NIFTY FIFTY ONE™ AWARDS AND BLOCKS

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Exchange Completed April 25, 1998

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NIFTY FIFTY ONE QUILT™

"This exhange was about friendship and bonding with 50 women all over the country, not if your points met. It means so much more to me than an exchange." from our NY participant

ROW 1-Starfish from ALABAMA~~Eskimo from Cordova, ALASKA~~Ozark Dogwood from Eureka, ARKANSAS~ Traditional block from ALABAMA~~ Arizona from Tucson, ARIZONA~~Bears Paw from Hayward, CALIFORNIA~~Starfish from ALABAMA.

ROW 2-Conneticut block from West Suffield, CONNETICUT~~Starry Path from Aurora, COLORADO~~Delaware Diamond from Dover, DELAWARE~~Darting Birds Flying South from Ft. Meyers, FLORIDA~~Centennial by Susan Myers from Atlanta, GEORGIA~~Star from Kekaha, HAWAII~~Log Cabin from Evergreen Park, ILLINOIS

ROW 3-Idaho Beauty from Idaho Falls, IDAHO~~Indiana Puzzle for Eaton, INDIANA~~Des Moines Pat Knight from Des Moines, Iowa~~Hearts around our Kentucky Home from Covington, KENTUCKY~~Farmer's Daughter from Liberal, KANSAS~~Magnolia from LOUISIANA~~Blue Crab from California, MARYLAND.

ROW 4-Lighthouse from Gray, Maine~~Pine Trees and Cabins from Sleepy Eye, MINNESOTA~~Natchez Trace Magnolia from French Camp, MISSISSIPPI~~Boston from Lynn, MASSACHUSETTES~~Our Backyard from Troy, MONTANA~~Haley's Comet from MISSOURI~~Another Michigan Beauty by Judy Mandziara from Clinton Township, MICHIGAN

ROW 5 Pinon Tree from NEW MEXICO~~Cornhusker Prairie from NEBRASKA~~Old Man in the Mountains from Concord, NEW HAMPSHIRE~~Mountains to the Sea from High Point, NORTH CAROLINA~~One Armed Bandit from Las Vegas, NEVADA~~City Lights from Hicksville, NEW YORK~~Discover the Spirit from Minot AFB, NORTH DAKOTA

ROW 6-Ohio Star from Sagamore Hills, OHIO~~Fir Trees from Medford, OREGON~~Road to Oklahoma from Elk City, OKLAHOMA~~quotPining" for Cranberries from Medford, NEW JERSEY~~ Liberty Bell from Eagleville, PENNSYLVANIA~~Weathervane from RHODE ISLAND~~Beautiful South Carolina from Hilton Head, SOUTH CAROLINA

ROW 7-Morning Star from Sioux Falls, SOUTH DAKOTA~~Smokey Mountain Star from Maryville, TENNESSEE~~Cowboy Boot from Coppell, TEXAS~~Symbols of Utah from Layton, UTAH~~Falling Star from Stafford, VIRGINIA~~Maple Leaf from Burlington, VERMONT~~Mountain Love from Troy, WEST VIRGINIA

ROW 8-Falling Star from Stafford, VIRGINIA~~Baseball Star from Bellevue, WASHINGTON~~Wyoming Sagebud from Gillette, WYOMING~~Falling Star from Stafford, VIRGINIA~~Up North by Julie Sittler from Wausau, WISCONSIN~~Falling Star from Stafford, VIRGINIA~~ROW 8 is still being completed.

OUR AWARDS

WE GAVE OUT AWARDS FOR SPECIAL BLOCKS IN THE NIFTY FIFTY EXCHANGE™. THESE BLOCKS WERE CHOSEN BY VOTES FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS:

VIEWERS CHOICE(best of show): 1ST: Texas 2ND: Nevada

BRIGHTEST BLOCK: 1ST: North Dakota 2ND: Rhode Island

BEST USE OF COLOR: 1ST: North Carolina 2ND: tie-- Delaware and Vermont

MOST CREATIVE: 1ST: Nevada 2ND: tie-- Georgia and Utah

BEST REPRESENTATION OF HOME STATE: 1ST: Texas 2ND: Utah

MOST COMPLICATED PIECEWORK: 1ST: Utah 2ND: New Jersey

BEST SOURCE OF INSPIRATION (why the block was designed): 1ST: Kentucky 2ND: Georgia

MOST TIME CONSUMING BLOCKS: New Jersey for all that cross stitching!

FASTEST COMPLETION OF FIFTY BLOCKS: Rhode Island for completing them in about a week.......


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