LAFOLLETTE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – Here are the 2023 ribbon winners in the Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival Quilt Show.
Best of Show: “Bee My Sunshine” by Lou Ellison of La Follette
Category: Large Machine Pieced and Long Armed
Blue ribbon: “Icicle Fair Isle” by Linda Miller of Heiskell
Red ribbon: “Happy” by Shannon Pearson of La Follette
Yellow ribbon: “Spring Awakening” by Joyce Morgan of Thonotosassa, FL (formerly of La Follette)
Category: Medium Machine Pieced and Long Armed
Blue ribbon: “Tulips on the Prairie” by Paige Kimble of La Follette
Red ribbon: “Autumn Delight” by Nancy Hazzard of Caryville
Yellow ribbon: “Butterfly Garden, Summer Buzz” by Lois Taphouse of Jacksboro
Category: Small Machine Pieced and Long Armed
Blue ribbon: “Scrappy Garden Gate” by Susie Henson of La Follette
Red ribbon: “Airglass Star” by Darlene and Frank Wright of Knoxville
Yellow ribbon: “Clementine Rose” by Darlene and Frank Wright of Knoxville
Category: Large Pieced and Quilted on a Home Sewing Machine
Blue ribbon: “Scrubs” by Debi Hill of Andersonville
Category: Medium Pieced and Quilted on a Home Sewing Machine
Blue ribbon: “Dresden Blossom” by Pamela Bowling of Robbins
Red ribbon: “Oh Christmas Tree” by Jewell Lay of Pioneer
Category: Small Pieced and Quilted on a Home Sewing Machine
Red ribbon: “Jeweled Bats and Pumpkins” by Nancy Crumpley of Knoxville
Yellow ribbon: “Garden Path” by Nancy Hazzard of Caryville
Category: Group Quilts
Blue ribbon: “Circle of Friends” by Tuesday Sewmates
Red ribbon: “Path to India” by Piecemakers Guild
Yellow ribbon: “President’s Quilt” by Laff-a-Lotte Guild
Category: Art Quilts
Blue ribbon: “In the Jungle” by Donna Tipton of Oneida
Red ribbon: “Sunset on the Parkway” by Lois Taphouse of Jacksboro
Yellow ribbon: “Stars, Strips and Stripes” by Nancy Hazzard of Caryville
Category: Appliqué
Blue ribbon: “Canning Day” by Jewell Lay of Pioneer
Red ribbon: “Basket Sampler” by Meg Swaggerty of Knoxville
Category: Panel Quilts
Red ribbon: “Mediterranean Kaleidoscope” by Jane Westbrook of Jacksboro
Yellow ribbon: “Terry’s Backyard Choir” by Paige Kimble of La Follette
Category: Foundation Pieced Quilts
Blue ribbon: “Sunflowers and Honeybees” by Lois Taphouse of Jacksboro
Red ribbon: “Midnight Fireflower” by Susie Henson of La Follette
Yellow ribbon: “Christmas Star” by Jewell Lay of Pioneer
Category: Hand Quilting
Blue ribbon: “My All-Star” by Debi Hill of Andersonville
Category: Fair Isle Block-of-the-Month Quilts
Blue ribbon: “Experience in Learning” by Shannon Pearson of La Follette
Blue ribbon: “Dreaming of Scotland” by Lou Ellison of La Follette
Yellow ribbon: “Nancy’s Fair Isle” by Nancy Hazzard of Caryville (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 09/29/2023-6AM)
Thanks to everyone who worked to make this show happen. The quilt work was exceptional in every way. The presentation was large, and easily viewed in a beautiful building, in beautiful Cove Lake State Park, on a special and very sweet day for art and music.