Quilt National Prize Winners

Best of Show

• 1981--Pamela Jean Burg
• 1983--Pam Studstill
• 1985--Veronica Fitzgerald
• 1987--Susan Shie
• 1989--Elizabeth Busch
• 1991--Risë Nagin
• 1993--Jan Myers-Newbury
• 1995--Petra Soesemann
• 1997--Fran Skiles
• 1999--Miriam Nathan-Roberts
• 2001--Noël M. Ruessmann
• 2003--Nancy Erickson
• 2005--Jeanne Williamson
• 2007--Noriko Endo

Award of Excellence

• 1981--David Hornung
• 1983--Pauline Burbidge
• 1985--Ardyth Davis
• 1987--Patrick Dorman
• 1989--Robin Schwalb
• 1991--Pam Studstill
• 1993--Merrill Mason
• 1995--Karen Perrine
• 1997--Kyoung Ae Cho
• 1999--Ruth Garrison
• 2001--Ruth Garrison
• 2003--Ludmilla Uspenskaya
• 2005--Jane Sassaman
• 2007--Regina Benson

Most Innovative Use of the Medium

• 1981--Jean Hewes
• 1983--Terrie Hancock Mangat
• 1985--Holley Junker and Therese May
• 1987--Virginia Jacobs
• 1989--Judith Dingle
• 1991--No award granted.
• 1993--Arturo Alonzo Sandoval
• 1995--Ann Curtis
• 1997--Elizabeth Brimelow
• 1999--Dirkje van der Horst-Beetsma
• 2001--Pat Kroth
• 2003--Michael James
• 2005--Patricia Mink
• 2007--Julie John Upshaw

Domini McCarthy Memorial Award

• 1983--Jean Hewes
• 1985--Nancy Halpern
• 1987--Laura Lee Fritz and Judy Mathieson
• 1989--Liesel Niesner
• 1991--Carol Gersen
• 1993--Ellen Oppenheimer
• 1995--Joan Schulze
• 1997--Connie Scheele
• 1999--Connie Scheele
• 2001--Robin Schwalb
• 2003--Nelda Warkentin

McCarthy Memorial Award

• 2005--Jeanne Williamson
• 2007--Denise Labadie

Rookie Award

• 1995--Elizabeth Barton
• 1997--Lorraine Roy
• 1999--Linda Gass

Cathy Rasmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award

• 2001--Dale Fleming
• 2003--Bean Gilsdorf
• 2005--Jean Cacicedo
• 2007--Kathy Weaver

Quilt's Japan Prize

• 1995--Therese May
• 1997--Teresa Barkley
• 1999--Jane Sassaman
• 2001--Linda MacDonald
• 2003--Elizabeth Busch
• 2005--Robin Schwalb
• 2007--Tammie Bowser

Trailblazer Award

• 1997--Emily Parson
• 1999--Faye Anderson

Fairfield Tenth Commemorative Prize

• 1997--Jill Pace

Juror's Award of Merit

• 1999--Jan Myers-Newbury, Heidi Stoll-Weber, Emily Parson
• 2001--Carol Grotrain, Scott Allen Ellegood, BJ Adams
• 2003--Rachel Brumer, Sushma Patel-Bould, Dinah Sargeant
• 2005--Clare Plug, Dinah Sargeant, Sandy Shelenberger
• 2007--Barbara Schneider, Margaret Anderson, Mary Ann Jordan

Lynn Goodwin Borgman Award for Surface Design

• 2001--Jan Myers-Newbury
• 2003--Clare Plug
• 2005--Sandra Woock
• 2007--Barb Wills

Brakensiek "Caught our Eye" Award

• 2005--Lori Lupe Pelish
• 2007--Robin Schwalb

The "Heartland" Award

• 2007--Rita Steffenson

Hilary M. Fletcher "Persistence Pays" Award

• 2007--Judith Plotner

People's Choice Award

• 1983--B. J. Elvgren
• 1985--Miriam Nathan-Roberts
• 1987--Judy Mathieson
• 1989--Ruth McDowell
• 1991--Katie Pasquini Masopust
• 1993--M. Joan Lintault
• 1995--Karen Stone
• 1997--Miwako Miyamoto
• 1999--Tim Harding
• 2001--Rebecca Rohrkaste
• 2003--Noriko Endo
• 2005--Lori Lupe Pelish
• 2007--Denise Labadie

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