Des Moines Woman Takes Top Quilting honors at Iowa State Fair

DES MOINES, IA (08/14/2015)(readMedia)-- Mary V. Shotwell of Des Moines swept away the competition in the Quilting division of the Fabric and Threads contest judged prior to the start of the 2015 Iowa State Fair. Shotwell won Best of Show honors and Sweepstakes award for her Quilts.

Additional results below:

Team or Group - Applique (300+)

1) Leigh Lussie, Windsor Heights

2) Mary Martin, Clive

3) Jeri Pieper, Dexter

4) Judie Herzog, Fairfield

Honorable Mention) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

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

1) Colleen Henrichs, Osceola

2) Ellen Kelly Smith, Des Moines

3) Wayne Bradfield, Ottumwa

4) Margaret Karr, Knoxville

Honorable Mention) Katheryn Russi, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Judie Herzog, Fairfield

Honorable Mention) Lin VandeBerg, Runnells

Honorable Mention) Dorlene Carr, Pleasantville

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

1) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

2) Wayne Bradfield, Ottumwa

3) Sheryl DeMouth, Johnston

4) Mary Martin, Clive

Honorable Mention) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

Honorable Mention) Colleen Henrichs, Osceola

Honorable Mention) Betty Ann Buss, Mason City

Honorable Mention) Judie Herzog, Fairfield

Honorable Mention) Mary Smith, Ellston

Honorable Mention) Cindy Kaufman, Fort Dodge

Honorable Mention) Diane Lehman, Badger

Honorable Mention) LaVonne Mitchell, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Kathie Anderson, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) LaDonna Osborn, Boone

Team or Group - Mixed Technique (300+)

1) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

2) Joan Kerns, Edgewood

3) Brenda Morgan, Indianola

Honorable Mention) John Houck, Eldon

Team or Group - Hand Applique (<300)

1) Mary Martin, Clive

2) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

3) Marilyn Wellman, Keosauqua

4) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Karen Steggerda, Urbandale

Honorable Mention) Erin Zehm, Ames

Team or Group - Machine Appliqué (<300)

3) Christy Drake, Clive

Honorable Mention) Diana Weirich, Des Moines

Team or Group - Pieced (<300)

1) Colleen Henrichs, Osceola

2) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

3) Sheri Hughes, Searsboro

4) Debra A. Kimball, Clive

Honorable Mention) Carol South, Cumberland

Honorable Mention) Jan Walter, West Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Sheryl DeMouth, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Debbie Frizzell, Ames

Honorable Mention) Sheryl Phipps, Story City

Honorable Mention) Sharon Meisenheimer, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Nancy DeLay, Indianola

Honorable Mention) Janeen Pearson, Altoona

Honorable Mention) Wayne Bradfield, Ottumwa

Honorable Mention) Colleen R. Anderson, Bondurant

Honorable Mention) Margaret Beal, Adel

Honorable Mention) Marge Pearson, Van Meter

Honorable Mention) Judy Sohn, Prairie City

Team or Group - Mixed Technique (<300)

1) Renee McPhee, Grimes

2) Mary Martin, Clive

3) Erin Zehm, Ames

4) Judy Diapico, Altoona

Honorable Mention) Sue McMain, Altoona

Honorable Mention) Cynthia Bortell, Winterset

Honorable Mention) Pat Hjelmeland, Urbandale

Combination - Memory Quilt

1) Kim Sawatzky, Albia

2) Mary Martin, Clive

3) Kristie Mattson, Marion

Honorable Mention) Mina Leah (Mike) Wigg, Ankeny

Honorable Mention) Christy Drake, Clive

Honorable Mention) Karen Spencer, Pella

Combination - Embroidered by Hand

1) Renee McPhee, Grimes

3) Vera Argo, Oskaloosa

4) Sharon Meadowcroft, Mitchellville

Combination - Embroidered by Machine

1) Abbie Allen, Grimes

2) Diane Lehman, Badger

3) Kim Sawatzky, Albia

Combination - Whole Cloth

1) Gail Maddy, Albia

2) Kelli Wolfe, Mount Vernon

3) Dollie Bothwell, Moorhead

Combination - Found & Finished

1) Chris Miller, Johnston

2) Dorlene Carr, Pleasantville

3) Jane Bazyn, Victor

4) Linda Anderson, Urbandale

Honorable Mention) Carol Lundberg, Pleasant Hill

Honorable Mention) Eleanor Verwers, Altoona

Honorable Mention) Barb Lyman-Kluck, Cedar Falls

Combination - T-shirt

1) Annette Miller, Ames

2) Barb Wirth, Ames

3) Marcia Wing, Runnells

4) Marge Pearson, Van Meter

Honorable Mention) Karla Pickhinke, Storm Lake

Honorable Mention) Holly Riemenschneider, Webster City

Combination - Art/Innovative

1) Carol Moellers, Greene

2) Delores Dorland, Missouri Valley

3) Karen Spencer, Pella

4) Katheryn Russi, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Bonnabelle Rayner, Lone Tree

Combination - Modern

1) Jill Fisher, Iowa City

2) Colleen Henrichs, Osceola

3) Karen Pavlik, Waukee

4) Janeen Pearson, Altoona

Honorable Mention) Janet Rabe, Ottumwa

Honorable Mention) Martha Henrichs, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Riane Menardi, Windsor Heights

Combination - Appliqué Crib Quilt

2) Nancy Corbin, Nevada

Combination - Pieced Crib Quilt

1) Karen S. Burrier, Pleasant Hill

2) Debbie Frizzell, Ames

3) Mary Martin, Clive

4) Karen Spencer, Pella

Combination - Mixed Technique Crib Quilt

1) Renee McPhee, Grimes

2) Teri Dorn, Ames

3) Erin Zehm, Ames

4) Christy Drake, Clive

Combination - Appliqué Small Quilt

1) Sharon Meisenheimer, Johnston

2) Ink Happens, Eldon

3) Mary Martin, Clive

Combination - Pieced Small Quilt

1) Debbie Wordehoff, Cedar Rapids

2) Diane Lehman, Badger

3) Reni Nalevanko, Des Moines

4) Sue McMain, Altoona

Honorable Mention) Renee McPhee, Grimes

Combination - Appliqué Miniature Quilt

1) Sherrie Davis, Pleasant Hill

2) Judy Proksa, Pleasant Hill

3) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

4) Dollie Bothwell, Moorhead

Honorable Mention) Sharon Meisenheimer, Johnston

Honorable Mention) Karen Pavlik, Waukee

Combination - Pieced Miniature Quilt

1) Renee McPhee, Grimes

2) Jill Fisher, Iowa City

3) Linda McGhee, Mitchellville

4) Carole Livingston, Fairfax

Honorable Mention) Jane Hummel, Pleasant Hill

Individual - Hand or Machine Appliqué (300+)

1) Janet Rabe, Ottumwa

2) Kathy Safris, Urbandale

3) Jean Mathias, Ottumwa

4) Lucille Keeling, Cedar Falls

Honorable Mention) Jean Taft, Des Moines

Individual - Pieced from a Traditional Pattern (300+)

1) Carole Livingston, Fairfax

2) Linda Schminke, Otley

3) Debbie Wordehoff, Cedar Rapids

4) Jane Bazyn, Victor

Honorable Mention) Debra Mundell, Kirkville

Individual - Pieced (300+)

1) Linda Montet, West Des Moines

2) Colleen R. Anderson, Bondurant

3) Mary E. Bagatti, Madrid

4) Leona Arkema, Cedar Rapids

Honorable Mention) Mary Donahue, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Debra Mundell, Kirkville

Honorable Mention) Debbie Wordehoff, Cedar Rapids

Individual - Mixed Technique (300+)

1) Anita Gogerty, Norwalk

2) Sharon Meadowcroft, Mitchellville

3) Reni Nalevanko, Des Moines

4) Kelli Wolfe, Mount Vernon

Honorable Mention) Linda Turvey, Granger

Individual - Hand or Machine Appliqué (<300)

1) Susan Body, Polk City

2) Katheryn Russi, Johnston

3) Colleen R. Anderson, Bondurant

4) Judie Herzog, Fairfield

Individual - Pieced (144-300 inches)

1) Linda McGhee, Mitchellville

2) Peggy Bruns, Nevada

3) Nancy Kiley, Perry

4) Carole Livingston, Fairfax

4) Mary E. Bagatti, Madrid

Honorable Mention) Ellen Kelly Smith, Des Moines

Individual - Pieced (less than 144 inches)

1) Katheryn Russi, Johnston

2) Peggy Bruns, Nevada

3) Carolyn Link, Maxwell

4) Judy Diapico, Altoona

Individual - Mixed Technique (144-300 inches)

1) Betty Whitson, Ottumwa

2) Eva Marie Evans, Clive

3) Carol Moellers, Greene

4) Karen Spencer, Pella

Honorable Mention) Judie Herzog, Fairfield

Honorable Mention) Marybeth Pusillo, Marshalltown

Individual - Mixed Technique (less than 144 inches)

1) Debbie Frizzell, Ames

2) Joan Kerns, Edgewood

3) Gretta Wilkinson, Johnston

4) Susan Body, Polk City

Honorable Mention) Beverly Williams, Waukee

Other - Home Accessories, Pieced

1) Karen Spencer, Pella

2) Diane Lehman, Badger

3) Eva Marie Evans, Clive

4) Susan Body, Polk City

Honorable Mention) Mary E. Bagatti, Madrid

Honorable Mention) Nancy Kiley, Perry

Honorable Mention) Julie McNair, Conrad

Other - Home Accessories, Applique

1) Jennifer Bernard, Webster City

2) Cynthia Bortell, Winterset

3) Reni Nalevanko, Des Moines

Other - Pillow

1) Erin Zehm, Ames

2) Karen Spencer, Pella

3) Sheryl DeMouth, Johnston

4) Jill Reber, Granger

Honorable Mention) Miriam Armintrout, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Veronica Koh Eischeid, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Debbie Frizzell, Ames

Other - Bag / Tote

1) Catherine Russell, Underwood

2) Beverly Williams, Waukee

3) Carmen Clark, Des Moines

Bag / Tote, class 2

1) Donna Hunter, Chariton

2) Diane Kurtz, Clarinda

Quilt Block

1) Linda Schminke, Otley

2) Aleta Gustavson, Pella

3) Leila Gardunia, Huxley

4) Joanne Warnock, Perry

Honorable Mention) Cindy Sanger, Polk City

Honorable Mention) Sue McMain, Altoona

Honorable Mention) Joan Kerns, Edgewood

Honorable Mention) Martha Henrichs, Des Moines

Honorable Mention) Kelley Huston, Dallas Center

Honorable Mention) Jennifer Bernard, Webster City

Sweepstakes

1) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

Best of Show

1) Mary V. Shotwell, Des Moines

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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 the 2015 Iowa State Fair, August 13-23, 2015. For more information, visit www.iowastatefair.org.