Winners from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s 2021 Quilt Contest were announced today.
Ribbons were awarded in multiple categories, including Overall Best of Show, Best of Division, Best of Go Texan Award and Judges Choice, among others. The winning quilts are showcased in an online web gallery.
The 2021 Quilt Contest winners include:
Best of Show:
- Group quilt designed, pieced and quilted by members of the Houston Modern Quilt Guild, “Be Someone”
Best of Division:
- HandQuilted – Piecework: Virginia Horton, “Lucy’s Pinwheels”, representing Live Oak County, Area Go Texan Committee
- Machine Quilted – Piecework: Ann Moore, “Pinwheels and Lollipops”, representingWalker County, Area Go Texan Committee
- Machine Quilted – Applique: Gigi Lozano, appliqued and pieced, and Debbie Brown, quilted, “International Sunbonnet Sue”, representing Brazoria/Southwest subcommittee, Metro GoTexan Committee
- MachineQuilted – Wall-Hanging: Sarah Hahn, “Rusted Windmills”, representing DeWitt County, Area Go Texan Committee
- Machine Quilted – Mixed Technique: Group quilt designed, pieced and quilted by members ofthe Houston Modern Quilt Guild, “Be Someone”
- Machine Quilted – Pictorial: Judy Beskow, “Bluebonnet Splendor”, representing BrazosCounty, Area Go Texan Committee
Judge’s Choice:
- Group quilt designed, pieced and quilted by members of the Houston Modern Quilt Guild,“Be Someone”
- Sarah Hahn, “Rusted Windmills”, representing DeWitt County, Area Go TexanCommittee
Best of Go Texan:
- Ann Moore, “Pinwheels and Lollipops”, representing Walker County, Area Go TexanCommittee
Quilt Committee’s Choice:
- Judy Beskow, “Bluebonnet Splendor”, representing Brazos County, Area Go TexanCommittee
Blue Ribbons:
- Group quilt designed, pieced and quilted by members of the Houston Modern Quilt Guild,“Be Someone”
- Virginia Horton, “Lucy’s Pinwheels”, representing Live Oak County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- Ann Moore, “Pinwheels and Lollipops”, representing Walker County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- Judy Beskow, “Bluebonnet Splendor”, representing Brazos County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- Sarah Hahn, “Rusted Windmills”, representing DeWitt County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- Gigi Lozano, appliqued and pieced, and Debbie Brown, quilted, “International SunbonnetSue”, representing Brazoria/Southwest subcommittee, Metro Go Texan Committee
- Cynthia Allen, “Feathered Star”, representing Freestone County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- Noreen Borys, “Wind Farm”
- Cristina Kubicki Curtis, “RightAngle”
- Norma Jean Peterson and Laura Earls, “Genesis”, representing Matagorda County, AreaGo Texan Committee
- Kelly Gibson, appliqued and pieced, and Jo Carraway, quilted, “Hangin On”,representing Channelview/Sheldon subcommittee, Metro Go Texan Committee
- LaDonyce Hamilton, “Monkeying Around”, representing San Jacinto County, Area GoTexan Committee
- Paula Zowarka Ivy, “Picnics and Tea Parties”, representing Bee County, Area GoTexan Committee
- Sharon Heimann, “The Blazing Starburst”, representing Colorado County, Area GoTexan Committee
- Linda Horton, “Borders Mystery Quilt”, representing Houston County, Area Go TexanCommittee
Red Ribbons:
- Carlene Read, “Texas Our Texas”, representing San Patricio County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- DebraKollman, pieced, and Sharon Heimann, quilted, “Patriotic Homestead Star”, representing Austin County, Area Go Texan Committee
- Sharon and Tony Buban, “Tony’s Library”, representing Washington County, Area GoTexan Committee
- Kylan Canon, “Prairie Tumbleweeds”, representing Burleson County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- SarahKoehl, pieced, and Cecelia Marak, quilted, “Stormy Night”, Fayette County, Area Go Texan Committee
- Karen Lee, pieced, and Cathy Tullos, quilted,“Fancy”
- RosebudYouth Quilters, “Heart Full of Colors”, representing Falls County, Area Go Texan Committee
- Katie Wigington, “Lone Star State Flag”, representing Navarro County, Area GoTexan Committee
- TerryAncellotti, Margaret Minton, Rhonda Pringle, Gayle Scholer, and Sharon Tusa, “Red/White Robin”, representing Fort Bend/Stafford subcommittee, Metro Go Texan Committee
- Sandra Scott, pieced, and Earleen Slough, quilted, “Pineapple Blossom”, representingHamilton County, Area Go Texan Committee
White Ribbons:
- MeMe’s Quilts, “Garden Stars”, representing Lee County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- Diane LeFlore, “Paisley Party”, representing Grimes County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- KathyCiambrone, pieced, and Poppies, quilted, “Stardust”, representing Williamson County, Area Go Texan Committee
- Nadine Van Beveren, “Stars & Stripes”, representing Victoria County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- Margaret Smith, “Stop and Smell the Flowers”, representing Shelby County, Area GoTexan Committee
- Dorothy Morton, “Box of Chocolates”, representing Wharton County, Area Go TexanCommittee
- Minnie Pesl, “Happy Patches”, representing Milam County, Area Go TexanCommittee
Green Ribbons:
- BettyMaderia, Angie Turner, Pennye Lisle, Sydney Traylor, Mary Greer, Goodson, “Seasons of the Heart”, representing Leon County, Area Go Texan Committee
- KatherineDossman, “Celtic Christmas”, representing Bell County, Area Go Texan Committee
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