Houston International Quilt Festival, 2005 Houston

"Life begins at 50" by Sue Vanderveen was a finalist at Houston's International Quilt Festival.

Road to California, 2003 Ontario, CA

Fifty States, Fifty Flowers, One Nation United
Stevii Graves, Phyllis Crosthwaite, Charlotte Fortier, Thelma Johannesen, Martha Nordstrand, and Wendy Knight, San Diego, California

won a Second Place ribbon in the Group Quilt category at Road to California Quilters Conference & Showcase, January 16-19, 2003.

2002 IQA International Quilt Festival

Art Quilts:

Small Time's Release, Doria A. Goocher, San Diego, California
Braeburns, Jill Le Croissette, Carlsbad, California

Group:

Fifty States, Fifty Flowers, One Nation United
Stevii Graves, Phyllis Crosthwaite, Charlotte Fortier, Thelma Johannesen, Martha Nordstrand, and Wendy Knight, San Diego, California.

Pictoral:

The Flower Girl, Liselotte (Lisa) Tan, La Jolla, California

Canyon Quilters in America: From the Heart
published by C&T Publishing

Patricia Klem (pg. 125)
Susan Vanderveen (pg 70)
Rita Zerull (pg 104)

2002 Hoffman Challenge

Jo Griffith First place in Mixed Media Category

Martha Nordstrand First Place Applique

2001 IQA International Quilt Festival

First Place Blue Ribbon Winner in the Miniature Quilt category:
Jessie Harrison with The Bouquet

Third Place Winner Large applique
Martha Nordstrand with Hedge Rose

Third Place Winner in the Wearable Art category:
Jane Prario with Ancient Sun Spirit

Additional Canyon Quilters showing in 2001 were:

Doria Goocher: Apple Harvest and Ojai Vista
Jan Hayman: Take Me Back to Yesterday
Janeene Herchold: Sunflower
Martha Nordstrand: My Secret Garden and Beware of Trolls When Crossing Bridges
Lisa Tan: It's a Small World
Rita Zerull: It's Easy Being Green If You Add a Little Purple
Carolyn Zondler: Bali High

2000 Road to California

Best of Show!
Jan Rashid with California Chardonnay

Cindy Walter's new book More Snippet Sensations
features three quilts by Canyon members:

Shannon's quilt is hanging at the Flying Museum at Gillespie Air Field in El Cajon.
Stevii also has a quilt (with directions) featured in Easy Art Quilts by Christiane Meunier.