Earning high marks, Leigh Lussie of Winsdor Heights won the Best of Show and Sweepstakes awards in the Fabric and Threads Quilting contest judged prior to the start of the 2012 Iowa State Fair.

Fabric and Threads exhibits are on display every day of the Fair from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the William C. Knapp Varied Industries Building sponsored by Principal Financial Group.

Additional results below:

TEAM OR GROUP

Appliqué

1) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

2) Mary Martin, Clive

3) Linda Arndt, West Des Moines

Scrap

1) Diane Lehman, Badger

2) Debbie Wordehoff, Cedar Rapids

3) Nathalie Anderson, Wallingford

4) Katheryn Russi, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

Mixed Technique

1) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

2) Des Moines Area Quilt Guild, Urbandale

3) Betty Bradley, Hedrick

4) Rita Moore, Vinton

Honorable Mention) Judie Herzog, Fairfield

Block Exchange

1) None Awarded

2) None Awarded

3) None Awarded

Honorable Mention) Lynn Johnson, West Des Moines

Pieced

1) Anna Van Cleave, Des Moines

2) Wayne Bradfield, Ottumwa

3) Anietra Janssen, Le Mars

4) Colleen Henrichs, Osceola

Honorable Mention) Lynn Johnson, West Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Jodi Kraft, Goldfield

Honorable Mention) Bertha Shaw, Thornton

Traditional Pattern

1) Mary Martin, Clive

2) Janeen Pearson, Ankeny

3) Mary Dustin, Albia

Honorable Mention) Michelle and Tim Juhl, Greene

Kit/Block of the Month

1) Tamara Watts-McPhail, Ankeny

2) Marge Pearson, Van Meter

3) Wayne Bradfield, Ottumwa

Wall Quilt, Pieced

1) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

2) Judy Sohn, Prairie City

3) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

4) Pat Hjelmeland, Urbandale

Honorable Mention) Bertha Shaw, Thornton

Honorable Mention) Diane Lehman, Badger

Honorable Mention) Madalyn Evans, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Kay Pickhinke, Early

Wall Quilt, Mixed Technique

1) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

2) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

3) Carol Moellers, Greene

4) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

Honorable Mention) Sharon Meisenheimer, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Janet Strouse, Storm Lake

Wall Quilt, Appliqué

1) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

2) Pat Hjelmeland, Urbandale

3) Mary Martin, Clive

Honorable Mention) Annette Hansen, Norwalk

Wall Quilt, Scrap

1) Bonnabelle Rayner, Lone Tree

2) Lynn Johnson, West Des Moines

3) Jane Dawson, Nevada

COMBINATION

My First Quilt

1) Connie Wulf, Tipton

2) Linda Klostermann, Des Moines

3) Chelsey Cook, Missouri Valley

Honorable Mention) Megan Rodenburg, Ames

T-shirt

1) Karla Tebben, Ames

2) Kim Schoeppner, Ankeny

3) Donna Buseman, Belmond

4) Caitlin Tauke, DeSoto

Honorable Mention) Sandi Smith, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Kay Pickhinke, Early

Honorable Mention) Liz Meimann, Nevada

Memory

1) C. Kay Bergren, Otho

2) Valerie Funk, Osceola

3) Barbara Zelhart, Albia

4) Delores Ranshaw, Chariton

Embroidered by Hand

1) Juanita Reynard, Audubon

2) Rita Moore, Vinton

3) Judith A. Ross, Camanche

Honorable Mention) Doris L. Craig, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Sharon Stark, Ankeny

Honorable Mention) Kay Pickhinke, Early

Embroidered by Machine

1) Patricia Gragg, Albia

2) None Awarded

3) None Awarded

Honorable Mention) Reni Nalevanko, Des Moines

Kit/Block of the Month

1) Wayne Bradfield, Ottumwa

2) Abbie Allen, Grimes

3) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

Holiday Quilt

1) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

2) Mary Martin, Clive

3) Roseanna McConathy, Truro

Found and Finished

1) Peggy Bruns, Nevada

2) Pat Cudworth, Ottumwa

3) Sally Wetherell, Cedar Falls

4) Marge Pearson, Van Meter

ONE PERSON

Art and Innovative Quilt

1) Carol Moellers, Greene

2) Debbie Wordehoff, Cedar Rapids

3) None Awarded

Honorable Mention) Tricia Lenz, Ames

Honorable Mention) Janeen Pearson, Ankeny

Handpieced

1) None Awarded

2) Rena Holmes, Marshalltown

Appliqué

1) Janet Rabe, Ottumwa

2) Lucille Keeling, Cedar Falls

3) None Awarded

Honorable Mention) Sharon Meadowcroft, Mitchellville

Scrap

1) None Awarded

2) Anita Gogerty, Norwalk

3) None Awarded

4) Linsey Heister, Maquoketa

Honorable Mention) Pat Cudworth, Ottumwa

Pieced, Hand Quilted Only

1) Liz Meimann, Nevada

2) Peggy Bruns, Nevada

3) None Awarded

Honorable Mention) Joetta Akers, Ankeny

Honorable Mention) Aileen Taylor, Pella

Pieced, Machine Quilted Only

1) Vicki Swensen, Nevada

2) Linda Schminke, Otley

3) Susan Body, Polk City

4) Reni Nalevanko, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Gail Maddy, Albia

Mixed Technique

1) Kim Schoeppner, Ankeny

2) Deb Jennings, Nevada

3) Liz Meimann, Nevada

4) Reni Nalevanko, Des Moines

Traditional Pattern

1) Sharon Meadowcroft, Mitchellville

2) Anita Gogerty, Norwalk

3) Linda Schminke, Otley

4) Cindy Ohmart, West Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Ana Blickenderfer, Charles City

INDIVIDUAL

Wall Quilt, Appliqué

1) Becky Larson, Huxley

2) Liz Meimann, Nevada

3) Janet Pittman, Wesst Des Moines

Wall Quilt, Pieced (Less than 144")

1) Patricia Gragg, Albia

2) Joetta Akers, Ankeny

3) Teri Dorn, Ames

Wall Quilt, Pieced (144"-300")

1) Bertha Shaw, Thornton

2) Marilyn Isley, Cumming

3) Debbie Wordehoff, Cedar Rapids

4) Martha Henrichs, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Vicki Swensen, Nevada

Honorable Mention) Kelly Van Vliet, Pella

Wall Quilt, Scrap

1) Marilyn Isley, Cumming

2) Madalyn Evans, Des Moines

3) Linda Schminke, Otley

4) Tamara Watts-McPhail, Ankeny

Wall Quilt, mixed technique (less than 144")

1) None Awarded

2) Tauke, DeSoto

3) Colleen R. Anderson, Bondurant

Honorable Mention) Gretta Wilkinson, Johnston

Wall Quilt, Mixed Technique (144"-300")

1) Cynthia Bortell, Winterset

2) Vicki Swensen, Nevada

3) Abbie Allen, Grimes

4) Carolyn Link, Maxwell

Honorable Mention) Peggy Vespestad, Maxwell

Honorable Mention) Leann Baumhover, Storm Lake

Crib Quilt, Appliqué

1) None Awarded

2) None Awarded

3) Janet Strouse, Storm Lake

4) Deb Jennings, Nevada

Crib Quilt, Pieced

1) Becky Larson, Huxley

2) Tauke, DeSoto

3) Nancy Delay, Indianola

Honorable Mention) Deb York, Adel

Honorable Mention) Marcia Wing, Runnells

Individual - Crib Quilt, Mixed Technique

1) Kathy Hoffman, Carroll

2) Marylin Smith, Indianola

3) Beverly Brady, Des Moines

SMALL AND MINIATURE

Small Quilts, Pieced

1) Karen Pavlik, Waukee

2) Linda Schminke, Otley

3) Mary E. Bagatti, Madrid

4) Jane Dawson, Nevada

Small Quilts, Appliqué

1) Carol Moellers, Greene

2) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

3) Mary Martin, Clive

Honorable Mention) Marge Pearson, Van Meter

Honorable Mention) Annette Hansen, Norwalk

Miniature Quilts, Pieced

1) Linda Schminke, Otley

2) Kim Schoeppner, Ankeny

3) Kris Kittrell, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Teri Dorn, Ames

Miniature Quilts, Appliqué

1) Kris Kittrell, Johnston

2) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

3) Sharon Meisenheimer, Johnston

OTHER PIECED

Table Runner, Appliqué

1) Kris Kittrell, Johnston

2) Diana Weirich, Des Moines

3) Bertha Shaw, Thornton

Honorable Mention) Susan Cole, Exline

Table Runner, Pieced

1) Sheryl Phipps, Story City

2) None Awarded

3) None Awarded

Honorable Mention) Patsy Murphy, Knoxville

Table Runner, Mixed Technique

1) None Awarded

2) Bertha Shaw, Thornton

3) Cynthia Comes, Clive

Christmas Item

1) Linda Schminke, Otley

2) Janeen Pearson, Ankeny

3) Connie Boldt, Pella

4) Cynthia Comes, Clive

Honorable Mention) Barbara Mydland, Urbandale

Pillow

1) Cynthia Comes, Clive

2) Veronica Koh Eischeid, Des Moines

3) Laura DeLong, Des Moines

4) Carole Floyd, West Des Moines

Jacket

1) Cynthia Comes, Clive

2) Julie McNair, Conrad

3) None Awarded

Honorable Mention) Jennifer Bernard, Webster City

Bag

1) Patricia Gragg, Albia

2) Jackie Orton, Lorimor

3) Carmen Clark, Des Moines

4) Bridget Lottman, Norwalk

Honorable Mention) Darla Kelley, Adel

Honorable Mention) Caitlin Tauke, DeSoto

Quilt Block

1) Ashley Stout, Brighton

2) Teddi Knowler, Sigourney

3) Karen S. Burrier, Pleasant Hill

4) Cheryl Ashwill, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Marcia Wing, Runnells

Honorable Mention) Leila Gardunia, Huxley

"Nothing Compares" to the 2012 Iowa State Fair, August 9-19. The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University Avenue, just 10 minutes east of downtown Des Moines, and are open 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. each day of the Fair. Exhibit hours may vary. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.

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JC August 15, 2012, 12:54 pm Congratulations Rita Moore and Linda Schminke! Good job!