Award: Members' Choice: Honorable Mention

Artist: Katherine M Dossman - Belton, Texas USA

Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabrics for the top and back. I used Derwert Inktense pencils for the kitten applique. The dresden flower stems are hand stitched embellished ribbon.

Artist's Statement: I love cats and the joy that they have brought me in my life.Cats are my favorite animal. Katrina is the name my grandmother used for me when I was little, I miss her and wish she could have taught me to quilt. My favorite colors are brights and I am fond of hexies and dresden plates.I think my grandmother would enjoy this art quilt.

Size: 16" x 16"

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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: Laurie Ceesay - Menominee, MI USA

Materials and Techniques: Raw edged fused applique. Machine quilting on a commercial sewing machine.

Artist's Statement: My favorite style of quilt is a portrait quilt. I used my favorite color hot pink as well as my favorite embellishments-glitter nail polish, rhinestones, special occasion fabrics like velvet and tulle and white matte fabric paint for the eye reflection. I am a hairdresser and the layered asymmetrical bob hairstyle is also my favorite hairstyle which I featured in this quilt!

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: Karen Grover - Rockford, IL USA

Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabric, machine pieced, satin stich machine applique, Superior Threads, 80-20 Hobbs batting.

Artist's Statement: Whenever I need a break from my normal quilting routine, I turn to Diane Hire's playful method of free cutting and lack of rules. It inspires me and loosens up my imagination. This quilt happened on a dreary March afternoon and brightened my day considerably.

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: Allie Aller - Washougal, Wa USA

Materials and Techniques: cotton and silk fabrics, various trims, rayon and cotton threads, premade fabric flowers; machine applique, embroidery, and quilting, hand embroidery

Artist's Statement: My favorite way to make quilts right now is to combine traditional patterns with elements of crazy quilting, incorporating lots of different fabrics with hand and machine techniques...and I always add flowers whenever I can!

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: Whole cloth quilt made from 100% cotton fabric and warm and white batting. Free motion quilted on my home machine with rasant thread. Hand stitched binding.

Artist's Statement: I love roses and my garden is full of them, I also like to quilt. I designed this quilt to feature my favourite flower as well as my love of whole cloth quilts and free motion quilting.

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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Award: Marianne Fons Judge's Choice

Artist: Amy Munson - Bismarck , ND USA

Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabrics, embroidery floss and beads using raw edge piecing and applique, hand embroidery and machine stitching.

Artist's Statement: What do I love most about quilting? I love creating my own patterns and unique designs that mix traditional and contemporary techniques. I love raw edges and ripped fabric, embellished with embroidery and beads. I love playing with color and texture.

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, cotton batting, cotton thread, improvisational piecing, machine quilting

Artist's Statement: One of my favorite ways to sew is in an improvisational style with small scraps. This quilt top is made entirely with pieces from the scrap bin.

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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Award: Members' Choice: Honorable Mention

Artist: Pauline Salzman - Treasure Island, FL USA

Materials and Techniques: Aboriginal Artists cotton fabric, Cotton Fabric. Aurfil Thread, Netting, Wool felt batting. Fused Applique with netting over the top

Artist's Statement: Quilting a quilt in bright colors and telling a story doesn't get much better. This is my tribute to those young girls who have been told they are plain. They are not. My mom told me I was plain. Learn to play the piano...so I could be invited to parties. Using an old photo...I decided Jane is not so plain and she has an inner beauty. Using Aboriginal Artists that I bought in sample packs made that possible.

Size: 16" x 16"

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Artist: Ann M Bordeau - Arden, NC USA

Materials and Techniques: Bottom baton fabrics, EPP hand-pieced center, machine quilting + a coordinating "orphan block" was used for the backing.

Artist's Statement: I enjoy English Paper Piecing so thought I would "Play with this favorite" technique for this year's submission.

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: MaryEllen Sax - Woodbury, MN USA

Materials and Techniques: My piece is a collection of old and new fabrics and embellishments. Including a vintage hankie and odd pieces of old lace. Silk ribbon embroidery as well as embroidery with a variety of types of threads. A mix of beads, buttons and jewelry pieces.

Artist's Statement: My favorite quilt technique is crazy quilting. A favorite pastime is collecting interesting vintage lace, ribbons, fabrics and embellishments to use in my pieces. Favorite color blue. I'm also a big fan of quilting with traditional block designs.

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: Susanne M Jones - Potomac Falls, VA USA

Materials and Techniques: Cotton,satin ribbon, knit fabric, embroidery floss, pearls, ribbon roses, Kraft-Tex paper fabric, string,yarn, and a jewelry finding. Machine pieced, machine appliqued, machine embroidered, machine quilted, hand embroidered, knitted mittens on toothpicks, box making.

Artist's Statement: My favorite pastime is making compilation quilts. I chose to represent the lyrics of My Favorite Things. Included are warm woolen mittens, knitted on toothpicks; a brown paper package tied up with strings near a whiskered kitten; and cream colored ponies frolicking in a winter scene that is melting into spring. The girl wears a white dress with blue satin sashes. Can you find raindrops on roses, snowflakes and wild geese flying with moons on their wings?

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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