Lou Ellison of La Follette posed with her quilt, “Bee My Sunshine,” as she turned it in for quilt judging. Lou’s quilt went on to win “Best of Quilts” in this year’s Louie Bluie Quilt Show.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – Here are the 2023 ribbon winners in the Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival Quilt Show.

Quilt judge Mary Dacres of Cincinnati assesses the hand-piecing and quilting work of Debi Hill of Andersonville before awarding it a blue ribbon.

Best of Show: “Bee My Sunshine” by Lou Ellison of La Follette

Category: Large Machine Pieced and Long Armed

Blue ribbon: “Icicle Fair Isle” by Linda Miller of Heiskell

Red ribbon: “Happy” by Shannon Pearson of La Follette

Yellow ribbon: “Spring Awakening” by Joyce Morgan of Thonotosassa, FL (formerly of La Follette)

Category: Medium Machine Pieced and Long Armed

Blue ribbon: “Tulips on the Prairie” by Paige Kimble of La Follette

Red ribbon: “Autumn Delight” by Nancy Hazzard of Caryville

Yellow ribbon: “Butterfly Garden, Summer Buzz” by Lois Taphouse of Jacksboro

Category: Small Machine Pieced and Long Armed

Blue ribbon: “Scrappy Garden Gate” by Susie Henson of La Follette

Red ribbon: “Airglass Star” by Darlene and Frank Wright of Knoxville

Yellow ribbon: “Clementine Rose” by Darlene and Frank Wright of Knoxville

Category: Large Pieced and Quilted on a Home Sewing Machine

Blue ribbon: “Scrubs” by Debi Hill of Andersonville

Category: Medium Pieced and Quilted on a Home Sewing Machine

Blue ribbon: “Dresden Blossom” by Pamela Bowling of Robbins

Red ribbon: “Oh Christmas Tree” by Jewell Lay of Pioneer

Category: Small Pieced and Quilted on a Home Sewing Machine

Red ribbon: “Jeweled Bats and Pumpkins” by Nancy Crumpley of Knoxville

Yellow ribbon: “Garden Path” by Nancy Hazzard of Caryville

Quilt judge Mary Dacres of Cincinnati evaluates the quilting handiwork of Pamela Bowling of Robbins.

Category: Group Quilts

Blue ribbon: “Circle of Friends” by Tuesday Sewmates

Red ribbon: “Path to India” by Piecemakers Guild

Yellow ribbon: “President’s Quilt” by Laff-a-Lotte Guild

Category: Art Quilts

Blue ribbon: “In the Jungle” by Donna Tipton of Oneida

Red ribbon: “Sunset on the Parkway” by Lois Taphouse of Jacksboro

Yellow ribbon: “Stars, Strips and Stripes” by Nancy Hazzard of Caryville

Category: Appliqué

Blue ribbon: “Canning Day” by Jewell Lay of Pioneer

Red ribbon: “Basket Sampler” by Meg Swaggerty of Knoxville

Category: Panel Quilts

Red ribbon: “Mediterranean Kaleidoscope” by Jane Westbrook of Jacksboro

Yellow ribbon: “Terry’s Backyard Choir” by Paige Kimble of La Follette

Category: Foundation Pieced Quilts

Blue ribbon: “Sunflowers and Honeybees” by Lois Taphouse of Jacksboro

Red ribbon: “Midnight Fireflower” by Susie Henson of La Follette

Yellow ribbon: “Christmas Star” by Jewell Lay of Pioneer

Category: Hand Quilting

Blue ribbon: “My All-Star” by Debi Hill of Andersonville

Category: Fair Isle Block-of-the-Month Quilts

Blue ribbon: “Experience in Learning” by Shannon Pearson of La Follette

Blue ribbon: “Dreaming of Scotland” by Lou Ellison of La Follette

Yellow ribbon: “Nancy’s Fair Isle” by Nancy Hazzard of Caryville (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 09/29/2023-6AM)

One Reply to “Ribbon winners in the 2023 Louie Bluie Quilt Show”

  1. Thanks to everyone who worked to make this show happen. The quilt work was exceptional in every way. The presentation was large, and easily viewed in a beautiful building, in beautiful Cove Lake State Park, on a special and very sweet day for art and music.

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