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PQG Quilt Show title

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

Common Threads 2008 poster


Featured Lecturer and Quilt Judge

Linda McCuean 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

Opportunity Quilt winner
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.

Opportunity Quilt

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


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