Thank you to all our volunteers and to everyone who attended!
You made the 2008 show one of our best ones yet.

Featured Lecturer and Quilt Judge

Linda McCuean, who is from New Galilee, Pennsylvania is a professional longarm quilter and teacher, lecturer, and quilt maker. She began making quilts in 1978 and has won numerous awards at national, state and local shows with both her hand and machine quilted pieces. Linda became an NQA Certified Judge in 2004. Linda recently was the winner of the $100,000 Quilting Challenge with her quilt Bella.

Competition Winners

Most winners are pictured in the 2008 Common Threads gallery. Those not pictured there are marked with an asterisk (*) in the list below.

Best of Show Pieces by Carmen Sue Gard
Best Use of Color Mardi Gras by Judy Ermey	Judge's Choice Colorful Puffer Fish by Charlotte Hickman
Appliqued & Hand Quilted by One Person Best of Class: Celebration of American Life by Betty Marshall First Place: A Rose is a Rose by Barbara Nickelson	Appliqued & Machine Quilted by One Person Best of Class: Spring Idyll by Jan Hutchison First Place: 30s Blocks - Aunt Hattie's Garden by Carla Anderson Second Place: Parade of the Clowns by Betty Marshall Third Place: Self Portrait by Betty Marshall
Appliqued & Machine Quilted by Two People Best of Class: Our Folk Art Wedding by Lynn Lunsford First Place: Sun Bonnet Sue by Tamara Gross Second Place: Poppy by Ethel Abrahams Third Place: Vintage Valentine by Laura, by Laura Schmidt	Art Quilts *Best of Class: Splendor from the Orient by Lynn Lunsford First Place: Colorful Puffer Fish by Charlotte Hickman Second Place: The Secret Life of Mrs. Meatloaf by Jan Hutchison Third Place: Metamorphosis by Janet Ghilino Bates
Bags Best of Class: Spring Fling by Sharon Smith First Place: Jelly Bag by Carla Anderson Second Place: L [squared] Bag by Shirley Binder	First Quilt Best of Class: Blind Fairies by Tamara Gross
Group Quilts *Best of Class: Radiant Star by Prairie Quilt Guild First Place: Snowflake, entered by Kim Hull Second Place: Country Harvest, entered by Nancy Staton *Third Place: Fairy Dust, entered by Shirley Binder	Miniatures Best of Class: Spring Pastorale by Jan Hutchison First Place: French Blue by Janet Ghilino Bates Second Place: The Star of Bethlehem by Ethel Abrahams
Other Techniques, Non-traditional Best of Class: The Cowboy by Judy Ehnen First Place: Sparkling Tucks and Textures by Marjorie Fleeman Second Place: Eve's Turtle Quilt/Mexico Tortuga Memories by Barbara Nickelson Third Place: 60th Anniversary Quilt by Arleta Seery	Other Techniques, Traditional Best of Class: Pieces by Carmen Sue Gard First Place: Lilac Heirloom by Jean Nold Second Place: My First Wholecloth by Cindy Goebel Third Place: Simply Crazy by Sandra Davis
Pieced and Applqued by One Person Best of Class: Baltimore Comes to the Prairie BOM by Carla Anderson First Place: Dotty Dishes by Jan Hutchson Second Place: Restore America - A Salute to Preservation by June Wright Third Place: Snugly Bugly by Carole Perez	Pieced and Applqued Wall Hanging by One Person Best of Class: Flight of the Cranes by LaVona Franz First Place: Welcome Pineapple by Carla Anderson Second Place: Feline Compass by Nonie England Third Place: A Morning Stroll by Judy Ehnen
Pieced, Applqued and Hand Quilted by One Person Best of Class: 19 Years - Off & On by Rita Thomas First Place: Taylor's Quilt by Janet Ghilino Bates Second Place: Prairie Rose Cowgirls by Nancy Marin Third Place: Sunbonnet Sue & Sam by Louise Nance	Pieced, Applqued and Machine Quilted by Two People Best of Class: Karen's Flower Garden by Karen Hammond First Place: Gingerbread Joy by Mary Eilerts Second Place: Betty's Bouquet Sampler by Betty Fry Third Place: Stars Around the Garden by Barbara Nickelson
Pieced & Hand Quilted by One Person *Best of Class: Vintage Moments by Shirley Crawford First Place: Mariner Medallion by Betty Enright Second Place: Helen's Stash by Janet Ghilino Bates Third Place: Rocky Road to Kansas by Donna Mease	Pieced & Machine Quilted by One Person Best of Class: My Black and White by Carla Anderson First Place: Fourpatch Strippy Blended Quilt by Connie Glaves Second Place: Kansas Summer Solstice by Dixie Decker Third Place: Braids by Cleo Mounday
Pieced & Machine Quilted Wall Hanging by One Person *Best of Class: Estes Park Trapunto by Nancy Giltner First Place: Olivia's Pinwheel by Debbie Wood Second Place: Daisy Mae Invades the Butterfly House by Connie Chambers Third Place: Poppy's Bow Ties by Charlotte Wolfe	Pieced & Custom Machine Quilted by Two People Best of Class: An Unusual Lone Star by Ruth Lowrey First Place: Kanza Star by Midori Melton Second Place: Urban Mystery - Kansas 1 by Charlotte Wolfe Third Place: Stained Glass Garden - Dahlia Star by Sherrie Lawhon
Pieced & Machine Quilted by Two People Best of Class: Friendship Ties by marlynn Branam First Place: Fleurs et Toile by Karen Rhyne Second Place: Spice Market by Dixie Decker Third Place: Dexter Mindight Lair by Sheri Schoenebeck	Pieced & Machine Quilted Wall Hanging by Two People Best of Class: Perfectly Pieced Purple by Connie Chambers First Place: Coy Koi by Mary Graham *Second Place: Moonshine Headache by Judy Wells *Third Place: Gabriel's Horn by Sara Reimer Farley
PQG Workshops Best of Class: Fiddlehead by Jessie Bryant First Place: Strips and Curves in My Bedroom by Donna Bradbury Second Place: Crane Celebration by Sharon Smith	Wearables *Best of Class: Ghanan Exploration by Linda Laird *First Place: 'Tis the Season by Ethel Abrahams *Second Place: Floral Fantasy by Carole Perez

Viewers' Choice Awards

Some of the winners are pictured in the 2008 Common Threads gallery. The full list of winners is below.

Clothing

First Place: Mother of the Groom Suit by Cathy Beverage.
Second Place: Rainbow Vest by Cleo Mounday
Third Place: Jacket Jazz Encore #9 by Madeline Mosiman

Miniatures

First Place: Spring Pastorale by Jan Hutchinson
Second Place: Just to Prove I Could by JoAnne Corbett
Third Place: Feline Compass by Sandy Jahnke

Other

First Place: Spring Fling by Sharon Smith
Second Place: Patriotic Child's Chair by Karen Crews
Third Place: Jelly Roll Bag by Carla Anderson

Quilts

First Place: Autumn Leaves by Cleo Mounday
Second Place: Sparkling Tucks & Textures by Marjorie Fleeman
Third Place: 19 Years - Off and On by Rita Thomas

Wall Quilts

First Place: Pieces by Carmen Sue Gard
Second Place: The Secre Life of Mrs. Meatloaf by Jan Hutchison
Third Place: My One & Only Twisted Log Cabin by Serry Plummer

Opportunity Quilt

The winner of the 2008 Opportunity Quilts was Kathy Young of Florida. She was in town to visit her father and was absolutely thrilled to win the quilt. She said she would try to visit a PQG meeting the next time she visits her father in Wichita.

Radiant Star, a Lori Smith design, was made by members of Prairie Quilt Guild.

Our Illustrious Quilt Show Co-chairs