Des Moines Woman Takes Top Quilting Honors at Iowa State Fair

DES MOINES, IA (08/10/2018) (readMedia)-- Leigh Lussie of Windsor Heights received Best of Show honors in the Quilting division of the Fabric and Threads contest judged prior to the start of the 2018 Iowa State Fair.

Deb Kimball of Clive the Sweepstakes award.

Additional results below:

Team or Group - Applique (300+)

1) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

3) Marsha (Marty) Freed, West Des Moines

Team or Group - Pieced from a Traditional Pattern (300+)

1) Connie Hansen, Audubon

2) Diane Crawford, Clive

3) Mary Ann Grife, Montezuma

4) Millie Kehrli, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Margaret Karr, Knoxville

Team or Group - Pieced, Any Other Pattern (300+)

1) Diane Lehman, Badger

2) Judie Herzog, Fairfield

3) Joan Kerns, Edgewood

4) Deb Umland, Audubon

Team or Group - Mixed Technique (300+)

1) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

2) Deb Kimball, Clive

3) Kathy Safris, Urbandale

4) Des Moines Area Quilters Guild, West Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Patricia Morrison, Waterloo

Team or Group - Scrap Quilt (300+)

3) Joan Kerns, Edgewood

4) Carol Kirkbride, Ankeny

Team or Group - Hand Applique (<300)

1) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

3) Sharon Meisenheimer, Johnston

4) Tamara Watts-McPhail, Ankeny

Honorable Mention) Karen Steggerda, Urbandale

Honorable Mention) Ellen Kelly Smith, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Megan Rodenburg, Ames

Team or Group - Machince Embroidery Applique

4) Mary Dustin, Albia

Team or Group - Machine Appliqué (<300)

Honorable Mention) Jennifer Bernard, Webster City

Team or Group - Pieced (144-300)

1) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

2) Cynthia Bortell, Winterset

3) Sandi Dohse, Ankeny

4) Sharon Turner, Milo

Honorable Mention) Cheryl Peck, Cedar Falls

Team or Group - Pieced (<144)

2) Patricia Gragg, Moravia

3) Karla Pickhinke, Storm Lake

Team or Group - Scrap Quilt

1) Roseanna Frisch, Ankeny

2) Deb Kimball, Clive

4) Greenlief Acres, Colfax

Honorable Mention) Sharon Turner, Milo

Honorable Mention) Deb Umland, Audubon

Honorable Mention) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Joyce Lien, Ames

Team or Group - Mixed Technique (<300)

1) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

2) Cynthia Bortell, Winterset

3) Sharon Turner, Milo

4) Mary Martin, Pleasant Hill

Honorable Mention) Sharon Meisenheimer, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Deb Kimball, Clive

Honorable Mention) Marcia Handsaker, Nevada

Combination - Memory Quilt

1) Greta Wilkenson, Johnston

2) Mary Dustin, Albia

3) Millie Kehrli, Johnston

4) Shirley Blair, Ankeny

Honorable Mention) Rosemary Daining, Pella

Combination - Embroidered by Hand

1) Sheryl Harvey, Van Meter

2) Sherry Kubalsky, Ankeny

Combination - Embroidered by Machine

1) Mary Dustin, Albia

2) Abbie Allen, Grimes

3) Marybeth Pusillo, Marshalltown

Combination - Whole Cloth (200+)

1) Betty Hultman, Missouri Valley

2) Eva Marie Evans, Clive

3) Gail Maddy, Albia

Combination - Whole Cloth (<200)

1) Janet Rabe, Ottumwa

2) Martha Henrichs, Des Moines

3) Jennifer Bernard, Webster City

4) Karen Spencer, Pella

Honorable Mention) Gail Maddy, Albia

Combination - Found & Finished

1) Theresa McFarling, West Des Moines

2) Judy Sohn, Prairie City

3) Karen S. Burrier, Pleasant Hill

4) Margaret Karr, Knoxville

4) Peggy Bruns, Nevada

Honorable Mention) Rod Freeman, Colfax

Honorable Mention) Jackie Orton, Lorimor

Combination - T-shirt

1) Mary Bagatti, Madrid

2) Barb Carlson, Story City

3) Brenda Gill, Altoona

4) Judie Herzog, Fairfield

Honorable Mention) Annette Miller, Ames

Combination - Art/Innovative

1) Rosemary Daining, Pella

2) Mary V Cecil, West Des Moines

3) Martha Henrichs, Des Moines

4) Janet Rabe, Ottumwa

Honorable Mention) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Eva Marie Evans, Clive

Combination - Modern

1) Deb Kimball, Clive

2) Melissa Radtke, Dubuque

3) Julie Miller, Indianola

4) Stephanie Houlson, Des Moines

4) Sharon Turner, Milo

Honorable Mention) Martha Klatt, Adel

Honorable Mention) Karen S. Burrier, Pleasant Hill

Honorable Mention) Betty Whitson, Ottumwa

Honorable Mention) Eva Marie Evans, Clive

Combination - Appliqué Crib Quilt

1) Cheryl Peck, Cedar Falls

2) Theresa McFarling, West Des Moines

Combination - Pieced Crib Quilt

1) Jackie Orton, Lorimor

2) Barb Orr, Brooklyn

3) Laura Stephens, Marshalltown

4) Tamara Watts-McPhail, Ankeny

Honorable Mention) Greta Wilkenson, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Ana Blickenderfer, Charles City

Combination - Mixed Technique Crib Quilt

1) Theresa McFarling, West Des Moines

2) Colleen R. Anderson, Bondurant

3) Christine Hobbs, Story City

4) Jill Fisher, Iowa City

Combination - Appliqué Small Quilt

1) Martha Klatt, Adel

2) Patty Barrett, Clive

3) Betty Whitson, Ottumwa

4) Linda Montet, Grimes

Honorable Mention) Margaret Karr, Knoxville

Combination - Pieced Small Quilt

1) Peggy Bruns, Nevada

2) Jill Fisher, Iowa City

3) Betty Hultman, Missouri Valley

4) Deb Kimball, Clive

Combination - Appliqué Miniature Quilt

1) Linda Montet, Grimes

2) Colleen R. Anderson, Bondurant

3) Patty Barrett, Clive

4) Margaret Karr, Knoxville

Honorable Mention) Sheryl Phipps, Story City

Combination - Pieced Miniature Quilt

1) Teri Dorn, Ames

2) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

3) Mary Lynn Siefken, Nevada

4) Laurie Tufford, Nevada

Honorable Mention) Janet Rabe, Ottumwa

Honorable Mention) Linda Northwick, Ankeny

Individual - Hand or Machine Appliqué (300+)

1) Lucille Keeling, Cedar Falls

2) Phyllis Schrag, Ames

Individual - Machine Embroidery Applique (300+)

1) Theresa Welch, Bedford

Individual - Pieced from a Traditional Pattern (300+)

1) Theresa McFarling, West Des Moines

2) Evelyn Beyer, Otley

3) Kylie Holubar, Solon

4) Linda Schminke, Otley

Individual - Pieced (300+)

1) Ana Blickenderfer, Charles City

2) Martha Klatt, Adel

3) Linda Schminke, Otley

4) Gloria DeBower, Marshalltown

Honorable Mention) Debra Mundell, Kirkville

Individual - Scrap Quilt (300+)

1) Anna Pilcher, Norwalk

2) Peggy Vespestad, Maxwell

3) Peggy Bruns, Nevada

4) Jan Jome, Ogden

Individual - Mixed Technique (300+)

1) Peggy Bruns, Nevada

2) Mary Lynn Siefken, Nevada

3) Betty Whitson, Ottumwa

4) Linda Schminke, Otley

Individual - Hand or Machine Appliqué (<300)

1) Joan Kerns, Edgewood

2) Sherri Street, Runnells

3) Danyell Klein, Ankeny

4) Kathy Safris, Urbandale

Honorable Mention) Kathy Stevens, Granger

Individual - Pieced (144-300)

1) Stacy Harding, Swan

2) Jill Fisher, Iowa City

3) Deb Umland, Audubon

4) Julie Miller, Indianola

Honorable Mention) Judy Zmolek, Dubuque

Individual - Pieced (<144)

1) Eva Marie Evans, Clive

2) Jill Fisher, Iowa City

3) Linda Schminke, Otley

Individual - Scrap Quilt (<300)

1) Debora Simpson, Norwalk

2) Betty Hultman, Missouri Valley

3) Millie Kehrli, Johnston

4) Jill Fisher, Iowa City

Individual - Mixed Technique (>144)

1) Linda Montet, Grimes

2) Carolyn Link, Maxwell

3) Betty Whitson, Ottumwa

4) Kathie Anderson, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Janet Rabe, Ottumwa

Honorable Mention) Brenda Shine, Conrad

Individual - Mixed Technique (<144)

1) Patty Barrett, Clive

2) Cheryl Peck, Cedar Falls

3) Deb Kimball, Clive

4) Carolyn Link, Maxwell

Honorable Mention) Mary Martin, Pleasant Hill

Honorable Mention) Brenda Shine, Conrad

Other - Home Accessories, Pieced

1) Jill Reber, Granger

2) Beards And Bobbins, Waukee

3) Joan Kerns, Edgewood

4) Diane Lehman, Badger

Other - Home Accessories, Applique

1) Karen Thompson, Pleasantville

2) Colleen R. Anderson, Bondurant

3) Patty Barrett, Clive

4) Patricia Gragg, Moravia

Other - Pillow

1) Ana Blickenderfer, Charles City

2) Jill Fisher, Iowa City

3) Mary Jane Sprague, Guthrie Center

4) Karla Pickhinke, Storm Lake

Other - Bag / Tote

1) Abbie Allen, Grimes

2) Jennifer Bernard, Webster City

3) Judy Perkins, Exline

4) Joyce Spurgeon, Drakesville

Other - Table Topper

1) Sheryl Phipps, Story City

2) Deb Kimball, Clive

3) Mary Dreeszen, Cushing

4) Mary Pepper, Ames

Quilt Block

1) Cheryl Peck, Cedar Falls

2) Lynn Koester, Ankeny

3) Jackie Orton, Lorimor

4) Mary Pepper, Ames

Honorable Mention) Ottumwa Quilters Guild, Ottumwa

Honorable Mention) Karen S. Burrier, Pleasant Hill

Honorable Mention) Nancy DeLay, Indianola

Honorable Mention) Mary Bagatti, Madrid

Honorable Mention) Linda Schlenker, Bbondurant

Honorable Mention) Josiah Green, Indianola

Quilt of Valor

1) Julie McNair, Conrad

2) Patricia Strait, Preston

3) Marilyn Samson, Prairie City

Honorable Mention) Dawn Tallman, Marshalltown

Sweepstakes

1) Deb Kimball, Clive

Best of Show

1) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

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Frequently ranked as one of the top events in the country, the Iowa State Fair is the single largest event in the state of Iowa and one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country. Annually attracting more than a million people from all over the world, the Iowa State Fair located at East 30th and East University, just 10 minutes from downtown Des Moines is Iowa's greatest celebration with a salute to the best in agriculture, industry, entertainment and achievement. "Nothing Compares" to State Fair Moments, August 9-19, 2018. For more information, visit www.iowastatefair.org.