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| 2006 Contest Winners - Theme: Dresden Plate |
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First Place Winner
Can You Feel the Spirit
by Cathy Pilcher Sperry
of Cincinnati, OH ©
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Second Place Winner
Reinventing the Wheel
by Sherri Bain Driver
of Tuscon, AZ ©
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Third Place Winner
Paisley Pavane
by Nadine Ruggles
of Gerlingen, Germany ©
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Fourth Place Winner
A Plate of Pineapples
by Julia Graber
of Brooksville, MS © |
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Fifth Place Winner,
The Dazzling, Dresden, Doodle
by Polly Dawn Yoder
of Greenwood, DE ©
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The Museum of the American Quilter’s Society is pleased to announce the 18 winning quilts of the 2006 Dresden Plate-themed "New Quilts from an Old Favorite" contest. These innovative quilts represent quilters from 15 different U.S. states as well as Canada and Germany.
Sponsored by Fairfield Processing Corporation, Janome America, Inc. and Clover Needlecraft Inc., this international contest challenges quiltmakers to create original quilts based on a specific quilt pattern. Inspired by the traditional pieced Dresden Plate pattern, the quiltmakers have modified the design in imaginative ways, providing a wonderful look at the skills, techniques and creativity of today's quiltmakers. All finalists will be on exhibit at MAQS February 8 - May 10, 2006 and then travel to various museums through December 2007.
First place was awarded to Cathy Pilcher Sperry of Cincinnati, OH, for her quilt titled Can You Feel the Spirit. Sperry utilized machine and hand appliqué, paper piecing, bobbin writing and hand beading to create her winning entry. In her eye-popping quilt, a three-dimensional checkerboard that is in turn surrounded by a wave border frames Dresden Plate images on a swirling ground of Flying Geese blocks.
The design of the second place quilt, Reinventing the Wheel, by Sherri Bain Driver of Tucson, AZ, incorporates ikat, batik, and hand-dyed fabrics. Her intricately pieced Dresden Plate rosettes are created by machine and hand techniques. The third place winner, Nadine Ruggles of Gerlingen, Germany, sewed Paisley Pavane. She pieced spinning Dresden Plates by a bargello method and accented them with machine-quilted paisley motifs sparkling with crystals.
Fourth place winner was A Plate of Pineapples, by Julia Graber of Brooksville, MS, and the fifth place winner was The Dazzling, Dresden, Doodle by Polly Dawn Yoder of Greenwood, DE. All of the quilts reflect the imagination and skill of these creative quiltmakers.
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| Other quilts which will be featured in the exhibit include: |
Royal Poincianas by Margo Ellis of Key West, FL
Tribal Feast by Ann Horton of Redwood Valley, CA
My Psychedelic Garden by Barbara A. Holtzman of Holyoke, CO
Service for Twelve by Claudia Clark Myers and Jessica Torvinen of Duluth, MN
Vive la Marguerite – Daisy Chain by Agnete Kay of Calgary, AB, Canada
A Midsummer Day’s Dream by Ann Feitelson of Montague, MA
Soiree au Jardin by Nancy Stewart of Pitman, NJ
Guatemalan Wildflowers by Jane K. Wells of Fort Wayne, IN
Dresden Fanfare by Barbara H. Cline of Bridgewater, VA
Dresden Flying Carpet by Carolee Miller of Centennial, CO
Dottie Dresden by Judy Sogn of Seattle, WA
Twenty-Three Plates by Barbara Oliver Hartman of Flower Mound, TX
Dresden Plate Glass Window by Chris Lynn Kirsch of Watertown, WI
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A book featuring full-color photos of the 18 finalists and their award winning quilts, biographical information about each quilter in addition to tips, techniques and patterns will be published by the American Quilter’s Society and available for purchase at the Museum in March 2006.
The Museum of the American Quilter’s Society is a non-profit institution located in downtown Paducah, KY. The Museum is open year-round Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST. The Museum is also open on Sundays 1-5 p.m. April - October. MAQS is handicapped accessible. For more information on this and other programming, please call 270-442-8856.
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215 Jefferson Street, Paducah, Kentucky 42001 | Phone: 270-442-8856 | FAX: 270-442-5448 |
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