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The winners have been announced for this year's Quilt Alliance annual contest. "Playing Favorites" allowed the participants to play in their favorite quilting environment. The quilts had to be 16" square, other than that, it was "anything goes."
As in previous years, the contest quilts will tour the country to various quilt shows like the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, corporate exhibition spaces, and events like Quilters Take Manhattan, before being auctioned off to benefit the Quilt Alliance. All quilts will be labeled using StoryPatches, which include a QR code to link the quilt to its Quilt Index record.
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The Grand Prize winner was, "My Garden," by Margaret Cibulsky.
Cotton fabric and thread, improvisational piecing and machine detail
Artist's statement: The whole style of this quilt was an experiment. While my favorite way to make a quilt is improvisational piecing, I had never used this technique with the intention of using my work as the background for a natural scene. Another first was the free-cut blooms which I attached with raw-edge appliqué and then using some fancy stitches on my machine to create greenery. All in all, this little quilt is one of my favorites!
Artist's statement: The whole style of this quilt was an experiment. While my favorite way to make a quilt is improvisational piecing, I had never used this technique with the intention of using my work as the background for a natural scene. Another first was the free-cut blooms which I attached with raw-edge appliqué and then using some fancy stitches on my machine to create greenery. All in all, this little quilt is one of my favorites!
Judges' comments: We were all in agreement about the appropriateness of My Garden for this prize. The maker is clearly not stuck in any particular genre. Cone flowers and daisies bloom atop a somewhat "improvisational" background of random-size squares and rectangles, mostly—but not entirely—solids. The freeform flowers, though not ultra-realistic, are easily recognizable and nicely balanced. We love the lacy, embroidered stems and purple flowers that make up the lower third of the piece. Congratulations on a job well done!
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