"Mahalo"
1st Place Winner at The 19th World Orchid Conference, Miami FL

"Three Sisters "
Crafted by three artists from three different countries: Australia, Canada, and the United States. Each artist incorporated her own image as well as her animal totem, identified in the story. Thus the quilt includes the blue-gray-eyed Canadian with her blue-eyed dragon, the American with her howling green-eyed coyote symbol, and the Australian, whose blue-green eyes are mirrored in her companion dragonfly. Mailing the quilt from country to country, they worked together stage by stage, weaving this tale of magic and myth, and watching the metamorphosis unfold.

www.gailthomasart.com  for info on Gail E Thomas (Canada)
www.quiltinglife.com for info on Annette M Hendricks (USA)
www.helengodden.com for info on Helen C Godden (Australia)

International Quilt Festival 2007 - Houston
1st Place - Group Catagory

"Poppy; A Rememberance Rose"

Pacific International Quilt Festival 2008
1st Place - Machine Workmanship

From a photo in my flower garden to digital print to heavy relief quilting,
this poppy comes alive in a series of floral quilts. This is a beautiful, heavily quilted piece that begs you
to get closer and closer to see the blend of detail quiilting and digital fabric print technology.

"Beneath My Feet "
This whole cloth quilt goes after texture as the main theme.

Pennsylvania National - Wall Quilt Catagory 2007
Second Place

"Secret Lovers"
62nd Miami International Orchid Show: Orchid in Paradise
Best of Show Award

This Quilt is the first in a series of Orchid Quilts. In this work, we find 3 butterflys dancing around the flowers and buds exploring their secret love. This is a wholecloth painting with extensive and varied quilting. It can be seen at the 62nd Miami International Orchid Show: Orchid in Paradise opening date March 1st. 2007.

"MoonDance"

Freedom and innocence, beauty and wonder, all true gifts of the Great Spirit are celebrated in this choreography of thanksgiving.   Hawk and young woman turn and invite us to join in their joyful dance, embracing the radiant moon of the harvest.  This pictorial contains:  custom hand-dyed gradations, dye painting, acrylic painting, curved piecing, machine appliqué, relief quilting and free-motion quilting. 

2006 Quilts: A World of Beauty
Presented by the International Quilt AssociationArt-People, Portraits, and Figures Sponsored by The Grace Company, Fine Quilting Frames
First Place—Moondance

AQS Quilt Art Calendar 2008

IQA Celebrate Spring-Chicago-2006
First Place Pictoral

IQA- Art-People, Portrait, Figures
!st Place

Pacific International Quilt Show - 2007

Illinois State Fair - 2009
Governers Award

"Ladies of the Louvre"

After years of heated debate among art historians as to whether daVinci’s Mona Lisa was actually a self-portrait, this mysterious conflict has finally been solved.  In this art quilt study of the most famous painting in the world, Annette Hendricks authoritatively ends all speculation as to the true identity of Leonardo’s model:   “It’s not he; it’s me!”

This art quilt visually presents the fanciful encounter between a lady in the Louvre meeting The Lady of the Louvre. Annette discovers that she and “Monette” are strikingly similar in their physical features as well as in attitude. “Monette” only smiles as Annette ponders on the strange encounter with the famous portrait. 

Pacific International Quilt Festival 2006 Santa Clara, California
October 12-15, 2006
Best Machine Workmanship Award
"Ladies of the Louvre"

International Quilt Festival 2007 - Houston
2nd Place Portrait Catagory

"O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch "

The world’s best machine quilting honored: 2005 Husqvarna Viking Gallery of Quilt Art winners announced AUGUST 18, 2005—Husqvarna Viking and Quilts, Inc., today announced the winners of the 2005 Husqvarna Viking Gallery of Quilt Art, titled “MasterPieces: Art Takes Shape.” The Gallery is an annual invitational juried and judged show—open to quilters worldwide—which celebrates the absolute best artistry of primarily machine-made quilts. In this year’s theme, quilters were encouraged to explore their creativity as reflected in the shape, form, and color of their work.

Husqvarna Viking Gallery of Quilt Art
First Place—O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch
2 Year International Tour

Pacific International Quilt Festival 2007 Santa Clara, California
Best Machine Workmanship Award

"Indescribable"

62nd Miami International Orchid Show: Orchid in Paradise

This quilt is the second creation in the Orchid series. This second entry is a much stronger statement painted on corduroy. The actual flower depicted is called Paphiopedilum and grown by a local grower. This quilt was accepted in the 62nd Miami International Orchid Show: Orchid in Paradise March 2007.