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2008 Quilt Show - Judged:
Group Winners

  1st Place - Dorothy Fowler

1st Place - Dorothy Fowler
San Francisco Waterfront Wonders
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My Bay Area group, "Anne Petty & The Piecemakers" took a ferry tour along the SF waterfront. Last summer at a retreat at my home in Nevada City this mural quilt was born from hto's taken on the tour.

The includes the ballpark, Cupid's Bow, The Bridge, Ferry Building / Embarcadero, Justin Herman Plaza, TransAmerica Pyramid, Coit Tower and Victorians.

It is an original design by Claire Caldwell, Anne Petty, Nancy Bardach, Rusty Brockman, Cindy Cossen, Diane Goff, and Dorothy Fowler, who have been quilting togeterh for 25 years.

Entered by: Dorothy Fowler
Made by: Anne Petty & The Piecemakers
Quilted by: Anne Petty & The Piecemakers


  3rd Place - Gladys Stelling

3rd Place - Gladys Stelling
Dreams Fulfilled
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I made the Dresden blocks in 1933 when I was 19 years old. The fabrics are from dresses, aprons and pajamas. I hoped some day to have them put in a quilt. My freind Gail Maffei and Barbara Cersa acheived that dream when they pieced and quilted it in 2007.

Entered by: Gladys Stelling
Made by: Gladys Stelling
Quilted by: Barbara Ceresa


  2nd Place - Margaret Boothby

2nd Place - Margaret Boothby - 2008 Opportunity Quilt
2008 Opportunity Quilt
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Opportunity Quilt Winner!

This year's Opportunity Quilt was won by Lisa Stine, the harpist from Nevada City who gives free lessons to cancer patients and their families and works with music, especially Celtic, with kids. A fitting home for the "Rhapsody". Nancyan sold her the tickets and is one of her students. She will deliver the quilt or already has.