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Monday, February 11, 2013

2013 Golden Quilter Awards - Voting

Golden Quilter Awards 2013


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 ShopSew 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.


  1. Best Quilt Designer
  2. Best Fabric Designer
  3. Best Quilt Book Author
  4. Best Teacher/Instructor
  5. Best Quilt Store (physical)
  6. Best Quilt Store (online)
  7. Most Innovative Product (software)
  8. Best New Product Introduced in 2012 (physical)
  9. Best New Product Introduced in 2012 (software)
  10. Best Quilt Book Published in 2012
  11. 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 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





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Best Fabric Designer


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Best Quilt Book Author


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Best Teacher/Instructor


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Best Quilt Store (physical)


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Best Quilt Store (online)


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Most Innovative Product (physical)


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Most Innovative Product (software)


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Best New Product Introduced in 2012 (physical)


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Vote for your favorite nominee by clicking on the star under the nominees' name.





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Best Quilt Book Published in 2012



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Lifetime Achievement Award



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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!


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Karen Sikes said... 1

Congratulations to everyone!!!

Jenny said... 2

Way to go Little Quilts!

charlotte said... 3

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.

Scrapatches said... 4

Congratulations to all the nominees! I voted! Thanks SewCalGal :)

3 kats and a kwiltr said... 5

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

Diana said... 6

Everyone listed is already a winner, such fantastic nominees. Thanks for the giveaway.

Barb and Sharon said... 7

Congratulations to all the nominees. Good luck to everyone.
Barb@Witsend

Unknown said... 8

Congratulation Everybody!

debbie said... 9

this was fun, that for a chance to vote for the nominees.

kbgrenier said... 10

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.

felicity said... 11

Lots of my favourites here - hard to choose!

Carol said... 12

Congrats to all! I voted for my favorites!

Erika said... 13

Congratulations to all the nominees and best of luck to all.

kelli said... 14

OH MY it was so hard to choose just one in some of the categories! I can't wait to see the final results!

Lee D said... 15

Great list of nominees. Sure made it tricky is some categories to vote. they are all wonderful

Unknown said... 16

Congratulations to all the nominees. I love so many of them it was very hard to vote for just one.

A.J. Dub. (Amy) said... 17

Thanks for doing this! I now have some new shops, books and tools on my favorites list. :)
Congrats to all the nominees!

jrrescuepa said... 18

Congratulations to all! Wonderful group of nominations.

annie patch said... 19

Congratulations to all the nominees! I've really enjoyed finding some new blogs to read!

thequiltedcat said... 20

Just voted - good luck to all!

phaedra96 said... 21

Found this site thanks to Marie Bostwick..glad to see Jennifer Chiavarinni nominated. Good luck to all nominees.

Terrie said... 22

Fun to see who and what is in the voting groups!

Potpourri said... 23

Congratulations to everyone, they are all inspirational!

Diana said... 24

Congrates to all those nominated. Good Luck!

GO STARS! said... 25

It's hard to make a choice on some categories as multiple people/books/stores deserve to win. Good Luck!

Mhairi said... 26

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.

Eva said... 27

Good luck to all of you, in the quilting world everyone is a winner.

June D said... 28

I voted for the categories I knew. In what order were the nominees listed? Would be nice if they were randomized.

Sherri G said... 29

Congrats and good luck to all the nominees!

Mscutiepatootie said... 30

Thanks for the contest!!!

Gayle said... 31

So hard to choose just one in each category - good luck to all those nominated!

Ray said... 32

So hard to choose just one per category!

Carol said... 33

Thank you for the opportunity to vote - congratulations to the nominees.

selleck said... 34

Well, that was fun. Thanks and good luck.

Gale, Ky quilter said... 35

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. :)

deborah said... 36

thanks for hosting this

IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said... 37

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

Kathy said... 38

Wow - found out about a few new tools I had not seen, same with a couple books. Interesting list of people to vote for.

Kd Brown said... 39

Congratulations, SewCalGal, for another wonderful Golden Quilter Awards experience. You have done a fantastic job!

Colleen said... 40

Thank you Sew Cal Gal. Also loved seeing all my favorite quilters. It was a great contest.

Tracey @ The Peony Teacup said... 41

Congratulations to all the nominees! What a fantastic bunch of people and products :)

Patti said... 42

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!!

Kris said... 43

This is so neat! Congratulations to all the nominees!

:)


Joanna @ ShapeMoth said... 44

Congrats to all nominees! It's a great way to see the best of the best in the quilting world :)

thecalicocorner said... 45

so many deserving nominees...do many talented quilters...congratulations to all!!

mennikelly said... 46
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Quiltin Jenny said... 47

Decisions decisions! So hard to choose just one in some of these categories.

Congratulations to the nominees and best of luck in the voting!

Archie The Wonder Dog said... 48

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!

mennikelly said... 49

Congratulations to all the nominees and thank you for the opportunity to recognize such great work!

Barbara K. said... 50

Great list of nominees! Good luck to everyone.

Kristen said... 51

Thanks so much for doing this! Difficult to decide in all categories!

Hildy said... 52

Congrats to all nominees!

Anonymous said... 53

WOW! GREAT GROUP! CONGRATS TO EACH ONE OF YOU!

msstitcher1948@yahoo.com

Shari said... 54

It would be great to have more definition or explanation on the awards!

Paula said... 55

Congratulations and best of luck to all of the nominees. you're all winners!

Michelle said... 56

So many choices...I was torn as I admire many! Good luck and thanks for letting us participate in voting!

Unknown said... 57

Glad I got to vote. Good luck to all the nominees!

Elita@Busy Needle Quilting said... 58

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!

Unknown said... 59

Congratulations to all the nominees - you all deserve a special place in the world of quilting!

Unknown said... 60

Congratulations to all the nominations and Good Luck to all!

Sorcha girl said... 61

Thank you SewCalGal from another California gal!! This award program introduced me to many new fascinating designers and books.

BrookIvy said... 62

Congratulations to ALL the nominees! Some of these categories are really hard to vote for, with so many talented people to choose from.

Michaela said... 63

It was really hard to make some decisions

Stitched With Prayer said... 64

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...

Stitched With Prayer said... 65

I forgot to add Congratulations to everyone nominated and Good Luck to all. More Hugs...

Francis Paul said... 66

'Gefeliciteerd' as we say in Dutch to all nominees!!!

Donna said... 67

Congratulations to all nominated!

CathyK said... 68

Congratulations to all of the nominees for a job well done in your respective areas! Thanks for being an inspiration to us quilters!! :)

JuliaP said... 69

Great, great list of nominations! Good luck to everyone!!

Janarama said... 70

Congratulations to all of the nominees. It was very hard making my picks.

Heather B said... 71

Congrat ya'll! Good luck!

Debby said... 72

Great group of nominees! so hard to choose beacuse the quilting world is full of so much talent and enthusiasm. We are so lucky!

Melinda said... 73

I have been influenced by so many people on these lists! What wonderful nominations!

Kathy P said... 74

So hard to pick - there are so many good candidates!

✄ Erin @ Sew at Home Mummy ✄ said... 75

Wow! Fantastic lists - congratulations to all of the nominees!!

Dale said... 76

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.

Sarah said... 77

Congratulations Nominees! As a new quilter I appreciate the talent and hard work associated with this craft.

Jill said... 78

So many excellent choices!

Joyce said... 79

So many wonderful choices, hard to miss!

Elsa said... 80

What a great array of nominees ~ here's to seeing who won ~ congratulations to all nominated!

Rhonda the Rambler said... 81

You always do such a great job! Thank you!!!!

Michele T said... 82

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!

Lotte said... 83

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!

Grandmasewnsew said... 84

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.

Unknown said... 85

Congrats to all!! Now I'm going to check out some of these book, products and shops that I was unfamiliar with.

Michelle said... 86

Wow there were some hard choices! We sure have a ton of talent in the Quilting World!

Bonnie said... 87

I want to congratulate to everyone for their nomination for their specific award.

Matt and Robyn Conners said... 88

Congratulations to everyone who made it on the lists. It was really tough to choose just one.

Barb in Mi said... 89

Love this yearly voting affair - thanks for hosting. And wow, so much talent in this industry. Good luck to all!

M.W. said... 90

Congrats
Shawn

Siobhán said... 91

Congratulations to the nominees!

Ashley G. said... 92

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!

Linda said... 93

Great idea - thanks for coming up with it.

Eileen said... 94

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!

Tracey S. said... 95

Congrats to all the nominees! You make the it so much better to quilt!

Unknown said... 96

Thanks for hosting these awards - it's a wonderful reminder of how broad the quilting field has become.

Darlington Delights said... 97

What an amazing group of nominees. They are all winners in my book!

salamanda said... 98

What an interesting list of people and products. Good luck to all the nominees and its lovely to see hard work recognised.

Anonymous said... 99

Congratulations to all the nominees!! You've all done great in our wonderful field of quilting!

Gail LaCroix said... 100

Congratulations to all the nominees! What a fabulous list! So hard to choose... so many favorites.

Kathie said... 101

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Chatterbox Quilts said... 102

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 :)

Melody said... 103

Wow so many talented peoples!

Jo Vandermey said... 104

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!

Sarah said... 105

Congrats everyone! This was a hard decision to choose one one in each category. So much talent out there.

Lisa said... 106

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.

Lisa E said... 107

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.

rrjane011749 said... 108

Best of luck to all the nominees--especially the ones I voted for!

Joyce Comfort said... 109

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Cheryl said... 110

What a great group of contestants!

Debbie said... 111

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!

Regina said... 112

Congrats to all! Good luck!

Stacey Napier said... 113

A very impressive list - good luck!

quilter47 said... 114

Everyone nominated is a winner.

quilter47 said... 115

Everyone nominated is a winner.

Beth J. Beal said... 116

Wow, so many great people and products to chose from, Congratulations to you all!

ritainalaska said... 117

there are great people up for awards! congrats to all!

Nancy said... 118

Congratulations to those nominated! I see many of my favorites, so in a couple categories it was hard to choose!
Best wishes to all!

Hands Sew Full said... 119

Congratulations to all! So hard to choose just one!

kquilts said... 120

Thanks for giving us all the chance to share our opinions/votes-- can't wait to see who wins!
K

Quiltnwoman said... 121

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.

Julee said... 122

Congrats to all, they are all winners...

Dianne said... 123

Congratulations to all of the nominees and to the winners - wait, you are all winners!!!

Michelle said... 124

A really great group of nominees! Thanks for the chance to win.

Anonymous said... 125

Congrats to all of the nominees......you do us all a wonderful thing by using your talents to give us such a reward. THANKS

Linda said... 126

Right on nominations. Good luck to all!

Lorrie said... 127

Worthy choices........tough to choose! Best of luck.

SueJean said... 128

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.

freakadoodles said... 129

Congratulations to all the nominees. This is a great group!

~*~Leanne~*~ said... 130

Congratulations to the Nominees! You all inspire the quilt world. Keep the inspiration coming!
Thank you,
Leane

Maureen said... 131

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.

Anonymous said... 132

Love these awards! Congrats to all the nominees!

Catskill Quilter said... 133

Congrats to all of the nominees! You have enriched all of our lives!

Nancy said... 134

The nominations are all great, hard to pick just one. Nancy P.

quiltmastercurl said... 135

What a great way to show our appreciation for all the hard work that goes into this passion of quilting!

Robin T said... 136

Very hard to choose one. So many talented people. I'm so happy to be part of the creative quilting world with everyone!

Mary said... 137

Congrats to all the nominees! Thanks for all you do to teach, inspire, and provide the resources to keep us stitching!

marie said... 138

Everyone was a winner. Thanks for all your hard work to put this together.

BillieBee (billiemick) said... 139

So much talent!

Nanbon44 said... 140

I love watching the score boards as the votes add up... congratulations to all the nominees...

Geri S said... 141

Congratulations to all

quackygirl said... 142

What fun...! Congrats to all and to the amazing group who pulled this contest together. Check back on the winners!

Joanne said... 143

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.

Debby, crowefan0517 said... 144

Voting was fun!!

-debby
crowefan0517@yahoo.com

Emilou said... 145

Wow, what a wonderful list, congratulations to all of you for everything you have given to sewing.

Barb said... 146

THAT WAS GREAT FUN!

Barb said... 147

THAT WAS GREAT FUN!

heartsease54 said... 148

Congratulations to all of the nominees, they are all winners in my eyes.

Roma said... 149

Thanks to all for your hard work through out the past year. In my book you ALL are winners..

Joan and Kevin said... 150

Congratulations!!!!!!!

Mag said... 151

Good luck to all

Sowing Stitches said... 152

Congratulations to each of the nominees and THANK YOU for all of your support and inspiration!

Gretchen said... 153

Great way to recognize the large and diverse quilting community! Congrats to all the nominees.

vivoaks said... 154

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!!

Amy Hill said... 155

Congrats all! Great job and keep inspiring!

Sheila Galindo said... 156

What fun! I feel like I have a say and can vote for My favorites.

Valerie Z said... 157

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!

Sheila said... 158

Well SewCalGal, you've done it again....thanks for the wonderful contest! Everyone's really a winner.....

MJ said... 159

Congratulations ALL candidates! Best to everyone... You are all winners!

DeAnna said... 160

Great group of contestants!

Barb Neiwert said... 161

What a great group of contenders - we are all winners from your efforts!

Lisa in Port Hope said... 162

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.

Joy said... 163

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Elizabeth said... 164

Congratulations to all. So much talent & inspiration in one place.

regan said... 165

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)

marogez said... 166

It was really hard to chose. There are so many great nominees they all deserve to win. Good luck and you are all winners. :-)

DeborahGun said... 167

Many congratulations to everyone - such great acheivements!

B Greene said... 168

It is amazing to reflect back on all the innovations and creativity of the past year! Congratulations to all who were nominated!!!

giddy99 said... 169

Congratulations to the nominees!

Beth said... 170

congrats to all the nominees and thanks for the inspiration you give us!

mary e said... 171

love this... gonna check out some of the new tools now.

Kate Brown said... 172

lots of great choices! Made for some hard decisions.

scottylover said... 173

I voted, but it sure was hard to pick just one person/item for each category! All the nominees are wonderful!

Sandy A

LJ said... 174

Everyone who is nominated must be pleased as punch - you should be. Wish you all could be winners.

Anonymous said... 175

as usual there are many great choices here :) Good Work!!

Nicole D said... 176

Great group of nominees! Looking forward to seeing the results!

Mishka said... 177

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.

Gloria said... 178

An impressive list! All are winners. Congrats to all!
Gloria

Jake said... 179

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.

Anita said... 180

Congrats to all the nominees! It was really tough to choose on some of the categories.

Mary Ann said... 181

Can't wait to see who all wins!!

Unknown said... 182

Congratulation to all the nominees you are all deserving. Best of luck.

Sheree said... 183

Thanks for allowing quilters all over the world to vote.

lupingirl said... 184

Congratulations and good luck to all of the nominees!

Anonymous said... 185

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.

natski said... 186

Goodluck to all those nominated :)

Jayme said... 187

SUPER CONGRATS to ALL the nominees!!!! GOOD LUCK everyone!!! Tough competition!!

Melanie said... 188

What a wonderful bunch of nominations! It was hard to choose, but so much fun! Thanks!

hafza said... 189

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!!

Jackie at Adirondack Urban said... 190

Congratulations to all the nominees! It was a real toss up in some of the categories. You are all winners in my book!

Anonymous said... 191

Voted for my favorites in the categories I knew what I was talking about =D

Best of luck everyone!

Jolene said... 192

How fun! Thanks for letting us vote!

EngrSandi said... 193

Some tough choices in many categories!

Donana said... 194

Congrats to all nominees and winners! Thanks to all of you for what you do for all of us, your fans and followers!

Lizzie said... 195

Enjoyed voting and made note of some shops and items to follow up on! Thanks!

Terry said... 196

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!

Chris Chambers said... 197

Thanks for the contest. Love your blog!

Liv said... 198

Loved doing this well done all concerned!

Heather A said... 199

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!

barbara woods said... 200

good luck to all

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