1st  Place  –  Clothing    by  Helen  Wall  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri    

Reversible  Blooms  Jacket            nfs  

The  rounded  outline  of  Simplicity  pattern  #2977  complements  the  graceful  curves  of  the  tulips  and  roses  in  the  challenge  fabric  in  my  jacket  entry.    I  softened  the  brightness  of  the  fabric  by  using  its  gray  scale  sister  to  create  a  reversible  lining.    Brilliant  colored  pieces  of  nine  Hoffman  fabrics  were  appliqued  to  the  sleeves  and  back  and  stand  out  against  the  underlying  gray.    The  appliques  were  delineated  with  blue-­‐purple  iridescent  beading,  giving  the  effect  of  a  stained  glass  window.    The  jacket  was  delicately  outlined  with  gray  glass  beads  and  the  yoke  and  sleeves  were  bordered  with  self-­‐made  piping  for  higher  definition.    The  jacket's  focal  point  is  the  "Blooms"  pattern  sunburst  applique  set  on  the  "Payne's  Gray"  coordinating  fabric.      The  sunburst  was  formed  from  a  fabric  square,  which  was  cut  and  then  spread.    The  yoke  was  couched  with  meandering  red  and  black  rayon  threads  to  contrast  the  sharp  sunburst  edges.    A  single  shaft  of  sunburst  (pieced  together  from  nine  Hoffman  fabrics)  was  appliqued  down  the  back  and  each  sleeve,  decorated  with  iridescent  seed  and  bugle  beads.  The  jacket  is  fully  lined  with  the  gray  scale  sister  fabric  of  "Blooms"  with  a  "Rainbow"  sunburst  inside,  and  outlined  with  over  hand-­‐sewn  600  gray  beads.                                    

2nd  Place  –  Clothing    by  Barbara  A.  Lambrecht  of  Hayden,  Idaho    

Garden  of  Stars                          nfs  

Silently,  one  by  one,  in  the  infinite  meadow  of  Heaven  blossomed  the  lovely  stars,  the  forget-­‐me-­‐nots  of  angels.    Hoffman  challenge  fabric  #P4299  color  562,  P4302  181  Rainbow,  P4301  633  Prism  and  Hoffman  batiks  in  hot  pink  and  black.    

     

             

         

3rd    Place  –  Clothing    by  Marijke  van  Welzen  of  the  Netherlands      

STILL ( teeming with) LIFE                 nfs  Inspired by the Mastery print I chose to depict two giant STILL LIFES. cotton, plastic insects and leaves.

 Hoffman’s  Choice  –  Clothing    by  Frances  Kopp  Krupka  of  

Woodbridge,  Illinois    

Dutch Bouquet  Many of the fabrics pulled for the patchwork, including Hoffman batiks and binding, have been in my stash for up to 20 years and mixed happily with the new. Flowers were cut for bouquets to decorate areas of patchwork for fronts and back and applied liberally with raw edges zigzagged in place. The entire piece was free-motion quilted on my long-arm with a flat metallic thread. The pattern is an original with in-seam pockets. Cotton prints and batiks, fussy-cut designs, original design patchwork, raw edge applique, long-arm machine quilted to flannel with Superior Glitter thread.

         

Honorable  Mention  –  Clothing    by  Eve  Kovacs  of  Woodbridge,  Illinois    

Denim in Bloom               For  Sale  $599.  An opulent denim coat inspired me from designer Alexander McQueen. The coat was shaped with princess seams and has an interesting zipper detail on the front panels. I created my own version by appliqueing selected blooms from the challenge fabric onto a quilted denim surface. Additional texture was given to the flowers by using trapunto techniques. The appliques are finished with machine-embroidered satin stitch. I included the zipper detail to keep the look fashionable and add a bit of edge. Denim, Hoffman challenge fabric, rayon embroidery thread. Techniques include machine quilting and applique, topstitching. Coat is tailored using modern tailoring techniques.