Quilters from all over the world were invited to recognize those in the quilting business by nominating them for 12 categories of Golden Quilter Awards, as appropriate. Nominations are now closed! Congratulations to all of the nominees as you are recognized by quilters from around the world, for your contributions to the world of quilting. Thank you!
Sponsors of the
2013 Golden Quilters Awards:
The Fat Quarter Shop, Sew Fun Quilts, Kelly Jackson (I Have A Notion), CT Publishing, Aurifil, Bonnie K. Hunter (Quiltville), Udder Cream , Martingale and Fabrics N Quilts.
Sponsors have generously donated wonderful prizes. And, those that vote are automatically entered to win Quilters Awards Party to celebrate the ultimate 2013 Golden Quilter Award winners prizes (so are PR Angels, nominating committee members, as well as those that come to the Golden Quilter Awards Ceremony, on March lst, will be entered to win prizes in the giveaway party, at the end of this event. For a complete list of prizes, please read the main page for this event which you can find as a tab labeled "Golden Quilter Awards".
Every year, there are some core categories of the Golden Quilter Awards (e.g. Best Teacher, Best Quilt Store, Best Author, Lifetime Achievement Award, etc) and some new categories. This year, there are twelve categories of awards for those in the business.
- Best Quilt Designer
- Best Fabric Designer
- Best Quilt Book Author
- Best Teacher/Instructor
- Best Quilt Store (physical)
- Best Quilt Store (online)
- Most Innovative Product (software)
- Best New Product Introduced in 2012 (physical)
- Best New Product Introduced in 2012 (software)
- Best Quilt Book Published in 2012
- Lifetime Achievement Award
While we do not have a Hall of Fame, all of the winners of previous Golden Quilter Awards are recognized on the main page for this event. This main page, which is labeled "Golden Quilter Awards" will also be updated throughout this event to share current links to appropriate posts. SewCalGal encourage everyone to check this page periodically, to keep current on this event. SewCalGal will also send out email reminders to those that have signed up for optional email updates (sign up on the right hand column).
Everyone is invited to vote. Simply scroll down and look at all of the nominees for each category. Click the star symbol/vote button
, underneath the nominee you wish to vote for. After you've submitted your votes for one or all of the categories, scroll down and use the rafflecopter form to log which categories you voted for, to be get entries to win prizes that will be given out after the Golden Quilter Awards Ceremony.
Best Quilt Designer
Best Fabric Designer
Best Quilt Book Author
Best Teacher/Instructor
Best Quilt Store (physical)
Best Quilt Store (online)
Most Innovative Product (physical)
Most Innovative Product (software)
Best New Product Introduced in 2012 (physical)
Best New Product Introduced in 2012 (software)
Best Quilt Book Published in 2012
Lifetime Achievement Award
Please use this Rafflecopter form to log your votes, to be entered to win prizes for voting.
PR Angels are appreciated for helping to increase awareness that every quilter world-wide is invited to vote for their favorite nominees. Please be sure to read the PR notice on this event, for more info appropriate to PR Angels, as SewCalGal appreciates PR Angels very much!
629 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 629 Newer› Newest»Congratulations to everyone!!!
Way to go Little Quilts!
Some great nominees, but the fact that Bonnie Hunter is nominated in so many categories and seems to have the most votes in every category makes this just like last year and the year before.
Congratulations to all the nominees! I voted! Thanks SewCalGal :)
Wonderful group of nominees and difficult choices in many cases. Congrats to all the nominees and because of this, I have discovered a few new designers and/or quilt shops to check out.
Anna in IL
Everyone listed is already a winner, such fantastic nominees. Thanks for the giveaway.
Congratulations to all the nominees. Good luck to everyone.
Barb@Witsend
Congratulation Everybody!
this was fun, that for a chance to vote for the nominees.
Wow! How hard was that! This is a wonderful slate of teachers, quilters, books, and products. Congrats to all the very deserving nominees. I wish I could have voted for more than one in so many categories.
Lots of my favourites here - hard to choose!
Congrats to all! I voted for my favorites!
Congratulations to all the nominees and best of luck to all.
OH MY it was so hard to choose just one in some of the categories! I can't wait to see the final results!
Great list of nominees. Sure made it tricky is some categories to vote. they are all wonderful
Congratulations to all the nominees. I love so many of them it was very hard to vote for just one.
Thanks for doing this! I now have some new shops, books and tools on my favorites list. :)
Congrats to all the nominees!
Congratulations to all! Wonderful group of nominations.
Congratulations to all the nominees! I've really enjoyed finding some new blogs to read!
Just voted - good luck to all!
Found this site thanks to Marie Bostwick..glad to see Jennifer Chiavarinni nominated. Good luck to all nominees.
Fun to see who and what is in the voting groups!
Congratulations to everyone, they are all inspirational!
Congrates to all those nominated. Good Luck!
It's hard to make a choice on some categories as multiple people/books/stores deserve to win. Good Luck!
Congratulations to all the nominees. It is very well deserved and I certainly appreciate all the effort that goes into their wonderful products, shops and services and to the group of people who organise this event every year - thanks for letting us say thank you in this way.
Good luck to all of you, in the quilting world everyone is a winner.
I voted for the categories I knew. In what order were the nominees listed? Would be nice if they were randomized.
Congrats and good luck to all the nominees!
Thanks for the contest!!!
So hard to choose just one in each category - good luck to all those nominated!
So hard to choose just one per category!
Thank you for the opportunity to vote - congratulations to the nominees.
Well, that was fun. Thanks and good luck.
Awesome to see all these people who have contributed their talents to help make the quilting world what it is today. When my Great-Grandmother Effie made a quilt back in the 1920's she had no idea how quilting would be so popular today & undergone so many changes. Proud to say I am a quilter and passing that on to my niece who I am teaching now. :)
thanks for hosting this
I voted! The Golden Quilter Awards are such a wonderful way to recognize all those who contribute to promoting the needle arts.
Best of luck to those who were nominated!
Smiles,
Kelly
Wow - found out about a few new tools I had not seen, same with a couple books. Interesting list of people to vote for.
Congratulations, SewCalGal, for another wonderful Golden Quilter Awards experience. You have done a fantastic job!
Thank you Sew Cal Gal. Also loved seeing all my favorite quilters. It was a great contest.
Congratulations to all the nominees! What a fantastic bunch of people and products :)
Awesome group of nominees!! Fabulous to see some of the stars of quilting still around when I started 30 years ago. All of them deserve to win!!
This is so neat! Congratulations to all the nominees!
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Congrats to all nominees! It's a great way to see the best of the best in the quilting world :)
so many deserving nominees...do many talented quilters...congratulations to all!!
Decisions decisions! So hard to choose just one in some of these categories.
Congratulations to the nominees and best of luck in the voting!
Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!
Congratulations to all the nominees and thank you for the opportunity to recognize such great work!
Great list of nominees! Good luck to everyone.
Thanks so much for doing this! Difficult to decide in all categories!
Congrats to all nominees!
WOW! GREAT GROUP! CONGRATS TO EACH ONE OF YOU!
msstitcher1948@yahoo.com
It would be great to have more definition or explanation on the awards!
Congratulations and best of luck to all of the nominees. you're all winners!
So many choices...I was torn as I admire many! Good luck and thanks for letting us participate in voting!
Glad I got to vote. Good luck to all the nominees!
There were some that said you could vote more than once but it was not possible (specifically fabric designers). Thanks for the opportunity to vote for our favourites!
Congratulations to all the nominees - you all deserve a special place in the world of quilting!
Congratulations to all the nominations and Good Luck to all!
Thank you SewCalGal from another California gal!! This award program introduced me to many new fascinating designers and books.
Congratulations to ALL the nominees! Some of these categories are really hard to vote for, with so many talented people to choose from.
It was really hard to make some decisions
OH how I wish I could vote for everyone in every category!!! So much incredible talent out there and if it wasn't for all of them sharing these talents with us...not to mentions the vast variety of both physical quilt shops and online quilt shops, that make quilting such a delightful experience. Thank you so very much for hosting this contest and also a big THANK YOU to everyone out there who shares their talents with us. What would quilting be like without you all??? Big Hugs...
I forgot to add Congratulations to everyone nominated and Good Luck to all. More Hugs...
'Gefeliciteerd' as we say in Dutch to all nominees!!!
Congratulations to all nominated!
Congratulations to all of the nominees for a job well done in your respective areas! Thanks for being an inspiration to us quilters!! :)
Great, great list of nominations! Good luck to everyone!!
Congratulations to all of the nominees. It was very hard making my picks.
Congrat ya'll! Good luck!
Great group of nominees! so hard to choose beacuse the quilting world is full of so much talent and enthusiasm. We are so lucky!
I have been influenced by so many people on these lists! What wonderful nominations!
So hard to pick - there are so many good candidates!
Wow! Fantastic lists - congratulations to all of the nominees!!
The list of nominations made me realize how many have influenced my wonderful journey in quilting. Thanks for the opportunity to recognize these wonderful people and products.
Congratulations Nominees! As a new quilter I appreciate the talent and hard work associated with this craft.
So many excellent choices!
So many wonderful choices, hard to miss!
What a great array of nominees ~ here's to seeing who won ~ congratulations to all nominated!
You always do such a great job! Thank you!!!!
I love that there are thumb sized photos - makes it easier to identify a face rather than a name!!! Thanks for putting this together and good luck to everyone who was nominated!
Voting is good fun - and now I have to check up on all the nominated shops and read the books and visit the blogs and look at the designs etc.... even more fun!
Thank you for the chance to thank those who do so much to help us with our quilting and to have an opportunity to see others' favorites so we can expand our world.
Congrats to all!! Now I'm going to check out some of these book, products and shops that I was unfamiliar with.
Wow there were some hard choices! We sure have a ton of talent in the Quilting World!
I want to congratulate to everyone for their nomination for their specific award.
Congratulations to everyone who made it on the lists. It was really tough to choose just one.
Love this yearly voting affair - thanks for hosting. And wow, so much talent in this industry. Good luck to all!
Congrats
Shawn
Congratulations to the nominees!
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! The quilting community is made up of so many talented and wonderful people. Can't wait to see who the winners are!
Great idea - thanks for coming up with it.
So many terrific nominees in certain categories it was hard to choose, congratulations to all! Loved the links to check out some nominees I wasn't as familiar with, thanks!
Congrats to all the nominees! You make the it so much better to quilt!
Thanks for hosting these awards - it's a wonderful reminder of how broad the quilting field has become.
What an amazing group of nominees. They are all winners in my book!
What an interesting list of people and products. Good luck to all the nominees and its lovely to see hard work recognised.
Congratulations to all the nominees!! You've all done great in our wonderful field of quilting!
Congratulations to all the nominees! What a fabulous list! So hard to choose... so many favorites.
Congratulations to all the nominees!
Wow! So difficult to vote as there are so many great nominees! Thanks for hosting this again, SewCalGal, and best of luck to all nominees :)
Wow so many talented peoples!
It must be a great deal of work to compile this list. Congratulations to all who were nominated. It is a great achievement for all who have been nominated!
Congrats everyone! This was a hard decision to choose one one in each category. So much talent out there.
Really pleased I stumbled across this, as a few of the nominees have been a real inspiration to me in my first year of quilting. Good luck to everyone.
That was fun. I enjoyed seeing familiar names among the nominees. I also saw others that I didn't know and will now have to investigate! Thanks for all the chances to win.
Best of luck to all the nominees--especially the ones I voted for!
Congratulations to all the nominees!
What a great group of contestants!
In almost all the categories, I had more than one favorite, but I did the tough job of choosing one! :):) Because they all provide us with so much, they're ALL worthy. Thanks for the fun!
Congrats to all! Good luck!
A very impressive list - good luck!
Everyone nominated is a winner.
Everyone nominated is a winner.
Wow, so many great people and products to chose from, Congratulations to you all!
there are great people up for awards! congrats to all!
Congratulations to those nominated! I see many of my favorites, so in a couple categories it was hard to choose!
Best wishes to all!
Congratulations to all! So hard to choose just one!
Thanks for giving us all the chance to share our opinions/votes-- can't wait to see who wins!
K
Congratulations on everyone who was nominated. It is truly an honor to cast a vote for fabulous teachers, authors, inventors, and shop owners who work with their passion.
Congrats to all, they are all winners...
Congratulations to all of the nominees and to the winners - wait, you are all winners!!!
A really great group of nominees! Thanks for the chance to win.
Congrats to all of the nominees......you do us all a wonderful thing by using your talents to give us such a reward. THANKS
Right on nominations. Good luck to all!
Worthy choices........tough to choose! Best of luck.
Thank-you so much for this. It was so great to see my favorite designer listed and I also see that there are some new products out there that I need to check out.
Congratulations to all the nominees. This is a great group!
Congratulations to the Nominees! You all inspire the quilt world. Keep the inspiration coming!
Thank you,
Leane
This is such an exciting time to be in the quilting industry with so much talent and creativity. Good luck to all -- you all deserve the recognition.
Love these awards! Congrats to all the nominees!
Congrats to all of the nominees! You have enriched all of our lives!
The nominations are all great, hard to pick just one. Nancy P.
What a great way to show our appreciation for all the hard work that goes into this passion of quilting!
Very hard to choose one. So many talented people. I'm so happy to be part of the creative quilting world with everyone!
Congrats to all the nominees! Thanks for all you do to teach, inspire, and provide the resources to keep us stitching!
Everyone was a winner. Thanks for all your hard work to put this together.
So much talent!
I love watching the score boards as the votes add up... congratulations to all the nominees...
Congratulations to all
What fun...! Congrats to all and to the amazing group who pulled this contest together. Check back on the winners!
Congratulations to all the nominees! You should all be very proud of your accpmplishments and I thank you for all you have done and continue to do for the world of quiltiing! You make it fun, exciting and (usually) easy.
Voting was fun!!
-debby
crowefan0517@yahoo.com
Wow, what a wonderful list, congratulations to all of you for everything you have given to sewing.
THAT WAS GREAT FUN!
THAT WAS GREAT FUN!
Congratulations to all of the nominees, they are all winners in my eyes.
Thanks to all for your hard work through out the past year. In my book you ALL are winners..
Congratulations!!!!!!!
Good luck to all
Congratulations to each of the nominees and THANK YOU for all of your support and inspiration!
Great way to recognize the large and diverse quilting community! Congrats to all the nominees.
The only category I didn't vote on was for the physical shops. I've never been to any of them, so I figured it would be smarter to just leave that to those that have actually been in the stores! Great categories, and too many deserving people!!
Congrats all! Great job and keep inspiring!
What fun! I feel like I have a say and can vote for My favorites.
Congratulations to all the nominees! Everyone deserves to win as they are all excellent in what they bring to the quilting world! Thank you to all of you!
Well SewCalGal, you've done it again....thanks for the wonderful contest! Everyone's really a winner.....
Congratulations ALL candidates! Best to everyone... You are all winners!
Great group of contestants!
What a great group of contenders - we are all winners from your efforts!
Only one person can be at the top, but they are all winners, and so are we, to be part of this fabulous quilting community.
Congratulations to all the nominees!
Congratulations to all. So much talent & inspiration in one place.
This was so much fun! Thanks for doing it! And now I'm going to go check on some of those authors and quilt shops! :o)
It was really hard to chose. There are so many great nominees they all deserve to win. Good luck and you are all winners. :-)
Many congratulations to everyone - such great acheivements!
It is amazing to reflect back on all the innovations and creativity of the past year! Congratulations to all who were nominated!!!
Congratulations to the nominees!
congrats to all the nominees and thanks for the inspiration you give us!
love this... gonna check out some of the new tools now.
lots of great choices! Made for some hard decisions.
I voted, but it sure was hard to pick just one person/item for each category! All the nominees are wonderful!
Sandy A
Everyone who is nominated must be pleased as punch - you should be. Wish you all could be winners.
as usual there are many great choices here :) Good Work!!
Great group of nominees! Looking forward to seeing the results!
In some categories, voting was really difficult. I would like to see previous winners not be eligible to be nominated again in the category they won in previous years. Just a suggestion, I know how much work it is to put this together.
An impressive list! All are winners. Congrats to all!
Gloria
I only voted in 2 categories to be fair...not enough knowledge to vote in others....I love Kaffe and code him for lifetime ach. And I learned everything I know about quilting from Leah Day. She teaches on a regular machine, not a long arm, which is great fro regular folks like me, she has real issues and real solutions that we can all do and her videos are plain and simple and easy to follow.
Congrats to all the nominees! It was really tough to choose on some of the categories.
Can't wait to see who all wins!!
Congratulation to all the nominees you are all deserving. Best of luck.
Thanks for allowing quilters all over the world to vote.
Congratulations and good luck to all of the nominees!
What a brilliant opportunity to be able to vote for the people who bring me such pleasure. I could have voted for all of them and all the wonderful goodies we are able to buy nowadays, unlike when I started way way back. Good luck to everyone, shame there has to only be one winner. You are ALL winners in my view. and all the gizmos and gadgets. Brilliant. Thank you.
Goodluck to all those nominated :)
SUPER CONGRATS to ALL the nominees!!!! GOOD LUCK everyone!!! Tough competition!!
What a wonderful bunch of nominations! It was hard to choose, but so much fun! Thanks!
Congratulations to all!! It tough to choose only one since I have more than one favourites especially for the Best fabric and quilt designer category...Anyway wish everyone good luck!!
Congratulations to all the nominees! It was a real toss up in some of the categories. You are all winners in my book!
Voted for my favorites in the categories I knew what I was talking about =D
Best of luck everyone!
How fun! Thanks for letting us vote!
Some tough choices in many categories!
Congrats to all nominees and winners! Thanks to all of you for what you do for all of us, your fans and followers!
Enjoyed voting and made note of some shops and items to follow up on! Thanks!
What a fabulous group of designers, authors, products, etc. There were several in each category that I thought were worthy of winning. Congratulations to all!
Thanks for the contest. Love your blog!
Loved doing this well done all concerned!
I'm newish to quilting and aren't familiar with all the names, books, and products but I voted for the ones I know and love and I'm enjoying checking out the ones I'm not familiar with.
I have some reading and shopping to do now!
good luck to all
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