
Quilters Above The Clouds
Jan Simpson Legacy Award


This year's recipient, Marty Bayer, has always contributed an extraordinary amount of time and effort toward the guilds goals and mission. She has participated in and lead the creation of our annual raffle quilt. She has been President of
the guild. She has been active in the planning and coordination of our quilt show, taking on the role of Chair
person numerous times. She shares her expertise with others willingly and has lead the Columbine Elementary
masters class for 4 th and 5 th graders. Her quilts are creative and top quality. She always displays her quilts at
the quilt and the Teller Country Fair. She’s a winner!The 2026 recipient, is Marty Bayer who was the 2025 Co-President.
The previous award recipients are:
2024 Mary Jane Fairley
2023 Eileen McMillan
2022 Lisa Morris
2021 Susie O’Connor
2020 Joanne Thies
2019 Cindy DeMore
2018 Andrea Kroening
2017 Kim McMurry
2016 Kathleen Grenfell
2015 Kris Schumacher.