The winners of the Viewers Choice awards for the 2023 Visions show were recently announced.  First place went to Jillian Roulet for her quilt of a dog called ‘Namaste’. 

Jillian’s quilt was hand appliquéd and machine quilted.  She provided the following information on her quilt.
“This quilt was partly done and marinating on a wall in my studio for a little while.  Well, okay….since 2011!  When trekking in Nepal I saw a lovely, clean, white, dog sitting in the entrance to a tea house.  He looked like he was greeting all the people who passed by.  I started this piece in a course by David Taylor of Colorado.  I found the face a particular challenge, so the quilt was temporarily abandoned.  I decided to tackle finishing the quilt for this Visions show.  I have named the dog Namaste which is a greeting of respect in Nepal.”

Lorie’s quilt is an original design, free motion quilted on a mid-arm machine using a variety of quilting materials and 3-D additions.  Lorie provided the following information.  “Years ago, I was working on a star quilt while caring for my ailing Father.  When he died on January 29th, 2000, I mourned, placed a quilt square in his pocket, and then put away the pieces of that unfinished quilt.  Twenty years to the day of his death, I accidentally found the pieces and decided to create a quilt in memory of all the joy, love, fun and moments of colour and courage that he gave to me.  It now hangs over my bed and serves as a guiding star.