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The Quilt Show is so excited to share the 2020 Viewers’ Choice Award Winner from The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, sponsored by SewBatik. Congratulations to Barbara E Nagengast Lies from Wheaton, Illinois, whose quilt, A Garden is a Lovesome Thing, received this year's award!

Here is Barbara’s artist statement: "Every element, including the critters, was developed from my own photos. Everything, except the fence, the trellis, the background trees and the salvia, is needle turned. The trees and salvia were created by stitching tulle over shapes. I also used tulle to shade the flowers, particularly the yellow daylilies."

Barbara has been quilting for nine years. She said she was born with a needle and fiber in her hands and has been manipulating fiber with sewing, knitting, needlepoint, quilting and weaving ever since. Barbara’s mother has been her inspiration for all things textile. This quilt is dedicated to her mother, Dorothy E Leech Nagengast.

(Photo: The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show)