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"Aunt Joe's Rose Basket," made by Sharon Schumber of Jensen, Utah, won the Best Hand Quilting ribbon, the President's Choice ribbon, and a Faculty Choice ribbon.

This quilt won awards at several other shows including Best Traditional Quilt at the 2001 Road to California Show in Ontario, CA and Best of Show at the Utah State Quilt Guild show in September 2000. Sharon made this quilt to showcase her applique techniques. It was made in memory of her Aunt Joe who taught her to sew as a child. She plans to eventually recreate "Aunt Joe's Rose Basket" with some modifications.

"Emerald Reflections," also made by Sharon Schumber, was a Judge's Choice winner and won the Guard's Choice ribbon. This quilt was shown at the Indiana Heritage Show in March 2001 where it won the Viewer's Choice award. The prize for that award was an Elna Quilter's Dream sewing machine.

Sharon had sent in applications for both of these quilts for the 2001 International Quilt Association show in Houston. Both had to be withdrawn when they were destroyed in the fire.

Since the fire, Sharon made a duplicate of this quilt, named "Memories of Emerald Reflections," which has been a winning entry in many large shows.

"Believe," owned by Deb Folz of Hudson, Wisconsin was a round robin quilt. Deb and five friends created this quilt. "Believe" won third place in the group category. This quilt was 76" by 72". Other than the center block, this quilt was made of original designs.

Deb Folz made the center using a Jeanna Kimball pattern. Mary Wiebusch paper pieced the triangles. Denise Vokoun did the fabric painting, including the heron, and appliqued. Terri Kaylor did the double, on-point border. Jeanette Dilts did the curved piecing. Cheri Gott-Hand finished up the quilt and had the heron added. Deb added the tree, leaves, rocks, and cattails along the bottom after the round robin was done. Carolyn Peters did the quilting.

"Believe" was the title that Deb chose. Then each quilter added a thought:
Believe to achieve.
Believe you can do it.
Believe in the talents of friends.
Believe your imagination will soar in this journey.
Believe the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra you get from friends.
Believe in the influence you posses.
Believe in the magic of a smile, the warmth of a touch, and the healing of a hug.
Believe the Creative Spirit within, spurred by the enthusiasm of friends arousing the imagination to limits beyond the wildest of dreams.
It wouldn't have been possible, if we didn't believe.
Believe...I can't believe we did it!

When Deb was first told about the UPS truck fire, she was told that the quilt was nothing more than ashes and the contents of the truck had been dumped in the garbage. However, Deb requested UPS to recover the remains of the quilt, no matter how small. She also asked Quilter's Newsletter Magazine to get UPS to recover her quilt. After several requests, and three days after the fire, they found the pillowcase containing the quilt, still with Deb's name and phone number on it. The damaged quilt will be returned to Deb.

Deb encourages, "Don't give up! If there is any shread of hope in a recover...keep hounding, from more than one direction. Call or write everyone you can come up with." Deb adds, "My heart is bleeding for Sharon Schamber. I was really feeling sorry for myself till I heard about her loss. I lost nothing compared to what she lost."