Best of Show
Deborah Watson
Fabric use: Rug and table runner.
Rug in three-end block weave with shaft-switching, (lower fabric).
Warp: 8/5 linen. Weft: bulky rug yarn.
Runner in eight-shaft warp rep, (upper fabric).
Warp and thin weft: 8/4 cotton carpet warp. Thick weft: fabric strips.

The finished rug and runner photographed in our studio.

Best Dining Room
Laurie Brown
Fabric use: Table runner and chair upholstery.
Table runner in plain weave (fabric at left).
Warp: 8/2 Tencel. Weft: rayon chenille.
Upholstery in 8-shaft turned Boulevard (fabric at right).
Warp and weft: 5/2 pearl cotton.

Laurie Brown's finished runner is draped over the arm of one of her upholstered dining room chairs.

Best Family Room
Buff Palm
Fabric use: Lap robe and rug.
Plaid lap robe in plain weave (upper fabric).
Warp and weft: sport-weight wool and merino wool.
Rug in three-shaft krokbragd (lower fabric).
Warp: worsted-weight wool. Weft: firmly twisted, fingering-weight, three-ply wool.

Buff Palm's family room adorned with her finished rug and lap robe.

Best Kitchen
Karen Tenney
Fabric use: towel and dishcloth.
Towel in plain weave (lower fabric).
Warp and weft: 8/2 unmercerized cotton.
Dishcloth in waffle weave (upper fabric).
Warp and weft: 10/2 unmercerized cotton.

Karen Tenney's finished towel and rug on location at the May/June 2008 photo shoot.

Best Living Room
Deborah Watson
Fabric use: table runner and rug.
Table runner in six-shaft, four-block summer and winter (fabric at left).
Warp: 10/2 pearl cotton. Tabby weft: 20/2 pearl cotton. Pattern weft: 18/2 wool/silk.
Rug in three-end block weave with shaft switching (fabric at right).
Warp: 8/5 linen. Weft: three-ply bulky wool.

Best Breakfast Nook
Dottie Weir
Fabric use: table runner and napkins.
Napkins in six-shaft twill (lower fabric).
Warp and weft: 22/2 cottolin.
Table runner in six-shaft twill (upper fabric), using the same threading as the napkins
but treadled as plain weave except for an inch on each end.
Warp: 22/2 cottolin. Weft: handpainted muslin fabric.

Dottie Weir's finished runner and napkins on her dining room table.

Best Bathroom
Helen Stoerzinger
Fabric use: curtains and rug.
Curtains in eight-shaft Atwater-Bronson lace (fabric at left).
Warp and weft: 40/2 linen.
Rug in five-shaft summer and winter (fabric at right).
Warp and tabby weft: 8/4 cotton carpet warp. Pattern weft: cotton chenille.

Helen Stoerzinger's curtain...

...and rug adorn her bathroom.

Best Bedroom
Kumi Robinson
Fabric use: small rug and hand towel for vanity.
Rug in eight-shaft taqueté (fabric at left).
Warp: four-ply cotton. Weft: hand-dyed two ply rug wool.
Towel in eight-shaft crackle (fabric at right).
Warp and weft: 22/2 cottolin.