2013

"Quilt FANtasy"
  Show Dates: April 12, 13 and 14, 2013
Assumption Arena
Chadron, Nebraska








Winners:
Best of Show:  Mary Ann Clark
Best of Theme:  (Tie)  Joyce Crooks, Charlotte Kriz
Best Large, Hand-Quilted Quilt:  1st-Mary Ann Clark; 2nd Doris Fryda
Best Large, Professionally Machine Quilted Quilt:  1st: Carol Wacker; 2nd Deb Soester
Best Large, Non-professionally Machine Quilted:  1st:  Patty Calhoun; 2nd (TIE) Vina Bronson, Carol Lewin
Best Small  Hand-quilted:  1st:Vivian Spencer; 2nd Judi Frahm
Best Small Professionally Machine Quilted:  1st: Marlene Heiting; 2nd (Tie) Sharon Hardin, Martha Woodhouse
Best Small, Non-Professionally Machine Quilted:  1st Katy Miller; 2nd Cheryl Johnson
Applique:  1st:  Jolene Pieper 2nd Carol Doyle
Tied Quilts:  1st Patricia Speer, 2nd Clifford E. Rininger
Art Quilts:  1st Jolene Pieper, 2nd Kathaleen Mead
Miniature Quilts:  1st Donna Mittleider, 2nd Donna Mittleider
Miscellaneous:  1st Deann Jensen, 2nd Vi Lembke
Youth Quilts:  1st Kylah Rudloff
Challenge Quilts:  1st: Janice McCallum, 2nd Janice McCallum


Go to the Photo Gallery for Pictures of Winning Quilts​


Bill Hagman and Stanley Fugier drag their wives to the show every year.
Quilt Bingo is always the first event on Friday morning.
Festival visitors enjoyed Trunk Shows by Lennie Jo Hunter, pictured here, Shirley Soucy and Charlotte Kriz.
Patty Calhoun Demonstrates Paper Piecing Techniques. The show also included demos of quilt bling by Patsy Futtere, Quilt Top Preparation by Patsy Bridge, Lil Twister Template by Karen Enos, Resizing Simple Quilt Blocks by Katy Miller, Scalloped Ruler by Whitney Tewahade, Open Weave Table Runner by Pine Needle Quilts, Working with Wool by Lisa DeBorg, New Notions by Karen from Lickety Stitch Quilts.
Lisa DeBorg of the Quilt Rack in North Platte was a first-time vendor at the 2013 show. She joined Pine Needle Quilts of Crawford and Lickety Stitch Quilts of Lusk, WY
A little bit of snow (seventeen inches!) did not stop 419 visitors from coming to the show.