Remember back in High School when they used to award the Superlatives….. you know…. Most likely to succeed or Best Couple?
Well, these are the superlatives for the Cotton Patch Quilt Show “A Journey in Quilts”……
Our judge was Kathryn Zimmerman, an NACQJ (National Association of Certified Quilt Judges) qualified judge. She was so much fun to work with and it was amazing to watch her process.
In each category, she held a large number of quilts as she judged each one, but when it came time to select the winners, she could quickly winnow the numbers down.
As a Certified Judge, she is given one NACQJ Award of Merit ribbon that she can give to one of the quilts…..
In this case, she awarded the ribbon to……
I love the colors in this quilt!!
Best hand quilting went to…..
Lots of straight lines with perfect stitches….
Best Machine Quilting went to…..
Just look at the wonderful straight-line quilting…..
Sylvia has written a wonderful book about Negative-Space quilting…..
You don’t want to miss it!!
“Best Applique” was awarded to…..
I LOVE the grin on the shark’s face (Bottom right)!!
Kathryn was given two “Judge’s Choice” ribbons to present, the first to……
This quilt was inspired by a vintage quilt that Sue inherited from her mother. I love that idea!!
As I mentioned in a previous post, the other Judge’s Choice went to my Dresden Field….
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Love seeing these award winners.
Thanks Christie…. It was a fun show and an amazing weekend!!