Marathon Quilters Quilt Show
September 16 & 17, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts
98 Hayden Rowe, Hopkinton, MA
And the winners are ...
Marathon Quilt Guild 2023 Quilt Show Awards
Best in Show:
Circles & Stars of Love – Wedding Gift Quilt
by Sherry Chaar, Holliston
Best Longarm Quilting:
Attitude Adjustment Chandelier
by Pat Silvestri, Shrewsbury
Quilted by Lynn Marquedant
Best Machine Quilting:
Blue
by Colleen Manning Barnes, Hopkinton
Quilted by Colleen Manning Barnes
Best Story:
Swimming in the Deep End with No Floaties
by Jean Bertschmann, Hopkinton
Best Title:
That Bilious Green of Which You Are So Fond
Meets Dinos Do Lunch
by Karen Swiech, Ashland
Largest Quilt:
Gettysburg Tribute
by Shelly Dineen Jerrett, Hopkinton
Smallest Quilt:
Small Flower
by Colleen Manning Barnes, Hopkinton
Most Pieces:
My Dear Jane Quilt but it is all Lynn Marquedant’s Doing
by Karen Swiech, Ashland
Fewest Pieces:
Use Your Words – A Bee Attitude
by Nancy Burdick, Hopkinton
Wall Quilts
First Place:
Fractured Sunflower
by Colleen Manning Barnes, Hopkinton
Second Place:
Water Lillies of Color
by Sherry Chaar, Holliston
Third Place:
Snowflake
by Kerry Creswell, Hopkinton
Large Bed Quilts
First Place:
Circles and Stars of Love – Wedding Gift Quilt
by Sherry Chaar, Holliston
Second Place:
Mint Chocolate
by Sue Pelland, Upton
Third Place:
Gettysburg Tribute
by Shelly Dineen Jerrett, Hopkinton
Small Bed Quilts
First Place:
Peak to Peak
by Janice Roberts, Hopkinton
Second Place:
Splish Splash
by Joanne Bertrand, Millbury
Third Place:
Unicorns Unicorns
by Kerry Creswell, Hopkinton
Lap Quilts
First Place:
That Bilious Green of Which You Are So Fond
Meets Dinos Do Lunch
by Karen Swiech, Ashland
Second Place:
Happy 50th Anniversary Mom and Dad
by Joanne Bertrand, Millbury
Third Place:
Fall Leaves
by Sherry Chaar, Holliston
Other Projects
First Place:
Denim Jacket with Triaxial Woven Panel
by Colleen Manning Barnes, Hopkinton
Second Place:
A Countdown to Christmas Advent Calendar
by Nancy Burdick, Hopkinton
Third Place:
Bed Runner Sample
by Michelle Banton, Lunenburg
Quilt Show Challenge
First Place:
Red and White Sew Along
by Angelines Castro, Ashland
Second Place:
What Lies Beneath
by Karen Swiech, Ashland
2023 Quilt Show Challenge – The Kitchen Sink in the
Home of the Brave in The Land of the Free
by Nancy Burdick, Hopkinton
Raffle Quilt - Marathon Quilters
2023 Quilt Show
"Sewing Mends Our Souls"
View 2023 Raffle Baskets & Contributors
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Community Project
Attendees at the 2023 Marathon Quilters quilt show were invited
to sew hearts for the
"I Found a Quilted Heart" campaign. Each heart is an original design envisioned by the
creator. Finished hearts were taken by the makers to be left in locations where
the found hearts can brighten the day of the finder.
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Pandemic Lemonade
Marathon Quilters asked guild members and 2021 quilt show attendees to
write a brief note on white fabric about how they spent their time during Covid quarantine.
The responses were varied and heart-warming.
Some learned new skills, read books, adopted a furry companion, or
baked, Zoomed, or traveled to new places via the internet, and a
number strengthened family bonds, reconnected with old friends or fell in love.
Read the 178 statements here.
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Community Art Quilt
Attendees at the 2018 Marathon Quilters quilt show were invited
to arrange triangles of fabric into a quilt design, and then Marathon Quilters finished the quilt.
This quilt was donated to the Ascentria Care Alliance in Worcester, MA.
The 2023 quilt show was supported in part by a grant from the Hopkinton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Special thanks to Middlesex Savings Bank for being a sponsor of our 2023 quilt show.