Alliances Contest Gallery
Scroll down this page to view the "Alliances" Contest Entries.
All contest quilts will be auctioned via eBay starting on Monday, November 14, 2011 and ending December 12, 2011. All proceeds will support the AAQ and its projects.
The bidding for each quilt will start at $50 and each 7-day auction week starts and ends at 9:00 pm Eastern. You can pay by credit card, PayPal or check (notify us immediately after auction if you plan to pay by check).
Click here to see the "Alliances" quilts up for bid on eBay right now.
Auction guides for each week:
Week ONE auction guide: Monday, November 14 - Monday, November 21
Week TWO auction guide: Monday, November 21 - Monday, November 28
Week THREE auction guide: Monday, November 28 - Monday, December 5
Week FOUR auction guide: Monday, December 5 - Monday, December 12
To bid on an “Alliances” quilt:
1. Search “Alliance for American Quilts” on ebay.com during the auction period for that quilt or Click here to see the "Alliances" quilts up for bid on eBay right now.
Please note : Before and after the auction period the quilts are not viewable (eBay only posts items included in live auctions--no archives or scheduled auctions are viewable).
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New this year: "Alliances" contest artist's were offered the chance to record their artist's statements thanks to the generous services of AAQ Business member, VoiceQuilt, visit them at www.voicequilt.com.
For "Alliances" exhibition venues and to find out about our incredible prizes click here.
And the winners are...(click here to find out)
Auction #1: Monday, Nov. 14 - Monday, Nov. 21 2011Auction #2: Monday, Nov. 21 - Monday, Nov. 28 2011
Auction #3: Monday, Nov. 28 - Monday, Dec. 5 2011
Auction #4: Monday, Dec. 5 - Monday, Dec. 12 2011
The 2011 "Alliances: People, Patterns, Passion" contest is sponsored by Handi Quilter, Moda Fabrics, EZ Quilting, Simplicity Creative Group, Quilting Arts, AURIfil, AccuQuilt, Attached Inc./Mistyfuse, The Electric Quilt Company, The Quilt Show.com, Fons & Porter, Quilters Club of America, Dharma Trading Company, Riversilks, C&T Publishing, Spoonflower, Quilters Newsletter, Quilt Album Darlene Zimmerman, Westminster Fibers, FreeSpirit, Rowan, American Quilter's Society National Quilting Association Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, and VoiceQuilt.
 1. "Flower Fairies" Jodi Scaltreto |
 2. "Whooters in the Nite" Brenda Lopez |
 3. "Yamaha" Brenda Lopez |
 4. "Alliances of Pattern and Passion" Karen Loprete |
 5. "Alliance: Union or Joining" Diana Ramsay |
 6. "Earth Joy" Margarita Korioth |
 7. "I Spy an Alliance" Catherine Labath |
 8. "Passionate Generations" Tracey Snyder-Stone |
 9. "Yang of Passion" Tracey Snyder-Stone |
 10. "Yin of Passion" Tracey Snyder-Stone |
 11. "New Hands All Around" Tracey Snyder-Stone |
 12. "Hand vs. Machine" Jill Coleman |
 13. "Chocolate Covered Strawberries" Linda Mooney |
 14. "Hi 5" Yvonne Porcella |
 15. "Picasso . . . Not Exactly" Pauline Salzman |
 16. "Does This Look Like a Garden to You?" Pamela Allen |
 17. "Recycle/Repurpose" Patricia Ann Hobbs |
 18. "The Bird and the Bees" Nancy McGlothin |
 19. "Fat Tuesday Fly-In" Marie Bostwick |
 20. "God & Country: An American Tradition" Serena L. Toppins |
 21. "Stars Above" Janice Stone |
 22. "Observing My Passion" Karen E. Miller |
 23. "Touchdown - SEC" Rachel King Parris |
 24. "The First Thirteen" Mary Kay Davis |
 25. "Giving You Their Full Support" Mary Kay Davis |
 26. "Mother Earth's Fiber Connections" Rose Ann Szabo |
 27. "Ebony and Ivory" Bridget Wideman |
 28. "The ART in Artichoke" Bridget Wideman |
 29. "Salute to Ami's Army" Didi Salvatierra |
 30. "Kusudama" Michael Michalski |
 31. "Who Are You?" Sandi Goldman |
 32. "Orange Loves Blue" Jill Le Croissette |
 33. "Red Hat Friends" Lizz Ploppert |
 34. "Color Our World" Nanette Fleischman |
 35. "Are We Safe Yet?" Joyce Hughes |
 36. "Three Sisters" Alice Helms |
 37. "Color Fusion" Ann Bordeau |
 38. "Redwork or You Should Have Seen It In Color" Ramona Bates |
 39. "Friendship" Nita Markos |
 40. "Let's Go Out and Play" Nita Markos |
 41. "Log Cabin to Kandinsky" Nita Markos |
 42. "We Are One" Patricia Healey |
 43. "Nature's Way" Christine Predd |
 44. "Lake Collage" Ann Loveless |
 45. "My Friends of Spring" Norma J. Riehm |
 46. "Woven in Time" Ellen Hernandez |
 47. "Pointy Purple Pinwheel" Carol Christensen |
 48. "The Making of a Covenant" Pauline Salzman |
 49. "E Pluribus Unum" Loree Marquardt |
 50. "We the People" Loree Marquardt |
 51. "Ancient Alliance" Valerie Root |
 52. "The Patterns Connect" Rose Ann Szabo |
 53. "PLAID - Peace Loving Alliance of Imaginative Dabblers" PJ Howard |
 54. "Pathways of Opportunity" Dana Lynch |
 55. "Flora and Fauna: The Perfect Alliance" Michele Muska |
 56. "Alliances: Soil and Sky" Allison Aller |
 57. "Favorites of Mine Embroidery and Quilting" Mary Vesta Pumphrey |
 58. "Friendly Trio" Frances Holliday Alford |
 59. "Friends" Gina Darlington |
 60. "Purple Passion" Lorie Leonardi |
 61. "Birds of a Feather" Jan Harmon |
 62. "It's A Man's World Unless Women Vote!" Gerry Krueger |
 63. "As It Was In The Beginning Is Now" Linda L. Bourgeois |
 64. "We Are the Quilters" Cynthia St. Charles |
 65. "Love Lies Bleeding" Deolinda Rhoads |
 66. "Where The Sky Meets The Sand" Jennifer Rodriguez |
 67. "A Mother Never Forgets" Jennifer Rodriguez |
 68. "Lincoln's Court House Steps" Sharon Pinka |
 69. "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" Teresa Stoller |
 70. "Compassion Around the World" Phyllis Campbell |
 71. "Five Quilters Growing in Their Passion for Applique" Bonnie MacGregor |
 72. "People Need to be Passionate About Our Places" Doreen Prakshot |
 73. "One Hand One Heart One People" Doreen Prakshot |
 74. "Tahrir Square" Eleanor Levie |
 75. "Historical Bikini" Rebecca Navarro |
 76. "Give Thanks" Michelle Fairchild |
 77. "Split 4 Ways" Linda Laird |
 78. "Fiber of Alliance" Peggy Bass |
 79. "The Alliance" Karen Bennick |
 80. "3 Sisters" Erin Anheier |
 81. "Thinking Outside the Box with Passion! I" Maude Haeger |
 82. "Thinking Outside the Box with Passion! II" Maude Haeger |
 83. "Boys' Night Out" Deborah Dempsey |
 84. "My Passion" Kathy Guardia |
 85. "Friendship of Flowers" Debra Thompson |
 86. "We All Work Together" Kathleen Brumbaugh |
 87. "Starfall" Mary Kerr |
 88. "Fire & Smoke" Margaret Hunt |
 89. "Ribbons" Anna Tracy |
 90. "My Lucky Day" Susi Soler |
 91. "A Passion for Purrfection" Sheila Rauen |
 92. "The Wonder of Joyful Alliances" Pam Neil |
 93. "Sunflowers" Lisa and Mike Ellis |
 94. "Soul Sisters" Jamie Fingal |
 95. "Once Upon a Time" Janet Saulsbury |
 96. "Crooked Bricks" Teresa Mitchell |
 97. "A Veggie Doll Has a Dream" Hoodie Crescent |
 98. "Dancing Elephants" Pat Holly |
 99. "A Farmer's Dearest Ally" Susan Radkiewicz |
 100. "Whisper to the Wind" Cheri Rabourn |
 101. "Backwards Beach Umbrella" Lynda Goldstein DeTray |
 102. "Forever Aligned" Desiree Dianne Habicht |
 103. "Forever Grandma" Shelly Garcia |
 104. "Momma's Rose" Mary Brown Crowther |
 105. "Full Circle" Dana Stencel |
 106. "R2D2: Droid of the Rebel Alliance/ May the Four-Patch Be With You." Eric Sciotto, Melanie Vaughan |
 107. "Sunflowers on the Plains" Amy Munson |
 108. "Unsolved Chicken Mysteries" Jayne Davis |
 109. "Shining Star" Sue Rivers |
 110. "Pearls of Wisdom" Gerrie Congdon |
 111. "Charming Colors" Julie Ann Boster |
 112. "The Tree of Hope" Tonya Therrian |
 113. "City Park" Diane Nunez |
 114. "The Spirit of Tahrir" Ann Reber Holmes |
 115. "Mind the Gap!" Annedore Neumann |
 116. "States United 1776" Christina Cocchiara, Michael Cole, Tom Flynn, Russell Gibson, Caitlin Johnson, Shahnaz Khan, Frank Klemens, Michael Michalski, Aughra Moon, Kimberly Russell, Jennifer Rice, Eric Sciotto, Sharon Scruggs, Steven Skybell, Melanie Vaughan |
 117. "Virginia is for Lovers" Sandra Starley |
 118. "Majolica" Peggy Schroder |
 119. "Sweet Home Dahlias" Peggy Schroder |