Our own Gina Perkes from our little town of Payson, Arizona has won Best Of Show in DesMoines, Iowa. Here is a link to all the winners. Some of them are true works of art.
http://www.americanquilter.com/shows...lt_winners.php

Each one on that list is a stunner.
Lots of familiar names.

Graceful Dance - I actually gasped when I clicked on it.
Beyond words.

Thanks for posting the list.

Some really incredible quilts

Wow, thanks great quilts

Wonderful and congratulations to her. Thank you for sharing the link.

those are not quilts.... they are works of art!! (then again.. quilts are works of art)

Oh my goodness, they are amazing, I can not imagine what they look like in person.. wow wow wow... love the ones that were in the fabric art category, especially the horses... but all of them are just breath taking!

And what an amazing quilt! Congratulations, Gina.

I was there, so I got to see them in person. They were awesome!!!

Graceful Dance has a lot of movement!!!

Marvelous.

Wow !

Those are fantastic! Thanks for sharing with us! :)

It's hard to use words to describe these FABULOUS quilts!!

me too= I was there and it was absolutely the best time ever

Congrats Gina!

Gina's is amazing and Graceful Dance is breathtaking!

Heres another feast for the eyes

http://www.quiltmuseum.org/current-exhibits.html

WOW is all I can say.

Wow they were absolutely beautiful,thanks for sharing with me.

Beautiful works of art.

I had the pleasure of taking one of her hands on classes and learned so much...it completely changed me from a panto quilter to a custom quilter and increased my income!!

Honestly, I'm so glad I didn't have to judge these beautiful quilts! How on earth could you actually pick one over another?? Thanks for the link. I really enjoyed the on-line quilt show :-)

Congrats to Gina!!! Her quilt is just so Beautiful... I also have to admit there was some really beautiful quilts that she had to go against.. Hip Hip Hooray!!!!!

congratulations, they are beautiful! To all the winners, congrats!

So now I just spent 1/2 hour at the site, loving all the beautiful quilts. I think my favorite was the one with the eagles.

I was also at the Des Moines Quilt Show and the quilts were just beautiful. It was almost more then the eye and mind could take in at once. We took three days to look at the quilts in between shopping and three lectures. Wonderful show.

Your quilt is stunning. Great work ! Sara

Oh my, they are all awesome!

Awesome-inspiring aND THANK YOU FOR THE LINK

Some AWESOME quilts...thanks for sharing the link...love the creativity of the MUTTON BUT LETTERS quilt by Janet Stone.

And I believe her quilt was made into a puzzle for the QuiltShow.com with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. I love doing their puzzles because of the hidden quilts found. I spend almost as much time doing those as on this board.
Congrats Gina!!!!

beautiful show quilts....I have a question on the appliques....where they hand turned as in baltimore albums types or fused.....just curious...

They are truly masterful! My goodness. Thanks for the link to see them. Inspirational.

Wow what some awesome quilts. I can't even imagine piecing anything as wonderful as any one of these. Thanks for posting the link.

Congrats to Gina. They are all beautiful . I do know that I am glad that I am not a judge. I think my head would explode trying to make a choice

Oh I love Graceful Dance ... breathtaking.

All the quilts are outstanding, most I wouldn't even try to make ... but I'd be happy to accept any of them as gifts, LOL.

A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

Thank you for posting! It was like going to a quilt show in my slippers!

Congratulations, Gina! I live in Payson, too! It has been a blessing to see Gina's beautiful works over the years and to see her blossom and grow in her fantastic talent! Thank you, AZ Sailor, for letting us know of this latest accomplishment and see it, too! Gina, may God continue to bless you!

Thanks so much for posting these. Beautiful and inspirational!!