2023 Quilt Competition Winners
Pacific International Quilt Festival
Perseverance Quilt Competition
Santa Clara, California October 12-15, 2023
Congratulations to our winners and to all of the entrants who participated in this year's
Pacific International Quilt Festival Competition!
Best of Show: #2045 Blue Tone II by Aki Sakai
The BERNINA Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #2001 Cleopatra’s Treasure by Marilyn Badger 
The Baby Lock Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #2048 Supraspinatus' Swan Song by Margaret E Solomon Gunn
INNOVATIVE:
First Place: #1047 P is for Poppy and Periwinkle by Kathie Kerler
Second Place: #1077 Remembrance by Judith Phelps 
Third Place: #1073 Iris II by Velda Newman 
Honorable Mentions(2):
#1018 Stages of Life by Sandy Curran
#1075 Once in a Blue Moon by Joy Finley Palmer & John Palmer
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #1020 Diamond Dog by Sue de Vanny
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #1033 Indian Summer by Tami Graeber 
Best Hand Workmanship: #1025 Crater Lake by Jeanie Ferguson
Best Use of Color: #1070 Bathroom Tile Improv #1 by Randa Mulford
Best Pictorial Quilt: #1039 Main Street Tonopah by Leann J Hileman
Best Interpretation of Theme: #1105 The Palace of Fine Arts by Angie Tustison
TRADITIONAL:
First Place: #2053 Sue’s Garden Party by Wilhelmina Vandevoorde
Second Place: #2003 Irish Wool Garden by Inger C Blood
Third Place: #2032 Mardi Gras at Midnight by Claire Marks
Honorable Mentions(2):
#2023 Carnival Beauty by JoAnn Jameson & Bibi Bellotto
#2041 Shenandoah Valley Botanical Quilt by Carolyn S Partridge
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #2006 Tie Circles by Sandy Curran
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship:#2034 Rusty Jane by Dena Angela Miskel
Best Hand Workmanship: #2010 Log Cabin Nostalgia by Mariko Duenwald
Best Use of Color: #2022 My Lesson in Applique by Alice Ikenberry
Best Pictorial Quilt: #2005 Sea Life by Sandra Cronauer-Mitra
Best Interpretation of Theme: #2054 Wisdom From The Book by Sherry Alexandra Werum
MID-CENTURYMOD/MODERN:
First Place: #4039 More Than One by Deborah Ryan
Second Place: #4038 The Weight by Deborah Ryan 
Third Place:#4046 Magic Beans #2: Eden by Jan Soules
Honorable Mentions(2):
#4056 Moon Dance by Cynthia Vogt
#4025 Cut Loose by Kathy McCormick
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #4055 Rigamarole by Claire Victor
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #4010Tunnel Vision by Clem G Buzick & Beth Nufer
Best Hand Workmanship: #4054 Highs & Lows of 2021 by Marla Varner
Best Use of Color: #4029 Squares with Concentric Organic Shapes by Carolina Oneto
Best Use of Negative Space: #4049 Too Small Triangles #1 (Pink) by Tiffany Taylor
Best Interpretation of Mid-Century Theme: #4012 Midnight Zoomies by Katherine M Dossman
WALL QUILT COMPETITION
Best Wall Quilt: #3021 Sunken Citadel by Karen Eckmeier
Janome Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #3044 Rainbow Graffiti by Sonia Grasvik
Second Place: #3074 WaterBALLet by Claudia Scheja
Third Place: #3009 Tomorrow by Nancy S Brown
Honorable Mentions(2):
#3011 Improvisation: Tap Dancing on a Rubber Raft by Geneva Carroll
#3006 Thunderbird by Anna Berger
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #3043 Tiles, Tapestry, and a Teal Tail by Tami Graeber
Best Hand Workmanship: #3088 Highs and Lows of 2022 by Marla Varner
Best Use of Color: #3089 Artistic Improv by Carollee Williams-Schuegraf
Best Mid-Century Mod Wall Quilt: #3069 Apparition X by Julie Reuben
Best Interpretation of Theme: #3027 Out of the Rain by Laura Fogg
JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Cristina Arcenegui Bono: #1041Corroboree-A Festival Gathering by Ann Horton
Mel Beach: #4026 Out of the Box by Kathy McCormick
Marjan Kluepfel: #1067 Not Today by Kestrel Michaud
Sue Nickels: #3012 GiGi’s Flower Garden by Eileen Crawford
Maria Shell: #3025 Spaceship, My Remembrance by Amelia Fernholz
Pat Yamin: #4017 Polar Bear Portrait by Jill Huntington
VIEWER’S CHOICE:
#1073 Iris II by Velda Newman