May 21, 2010

2010 CQI Purse Contest Results

IT'S OFFICIAL!

The results of the 2010 Annual Crazy Quilting International Purse Contest are in!  This year's winners (of cash prizes in undisclosed amounts) are as follows:

First Place - "The Queen's Garden" by Kathy Shaw
Second Place - "I Love Paris" by Cathy Kizerian
Third Place - "Mermaid Purse" by Nicki Lee Seavey

Congratulations!  What a fun contest year this was, with lots of stunning eye candy.  Here they are, for your viewing pleasure ...

FIRST PLACE - KATHY SHAW
"THE QUEEN'S GARDEN"









SECOND PLACE - CATHY KIZERIAN
"I LOVE PARIS"









THIRD PLACE - NICKI LEE SEAVEY
"MERMAID PURSE"














OTHER LOVELY PURSES


Marya Blackwell's Purse


Juli Levine's Purse


Kathi Everett's Purse


Colleen Anderson's Purse


Debbie Quirion's Purse




Carolyn Phillips' Purse

Spiders II Round Robin, 2009

The first Spiders Round Robin was so popular, that more stitchers wanted to do it.  So a Spiders II RR was formed.  And their work was just as lovely!

ANN'S BLOCK

Ann's Naked Block

Cobi's vine added.  She hid a hole that Ann's iron made!

Block after Cobi

Simona's Work

Pansies made by Kerry

Dragonfly by Kerry

Kerry's Aloe

Ann's Block complete



COBI'S BLOCK

Cobi's Naked Block

Work by Simona

Debbie's Additions

Kerry's Flowers

More work by Kerry

Cobi's block after Kerry

Janet's Work

Cobi's block after Janet

Work by Ann

Ann's Tree

Cobi's completed block


DEBBIE'S BLOCK

Debbie's Naked Block

Kerry's work for Debbie

Block after Kerry

Janet's work for Debbie


Ann's bugs & spiders for Debbie

More of Ann's lovely work

Kerry did some "Angel" work on this block for another stitcher. 
Here is her butterfly.

More Angel work by Kerry

And even more work by Kerry!


Debbie's completed block after work by Kerry, Janet, Ann


JANET'S BLOCK

Janet's Naked Block

Flowers by Ann

Hollyhock by Cobi


Honeysuckle by Cobi

Janet's block after Cobi

Simona's work

Work by Debbie

Work by Kerry

Janet's finished Block
 


KERRY'S BLOCK

Kerry's Naked Block


Janet's work

Ann's work

Seamwork by Ann

Kerry's block after Janet & Ann

Cobi's work

Debbie's work

Kerry's Completed Block


SIMONA'S BLOCK

Simona's Naked Block

Rose by Debbie

More work by Debbie

Kerry's motif

More work by Kerry

Block after Debbie and Kerry

Janet's work

Ann's work

Block after Ann

Kerry again did some Angel work in this RR

More of Kerry's Angel work

Kerry's butterfly

Still more of Kerry's work

Simona's block completed