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Show Basin quilf winners on display catf library Fxtf quilt have Nv" i'"' twin wrea qui" contest Msi June 15 t0 K j .y state quilt contest (o be held in -y,i WhitiivtJ from Roosevelt had i her qullts -'hoson. Donna Nolson Vernal a"d Maunne Luck from each had one of their quilts ; jy inning quilts of this area are on st the Uintah County Library purpose room until July 15. "V cvwtest is for the Festival of the cencan West hold in Logan. Cash rJS ill go to the top winners of the jaa competition. TVr re ni" ras n tre state. J t-t ina is ellt,le t0 mn' quilts t i state competition." said Holly '. soteon. I'tah State University ex-" ex-" home economist for I'intah purpose of the quilt contest is to y!ce traditional hand quilting in '-jh iad creative expression by use of zxtx applique and machine em-r.'. em-r.'. or combination of both in Kiico to traditional hand quilting Jeve Whiting made one quilt as a zs gift to her granddaughter. The cef cce as made for a grand-seer's grand-seer's hirihday present. Nelson made her quilt as a fit for her daughter w ho loves vis. .tie quilt information sheet which Luck filled out, she wrote. "I rc'-ii to do a special coverlet for my i ii.'.er's room w ith the colors in ianihite. Hearts and flowers and Mire for making a tittle girl nappy and it helps to teach her to bo dainty and feminine, which is very important when so often they live in jeans and toe shirts." C.eneil Jensen, another quilter from Roosevelt who entered a baby quilt, wrote, "I remember as a small girl a fan my grandmother had. To me that fan was fascinating as she sat and rocked rock-ed and fanned, telling me stories of olden times." I always thought that someday I would do a Grandmother's Fan Quilt because to this day a fan and a flower garden bring wonderful warm memories." Donna Nelson has also embroidered her name and the date of the quilt in the quilt which according to Miss Hen-dncksen Hen-dncksen makes it worth double. Rules for entering the quilt were as follows: The quilt had to be made from an established pattern or it had to be an original design. Class I quilts were pieced, hand embroidered, em-broidered, hand appliqued, or a combination com-bination of those methods using firmly woven fabrics. The Class II quilts were pieced, machine embroidered, machine appliqued, or a combination of those methods using firmly woven fabrics. Painted, photograph printed, tricot, or knit quilts were not accepted. The quilt had to be hand quilted in a traditional way, not machine quilted, tied, or yarn quilted. The quilting had to be fairly close and evenly stitched together with the background quilted w ith a related design. The contestants were required to do most of the quilting but could receive some help from others if necessary. j ' -1 i , - u 1 I r j - . t pLY HENDRICKSEN, Uintah County Home I omist, shows Donna Nelson's name and date the quilt was completed embroidered on the quilt. r ' Yv-X , xy .7 rf 1 j l I: ! ipn w 8 v'3 MJ t ThlE F THE four winning quilts from the area quilt contest. J 15 contest was made by Donna Nelson of Vernal. Names of nil quilters had to be listed on the entry form and the quilt information informa-tion sheet. Quilts made by groups and organizations organiza-tions were also accepted for entry as long as the entry included all the quilters' names. The size of the quilt could range from a baby quilt to a king size quilt. Wall hangings were also accepted as long as they had ample quilting. The binding or edge finish could be any good finish that related to the individual in-dividual quilt. Ruffles and other edgings edg-ings could be used if they coordinated w ith the design. Each contestant had to participate in one of the nine area county quilt contests con-tests to be eligible for the state contest. The quilt had to be finished within the last three years. It could not have been entered in a previous Utah State University quilt contest. The contestant had to be a resident of Utah and a resident of one of the areas. More than one quilt could be entered but only one quilt was selected by the area contest judges out of each class to be entered in the state competition. The Judging was done in three main areas: 1) General presentation-overall appearance, presentation, presenta-tion, and quilt information sheet. 2) Design-choice and use of a pattern for top and borders, choice and use of color, col-or, choice and use of quilting pattern, and suitability of materials relative to design and function. 3) Workmanship-construction of top, quilting technique, and percision and finishing of binding edges. v tiki l&eZl L-sOl The pattern of the fans was used by Geneil Jensen, a quilter from Roosevelt. She entered a baby quilt with this design. |