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Friday, March 1, 2013

Welcome to the 2013 Golden Quilter Awards Ceremony



This is the event we've all been waiting for.

First, I want to recognize and thank the sponsors for the 2013 Golden Quilter Awards Ceremony.  For a complete list of prizes, as well as more info on the annual Golden Quilter Awards, visit the main page for this event by clicking on a tab, under the blog header, labeled "Golden Quilter Awards".

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And, I want to congratulate all of the nominees as they are appreciated by quilters from all over the world who took time to nominate them, in honor of their contributions to our world of quilting.  A complete list of all the nominees can be found at: http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-golden-quilter-awards-final.html

SewCalGal is the host for this annual event. As such, she is unable to nominate, nor vote.  But, along with the help of some wonderful PR Angels, a major effort is made to ensure WW quilters are given the opportunity to nominate and vote in this event, as well as give recognition to all nominees and the ultimate winners!



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Padsworth (Lilypad Quilting) created a fun video to announce the winners of the 2013 Golden Quilter Awards.


The Ceremony Video can also be viewed directly via Youtube.
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SewCalGal wants to thank you for attending the 2013 Golden Quilter Awards Ceremony and helping to celebrate the winners of the the Golden Quilter Awards for 2013.  For those attending this event on March lst and would like to enter to win SWAG (prizes) at the after event party, please complete the  rafflecopter form below,  for an entry eligible for those that attend the Ceremonies between March lst-3rd.  On March 4th, SewCalGal will announce the winners of the giveaway prizes for this event, which will be given to PR Angels, those that joined the nominating committee, those that took time to vote for their favorite nominees, as well as those that attended the Awards Ceremony.

 PR Angels and needed to help increase awareness of the winners.  If you are interested in creating a blog post to recognize the winners, please feel free to use this video.  SewCalGal can also provide you individual slides, if you prefer.

And, for those that attend the Ceremonies (watch the video of the ceremony) you can also enter to win prizes donated by our sponsors.  Simply complete the rafflecopter form.  Giveaway prizes will be randomly awarded on Monday, March 4th to PR Angels, those that joined the nomination committee, those that voted, and those that attend the 2013 Golden Quilter Awards Ceremony.


Please note that anyone attending this ceremony can enter to win a prize.  But, as this event is all about giving recognition to those in the business, SewCalGal also wants to give an extra entry to those that might use Facebook and "like" an Award Winner and/or Sponsor. They share wonderful insights and inspiration on their Facebook page too!



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154 comments:

And this would be . . . . said...

congrats to all the winners.

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

thanks for having the awards again this year - it is a lot of work for you but we all appreciate it so much

Deb said...

Congratulations to all the winners -

Rina Mason said...

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks for all the hard work in putting together the awards!

Melissa said...

Congratulations to the winners! Bonnie K. Hunter really cleaned up :)

What Comes Next? said...

congratulations to the winners, and thank you for hosting! Padsworth did a wonderful job as emcee

Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts said...

What a great event

Margaret said...

Really liked the video presentation of Award Padsworth did a great job

Aunt Marti said...

Wow, maybe next year they should be called the "Bonnie Hunter Awards!"

Laura said...

Congratulations to all who were nominated and those who won. We are all lucky to have such talents among us!

Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm said...

Congrats to all the winners.

Anonymous said...

Congrats all! Love these awards! :)

Gretchen said...

Congratulations to all the wonderful winners and nominees!!

Heather said...

Congrats everyone. I'm ashamed to say I don't think I've heard of Bonnie Hunter. I will have to google and check her out.

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all the winners! I loved researching all the quilters/authors/products I didn't previously know!

Lotte said...

Congratulations to the winners, the runners up and to the rest of the nominees

Raewyn said...

Congratulations to all the winners - and especially Bonnie!! Congratulations also to all those who were nominated for the awards!!

Heather B said...

Congrats to all the winners!

Courtneysews said...

Congrats to the winners! You all are great!

vwlady said...

A big CONGRATS to all the winners! Lots of talent all around!

Bonnie Baker Lippincott said...

One class with Bonnie K Hunter at Road to California and I was hooked. Glad she won. Congrats to all the rest of the winners too. Quilt Asylum must not be in the So Cal area, I've not been there, too bad. Thanks SewCalGal for hosting this and promoting quilting to the rest of the world.

Sharon S said...

Congrats to all the winners. And to all the other talented nominees. We couldn't quilt without you!

Vjquilter said...

Congratulation to the winners!! It was really hard to vote since all were so deserving!

Unknown said...

First congratulations to all the winners....none were a surprise! Second thanks to our Hostess SewCal Gal for all the work you do to keep us involved in our wonderful world of Quilting, you are so appreciated!
And something new this year "thank you" to our emcee it was wonderful to see their names on the screen with music and all the gala.....appreciate it.

AOD said...

congratulations to all the winners!

Sandie @ crazy'boutquilts said...

Wow, Bonnie really took top honors! Congrat's to all the winners! And thank you for all the work you've done!

NancyB85374 said...

congratulations! You were all winners, just by being nominated.

Joyce Carter said...

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you for hosting!

Debbie said...

Congrats to all the Winners and those nominated too! Big thanks to Padsworth for hosting and doing a wonderful job. Thanks for hosting.

Cheryl Willis said...

Great video, nice that I didn't have to dress for the event- lol
Congrats to all who won- Go Bonnie!

Kd Brown said...

Great job, SewCalGal and congratulations to all of the 2013 Golden Quilter Awards Winners!

teachpany said...

Very Well Done, Padsworth! I loved your presentation. SewCal Gal, you deserve an award for all you do for quilting. Your efforts for this ceremony were outstanding, too. Congratulations ot Bonnie Hunter, and all the winners. Great show!

Jane said...

Thanks for doing this & for the cute awards ceremony video!

Lynn W. said...

Great participation this year and alal the winners deserve their glory. Thanks to you and your team for sponsoring such a fun activity.

Debbie Lou said...

Congrats to all the winners. I appreciate all you do for the quilting community!

Pauline G said...

Congratulations to all the winners - and for all the organising that goes into the event many thanks

Joanna said...

Congrats to all of the winners. I don't know who they are yet because SmileBox wouldn't play for me, but I have a good idea from watching the polls. Thanks for all the hard work and thanks to the wonderful sponsors.

Jane Coombs said...

Such a great education. I tracked down many of the nominees before voting. Love the Smilebox. Surprised that Eleanor Burns got defeated by Bonnie K hunter. But didn't Eleanor win at least once before. Great job
SewCalGal

ItsNurseJessi said...

So proud for all of the Winners!

Archie The Wonder Dog said...

Congratulations to all the winners!

JoSvAiNa said...

Congratulations to all winners!

Kelly said...

Wow - There is so much inspiration to be found within this group! Congratulations to the all the winners!

Quilting in the South said...

Congratulations to everyone that was nominated.

Kate Brown said...

Congrats to all of the talented winners!!

DJ Shorti said...

Congrats to all!

Pat V. said...

Great group, as always! Bonnie Hunter should definitely be feelin' the love!

Teresa Quilts said...

Congratulations to all the award winners! Bonnie Hunter must be floating on cloud 9 right now! Congrats!

Charon said...

Great Way to spread the quilting fun! Congratulations to all of the winners.

Marija said...

Big congrats to all the winners! Excited to see Bonnie Hunter wining as she is our Seminar Teacher next year - yay!!

Gale, Ky quilter said...

Thank you winners for all you do to contribute to this wonderful world of quilting.

Tina said...

Thank You For Letting Us Show Our Appreciation To those THat Help Us Be Better quilters

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all the 2013 Golden Quilter Awards! Also a big Thank You to SewCalGal! The ceremony was wonderful.

Ray said...

Congrats to all the winners.

I have a suggestion for future award contests, and that is that previous winners are not eligible to win again - at least for one or two years. Just a thought.

Ivory Spring said...

This is just awesome, Sewcalgal! You are simply the best. And congrats to the winners!

nance said...

This was wonderful for all the winners. It was so well deserving. A lot of work goes into what all these people do! Thanks from a quilter that truly appreciates the new products,new books, design of new fabrics and all the wonderful teachers.

Sharon said...

Thank you for the hard work of hosting. mmmm... is Padsworth available for dinner Saturday? just don't tell my DH!

Congratulations to all the winners!

Nanbon44 said...

congratulations to all the winners

Lori said...

Congrats to the winners!

Carla said...

Great Awards! Congrats to the winners.

Polly said...

Wow, Bonnie! You raked them in, girl!!

Rosa said...

Congratulations to all the winners!!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to all the winners !!!

BRD Girl said...

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! Thank you to SewCalGal for hosting such a fabulous awards event...the video was great - and I found lots of fun new websites to investigate!

Nina Marie said...

Congratulations - to all the winners and nominatinees!!! A job well done and thanks SewCal for hosting!

Osia said...

Congratulations to the winners and the nominees

Marilyn said...

Thank you SewCalGal for hosting these awards, and congratulations to the winners as well as all those nominated.

quiltndj said...

Congratulations to all the winneers! You are appreciated.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Lesley said...

Congrats to all the winners. Awesome video...well done!

lefuntz said...

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! Thank you SewCalGal.

Quilting Babcia said...

Thank you SewCalGal for hosting this fun event, and to all the sponsors!
Congratulations to all.

Jocelyn said...

Congratulations to all the nominees, and to the winners! And thank you to the Sponsors, Padsworth, and SewCalGal for hosting this wonderful presentation. It takes a lot of time and effort to make this happen, and we all appreciate your diligent work.

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Lucky Duck Dreams said...

Congrats to the winners!

Cecilia said...

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Beth Archibald said...

Congrats to all the winners!

Angie in SoCal said...

Congratulations winners!! You are all an inspiration to us.

Ray and Jeanne said...

Congrats to all of the winners! Way to go! ~Jeanne

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

Hey to all the winners!

Christine Slaughter said...

Congratulations to all the winners! How very exciting!

The Quilted Dog said...

Cute video to post the winners!

Vicky K said...

Congrats to all the winners!

Jean(ie) said...

Congrats to all the winners this year! Thanks to SCG and her sponsors. Cute little froggy guy in the video! He made me smile :)

Rhonda D. said...

Congrats to all the winners!

Jane said...

Congratulations to all the winners! Can't wait to see Bonnie Hunter at Greater Columbia Guild!

Cindy said...

You're wonderful for hosting this wonderful event.

MalinisQuilts said...

Congratulations to all the winners!

Pat O said...

Congrats to the winners, thanks to all the nominees, and to SewCalGal for all your work too.

quilary said...

Congratulations to all the winners and a special thanks to you for hosting this event and to the sponsors for their generosity.

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all the winners!

Judy1522 said...

Padsworth did a great job! Congratulations to all the winners.

AddieNCE said...

Congratulations to all the winners. Well deserved.
It was nice to see that the votes increased this year (at least if I remember correctly)...
Thanks SewCalGal for putting all these efforts in the awards and in promoting quilting and quilters!

QuiltSue said...

Congrats to all the winners and to Padsworth for being a great MC.

Thanks SewCalGal for organising this event and also thanks to your sponsors.

Unfortunately I can hardly use any of the Rafflecopter entries as I don't do Facebook.

christineschoon said...

Congratulations to all winners!!

Mhairi said...

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated and to the winners of each category. You all deserved these awards and I am sure that everyone is thrilled for all of you.
PS - Well Done Padsworth you did an amazing job!!

Quilt Doodle Designs said...

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Julie said...

Congratulations to the winners.

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all the winners! I would also like send a special shout-out to our very own Winston-Salem girl, Bonnie Hunter!

Béa said...

Congrats to the winners !

Gene Black said...

Congratulations to all the winners. And congrats to all the nominees too. You are clearly winners also.

Barb Neiwert said...

Congrats to the winners - you were all in great company!

Rilene said...

Congrats to the nominees and to the winners! You all make our lives so much richer!

KatheG said...

Congratulations to all the winners - way to go!

KittyAnn said...

Congrats to all!

Betsy said...

Congratulations to the winners. Such a cool event.

hafza said...

Congratulations to all the winners!!

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all the winners. You are all great.

Linda Swanekamp said...

What a great way to create excitement and a buzz for the quilting community!

Debbie P said...

Great Awards ceremony!! Congratulations to the winners and also to all who participated!! This event was a great way to nominate and recognize the wonderful people who make quilting an inspiration!!

Barb in Mi said...

Congrats to all winners! Love your yearly awards - thanks for organizing and hosting!

JoyceLM said...

Congrats to all the winners - you amaze & inspire me.

Teresa Boi said...

Congrats to all, especially Bonnie Hunter.

KAM said...

congratulations to all the winners...a great competition

LeAnne said...

Congratulations to all the winners. A lot of my favorites were nominated, so I really enjoyed voting.

Char said...

Congratulations to the winners!

Kay Holm said...

I absolutely loved the video. I thought the frog was smashing and in very good taste. It was elegant and yet fun. I was so proud of all the people who were nominated... I just have to say that Bonnie Hunter is just so energetic and so approachable and out there that she is truly deserving of the sweep. However, that is not to negate the huge impact of many of the other nominees who are also very wonderful and very much in our lives. Thank you all and we love you all. Congrats to all the winners and the nominees - you deserve our thanks and recognition.

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all the winners and to all the nominees! Without you all I would not have learned how to quilt! Thank you!

ELNM said...

Congratulations to all of the winners, and especially to Bonnie K. Hunter. What a list of achievements!
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Carrie P. said...

Congrats to all the winners especially Bonnie. I know she is excited and well deserved.

Janarama said...

Congratulations to all of the winners.

Outback Crafter - Debra said...

Congratulations to all the nominees and the winners.

Well done Sew Cal Gal on running this competition.

LJ said...

Congratulations to all those who won. Bonnie was tops, that's for sure!

Passion4Quilting said...

Congrats to the winners!! What an awesome thing to be nominated and to win!! (Hopefully next year, I will remember to nominate someone!!) And to those who didn't get the top votes....you still win in my book!! Kudos!!

mennikelly said...

Congratulations to the winners and to the nominees as well. Thank you for hosting and allowing us to recognize such talented people.

Denise :) said...

Wow! Bonnie Hunter did exceptionally well -- a true reflection of her contributions to the quilting world! Great job -- and darling presentation of the awards. Congrats to all who won! :)

Butterfly said...

great job as usual and well done to all the winner!

Leona

Gale said...

Congratulations to all of the winners! Bonnie Hunter and Jenny Beyer are two of my favorite people and I'm so happy for both of you! Padsworth, you put on a great show. Loved watching the awards show.

MJ said...

Congratulations to All! It was a wonderful list of nominees this this!

The Thimblemouse of Country Crossroads said...

Raising my glass...oops, I mean my rotary cutter, for a Toast: Here's to SewCalGal and all those behind the scenes for another Grand Golden Quilters Awards Ceremony. Congrats to ALL the Nominees...Cheers to the Winners! Pip Pip Padsworth...I'm sure you've made even the Hollywood Emcee's Green with envy! A Golden Job Well Done!

Susan Entwistle said...

Congratulations to the winners. And thanks SewCalGal for hosting the awards.

Ella said...

Congratulations to all the winner and the nominees!

Carin@Ullhärvan said...

Congrats to all the winners!

Purl Buttons said...

What a lot of work this contest must have been. There is always something going on here. When do you ever get to quilt?

Agnes B. Bullock said...

Congratulations!

KMD Creations said...

Congrats!

KMD Creations said...

Congrats!

Dana Gaffney said...

Congratulations to all nominees and winners! Especially to Bonnie Hunter for her sweep, it's very deserved. Thanks to SewCalGal for once again putting so much hard work into this.

Cheryl said...

Congratulations to everyone!

kay said...

There were SO many wonderful and deserving nominees who inspire us and contribute to quilting! May I respectfully suggest that the winner of each category be retired from that category in future years?

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

Congrats to all the great winners!

Debbie said...

Congratulations, everyone! So happy to see that many of the ones I voted for won!

B Greene said...

Congratulations to all the winners - what a wonderful way to be recognized by the quilting community!

Patty said...

congrats to the winners - loved the video! Padsworth looked great in a tux.

Jayme said...

how fun!! i'm proud to say i voted and am glad to see some of my votes counted for the winners!!! thanks for this!!!

free indeed said...

Congrats to all the winners...all nominees are winners in my eyes for you have all helped this community to grow and expand.
I entered the raffle copter as mickey louth.

Unknown said...

Congrats to all!

Joy said...

Thanks for another great Quilters Award!

Farm Quilter said...

Congratulations to all nominees and winners! Thanks to SewCalGal for all your hard work making these awards happen!!! Thank you to the sponsors for your generous donations!!!

IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...

I'm in love with Padsworth! What a wonderful video :)

Congratulations to Bonnie Hunter, I think they call that a sweep :) And to all of the other winners...you are all outstanding.

Smiles,
Kelly

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

I think I need some of that 'pond water' to soak in now. What a cute presentation (even if I'm late watching it).

Patchwork said...

Is there a link to the voting results?

CathyQuilts said...

I'd prefer to just see a list of winners, I'm just not one to sit and watch a video of which nearly half is introduction. Not to mention the music hurt my ears.
I'm not disliking the video maker's talents, please don't think that, I'm not out to hurt her feelings.
I like to keep things simple and see a list that should take about 30 seconds to view.