QuiltCon 2024 Winners Gallery

Best in Show

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What We Will Use as Weapons: A List of School Supplies

35″ x 79″

By Ginny Robinson

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

MQG Award of Excellence

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Anechoic
63” x 63”
By Janice Reimer
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Best Original Modern Design

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Candy Pop
58″ x 73″
By Kelly Spell
Hixson, Tennessee, United States

Best Machine Quilting

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Cloudy Night Sky
48″ x 60″
By Yvonne Fuchs
Tehachapi, California, United States

Best Hand Quilting

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Solomon’s Stripes
73″ x 74″
By Ethylene Ziegler
Manhattan Beach, California, United States

People’s Choice

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White Bubbles
74″ x 81″
Pieced by Irina Timofeeva
Quilted by Natalia Moskaleva
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

American Patchwork & Quilting Super Scrappy Quilting Challenge

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1st Place: Illusion
51″ x 51″
By Beth Shutty
Summerfield, Florida, United States

2nd Place: Multifarious me
50″ x 60″
By Tara Glastonbury
Kensington, Victoria, Australia

3rd Place: Irregular Chain
69″ x 76″
By Daisy Aschehoug
Nesodden, Viken, Norway

Windham Artisan Cotton Fabric Challenge

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1st Place: Overprint
63″ x 63″
By Betsy Vinegrad
Short Hills, New Jersey, United States

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2nd Place: Blended
48″ x 48″
By Fran Gulick
Spokane, Washington, United States

3rd Place: Local Density 01
50″ x 50″
Pieced by Charles Cameron
Quilted by Donna Sontag
Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States

Appliqué

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1st Place: Big Hug
56″ x 74″
By Linda Leake
Claremont, California, United States

2nd Place: Double Meat- Double Cheese
70″ x 77″
Pieced by Christine Fornell
Quilted by Tess Robinson
Bridgman, Michigan, United States

3rd Place: 100 Days of Greenery
35″ x 41″
By Cassandra Beaver
Urbana, Ohio, United States

Group or Bee Quilts

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1st Place: Subtle Secrets
46″ x 47″
By Felicity Ronaghan
Naramata, British Columbia, Canada

Contributors: M-R Charbonneau, Karen Foster, Stephanie Ruyle, Debbie Jeske, Marci Debetaz, Ken Smith, Leanne Chahley

2nd Place: Essence of Sonia Delaunay
53″ x 56″
By Ken Smith
Rutland, Vermont, United States

Contributors: M-R Charbonneau, Karen Foster, Stephanie Ruyle, Debbie Jeske, Felicity Ronaghan, Marci Debetaz, Leanne Chahley

3rd Place: Exquisite Quilt #3
62″ x 62″
By Abigail Vargas
Winters, California, United States

Contributors: Aaron Ward, Annette Alberti, Anny Schomburg, Charles Cameron, Christine Westbrook, Constanze Toplansky, Debbie Kidd, Denise Henderson, Ellyn Zinsmeister, Emily Williams, Hannah Barker, Hillary Cooper, Karen Bolan, Marty Swank, Michelle Oberlander, Nikki Constantine, Pat Fuller, Patti Baymiller, Rebecca Swank, Sarah Goer, Sarah Ruiz

Handwork

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1st Place: Coral Quilt: Stitched and Tied
68″ x 80″
By Amanda Nadig
Chicago, Illinois, United States

2nd Place: Ghana Batik Study
32″ x 44″
By Lauren Klementz-Harte
Moorpark, California, United States

3rd Place: Summer Lovin’
48″ x 60″
By Rebeka Lambert
Gonzales, Louisiana, United States

Improvisation

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1st Place: Reconceived
99″ x 100″
By Jennifer Candon
Harvard, Massachusetts, United States

2nd Place: Lahaina
36″ x 50″
By Patty Simmons 
Lees Summit, Missouri, United States

3rd Place: Joy Bubble Quilt
55″ x 77″
By Sherri Lynn Wood
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Minimalist Design

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1st Place: Mulberry Swirl
42″ x 63″
By Kelly Spell
Hixson, Tennessee, United States

2nd Place: Crossway
53″ x 44″
By Steph Skardal
Dublin, Ohio, United States

3rd Place: Interstitial no. 2
48″ x 64″
Pieced by Robert Bosscher
Quilted by Gayle Bosscher
Orlando, Florida, United States

Modern Traditionalism

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1st Place: Kiwi Peel
68″ x 82″
By Ben Darby
Huntsville, Alabama, United States

2nd Place: Star Bright
60″ x 68″
By Jennifer Candon
Harvard, Massachusetts, United States

3rd Place: Backcountry Star
68″ x 68″
Pieced by Lindlee Smith
Quilted by Ashlee Doyle
Bozeman, Montana, United States

Piecing

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1st Place: Shadow
64″ x 64″
By Scott Culley
Berlin, Germany

2nd Place: Joy
80″ x 53″
By Cole Whitaker
Snohomish, Washington, United States

3rd Place: Vortex Radial
78″ x 65″
By Audrey Esarey
Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Small Quilts

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1st Place: White On White
16″ x 17″
By Amy Pabst
Le Roy, West Virginia, United States

2nd Place: Outer Orbit
33″ x 24″
By Stephanie Ruyle
Denver, Colorado, United States

3rd Place: Walter
13″ x 13″
By Sarah Hibbert
Hatfield Herts, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Use of Negative Space

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1st Place: Uvalde, Texas
85″ x 52″
Pieced by Alexis Pappas
Machine Quilted by Haley Fetters
Hand Quilted by Alexis Pappas
Omaha, Nebraska, United States

2nd Place: Array
71″ x 51″
By Ellen Meeker
Traverse City, Michigan, United States

3rd Place: ENOUGH No. 3
45″ x 69″
By Elizabeth Ray
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Youth Quilts

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1st Place: This Land (Is Not) Our Land
36″ x 40″
By the 2022/2023 Marylhurst School 2nd & 3rd Grade Class
Teacher: Jessica Bernert Students: Jack Batten, Noa Belter, Logan Blohm, Madeline DeGross, Robbie Hamel, Greta Hamlow, Rayna Hostetler, Alexandra Howe, Robbie Ledgerwood, Scarlett Partridge, Lillian Preston, Madeleine Quackenbush, June Ramirez, Carson Smith, Riley Stockade, Ellie Stott, Amaya Talbert-Snyder, Reverie Wildwood.
Quilted by Chris Batten
Portland, Oregon, United States

2nd Place: Fever Dreams
57″ x 56″
By Lucas Weisleder, age 13
Bexley, Ohio, United States

3rd Place: Crazy Windows
42″ x 49″
By Victoria Taylor, age 10
Stuart, Florida, United States

Judge’s Choice

Brigit Dermott

Self Portrait #2
43″ x 75″
By Lucas Weisleder, age 13
Bexley, Ohio, United States

Denyse Schmidt

Irregular Chain
69″ x 76″
By Daisy Aschehoug
Nesodden, Viken, Norway

Stacey A. Watson

Scrappy Manhattan
22″ x 53″
By Clara Stoikow
Harrison, New York, United States