Quilt/Needle Art Show winners announced

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Votes have been tallied and the People’s Choice Awards winners for the recent Old Fashioned Farmers Days Quilt and Needle Arts Show are as follows:

Favorite Hand Quilted Bed Quilt

1st – Lisa Merkle; 2nd – Susan Gunsett; 3rd – Susan Gunsett

Favorite Machine Quilted Bed Quilt

1st – Janice Heath; 2nd – Jean Dickman; 3rd – Deb Miller

Favorite Antique Quilt

1st – Jill Carrier; 2nd – Susan Gunsett; 3rd – Helen Elzey

Favorite Wall Hanging

1st – Lisa Merkle; 2nd – Karen Pettyjohn; 3rd – Kathy Stemen

Favorite Crib/Small Quilt

1st – (tie) Nancy Replogle and Carol Meyers; 2nd – Carol Meyers; 3rd – Carol Greulach

Needle Art

1st – Judy Bowsher; 2nd – Judy Bowsher; 3rd – Judy Bowsher

Other

1st – Ruth Noggle; 2nd – (tie) Mary Fallis, Sharon Blank, Carol Meyers; 3rd – (tie) Nancy Replogle, Ruth Wheeler, Nancy Replogle, Mary Fallis, Carol Meyers.

Over 90 entries were received. The show, which was held June 30-July 2 at Van Wert County Fairgrounds, was hosted by the members of the Van Wert Neighborhood Group of the American Sewing Guild and the Old Fashioned Farmers Association.