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Winners

Judged Categories,        Judge's Choice,      Show Chair's Choice,        President's Award,        Med City Award,        Viewers' Choice  Award,        Faculty Award,        Guard's Award

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“Best of...” Awards

Best of Show Quilt
My Daughter's Tears        Norma DeHaven     
Fitchburg, WI

Best of Show Wallhanging 
Dancin' with Degas          
Sue Gilgen      Madison, WI
Quilted by Norma DeHaven

Best Hand Quilting
By Gone Era                         Dodie
Blakeborough      Amery, WI

Best Home Machine Quilting
Best Buds      Valli Schiller      Naperville, IL      Applique by Sugar Land Bee members

Best Long Arm Machine Quilting
The Green & Black Quilt, aka???     
Quilted by Mary Nordeng      Pieced by Jolene Baker    Rochester, MN

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Judged Category Awards

Applique
1st Place        Remembrance                    Victoria Miller              Northfield, MN
2nd Place      Currents & Coxcomb       Sandi McMillan          Albion, NE
3rd Place      Hollyberry Hearts          Charlotte Hanson        Rochester, MN
Honorable Mention        Chicken Pot Pie                 Mary Gerken             Perham, MN
Honorable Mention The Joy Was in the Trip (to Baltimore and Back)      Lorraine Nagel       Glenville, MN

Two-Person Quilt
1st Place 
Butterflies in the Garden      Katalin
Shier            Apple Valley, MN
Quilted by Kim Brunner           
2nd Place 
Untitled                                       
Carol Guse            New Ulm, MN
Quilted by Char Lemke
3rd Place
 
Native Spirit            Diana Vourron            Richmond, VA
Quilted by Lois McLean
Honorable Mention
1993-2003            Doris
Petrie            Roseville, MN
Quilted by
Betsy Shannon

Show Chairs’ Choice – Flying Geese
1st Place 
Geese In My Garden II           
Nancy Sammis            Isle, MN
2nd Place 
Dutchman's Feathered Friends     Jean D.
McClellan    West Salem, WI
3rd Place  
Flying Home            Eunice Hill            Rochester, MN
Honorable Mention 
Dizzy Geese           
Doris Kraemer            Eagan, MN

Group Quilt
1st Place 
New Beginnings/Expanding Friendships
Carolyn
Abbott            Brainerd, MN
Applique by Pinetree Patchworkers      Quilted by
Marcia Stevens
2nd Place 
 
Stars Of The Inland Sea AKA MQ 05 Raffle Quilt           
Designed by Claudia Clark
Myers            Duluth, MN 
Quilted by Karen McTavish       Pieced by 18 friends of Minnesota Quilters, Inc.

3rd Place 
Blast from San Blas            Julie
Tebay            Rochester, MN
Pieced by Julie Tebay & Cuna Indian Women         Quilted by L. Borntrager

Honorable Mention 
Which Way Is North?            Marge
Portilla            Duluth, MN
Quilted by
Carolyn Peters, et al,      Binding by Jessica Torvinen

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Miniature Quilt
1st Place
 
Dear Little Jane           
Lucy Brown            Rochester, MN
2nd Place  
 
The Great Snail Escape            Lin
Hilgendorf            Welcome, MN
3rd Place 
Laughing Irish Eyes            Leigh
Elking            Scottsdale, AZ
Honorable Mention 
Faysie Daisy            Faye
Hoch            Minneapolis, MN

Mixed Techniques Quilt
1st Place  
 
Pineapples and Pomegranates         Judy Varney            Marshfield, WI
2nd Place
 
Longing for the Past       
Nancy Prince            Orlando, FL 
3rd Place 
Star Pluvium
            Mary Kay Price            Hinsdale, IL
Honorable Mention 
Autumn in Northern Michigan
            JoAnn Belling            Des Moines, IA
Honorable Mention 
Critters and Flowers
            Sharon Dunford            Rochester, MN

Non-Traditional Quilt
1st Place   X-Ray Du Soleil            Sue Gilgen            Madison, WI
2nd Place  Chromatic Rhythms            Carol Taylor            Pittsford, NY
3rd Place   Floral Fantasy #3: Night-Blooming Cabinflower           
Sue Turnquist            Kalamazoo, MI
Honorable Mention  Spectacular Poppies   
Carol Schwankl            Bloomington, MN

Non-Traditional Wallhanging
1st Place  Hearts in the Garden        Kim Klocke            Rochester, MN
2nd Place  Lazy Daisy            Loretta Painter            Norris, TN
3rd Place  Marriage - A Convergence      Cyndi Kaye Meier   Roseville, MN
Honorable Mention  Going In Circles II       Gloria Hansen      Hightstown, NJ

Pictorial Quilt
1st Place   Fisherman Jim            Rosalie Baker            Davenport, IA
2nd Place  Dance of the Deep            Cassandra Williams            Grants Pass, OR
3rd Place  Seagull Patrol            Claire Teagan            Highland, MI
Honorable Mention  The Quilter            Beth Porter Johnson            Houston, TX
Honorable Mention  Do You Like My Hat?             
Linda Schutz            Carver, MN
Honorable Mention  Engulfed            Vikki Pignatelli           
Reynoldsburg, OH

Traditional Pieced Quilt
1st Place  Turtle Tracks
            Jean Lohmar            Galesburg, IL
2nd Place  Sunburst Serenade        
Barbara Perrin            Pullman, MI
3rd Place  Afternoon Tea        Mary Jean Waibel         Courtland, MN
Honorable Mention  Celestial Garden   LaVonne Ganz     Alma, WI
Honorable Mention  Jewels     Kathy Munkelwitz            Isle, MN
Honorable Mention  Reflections Before the Fall   Sue Turnquist   Kalamazoo, MI

Traditional Pieced Wallhanging
1st Place  Carnival Star   Susan K. Cleveland    West Concord, MN
2nd Place  Hot Time In The Old Town  Claudia Clark Myers  Duluth, MN
3rd Place   Sparks            Susan Nelson            Prior Lake, MN
Honorable Mention Ferns and Foliage, and Friends  Ann Carlson   Colorado Springs, CO

Wholecloth Quilt
1st Place  Trust            Tricia Spitzmueller            Stillwater, MN
2nd Place  Welsh Whole Cloth           
Jean Carlton            Minnetonka, MN
3rd Place   Homework            Marsha West            Fowlerville, MI

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Judges' Choice

Barbara Barber     All Dressed Up       Carol Jech      Rochester, MN
Rachel D. K. Clark   Rainbow Logs     Christi Williams  Minneapolis, MN
Laura Heine     Engulfed       Vikki Pignatelli     Reynoldsburg, OH


Minnesota Quilters 2004 Challenge

Viewers’ Choice     Floral Appliques on Geometric Fabric            Norma Dison            Rochester, MN

Grand Prize     Bug-a-boo     Kelly Rank       Inver Grove Heights, MN

Wearable/ 3D
1st Place      The Quilt Biker           Carole Berg            Rochester, MN
2nd Place      Crazy to Travel           Yvonne Curran           
Ramsey, MN

Quilt
1st Place  Lady Bug Trails           Mary Lueders            Wayzata, Mn
2nd Place What was I thinking?        Pam Botten         Prior Lake, MN
Honorable Mention  Priscilla's Dream (nightmare)      Priscilla Handler      Welch, MN
Honorable Mention  Can You Find It?
     Karen Edlund  Rochester, MN
Honorable Mention  Hidden in the Pages
    Mary L. Deeney  nnetonka, MN
Honorable Mention  A Bird in Paradise
    Diana Napier  Mountain, WI
Honorable Mention  Mr. Right - for - me
     Debra Svedberg   Minneapolis, MN
Honorable Mention Lone Star #1
   Karen Kopitzke   Afton, MN

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2004 Show Chair's Choice

Carol Best         Untitled            Ruth Pexton            Rochester, MN

Cindy Majewski        Kaleidoscopic Energy of Summer            Kathryn Lovgren            Tower, MN


President's Award

Star Pluvium            Mary Kay Price            Hinsdale, IL

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Med City Award

Quilt
New Beginnings/Expanding Friendships         AKA Pinetree '04 Raffle Quilt            Pieced by Carolyn Abbott            Brainerd, MN            Applique by Pinetree Patchworkers            Quilted by Marcia Stevens

Wallhanging
Dancin' with Degas
            Sue Gilgen            Madison, WI
Quilted by Norma DeHaven

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Viewers Choice Award - Non-Judged

Large Quilt
1st Place   Appliqued Quilt            Arlene Lehman            Rochester, MN
2nd Place  Emily's Garden            Jean Metcalf            Blaine, MN
3rd Place  Tulips by the Sea            Marge Lawrence            Maplewood, MN

Small Quilt
1st Place  A Country Journal            Debra Barnes            Hopkins, MN
2nd Place  Girl's Hideaway    Laurie Duncan & Wendy Lacska            St. Paul, MN
3rd Place  (Tie)Untitled            Ruth Pexton            Rochester, MN
3rd Place  O-oh/A-ha/Wow Quilt Shoppers            Ruth Herbst            Lauderdale, MN

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Faculty Award

Barbara Barber          Emily's Garden           Jean Metcalf            Blaine, MN
Wendy Butler Berns
    Fiesta           Jeanne Pfister            Kaukauna, WI
Debbie Bowles            Untitled          
Mary Brandt            Albertville, MN
Debbie Caffrey           Best Buds           Valli Schiller            Naperville, IL           Applique by Sugar Land Bee members
Rachel D. K. Clark     Minnesota's Red Square           Shirley Christenson            Anoka, MN
Melody Crust             Transitions          
Carol Taylor            Pittsford, NY
Ann Fahl                   Leopard           Vicki Gaulrapp            Altoona, WI
Gail Garber
              Nautical Treasure          
Barbara Clem            Dublin, OH
M’Liss Rae Hawley     Blooming Baskets           Betty Bissonnette            Mpls, MN
Laura Heine              Japanese Memories           Gail Hanson            Mpls, MN
Chris Lynn Kirsch      The Bluebird's Secret           Nita Whyte           White Bear Lake, MN
Didi McElroy            Oberon's Forester           Leigh Elking            Scottsdale, AZ
Heather Mulder         Dancin' with Degas          
Sue Gilgen            Madison, WI
Quilted by Norma DeHaven
Velda Newman          You Stole My Heart Aunt Grace           Noelann Brown            Inver Grove Heights, MN
Mary
Sue Suit            Candy Stripe Memories.            Morgan Clausen, age 6
Sharon Schamber       Jewels           Kathy Munkelwitz            Isle, MN
Eileen Bahring Sullivan
  From my Garden: Cora Poppies           Janet Myers            Flandreau, SD
Ricky Tims                Jumpin' Jive          
Linda Schutz            Carver, MN

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Guard's Award

Longing for the Past           Nancy Prince            Orlando, FL
Nautical Treasure          
Barbara Clem            Dublin, OH
Which Way Is North?           Marge Portilla           
Duluth, MN           Quilted by Carolyn Peters, et al, Binding by Jessica Torvinen