The 6th Annual Heart of Texas Quilt Show was held at the Brownwood Collesium on April 24th and 25th. Pictured to the left is a quilt entered by Mary Laminack from Marble Falls, Texas named “Stars for A New Day”, and was selected Best of Show, received the Guild Choice Award and won first place in it’s category. Attendees on Saturday voted on their favorite quilt in each category and their favorite overall. Mary’s quilt was selected as the overall viewer’s favorite quilt from 160 entries.
This quilt was a block of the month kit designed by Sue Garmon and offered through the Alex Anderson/Ricky Timms website. This quilt is entirely paperpieced and Mary indicated that each month’s patterns took approximately 20-25 hours to complete. Mary’s quilt was quilted by Angela McCorkle from Priddy, Texas.
Other category results are as follows:
Category 100 – Pieced/Machine Quilted –
1st – Stars for a New Day – Mary Laminack, Marble Falls, Texas quilted by Angela McCorkle.
2nd – Over the River, pieced by Cheryl Bryan of Winters, Texas and quilted by Angela McCorkle.
3rd – Texas Sampler – Pieced and quilted by Doris Rice, Brownwood, Texas.
Category 200 – Pieced/Hand Quilted –
1st – Texas Log Cabin – Pieced and quilted by Jan Bivens, Brownwood, Texas.
2nd – Mystery Strips – Pieced and quilted by Linda Reed, Brownwood,Texas.
3rd – Grandmother’s Flower Garden – Pieced by Ruth McBride and quilted by LaRaye Kellley.
Category 300 – Applique/Machine Quilted –
1st – Blue Dresden – Appliqued by Francine Partin, Priddy, Texas and quilted by Connie Sliger.
Category 400 – Applique/Hand Quilted –
1st – Ladies of the Sea – Appliqued and quilted by Varnell McBeth, Clyde, Texas.
2nd – Chicken Buffet – Appliqued and quilted by Barbara Leonard, Brownwood, Texas.
3rd – Carol’s Bloomers – Appliqued and quilted by Carol Kinman, Brownwood, Texas.
Category 500 – Combination Pieced & Applique/Machine Quilted –
1st – Garden Quilt – Pieced by Wanda Jackson, Brownwood, Texas quilted by Sally Brown.
2nd – Happy Hearts – Pieced by Kay Savage, Cherokee, Texas and quilted by Susan Tennill.
3rd – The Great Pumpkin – Pieced by Bobbie Campbell, Ballinger, Texas and quilted by Angela McCorkle.
Category 600 – Combination Pieced & Appliqued/Hand Quilted –
1st – Rosie Sunbonnet Sue – Pieced, appliquéd and quilted by Carol Kinman, Brownwood, Texas.
2nd – Dresdent Plate – Pieced and appliquéd by Doris Croft and the ladies of the Union Presbyterian Church, Brownwood, Texas.
Category 700 – Medium Quilts – Pieced –
1st – Ella’s Quilt – Pieced and Quilted by Angela McCorkle, Priddy, Texas.
2nd – Objects of Desire – Pieced and quilted by Doris Rice, Brownwood, Texas.
3rd – Psychedelic Dogs – Pieced and quilted by Kimberly Calton, Early, Texas.
Category 800 – Medium Quilts – Appliqued –
1st – Katy’s Bears – Appliqued, and quilted by Barbara Leonard, Brownwood, Texas.
Category 900 – Medium Quilts – Combination Pieced & Appliqued
1st – Happy Frog – Pieced and appliquéd by LaTrelle Locks, Zephyr, Texas, quilted by Angela McCorkle.
2nd – Baby Animals – Pieced, appliquéd and embroidered by Dora Turner.
3rd – Birds in the Garden – Appliqued and quilted by Stella Burns, Bangs, Texas.
Category 1000 – Small Quilts
1st – Alpine Wonder – Pieced and quilted by Bobbie Campbell, Ballinger, Texas.
2nd – Holiday Inn – Pieced by Linda Lancaster, May, Texas, quilted by Sally Brown.
3rd –Untamed Beauties – Eimbroidered and quilted by Doris Rice, Brownwood, Texas.
Category 1100 – Minature Quilts
1st – Thirities Mini 9-patch – Pieced and quilted by Benita Pipes, Brownwod, Texas.
2nd – Fireworks – Pieced and quilted by Carol Hastings, Bangs, Texas.
3rd – St. Elmo’s Fire Miniature Broken Star – Pieced and quilted by Carol Hastings, Bangs, Texas.
Category 1200 – Group Quilts
1st – Thirties Round Robin – Center pieced by Benita Pipes, borders pieced by Sherri Marshall, Pat Murph, LaTrelle Locks, Barbara Spinks and Marilyn DeHay, owned by Benita Pipes, Brownwood, Texas, quilted by Angela McCorkle.
2nd – Round Robin – Center Pieced by Pat Murph, Bangs, Texas, subsequent borders pieced by LaTrelle Locks, Barbara Spinks, Marilyn Dehay, Benita Pipes and Sherri Marshall. Quilted by Leslie Fletcher.
3rd – Cherokee VFD Raffle Quilt – Pieced by Carolyn Perry, Se Broylers, Maurine Johnson, Clara Thomson, Kay Savage, Candace Henderson and Geneva Brown, quilted by Angela McCorkle.
Category 1300 – Holiday Quilts
1st – Christmas Sampler – Embroidered and pieced by Bobbie Campbell, Ballenger, Texas, quilted by Angela McCorkle.
2nd – Embroidered Christmas Quilt – Pieced and embroidered and hand quilted by Bettie Evans, Brownwood, Texas.
3rd –Christmas – Pieced by Helen Reid, Brownwood, Texas, and members of the Brownwood Quilters Guild, quilted by friends at the Fabric Barn.
Category 1400 – Antique Quilts
1st – Applique Flowers – Appliqued and quilted by Sarah Myers Anderson, great-grandmother of Jan Wittlif, Brownwood, Texas.
2nd – Butterflies – Pieced and quilted by Sally Brown, great-grandmother of Nancy Moore, Early, Texas.
3rd – Sunbonnet Sue – Appliqued and quilted by Mrs. Sally Brown, great-grandmother of Nancy Moore, Early, Texas.
Category 1500 – Special Techiques
1st – Paperdoll Quilt – Pieced and quilted by Sally Brown, Brownwood, Texas.
2nd – My Cup of Tea – Pieced, beaded and embroidered by Kay Savage, Cherokee, Texas. Quilted by Susan Tennill.
3rd – Luvn Texas – Embroidered by Jan Holder and Joan Orear, Burnet, Texas. Quilted by Jackie Peterson.
Category 1600 – Youth
1st – Just Triangles – Pieced by William Rice, Brownwood, Texas and quilted by Doris Rice.
2nd – Ashley’s Journey – Pieced by William Rice, Brownwood, Texas, quilted by Doris Rice.
3rd – All About Texas – Pieced by Madalyn Campbell, San Angelo, Texas. Quilted by Dixie Porter.
The quilt raffle was won by Gloria Lilly of Brownwood, Texas.
A Quilter’s Goodie Basket that was given away. The donations collected for the goodie basket will go into our Charity Change fund to be given to the Toys for Kids Program in December. We collected $275.00.
A workshop was held in conjunction with the show, More Hand Applique by Machine, based on the book by Beth Ferrier of the same name. The class was taught by Angela McCorkle of Quilts With a Heart in Priddy, Texas. Classes were conducted at the Girl Scout House on Avenue D on both Saturday and Sunday mornings.
The Brownwood Quilter’s Guild would like to thank the many volunteers of the guild (and our wonderful husbands) and businesses who helped make this event possible, specifically, the Brownwood Chamber of Commerce, Mills County State Bank, and the Brownwood Bulletin for their outstanding coverage of our show. The Guild would also like to thank the vendors at our show, The Cuttin’ Patch, Bluebonnet Merchantile, Austin Sewing Machines, Nana’s Parcels, Material Girls Fabrics, Tomorrows Quilts, Quilts with A Heart, Alto’s Cutting Systems, Snips & Pins, Cotton Theroy, Two Sister’s quilting, and the Quilting Queen, without our vendors, there would be no show. The show was a great success and the guild looks forward to an even better show next year. If you didn’t get a chance to come to the show this year, mark us on your calendar for the last weekend in April, 2011 and come see what you missed and don’t forget about the workshops!
