Kristina Spencer
2007 Quilt Show
WinterFest Announces the 2007 Quilt Competition Winners.

Congratulations to the 2007 WinterFest Quilt Contest Winners. Entries were received entries from all over the region. As far north as New Hampshire and as far south as Florida.  All the entries were breathtaking. Take a look at the wonderful artistry below
2007 Best in Show
Elizabeth's Bounty
by Margo Cramer

Inspiration
The four corner blocks are from Elizabeth MacCullough Hervey Quilt circa 1848—1850.  The patterns produced and copyrighted in 2006 by the Baltimore Appliqué Society complements of Jan Whitlock
Textiles.  I am one of the three individuals who actually traced the patterns from the original quilt.  All colors true to the original quilt with the exception of the cornucopias which are made from a piece of hand dyed fabric.

Technique: Hand Appliquéd & hand quilted
Size: 40 x 41
Year: 2007
2007 First Prize
Summer Farmer's Fancy by Susan Cosenza

Inspiration

This quilt began as a class taught by Ann Kessell at Nutmeg Lodge.  The center was a class project, the pattern is called Farmer’s Fancy or Pyrotechnics. I used a fat quarter bundle of Robyn Pandolphs fabric to construct the quilt.  I machine quilted it on my Kenmore home sewing machine.

Technique: Machine pieced & Machine Quilted
Size: 59 x 59
Year: 2005
2007 Second Prize
2005 Round Robin
by Susan Cosenza

Inspiration
This quilt is a collaboration of techniques and extraordinary talents.  Six very talented quilters got together and formed a Round Robin Quilting group, we called ourselves the “Robinettes”. We each came to the first meeting with a center block and each meeting we would pass the blocks until each of us had worked on all of the quilts.  We never got to see our original until the final quilt tops were completed.  We have six very different quilts all from the same set of directions. 

The members are; Barbara Bradley, Ann Kessell, Akiko Pentony, Antoinette Metivier, Nancy Acker and myself.  We have been giving presentation and a trunk show with the original six quilts and an additional six in the Tri-state area for a year now

Technique: Machine pieced & Machine Quilted
Size: 59 x 59
Year: 2005
2007 Third Prize
Oriental Moons
by Pieced  & Appliquéd by Patricia L. Mickey Lester; quilted by Threae Baumgardner

Inspiration
I found wonderful oriental fabrics and with a pattern from the Appliqué Society made this quilt.  Named for the circles of interest for the orient.  I dream of visiting the orient one day.

Technique: Machine pieced, Hand appliquéd & Machine Quilted
Size: 49 x 50
Year: 2005
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Locust Quilt and Craft
presents
2008 WinterFest Quilt & Craft Show
November 8, 2008  - Hilton Columbia - Columbia, Maryland