QuiltCon 2019 Winners

Best in Show 2019

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Group or Bee Quilts
68” x 51.5”
By Leanne Chahley Lethbridge MQG
@shecanquilt

Also pieced by Stephanie Ruyle, Felicity Ronaghan, Kari Vojtechovsky, Melissa Ritchie, Diane Stanley, Marci Debetaz, Debbie Jeske, Karen Foster, Hillary Goodwin

Quilting Excellence Award

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Waterfall
31.5” x 50.75”
By Sarah Lauzon
Orlando MQG
Orlando, Florida
@cera.bee

People’s Choice

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Separated
64” x 68”
Pieced and quilted by Valerie Luberecki
Raleigh, NC, United States
Triangle MQG

Best Machine Quilting, Framed

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The Modern Drunk
60” x 53”
By Jodi Robinson
Individual Member
Enon Valley, Pennsylvania
@jodirdesigns

Best Machine Quilting, Frameless

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Burst
35” x 42”
By Marge Tucker
Individual Member
Norwell, Massachusetts
@margetuckerquilts

Judge’s Choice

Anne Sullivan

Somethings Are Not Easily Seen: Poverty
American Patchwork & Quilting Two-Color Quilt Challenge
76” x 66”
By Kathryn Upitis
Denver Metro MQG
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
@kupitis

Mondo Guerra

But, was that Me?
Improvisation
39” x 40”
By Heidi Parkes
Chicago MQG
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
@Heidi.Parkes

Cindy Seitz-Krug

Log Lunacy
Small Quilts
31” x 31”
By Laurie Sheldon
Individual Member
Washburn, North Dakota

American Patchwork & Quilting Two-Color Quilting Challenge

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1st Place: Double Crossed
68” x 68”
By Paige Alexander
Greenville MQG
Easley, South Carolina

2nd Place: Woodcut
48” x 52”
By Irene Roderick
Austin MQG
Austin, Texas
@hixsonir

3rd Place: Reel To Reel
74” x 70”
By Jenny Haynes
Individual Member
Sheffield, S Yorkshire, UK
Quilted by Joë Bennison
@pappersaxsten

Appliqué

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1st Place: Hunt Harriot Quilt
60” x 71”
By Carolyn Friedlander
Individual Member
Lake Wales, Florida
@carolynfriedlander

2nd Place: New Lovers’ Knot
42” x 42”
By Ginny Robinson
Triangle MQG
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
@minnowpeck

3rd Place: Linen Landscapes
32” x 39”
By Laura Ward
Austin MQG
Round Rock, Texas
@crafttakeover

Group or Bee Quilts

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1st Place: Overlapped
51” x 52”

Pieced and quilted by Alisa Kutsel, Friederike Stanke, Vicky Mueller, Melanie Meyer, Monique Disney, Katharina Begerl, Christine Joubert, Lucy Engels, Saija Kiiskinen, Lisa Hofmann-Maurer

2nd Place: Micro in Macro
61” x 75”
Pieced and quilted by Tanya Munro, Yulia Reshetnikova, Marina Lukovneva, Maria Ismangalieva, Elvira Pustovalova, Olga Repina, Olga Stang, Marina Sokhonchuk, Maria Dzreeva, Evgeniya Milyaeva, Clara Stoikow, Olga Vovchenko, Anna Zhuravleva, Valeria Mezhibovskaya, Marina Surmillo, Elena Smolkina

Dubna, Moscow region, Russia

3rd Place: Group Therapy
64.5” x 75”
Pieced and quilted by Jane Cole by Elizabeth Allen, Wendy Bowen, Jo Glover, Marilyn Sullivan, Barbara Wilkins

Handwork

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1st Place: Outside
56” x 43”
By Jack Weise
Individual Member
Longmont, Colorado

2nd Place: Flux
63” x 76”
By Lucinda Walker
Austin MQG
Austin, TX, United States
@lucindawalkerart

3rd Place: Why I’m A Feminist
43” x 59”
By Sam Hunter
Portland MQG
Beaverton, Oregon
Also quilted by Nancy Stovall

Improvisation

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1st Place: Pathways
46” x 64”
By Tanya Munro
Individual Member
Dubna, Moscow region, Russia

2nd Place: Dance in Celery
52” x 70”
By Irene Roderick
Austin MQG
Austin, TX, United States
@hixsonir

3rd Place: Blue Houses
53” x 40”
By Melanie Tuazon
North Jersey MQG
Livingston, New Jersey
@melintheattic

Michael Miller Hash Dot Fabric Challenge

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1st Place: #Clockwork
42” x 56”
By Cynthia Steward
Greenville MQG
Simpsonville, South Carolina
Quilted by CynSteward

2nd Place: #PlusSign #Transparency
41” x 41”
By Paige Alexander
Greenville MQG
Easley, South Carolina

3rd Place: Delta Eclipse
33.5” x 32”
By Matthew Wheeler
Vancouver MQG
Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Minimalist Design

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1st Place: Passage no. 3
49” x 54”
By Carson Converse
Northampton MQG
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
@carsonconverse

2nd Place: Forest Through the Trees, no. 4
42” x 55”
By Carson Converse
Northampton MQG
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
@carsonconverse

3rd Place: 70s graphic
57” x 57”
By Kim Simpson
Individual Member
Coomboona, Vic, Australia
@simpsonandscarlett

Modern Traditionalism

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1st Place: Infinite Magnification
50” x 63”
By Christine Perrigo
Denver Metro MQG
Erie, Colorado
@ccpquilt

2nd Place: Astronomer’s Daughter
59” x 70”
By Brigit Dermott
Gainesville MQG
Gainesville, Florida
@brigitgail

3rd Place: Modern Times
68” x 72”
By Jenny Haynes
Individual Member
Sheffield, UK
Quilted by Joë Bennison

Piecing

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1st Place: Eclat
35” x 50”
By Sophie Zaugg
Individual Member
Le Sentier, Switzerland
@lunalovequilts

2nd Place: Bear Fence
40” x 54”
By Maria Shell
Individual Member
Anchorage, Alaska

3rd Place: Catching Modern Dreams
52.5” x 62”
By Stephanie Ruyle
Denver Metro MQG
Denver, Colorado
@spontaneousthreads

Small Quilts

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1st Place: Random Hexagons by the Block
30” x 35”
By Catherine Redford
Individual Member
Naperville, Illinois

2nd Place: Double sens
22” x 36”
By Sophie Zaugg
Individual Member
Le Sentier, Switzerland
@lunalovequilts

3rd Place: You Are Here
20” x 20”
By Christine Yi
Portland MQG
Portland, Oregon
@christineyi_sew

Use of Negative Space

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1st Place: Complementary Convergence
66” x 78”
By Cassandra Beaver
Central Ohio MQG
Urbana, Ohio
@cassandra.beaver

2nd Place: Hermann and the Dingbats
31” x 48”
By Rebecca Bell
Individual Member
Stockton-on-Tees, UK
@greenandbel

3rd Place: Lucy In The Sky
77.5” x 79”
By Alane Davis
Lake Superior MQG
Duluth, Minnesota
@alanedaviscreates

Youth

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1st Place: Activist ABC’s
20” x 83”
By Bianca Mercado
Individual Member
Antioch, California
Quilted by Nancy Williams

2nd Place: Exit Wound
55” x 60”
By Audrey Bernier
Individual Member
Antioch, California
Quilted by Nancy Williams

3rd Place: The City Zoo
53” x 59”
By Zoe Sutters
Washington D.C. MQG
Herndon, Virginia