs on a natural color cloth. I truly leave my heart each time I visit this favorite place.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Pauline Salzman - Treasure Island, Florida USA

Materials and Techniques: Cotton,Tule, Aurifil Thread, Wool Felt batting

Artist's Statement: Done mostly in shades of blue, using some men's shirts and purchased fabric. This is Lucy. Dali like because you have to view it at a distance to see the puppy. Original photo is on the back

Size: 16" x 16"

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Award: Handi Quilter Grand Prize

Artist: Margaret M Cibulsky - Port Washington, New York USA

Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabric & thread, improvisational piecing & machine detail

Artist's Statement: The whole style of this quilt was an experiment. While my favorite way to make a quilt is improvisational piecing, I had never used this technique with the intention of using my work as the background for a natural scene. Another first was the free-cut blooms which I attached with raw-edge appliquè and then using some fancy stitches on my machine to create greenery. All in all, this little quilt is one of my favorites!

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Mary C Henris - Havelock, NC USA

Materials and Techniques: This whole cloth piece uses a black, grey and white variegated Aurifil thread. The thread creates the light and dark patterns shining through the trees onto the road. The piece is enhanced by the use of different crazy Quilt stitches to symbolize tire tracks, leaves, flowing water, wisps of wind, birds darting back and forth, and trails of hopping critters encountered on drives through the Croatan forest.

Artist's Statement: I played favorites by using my favorite processes in quilting. My favorites are whole cloth quilts,Crazy Quilt stitches, symbolism, trying new threads, and using my home machine to create them.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Kristin Shields - Bend, OR USA

Materials and Techniques: cotton and linen fabrics, hand applique, hand embroidery, machine quilting

Artist's Statement: Embroidered folk art animal pieces are a favorite technique of mine. Once the animal is appliqued, I like to draw details freehand and stitch over them with embroidery floss.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Ellen L Hernandez - San Antonio, TX USA

Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabric, raw edge applique, spray fabric glitter

Artist's Statement: One of my favorite things to do is organize and when sorting my sewing closet I found several PIGS (Projects I've Gotta Sew.) This sunflower was from an unfinished Melinda Bula class with Techniques: I'm not really thrilled about, ie, kits, raw edge applique, free motion quilting. Adding a few of my fabrics, some glitter, and varied quilting turned Sonnenblume into a favorite - I got the PIG done!

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Annedore Neumann - Moenchengladbach-Wickrath, NRW Germany

Materials and Techniques: Cotton, inkjetprinted photos, appliquéd , embroidered and quilted by machine

Artist's Statement: Growing up in the Sixties and being married to a rock encyclopedia, we enjoy traveling the world for concerts. Ain't nothing better than live handmade rock and blues, especially played on the famous Strat ! I named all those Masters who got a signature model ( the first was made for the six-string virtuoso whom I saw more than a hundred times since 1969) and some who play in our favourite bands. Yeah !

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Mary J Puckett - Cullowhee, North Caro USA

Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabric, improvisationally pieced. The solids are Michael Miller Cotton Couture. Quilters Dream Request Loft cotton batting. Quilted with Superior So Fine thread on the top and Superior Bottom Line thread in the bobbin.

Artist's Statement: This quilt is done in the style of Gwen Marston, whose improvisational work is an inspiration to me. This is the first in a series I've been thinking about for a long time. My intent is to make small quilts in the style of some of my favorite quilters, with a little joke in the fabric selection. The black fabric in this quilt is printed with farm animal sounds such as "oink" and "quack".

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Theresa A Nielsen - Royal Oak, MI USA

Materials and Techniques: Ribbons, beads, lace and embroidery.

Artist's Statement: I love Spring, like a new beginning. Crazy quilting and yo-yo's are the best.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Award: Members' Choice: Honorable Mention

Artist: Sandi Goldman - Annandale, VA USA

Materials and Techniques: Digital Photo on fabric, Improvisational machine piecing with commercial cotton fabrics, Hand and Machine Quilting with cotton and rayon threads

Artist's Statement: For over 2 years one of my daily art practices has been to post a flower photo on social media. I take many of my photos on walks in my neighborhood in Northern Virginia where there are so many beautiful flowers. In this piece I got to play with some of my favorite things photography and fabric.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Melanie Marr - Houston, Texas USA

Materials and Techniques: Materials used are black fabric, acrylic paints, batting, stabilizer, and thread. Techniques: used are that the image is drawn onto fabric, painted, then quilted.

Artist's Statement: "Joyous" was inspired by a photo from a trip my family and I took to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC. The Panda is my favorite type of bear and in the photo the Panda seemed joyous and content.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Award: Paula Nadelstern's Judge's Choice

Artist: Mary K Davis - Sunnyvale, CA USA

Materials and Techniques: Machine pieced and quilted.

Artist's Statement: This quilt started out as two blocks I created for another challenge. I decided to "challenge" myself by making them into 5" blocks. I love the idea of "following your arrow" or making your own path. Whatever it takes to make you happy!

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Allie Aller - Washougal, Wa USA

Materials and Techniques: Silk fusion "fabric", hand dyed cotton, black solid cotton. Machine appliqued and quilted.

Artist's Statement: I've loved making stained glass quilts for two decades now. There are always new ways to experiment with this genre!

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Sue K Gies - Custer, SD USA

Materials and Techniques: This was an applique design from Happy Hollow designs. I use soft and bright batting from warm and natural in most all my quilts especially wall hangings. I used glide thread.

Artist's Statement: This was just a cute pattern and just had to make it. I love cute things. Applique is one of my favorite Techniques: along with quilting. I used the blanket stitch around applique then quilted it. I have a longarm machine and love to see what designs I can come up with. Love detailed designs, the smaller the better. Love to give my quilts depth with stitches. I did a little thread painting when I quilted it to make it look like fur.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Sue K Gies - Custer, SD USA

Materials and Techniques: This is primarily art quilt with multiple layers, lots of detailed quilting and rhinestones added to give it illusion of rain.

Artist's Statement: I am just learning to make art quilts and I am loving it. This is my own design and reminds me of when I was a little girl. I love to challenge myself with new and different work. So I wanted an art quilt that had landscape and something of my childhood. I loved playing in the rain as a little girl, and my grandmother would always tell my to take an umbrella. This little quilt has a lot of my favorites all in one. Applique, art quilt, detailed quilting, uniqueness, a hidden bird and its just fun.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: MARIA R GOODWIN - Washington, DC USA

Materials and Techniques: Machine pieced. Machine Quilted. Sea shells. Cotton and batik fabrics. Poly-cotton & rayon threads.

Artist's Statement: Favorites are: Symbols/History/Color. This (patchwork) piece uses them to remember African American participation in World War I. Red/White/Blue: USA; Blue Star/Gold Star: Military Service & those who did/did not return; Gold: medals & honor awarded & earned; Red/Black poppy: military memorial flower; Cowrie shell: African American heritage.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill - Woodbridge, CT USA

Materials and Techniques: Materials: Cotton Fabric, Cotton Thread, Cotton Batting Techniques:: Domestic Machine Quilted

Artist's Statement: Petite Picnic Petals is a modern quilt that is based on the Flowering Snowball block, one of my favorite traditional blocks. This mini, or petite, quilt is a variation on my large Picnic Petals pattern design. While I've made many large Flowering Snowball blocks, I've never scaled down the block this small (approximately 4" x 4"). This challenge was a good opportunity to explore scale.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Award: Members' Choice: 3rd Place

Artist: María J González Rico - Alcorcón, Madrid España

Materials and Techniques: Techniques:: raw edge appliqué and quilting machine. Materials: cotton fabric, cotton batting, thermoweb stabilizer, poliester thread and metalic thread.

Artist's Statement: I love to use optical efects to cause an unexpected feeling of movement to draw the attention of the viewer to different areas of my work.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Christine S Bradford - Washington, DC USA

Materials and Techniques: 100% cottons, batiks and regular cottons. Four of the Funny Faces were painted on wax batik. Artist paint sticks were also used.

Artist's Statement: One of my Favorite Things is to use my orphan blocks in a new project. This orphan block is a disappearing 9-patch, using batiks. The label on the back is also an orphan block.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Award: Members' Choice: Honorable Mention

Artist: Michael E Michalski - Brooklyn, NY USA

Materials and Techniques: Commercial cottons, nylon tulle, cotton string, cotton and rayon threads. Foundation paper pieced, appliqued, and quilted on domestic machine, piping.

Artist's Statement: I have a background in theatrical costumes, and love to use Techniques: and materials usually associated with clothing not quilts. I work at creating dimensionality by finishing portions separately then overlapping them, and also by including open spaces. On 'Solar Flare' sections of the background are sheer, allowing whatever surface it is displayed against to factor into it's final appearance. My favorite way to play always includes trying new things.

Size: 16" x 16"

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