Monday, February 9, 2015

AQS in ABQ - Best of Show Quilts

I'm back with a my continued recap of the AQS show in Albuquerque. Today, let's check out some more major award winners. Antonia Hering earned herself the Best Hand Quilted Award. She has certainly mastered hand quilting, as well as tiny appliqué circles.
Dreamtime by Antonia Hering 
Dreamtime by Antonia Hering
Dreamtime by Antonia Herin
Majestic Mosaic by Karen Kay Buckley and Renae Haddadin took home the Best Longarm Machine Quilted Award.
Majestic Mosaic by Karen Kay Buckley and Renae Haddadin
Check out those near-microscopic metallic details in the free-motion quilting. It's a marvel how this was accomplished on a long arm.
Majestic Mosaic by Karen Kay Buckley and Renae Haddadin
Ann Horton, winner of the Best Original Design Award for The Bird's Perspective--Life at the Water's Edge, merged thread work and landscape in a wildly successful combination.
The Birds' Perspective--Life at the Water's Edge by Ann Horton
The Birds' Perspective--Life at the Water's Edge by Ann Horton
Lovers of machine embroidery, this one is for you. Lorilynn King took home the Best Wall Quilt Award for A Pocket Full of Paisleys.
A Pocket Full of Paisleys by Lorilynn King
A Pocket Full of Paisleys by Lorilynn King

The Best Use of Color Award went to Beth Nufer and Clem Buzick's Byrne's Spiral.
Byrne's Spiral by Beth Nufer and Clem Buzick
The contrast between grayscale and rainbow hues, and well as stand out machine quilting, really make this piece stunning.

Byrne's Spiral by Beth Nufer and Clem Buzick
The Best of Show was well-deserved by a striking masterpiece created by Gail Stepanek and Jan Hutchinson, Stars on Mars.
Stars on Mars by Gail Stepanek and Jan Hutchinson
The quilting is so intense that it is used to create shading within the piece.
Stars on Mars by Gail Stepanek and Jan Hutchinson
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  1. An Indigenous Australian quilt in Albuquerque?! Interesting!

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