2011 Golden Quilter Award Winners Announced

Have you heard? Darlene (Sew Cal Gal) hosted the 2011 Golden Quilter Awards and I am excited for the winners ~ they're certainly a talented bunch.

Here is the complete list of winners:

1. Best Designer: Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs


2. Best Teacher/Instructor: Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville


3. Best Author: Eleanor Burns of Quilt In A Day


4. Best Quilt Store (brick and mortar): Mary Lou's in Gastonia, NC


5. Best Quilt Store (online): Fat Quarter Shop


6. Best Long Arm Quilter: Judi Madsen of Green Fairy Quilts


7. Most Innovative Product (physical item): AccuQuilt GO! Fabric Cutter


8. Most Innovative Product (software): Electric Quilt Company's EQ7


9. Most Influential Person in the world of quilting to date (Lifetime Acheivement Award): Eleanor Burns


10. Best Quilt Retreat: Two Wacky Women

Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to Darlene for hosting the awards. I am fortunate in that each of them, minus two, have influenced my quilting in some way...(and the two I have not encountered yet I need to make up for lost time).

~~Lisa