QuiltCon 2017 Winners Gallery

Best in Show

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Bling

98” x 98”

By Katherine Jones

Chigwell, Tasmania, Australia

Best Machine Quilting: Frameless

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Not Easy Being Green
40” x 54”
By Mary Keasler
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Best Machine Quilting: Framed

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Madonna
49.5” x 75.5”
Pieced by Brittany Bowen Burton
Quilted by Natalia Bonner
Millcreek, Utah, United States

Quilting Excellence Award

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Go North
69” x 70”
By Maritza Soto
Cambridge, Massachutsetts, United States

People’s Choice

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Lincoln
46” x 60”
By Kim Soper
Huntington, New York, United States

American Patchwork & Quilting Nine Patch Quilting Challenge

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1st Place: Warp and Weft
43” x 41”
By Cheryl Brickey
Greer, South Carolina, United States

2nd Place: Hashtag Quilt, Hashtag Nine-Patch…
48” x 55”
Pieced and quilted by Betsy Vinegrad
Short Hills, New Jersey, United States

3rd Place: Mustard Stain
33” x 34”
By Paige Alexander
Easley, South Carolina, United States

Appliqué

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1st Place: Inside Out
61” x 54”
By Susan Bleiweiss
Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States

2nd Place: Tea and Skittles
40” x 48”
By Thomas Knauer
Utica, New York, United States

3rd Place: Bloberella
52” x 67’“
Pieced by Hillary Goodwin
Quilted by Kristha Withers
Auburn, California, United States

Group or Bee

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1st Place: Direction Optional
17” x 76”
Pieced by Stephanie Ruyle, Leanne Chahley, Karen Foster, Hillary Goodwin, Marci Debetaz, MR Charbonneau, Felicity Ronaghan, Debbie Jeske, Anne Sullivan, Kari Vojtechovsky
Quilted by Christine Perrigo
Denver, Colorado, United States

2nd Place: Blue Blue Electric Blue
52” x 61”
Pieced and quilted by Ara Jane Olufson, Deborah Aspuria, Daisy Auschehoug, Ivy Bagnall, Yeechi Chen, Cat Downs, Mary Gibbons, Rachel Hauser, Allison Schnackenberg, and Jodie Wu.
Seattle, Washington, United States

3rd Place: Organic Mid-Century Mod
60” x 60”
Pieced and quilted by Laura Bennett, Jessie Aller, Neva Asinari, Ashley Bander, Tracy Baird, Ruth Bass, Laura Bennett, Nicole Folino, Michelle Kochan, Jessica Levitt, Janet Schoenfeld, Robin Tillsworth, Colleen Wiest
Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Handwork

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1st Place: Canary meets Gold Mine
48” x 59”
By Stephanie Ruyle
Denver, Colorado, United States

2nd Place: Quilt no.019: Of Discontent
67.5” x 84”
By Shelby Skumanich
Loveland, Colorado, United States

3rd Place: Trust Your Gut
39” x 43”
By Marilyn Butler
Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Improvisation

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1st Place: Lincoln
46” x 60”
By Kim Soper
Huntington, New York, United States

2nd Place: What If: A Color Study
42” x 46”
By Lynn Crymes
Charleston, South Carolina, United States

3rd Place: Scattered
65” x 68”
By Jess Frost
Mount Stuart, Tasmania, Australia

Michael Miller Luxe Fabric Challenge

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1st Place: Luxe Modern
59” x 62”
By Susan Clay
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

2nd Place: Look Deep, Deep into My Eyes
62” x 58”
By Kari Anderson
Los Angeles, California, United States

3rd Place: ANDTHENTHISHAPPENED
80” x 80”
By Dawn Golstab
Leander, Texas, United States

Minimalist Design

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1st Place: Wax and Wane
82” x 90”
By Susan Kyle
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2nd Place: Equilateral Sampler
72” x 72”
By Rebecca Bryan
Wildwood, Missouri, United States

3rd Place: Mod Blocks 2.0
57” x 72”
By Betsy Vinegrad
Short Hills, New Jersey, United States

Modern Traditionalism

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1st Place: Modern Waves Quilt
85” x 91”
By Kristi Schroeder
Quilted by Lee Jenkins 
Austin, Texas, United States

2nd Place: Fireworks
50” x 76”
By Jeannie Jenkins
Willowdale, Ontario, Canada

3rd Place: Autumn Hours
45” x 60”
By Daisy Aschehoug
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Piecing

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1st Place: Ode de Yoshiko
54” x 54”
By Marilyn Farquhar
Heidelberg, Ontario, Canada

2nd Place: Finding The One
39” x 48”
By Miriam Coffey
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, United States

Vertigo
56” x 56”
By Elaine Poplin
Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Small Quilts

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1st Place: Whatever
32” x 31”
By Katie Larson
Kansas City, Kansas, United States

2nd Place: Cursive
34” x 36”
By Paige Alexander
Easley, South Carolina, United States

3rd Place: Dark Geometry
33” x 33”
By Susan McKinney
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Use of Negative Space

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1st Place: Infused Plaid
61” x 61”
By Cassandra Beaver
Urbana, Ohio, United States

2nd Place: The Ground She Moves, Flies
55” 56”
By Kari Anderson
Los Angeles, California, United States

3rd Place: Implied Consent
46” x 60”
By Colleen Molen
Fallbrook, California, United States

Youth: Individual

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1st Place: Gemstones
45” x 53”
By Lilianna Kehnle
Monroe, New York, United States

2nd Place: Big Blue Whale
47” x 53”
Pieced and quilted by Caitlyn Baxter
Quilted by Tiffany Baxter
Amherst, VA, United States

3rd Place: Supernova
52.5” x 52.5”
Pieced by Aida Gates
Pieced with Judy Moyer
Quilted by Laura Simmons
Binding by Julie Moyer
Parker, Colorado, United States

Judge’s Choice

Kristy Daum

Waiting for Sanity
49” x 48’“
By Kristin Shields
Bend, Oregon, United States

Erica Bonkowski

Self Portrait in T
26” x 26”
By Hillary Goodwin
Auburn, California, United States

Elizabeth Spannring

Still With Her
60” x 55”
By Liz Harvatine
Burbank, California, United States