IQF–Day 2 (Part 1)

On Friday, I was feeling better and set off the for convention center with the idea that I was going to make the most of the day

The first thing that I wanted to do was to look at all of the quilts that were in my category (Pieced – Large) and see who the winners were.  First place was won by Lynda Lynn with this magnificent quilt……

The quilting is pretty magnificent as well!!

Second place was made by Beth Nufer……

Third place went to Andrea Petrocelli for this quilt that had 7,924 Flying geese……

Here is a close up of the amazing piecing……

Honorable Mention was by Renne Ferre……ri

I thoroughly enjoyed walking thru the “People, Portrait & Figures” entries.   This very simple quilt by Cindy Richard was one of my favorites……

Another favorite was a Judge’s Choice winner…..a wonderful portrait by Roxanne Nelson…..

I spoke at length with Jennifer Bowker, a quilter from Canberra, Australia who made this blue ribbon quilt based on a photo that she purchased the rights to.  It was taken during a 2013 massacre in Cairo…..

This quilt, made by Christina Bono, was in the machine quilting category and was super cute…..

I had the pleasure of witnessing a touching interchange between Alex Anderson and Sandra Navaro, a quilter from Spain who spoke very little English and was using her young son as her translator.    It was obvious that she was so moved by having a photo with Alex Anderson and she fought back tears as she told her thank you……

This quilt by Peter Hayward was voted as Viewer’s Choice.   I was interested that the shading was achieved by placing black net over certain areas of the quilt……

There are tons more to show, but I will save the rest for another post……