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My Quilts/Our History Contest Gallery

This competition celebrates The Alliance for American Quilts' fifteen-year mission to document, preserve and share our great quilt heritage. Quilts measure 15" x 15" square, and reflect the quiltmaker's personal history. View complete guidelines.

And the winners are...(click here to find out)

Auction #1: Thursday, Oct. 30 - Thursday, Nov. 6 2008
Auction #2: Thursday, Nov. 6 - Thursday, Nov. 13 2008
Auction #3: Thursday, Nov. 13 - Thursday, Nov. 20 2008

Sponsored by Pfaff, Mountain Mist, and The Electric Quilt Company


1. "Four Sided Journey"
Yvonne Porcella
2. "Out of the Block"
Rogene Robbins
3. "Then + Now"
Sonya Lee Barrington

4. "Creation Conversation"
Terry Pottmeyer
5. "Plaids to Polka Dots"
Nanette Fleischman
6. "A Bouquet from Grandmother's Flower Garden"
Mary Pumphrey

7. "A Basket of Quilts"
Mary Pumphrey
8. "Integration"
Carol Larson
9. "Day Lily"
Dorothy Day

10. "Ginkgoes II"
Franki Kohler
11. "Happiness Runs in A Circular Motion"
Marie Johansen
12. "The Home in the Garden (First Place)"
Allison Ann Aller

13. "My Quilt History I"
Diana Ramsay
14. "Memories of My Mother"
Joyce Foley
15. "Evolution II"
Karen Bennick

16. "Spring Blue"
Janet Henshaw
17. "I'm Still Growing"
Karen Loprete
18. "Sweet 15 Cotillion"
Marybeth Stalp

19. "Triple Shoofly"
Bonnie Goolsby
20. "Nancy's History"
Nancy Eisenhauer
21. "Bed of Roses"
Cynthia Herrmann

22. "Feathered Fun"
Scott Murkin
23. "Crown Jewel"
Scott Murkin
24. "Easter"
Sharron Stamper Evans

25. "From My Past To My Future"
Cecelia Leiseroff
26. "Square One"
Sherry Boram
27. "Bright I"
Linda Pumphrey

28. "Hanging Gardens"
Linda Pumphrey
29. "Out For A Run"
Joyce Fisher
30. "Go Blue! "
Vickie Paullus

31. "Fancy Feathers"
Karen Kielmeyer
32. "Joy"
Barbara Grothaus
33. "Folk Art Mini"
Jodi Scaltreto

34. "Black Eyed Susans and Teeny Weeny Vases"
Pamela Allen
35. "Love Never Ends"
Chandrea Kowalski
36. "Toujour Le Nine-Patch"
Cynthia Claycamp

37. "Study in Scraps of Red"
Luke Haynes
38. "Study in Blue & Gold"
Luke Haynes
39. "Meme's Button Box (Third Place)"
Kathryn Wright

40. "Spreading My Wings"
Angie Hodapp
41. "Amish Storm"
Lorna Pumphrey
42. "Gone to the Dogs"
Lorna Pumphrey

43. "Quilting Converges with My Heart"
Dot Collins
44. "Snippet Trails"
Ellen Hernandez
45. "Chintz Bird (Second Place)"
Pat Holly

46. "Auntie's Flower Garden"
Michele Muska
47. "Matrix IV: All Buttoned Up"
Karen Fischer
48. "Like a Fish Out of Water"
Peggy Schroder

49. "Hawaiian Heaven"
Rhianna Landini
50. "Many Happy Quilts"
Karen Griska
51. "Floral Compliment"
Frances Holliday Alford

52. "Red Sampler"
John Flynn
53. "Sea Green Storm"
Kate Flynn Nichols
54. "Sunburst"
Fran Kordek

55. "Get a Dog"
Pauline Salzman
56. "Memories of Mom"
Sheila Rauen
57. "Ohio Stars and Roots "
Meg Cox

58. "Come Together for Peace"
Ann Holmes
59. "Tree of Life"
Betty Lou Cassidy
60. "Quilt History I: Mud Creek Park"
Allison Brown-Cestero

61. "Something to Crow About"
Jeri Pollock
62. "Dancing Complements"
Marie Marcella
63. "Kumasi Spools"
Amy Milne

64. "Ode to Soft Covers for Hard Times"
Merikay Waldvogel
65. "This is Not an Amish Quilt"
Janneken Smucker
66. "Summer's End"
Angie Hodapp

67. "It All Started With a Nine Patch"
Jeanette Thompson