Excerpt from, Stitches Magazine "Embroiderers, Start Your Machines!"
by Michael Werling, Jun 1, 2001.

Everyone sends in their entries with the hope of winning the Grand Prize, but only one entry can be selected. This year the honor went to a framed piece done in an impressionist style.
John Deer and Janis Ravins of Punch Perfect in Barrie, Ont., won a WINgs Commander III digitizing program valued at $18,000, and $200 from Stitches Magazine, for their Rustic Building & Bridge. Sew Complete Inc., Roswell, Ga., donated the system. read the article here