Area quilter exhibiting at international competition
Area quilter exhibiting at international competition
By: Bonnie Browning
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Posted by editor Tue Nov 30, 1999 00:00:00 PST
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0 responses 0 comments Tehachapi area quilter, Molly Yao Hamilton, has been selected as a semifinalist for the 22nd annual American Quilter Society Quilt Show and Contest April 26 through 29 at the Paducah Expo Center in Paducah, Ky.
Hamilton has been chosen to join 428 other quilters in the annual contest. In its 22nd year, the competition is offering $114,000 in total prize money. Hamilton’s quilt, “The Flute Player,” measures 19 inches wide by 19 inches long and represents
hundreds of hours of work.
This entry was chosen from a field of 806 quilts. From this point on the work will compete against others within its category. Three quilting authorities will judge this elite group prior to the opening of the show. The individual quilt named best of show will garner the Hancock’s of Paducah Best of Show award and a cash prize of $20,000. In addition, the quilt will become part of the permanent collection in the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society.
Regardless of how the quilt places in the final judging, all 429 quilts will be displayed at the annual quilt show. The annual quilt exhibition brings more than 35,000 quilters, collectors, enthusiasts and vendors to Paducah each spring when the city shows how it earned the nickname Quilt City USA ®.
AQS president, Meredith Schroeder, stated that quilts are no longer relegated to serving just as bed covers. Today’s quilts are works of art, using fabric and thread as the medium. The quilts in this year’s contest are from around the world and feature beautiful palettes of color. Entries arrived from 46 U.S. states and 12 other countries, including France, Israel, Korea and Australia.
There are fifteen categories in the judged contest and a special category for young quilters. The quilts include bed-size, large and small wall quilts and miniatures. Designs range from traditional Log Cabin, Mariner’s Compass and New York Beauty to innovative designs using paint, threads and original deigns. Jan Morrison of Sulphur Spring, Texas made a miniature using 750 yoyos less than 1/2 inch thick while Nancy Lambert of Pittsburgh, Pa. used 4,096 pieces to make her large wall quilt, “Patterns.”
For more information, visit www.AmericanQuilter.com or call (270) 898-7903.
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