2023 Quilt Competition Winners
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza
It's a Quilt Thing - National Quilt Competition
Oaks, Pennsylvania September 14-17, 2023
Congratulations to our winners and all of the entrants who participated in this year's
Pennsylvania National Quilt Competition!
BEST OF SHOW: #2042 What do You Think About My Blancket Tweetment by Christine Wickert 
The Baby Lock Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #2033 The Sampler That Really Isn’t a Sampler by Debby Siccardi
INNOVATIVE
First Place: #1003 Color Splash Garden by Karen Kay Buckley
Second Place: #1007 Twist & Curves 3 by Rachel B. Derstine
Third Place: #1016 Fantasy Flower Bouquets by Barbara G. Khan 
Honorable Mention: #1021 Ebb & Flow by Carol A. Monti 
Honorable Mention: #1024 Snow Blizzard by Donna Paulsen 
Best Hand Workmanship: #1017 Penny’s Pinwheel by Suzanne Kistler 
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #1006 Susan’s Flower by Sandy Curran
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #1022 Color Whirl by Claudia Myers
Best Use of Color: #1013 Stream of Pink Passion by Hiroko Fukawa 
Best Interpretation of Theme: #1002 Sunbonnet Babies Learn the Alphabet by Mary Brookfield 
TRADITIONAL
First Place: #2019 Autumn Splendor by Barbara G. Khan 
Second Place: #2006 Starburst by Molly B. Culp 
Third Place: #2005 La Vie En Rose by Judith Craddock 
Honorable Mention: #2016 Flower Dance by Diane L. Hess 
Honorable Mention: #2003 Good Times, Bad Times by Barbara Campagna
Best Hand Workmanship: #2011 Poppies on Tumbling Blocks by Mary Ann Fielder
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #2012 First Love by Romana Frys 
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #2029 Antique Star by Judy Powell 
Best Use of Color: #2043 Gothic Garden by Judy L. Woodworth 
Best Interpretation of Theme: #2018 Stars Upon Stars by Angela Homicz 
MID-CENTURY MOD/MODERN
First Place: #4005 Malibu by AnnMarie Cowley 
Second Place: #4020 Finding Neverland #2: Free Fall by Jan Soules
Third Place: #4025 Unfolding by Claire Victor 
Honorable Mention: #4028 Untitled Perspective by Alice Walsh 
Honorable Mention: #4018 POP! by Jamee Pemberton
Best Use of Color: #4023 Map of the... by Janneke Van Der Ree
Best Use of Negative Space: #4026 Skee-Ball by Betsy Vinegrad 
Best Interpretation of Mid-Century Theme: #4008 3 Friends by Cindy Grisdela 
WALL QUILT COMPETITION
Best Wall Quilt: #3017 Home is where the Herd Is by Tina Freudenberger
The BERNINA Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #3021 Fort Union Native Americans by Nancy Hershberger
Second Place: #3013 Windmills by Mary Anne Fontana 
Third Place: #3032 Wehr Covered Bridge 2023 by Lori Memmen, Eileen Frankil, Rosemary Geisler, Linda Hamel, Laurie Kelly, Winnie McCarraher, Judy Snook 
Honorable Mention: #3019 African Madonna by Rebecca Ann Haley 
Honorable Mention: #3024 Fluttering Wings by Barbara G. Khan 
Best Mid-Century Mod Wall Quilt: #3033 Sun and Sea by Debra Nagelhout Newhall 
Best Hand Workmanship: #3011 Oops! by Marcia C. Field 
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #3014 The Alcazaba by Mary Anne Fontana 
Best Use of Color: #3038 At the Owl Bar by Sheila H. Reiss 
Best Interpretation of Theme: #3051 Hazmats – 2021 Edition by Regina Zaebst Krejsa 
JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Bobbie Bergquist: #1025 Scrap Happy Fun by Judy Powell
Joyce Fischer: #4003 Game of Stones by Susan Braverman
Sue Nickels: #3044 Concentric by Betsy Vinegrad 
VIEWERS’ CHOICE
#1003 Color Splash Garden by Karen Kay Buckley
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