And the Winner Is... UPDATED

I've heard about two of the ribbons given out at ANG's Milwaukee Seminar Exhibit. Rosalyn Cherry-Soleil won Best in Show as well as some other ribbons (I don't know which) for her Chinese Drama Masks by Leigh Designs. This is the piece featured in NP Now twice this year and it's on her website in the video she did about her work. You can see the video at the second link if you are interested.
http://www.stitchamaze.com/pieces-in-work/dramamasks.aspx

http://www.stitchamaze.com/about.aspx

And one of Brenda Hart's students (see below) won for a version of the Leigh's "Carnavale Fiona" mask. Here is the unstitched canvas so you can get an idea.
http://www.amybunger.com/catalog/item/6289632/6745549.htm

Congratulations to the winners and all the exhibiters. Wonderful needlework goes to the exhibit each year that doesn't win a ribbon but that wins the hearts of the exhibit goers.

UPDATE: Carole Lake kindly typed all the winners listed in the daily Seminar newsletter and sent them to me. She's not seen the exhibit yet but I am sure folks who are there will report in.

Category 1 Original
Non professional
1 Marla Frazier Flow Windmills and Waterwheels
2 Karen Garinger Sacramento
Hon. Mention Lee Ann Estep Monet's Pond

Professional
1 Roselle Hirschfelt The Breeze Some Water and a Wee Bit of Soap
HM Joan Thomasson Rainbow Connection
HM Marilyn Hall Fair Winds and Following Seas

Category 2 Adaptation
Non Prof
2 Carol Sylvester All the Difference

Professional
1 Joan Thomasson Creation Sampler In the Beginning
2 Phillip Bush Intimacy

Category 3 Independent Project
Non Prof
1 Maida Crown The Lily Quilt
2 Karen Garinger Hot Stuff
3 Dee Schlect The Hart where it Loves

Prof
1 Kathleen Brennan Patches
2 Barbara Hayden Cedar Fever
3 Pat Rusch The Sewing Chest of Nantucket Sister Sailor

HM Summer Louise Truswell Twister
HM Kathleen Brennan Twister


Category 4 Painted Design w/o stitch guide
Non Prof
1 Maureen Jahn Midtown Manhattan Christmas
2 Larry Block Or Nue Purse
3 Susan Beekman Santa Pops In

Prof
1 Rosalyn Cherry Soleil Chinese Drama Masks
2 Amy Bunger Nativity
3 Cynthia Thomas The House at Bitchy Witchy Hollow

Category 5 Paintd Design w stitch guide
Non prof
1 Vicky Lamers Fiona's Carnevale Mask
2 Evelyn Cavis Sweet Dreams
3 Shereen Ikeda Japanese Crane Scroll

HM Evelyn Cavins Dirty Boots
HM Susan Swan Anemones

Prof
1 Vicky DeAngelis Halloween Town

http://www.needlenookoflajolla.com/events/needledeeva/images/group2.jpg

3 Katherine Becker A Dozen Faberge Eggs

Category 6 Class Project
Non- prof
1 Neva Pruess Curved Intrigue with Border
2 Maxine Fulton Beautiful Birches
3 Faye Robinson Winter Whites

HM Kay Simonds Sweet Treats
HM Neva Pruess Mt Fuji Village
HM Irene Mast Mystery in Corner
HM Melinda Palmer Angulations

Special Awards

Creative Inspiration Joan Thomasson Creation Sampler
Wearable Art Larry Block Or Nue Purse
Small Masterpiece Carol Sylvester All the Difference
Silk and Metal Marily Hall Fair Winds and Following Seas
President's Choice Faye Robinson Winter Whites
Princess Grace Dee Schlect The Hart where it Loves
Sampler Karen Garinger Sacramento
Founders Award Neva Pruess Curved Intrigue w Border
Judges Award - Fishel Philip Bush Intimacy
Judges Award- Van Cleve Creation Sampelr
Judges Award- Halpin Rosalyn Cherry Soleil Chinese Drama Masks
Hilton Stitch Award Kathleen Brennan Patches
Christmas Award Amy Bunger Natifvity
First Time Exhibitor award Vicky Lamers Fiona's Carnevale Mask
Wisconsin State Award Maida Crown The Lily Quilt
Milwaukee Award Amanda Wood Venetian Delight
Best in Show Rosalyn Cherry Soleil Chinese Drama Masks

Thank you VERY much, Carole!

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Try, Try Again

Over the weekend I decided that although I liked both my black tent stitches (Splendor silk) and my couched Silk N Colours (in Seafoam Green; you can see the skein above next to the canvas) held down by a strand of clear Accentuate, they didn't look good together. So I spent a lot of time deciding what stitch would look great with my black tent stitches. The above is what I came up with--just long stitches laid carefully to meet in the middle of large areas and to cover small areas. The overdyed colors of Seafoam Green look very much like the shading of the painted canvas so I am quite happy.

What do you think?

By the way, I did another round of May stitches on Glittering Kimono. I think I am half finished with one side of the jacket trim. One cuff is finished, too. So I have to rip out the mistake in the other cuff and finish it, then complete the first side of the jacket. After that I will have to work on the other side of the jacket edge and then tackle the top around the collar. I'm leaving the most complicated part to last you see. That'll give me lots of practice doing this stitch.

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