The Home Textiles Market Week Best New Product judges were: David Gill, Senior Editor, HFN; Shanna Casey, Managing Editor, Home Fashion Forecast; Jennifer Marks, Editor-in-Chief, Home Textiles Today; Susan Tucker, Talcott Publishing Home Fashion; Wanda Jankowski, Editor-in-Chief, LDB Interior Textiles; Brielle Ferreira, Features Editor, Luxe. Interiors + Design; and Victoria Jones, Associate Decoration Editor, Veranda.

The winter 2012 winners and finalists, selected from nearly 100 products, are:

Best Of Market:
Qi (New York, NY) for its Plaited Cable Blanket, a 100% cashmere blanket knitted with mouline and solid threads to create visual and tactile textures. www.qinewyork.com

Bed Category:
sefte (San Francisco, CA) for its Seda Throw, a luxuriously soft throw of 20% silk and 80% baby alpaca, loom-woven in Peru. www.sefteliving.com

Bath Category:
Pluto On the Moon (Ninove, Belgium) for its Karaka blue robe, a lightweight robe of blended wool and nylon in blue and gray, and red and beige palettes that match easily with other lounge and sleepwear. www.plutolingerie.com

Dining Category:
SFERRA (Edison, NJ) for Spectrum, its collection of European-woven linen cocktail napkins, dinner napkins and placemats in six colors that complement the 101 colors available in Festival, the company’s top selling table linen program. www.sferra.com

Home Accessories Category:
Woven Workz (Framingham, MA) for Charlotte, a decorative throw uniquely constructed with playful ruffles on one side and a sweater knit on the reverse, available in six natural colors. www.wovenworkz.com
 

The summer 2011 panel of judges included: David Gill, Senior Editor, HFN; Jenny Heinzen York, Editor-in-Chief, Home Accents Today; Jennifer Marks, Editor-in-Chief, Home Textiles Today; Wanda Jankowski, Editor-in-Chief, LDB; and Catherine Davis, Senior Style Editor, Veranda.

The summer 2011 winners and finalists, selected from nearly 100 products, are:

Best Of Market:
Aalamwaar Textiles (Tarpon Springs, FL) for Mandela Pillow from the Tranquility Collection, a silk pillow woven, brushed and block printed by hand and featuring the peaceful teachings of Buddha. www.aalamwaar.com

Bed Category:
SFERRA (Edison, NJ) for Utopia Down Collection, featuring ivory German silk jacquard filled with Icelandic Eider down, offered in light, medium and heavy weights. www.sferra.com

Bath Category:
Scents & Feel (Miami, FL) for Fouta & Guest Towel Hemingbone with stripes, a natural cotton set produced in two colors for appeal to both women and men. www.scentsandfeel.com

Dining Category:
Blissliving Home (Rockville, MD) for Mendoza Slate Placemats, featuring gold sequins and embroidery that shimmers across the rectangular linen. www.blisslivinghome.com

Home Accessories Category:
Alicia Adams Alpaca (Stanfordville, NY) for Links Wrap, hand-looped with baby alpaca, and available in ivory, taupe, light gray and charcoal colors. www.aliciaadamsalpaca.com

Criteria judges considered for this award were: innovation in design; creative use of materials/construction; and new fiber, material or technology.

The Winter 2011 Best New Product Award judges were: Julia Noran, managing partner, Editor at Large; David Gill, senior editor, HFN; Jenny Heinzen York, editor-in-chief, Home Accents Today; Wanda Jankowski, editor-in-chief, LDB Interior Textiles; and Eugenia Santiesteban, senior style editor, Veranda; Melody Udell, associate editor, Home Fashion & Hospitality; and Laura van Zeyl, publisher, Home Fashion Forecast.

Best of Market:
Viceroy Collections (New York, NY) for Kajaal Home Couture, a collection of 100 percent cashmere blankets and pillows of the highest quality, manufactured in Italy. www.kajaal.com

Bed Category:
Kimberly House Ltd. (Brewster, NY) for Owl Wrap, a cotton blanket featuring a whimsical hand-appliquéd owl, perfect for wrapping baby. http://kimberlyhouse.com

Bath Category:
Altinbasak Tekstil (Denizli, Turkey) for its DeLuxe Towels & Bathrobes, inspired by historical patterns and featuring a sheared loop to create a dramatic design. http://altinbask.com.tr

Dining Category:
Allem Studio (Marietta, GA) for its Aqua Fish placemat, a playful, 100 percent cotton canvas placemat featuring a traditional Polish peasant motif in a contemporary and coastal way. www.allemstudio.com

Home Accessories Category:
Happy Blanket LLC (Fairfield, CT) for its Sky Blue cashmere blanket, a digitally printed 100 percent cashmere blanket offering both luxury and comfort. www.happyblanketgallery.com

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