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This original quilt design was created as a block of the month pattern for hgtv.com. I wanted to create an art quilt that at first glance seems complicated, but is actually simple to create.

Outstanding Large Quilt
American Still Life
Sandra Leichner
Albany, OR

This quilt was a challenge for myself to capture in fabric, the simple and elegant style of the American Federal Period Still Life Paintings. An original design incorporating padded hand appliqué, hand embroidery, hand painted/hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, machine pieced and quilted.

Best Pictoral Quilt
The Red Pagoda
Susan McBride Gilgen
Madison, WI

Inspired by the Asian Collection in the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. All edges encased in zigzag, crazy or blanket stitch, machine appliquéd, embroidered and quilted. Includes hand-dyed, overdyed and painted fabrics.

Fabrics designed by Laurene Sinema inspired me to begin this quilt while travelling. I used Jeanna Kimball's Old Voices, New Impressions as a design source. It is pieced, appliquéd and quilted by hand.

First Place - Traditional Wall appliqué
Meadows of Black Forest
Ellen Heck
Somis, CA

A look at this quilt as a celebration of nature and album quilt combined. The flowers are remembered from many outings to the black forest as a child.

First Place - Traditional Large Pieced
Sparkle Plenty
Claudia Clark Myers
Duluth, MN

Twenty split LeMoyne Feathered Stars swirl in this quilt, while 32 smaller stars dance around in the corners. Primrose Gradations, batiks and commercial prints were used in this paper-foundation piecing.

First Place - Traditional Wall Other
Forever Crazy
Melanie Murphy
Westlake Village, CA

Growing up in New England, I had seen many crazy quilts. About ten years ago I started teaching myself. This quilt contains some of my earliest blocks as well as more involved floral embroideries. All seam stitches, embroidery, embellishment and beading is done by hand.

First Place - Innovative Wall Mixed
Yosemite Triptyoh
Colleen Wise
Puyallup, WA

A family trip to Yosemite National Park inspired this piece. Fabrics were hand-dyed to capture the play of light and shadow on the immense granite domes. The quilting invites you to examine the intimacy of the leaf underfoot.