AUGUSTA – Carol and Dan Perkins, owners of Threads Galore Quilt Shop in Rangeley, were awarded top honors at Maine Quilts 2007 in July.

Presented by Pine Tree Quilters Guild Inc., the 30th annual show featured quilts by year-round Maine residents and seasonal visitors. Each quilt was judged on its own merit, overall impact, design and precision workmanship by the panel of Barbara Barber, Rita Hutchens and Lorraine Torrence.

“Best of Show” and “Exceptional Merit” ribbons now decorate “Quadruple Bypass” by Carol Perkins. Designed at her mother’s hospital bedside during recent cardiac quadruple bypass surgery, the four feathered star blocks represent the four repaired arteries and the pieced shaded sawtooth border was inspired by the rhythmic sounds of the cardiac monitor machine.

The quilt features Carol’s favorite country red, blue and gold prints.

A first-place winner, “Log Cabin Leftovers” by Dan Perkins is an original design inspired by a stack of log cabin blocks leftover from a prior quilt. Designed as he moved out from the center bear paw medallion block, Dan limited his fabric palette to the golds, reds, blues and greens used in the log cabin blocks.

The bear paw block, set on point in the quilt center, also appears straight set in the corners with an original adaptation in the outer border cornerstones. Appliquéd silhouettes of black bear and moose celebrate Rangeley’s wildlife.