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.
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| Dreamtime by Antonia Hering |
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| Dreamtime by Antonia Hering |
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| Dreamtime by Antonia Herin |
Majestic Mosaic by Karen Kay Buckley and Renae Haddadin took home the Best Longarm Machine Quilted Award.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| The Birds' Perspective--Life at the Water's Edge by Ann Horton |
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| 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.
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| A Pocket Full of Paisleys by Lorilynn King |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Stars on Mars by Gail Stepanek and Jan Hutchinson |
The quilting is so intense that it is used to create shading within the piece.
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| Stars on Mars by Gail Stepanek and Jan Hutchinson |
An Indigenous Australian quilt in Albuquerque?! Interesting!
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