QuiltCon 2026 Winners Gallery

Best in Show 2026

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Mom Jeans

81″ x 78″

By Carolyn McKibbin

Summit, New Jersey, United States

MQG Award of Excellence

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Racing Stripes
52″ x 52″
By Kelly Spell
Hixson, Tennessee, United States

Best Original Modern Design

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Parallax
61″ x 68″
By Danielle Stanfill
Pahoa, Hawaii, United States

Best Machine Quilting

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Tinker Toys
64″ x 64″
By Susan Braverman
San Antonio, Texas, United States

Best Hand Quilting

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Midnight & Noon
60” x 65”
By Lauren Klementz-Harte
Moorpark, California, United States

MQG Breakthrough Award

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Chingona - (noun), Badass Woman
81″ x 64″
By Stacy Pyron
Devine, Texas, United States

People’s Choice

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Will be announced at the show on Sunday, February 22 at 2:30 p.m.

Category Awards

American Patchwork & Quilting Diamonds Quilting Challenge

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1st Place: Diamond Levitation
37″ x 54″
By Andrea Barrett
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

2nd Place: Accidental Asterisk
36″ x 36″
By Lindlee Smith
Bozeman, Montana, United States

3rd Place: Building Barriers
77″ x 89″
By Jennifer Candon
Harvard, Massachusetts, United States

Windham Artisan Cottons Fabric Challenge

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1st Place: Momentum
68″ x 70″
By Michaela Romesburg
San Francisco, California, United States

2nd Place: Fray It Ain't So
58″ x 58″
By Nora Bauser
Seattle, Washington, United States

3rd Place: Pink Moon
56″ x 68″
By Patricia Heath
Montrose, Colorado, United States

Appliqué

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1st Place: The Quilter
56″ x 70″
By Katherine Jones
Chigwell, Tasmania, Australia

2nd Place: Nobody's Free Until Everybody's Free
54″ x 45″
By Maritza Soto
Cambridge, Massachusetts., United States

3rd Place: The Sun The Moon and The Stars
38″ x 38″
By Carol Hill
Bellevue, Washington, United States

Group or Bee Quilts

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1st Place: Threads Speak
60″ x 60″
By Amber Elliott
Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Contributors: Megan Wenger, Meghan Ruiz, Erin Bauchan-Caprara, Heidi Wallmeier, Kris Pepin, Carla Pugliese, Emily Perry, Mikka Tokuda-Hall, Kaitlyn Fritsch,  Tristan Parker, Kacie Grossman, Ashelyn Downs, Anna MacLean,  Sarah Hammann, Tiffany Horn, Katie Dean, Karin Rabe, Michelle Flook , Julie Amann, Rachel Dratnol,  Jennifer Sasse, Sarah Ruiz, Claudia Banks, Becky Matakas, Marci Rogal, Hande Neilan, Kathryn Mascorell,a Sarah Ruth Morris, Jenny Sims, Chanda Clark, Paula Hampton, Cecilia Ruhl, Molly Feeney, Angie Reece,  Fran Gulick

2nd Place: Ode to Joy
57″ x 80″
By Debbie Jeske
Lynwood, Washington, United States

Contributors: Leanne Chahley, M-R Charbonneau, Karen Foster, Felicity Ronaghan, Stephanie Ruyle, Jen Broemel, Tia Curtis, Émilie Trahan

3rd Place: Flying Without a Net
70″ x 88″
By Doris Lovadina-Lee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Contributors: Diana Fox-Revett, Laura Henneberry, Christine Navarro, Sheila Matheis, Rebecca Burnett, Catherine Illingworth, Karen Brown

Handwork

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1st Place: Working Blues
53″ x 62″
By Danielle Stanfill
Pahoa, Hawaii, United States

2nd Place: Bloom, Becoming, Intrepid, Flourish
56″ x 62″
By Heidi Parkes
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

3rd Place: Summer Rain Stories
42″ x 27″
By Diane Paxton
Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States

Improvisation

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1st Place: Starlite, Starbrite
88″ x 88″
By Jennifer Candon
Harvard, Massachusetts, United States

2nd Place: Field Counts 1
73″ x 84″
By Susan Lapham
Vienna, Virginia, United States

3rd Place: Ce qu'il faut de saleté pour faire une fleur
55″ x 65″
By Emilie Trahan
Joliette, Quebec, Canada

Minimalist Design

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1st Place: White on White Log Cabins
70″ x 70″
By Robert J Bosscher
Wyoming, Michigan, United States

2nd Place: Straw into Gold
31″ x 42″
By Clara Stoikow
Berlin, Germany

3rd Place: Stone
38″ x 42″
By Carolina Oneto
Ciudad Mexico, Mexico

Modern Traditionalism

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1st Place: Look Close Judge Me
72″ x 72″
By Tara Evans
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

2nd Place: Drunkard's Orange Peel
50″ x 37″
By Emily Kidney
Portland, Oregon, United States

3rd Place: Block Play
63″ x 84″
By Jennifer Candon
Harvard, Massachusetts, United States

Piecing

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1st Place: Elemental
81″ x 83″
By Patti Coppock Bucklin
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

2nd Place: Zanfirico
54″ x 54″
By Susan Braverman
San Antonio, Texas, United States

3rd Place: Sonar
70″ x 70″
By Janice Reimer
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Small Quilts

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1st Place: Shake It Up
18″ x 18″
By Tania Tanti
Altona Meadows, Victoria, Australia

2nd Place: Joyful Study: Energy
16″ x 16″
By Sarah Campbell
Austin, Texas, United States

3rd Place: Small Acts
17″ x 20″
By Jen Broemel
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Use of Negative Space

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1st Place: Frost Filigree
60″ x 60″
By Yvonne Fuchs
Tehachapi, California, United States

2nd Place: Circling the Squares
56″ x 56″
By Jo Wollschlaeger
Portland, Oregon, United States

3rd Place: On the Back of Her Chair
54″ x 70″
By Sara Brown
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Youth Quilts

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1st Place: Faces
26″ x 34″
By Ava Gaffney, age 8
Greenville, South Carolina, United States

2nd Place: Homeward Bound: A Collaboration to Welcome
40″ x 40″
By Genesis Hall, age 15
Marion, North Carolina, United States

3rd Place: Wilson's Picnic Day
16″ x 15″
By Charlotte Tu, age 9
Glen Allen, Virginia, United States

Judge’s Choice

Candice English

Alter Ego
36” x 64”
By Jenn McMillan
Woodlawn, Ontario, Canada

Carson Converse

Small Acts
17″ x 20″
By Jen Broemel
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Latifah Saafir

Inside Out
88″ x 84″
By Jennifer Candon
Harvard, Massachusetts, United States