NCQSI News - to promote and perpetuate the art of quilting

Summer 2007

Bee in the Mountains
Symposium 2007 – Mars Hill, NC

The 29th Annual NC Quilt Symposium, "Bee In the Mountains" was a most picture perfect place to be in May 2007. It was a great success! Western North Carolina Quilt Guild hosted in Mars Hill, NC, at Mars Hill College, with a reported 25% guild participation in NC Symposium 2007.

• 332-full time students
• 51 part time students
• 8 full-time day students
• 78 day of fun students

Results of "Where did you hear about Symposium?" (%)

• At my guild 36%
• Last Year's Symposium 28%
• Word of mouth 20%
• Online 6%
• At a quilt shop 4%
• I am a current/former member of NCQSI Bd 2%
• Magazine 1%
• Newspaper 1%

There were twenty fabulous teachers, offering classes and lectures. The Opening Ceremony concluded with a teacher exhibit in the lecture hall foyer, and a chance to purchase books and meet the teachers.

The Quilt Show was held in the school gym, with 112 entries, including three wearable entries.

There were seventeen vendors.

Judges: Elizabeth Miller, Charlotte, NC and Susan Edmonson, Concord, NC

The Special Awards winners are:

Viewer's Choice: Hearts In Bloom, Francis Yoder - $50.00. Three hundred thirty three votes were cast, eighty-six for the winner. Sixty-six entries received votes.

Best of Show: Leaf Cycles V, Patsy Thompson, $150.00

Best Hand Quilting: Star of Bethlehem, Louise Mac Donald, $50.00

Best Machine Quilting: Leaf Cycles V, Patsy Thompson, $50.00

Best Use of Color: Hearts in Bloom, Frances Yoder, $50.00

Most Innovative: Vincent's Sunflower Daze, Judy Petersen, $50.00

Best Embellishment: I thought I saw a Mermaid, Susan Hudspeth, $50.00

Best Landscape: Atop The Blue Ridge Parkway, Judy Lilly, Myrtle Beach, SC

NCQSI Board Choice: Hearts in Bloom, Frances Yoder, $50.00

Judge's Choice:
Judge Elizabeth Miller - Vincent's Sunflower Daze, Judy Petersen, Pinehurst, NC
Judge Susan Edmonson - Jungle Boogie, Susie Jacobs, Lynchburg, VA

Bed Quilts

• 1st - Florida and NC Flowers, Joan Lenora Cole, Sanford, NC
• 2nd - Pink and Pinker Dogwoods, Joan Lenora Cole, Sanford, NC
• 3rd - Katie's Ensemble, Carole Couse, Hendersonville, NC
• HM - Fractured Fall Leaves, Susan Sellers, Rockville, MD

Large Wall Hanging, Pieced

• 1st - Jungle Boogie, Susie Jacobs, Hendersonville, NC
• 2nd - Circular Flight, Carolyn Sweet, Concord, NC
• 3rd - Good Better Best, Mary Parks, Charlotte, NC
• HM - Sparkling Stars, Catherine Etterman, Hendersonville, NC
• HM - Dizzy, Ginny Landwehr, Pisgah Forest, NC

Large Wall Hanging, Appliqued

• 1st - Vincent's Sunflower Daze, Judy Petersen, Pinehurst, NC
• 2nd - Hearts in Bloom, Frances Yoder, Whispering Pines, NC
• 3rd - My Garden, Naomi Durkee, New Bern, NC
• HM - Best Cruise, Morie Austin, Carolina Shores, NC

Large Wall Hanging, Mixed Techniques

• 1st - Leaf Cycles V, Patsy Thompson, Holland, OH
• 2nd - Oriental Beauties Have Tea, Judy Petersen, Pinehurst, NC
• 3rd - Cosmic Explosions, Kim Frisk, Apex, NC
• HM - New Day, Diana Ramsay, Asheville, NC
• HM - Stars and Berries, Louise MacDonald, Brasstown, NC

Small Wall Hanging, Pieced

• 1st - Network, Kevin Womack, Forest, VA
• 2nd - Tumbling in Space, Lavinia Smith, Lenoir, NC
• 3rd - Summer Bloom, Kim Frisk, Apex, NC
• HM - CBCT, Ginny Landwehr, Pisgah Forest, NC

Small Wall Hanging, Appliqued

• 1st - Leaf Medley, Nancy Polzien
• 2nd - My Wishes for Griffin, Lois Griffith
• 3rd - Folk Art Fun, Karen Guinn, Beaufort, SC
• HM - Majestic Bear, Naomi Durkee, New Bern, NC
• HM - Luminescent, Marilyn Wall, West Union, SC

Small Wall Hanging, Mixed Techniques

• 1st - Atop The Blue Ridge Parkway, Judy Lilly, Myrtle Beach, SC
• 2nd - Starry, Starry Night, Diana Ramsay, Asheville, NC
• 3rd - Gather Friends, Pat Childress, Brevard, NC
• HM - I thought I Saw A Mermaid, Susan Hudspeth, Hendersonville, NC

Miniature

• 1st - Charleston Revisited, Patricia Krohn, Raleigh, NC
• 2nd - New York Beauty, Jackie McKenzie, Hendersonville, NC
• 3rd - Summer Memories, Catherine Etterman, Hendersonville, NC
• HM - Cimarosa, Grace Glover, Asheville, NC

Crib or Juvenile

• 1st - Ken's Tonka Trucks, Catherine Etterman, Hendersonville, NC
• 2nd - A Star is Born, Paulette Lobdell, Macon, NC
• 3rd - Wicked Awesome Web Quilt, Laurie Fichtelberg, Mills River, SC

Commissioned Quilting

• 1st - For The Fun Of It, Margaret Schumacker, Efland, NC
  quilter: Sarah Porreca
• HM - Colorado Start, Maureen Ripper, Murphy, NC
  quilter: Linda Gorman
• HM - Not In The Pink, Isobel Davidson, Brevard, NC
  quilter: Sharis Meyers

Group Quilt

• 1st - Trimpi Land, Cyndy Ward, Elizabeth City, NC
• 2nd - Friendship Hearts, Karen Guinn, Beaufort, SC
• 3rd - Nine Patch Exchange, Marian Cosgrove, Hendersonville, NC
• HM - Pure Vida~Pure Life, Melva Lawrence, Grifton, NC

Wearables

• 1st - All Buttoned Up, Claire Rouse, Brevard, NC
• 2nd - Lotus Jacket, Judy Lilly, Myrtle Beach, SC
• 3rd - Amazing Graces, Lise King, Wilmington, NC

Scholarships: ($350.00 value)

• Jane Hall Scholarship: Margaret A Bennett
• Georgia Bonesteel Scholarship: Margaret Schumacher
• NCQSI Scholarship: Pat Leitch

Raffle Quilt Winner: John Dillon, Henderson NC

Sewing machine Winner: Niki Vick, Balsam, NC
(Janome Sewing Machine, Model 625 E with quilter's Kit
Donated by Bill's Sewing Machine Company, Hildebran, NC)

John C Campbell Folk School one-week scholarship, including classes, room and board. Donated by John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC:
Judy Lilly, Myrtle Beach, SC

$100 Gift Certificate - Donated by the Vacuum and Sewing Center, Greenville, SC:
Jamie Grainger-Cedar Point, NC

Certificate for Quilting Service, Including Hobbs 80/20 Batting. Donated by Hummingbird Longarm Quilting, Pisgah Forest, NC:
Sharon Murray, Clinton, SC

Quilt Rack: Alice Campleece, Pinehurst, NC