QuiltCon 2025 Judges

We are so excited to announce the three judges for the main event of QuiltCon 2025 – the judged quilt show! These three judges will review and judge each quilt in person in advance of the show in Phoenix.

Alison Glass

Alison Glass, a fabric designer for Andover Fabrics, is known for her vibrant color palette and intricate designs. She creates fabrics that celebrate authenticity and embrace ambiguity. A dedicated community builder, Alison also designs quilt patterns and hosts online educational events like the Cozy Workshop and Stamp Quilt Sew Along, designed to inspire participants to use their creativity to create beautiful, high-quality projects. Learn more at alisonglass.com or on Instagram @alisonglass.

Tammie Rubin

Tammie Rubin is a ceramic sculptor and installation artist whose practice considers the intrinsic power of objects and coded symbols as signifiers, wishful contraptions, and mythic relics. Her artwork weaves together familial, historical, and literary narratives of Black American citizenry, migration, and faith. Rubin has received residencies at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Penland School of Craft, Sculpture Space Inc., and Pottery Northwest. She is the 2022 Tito's Prize winner and a 2024 USA Fellow in Craft.
Rubin's artwork has received reviews in online and print publications such as Artforum, The Brooklyn Rail, Oxford American, Art in America, Glasstire, Austin Chronicle, Sightlines, fields, Conflict of Interest, Arts and Culture Texas, and Ceramics: Art & Perception. Born and raised in Chicago, Rubin lives in Austin, Texas, she is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at Texas State University.
Rubin exhibits widely; see more of her work tammierubin.com.

Maritza Soto

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Maritza comes from a family of makers. She has a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design. In 2008, Maritza started making quilts. Her quilts have been exhibited at The International Quilt Festival, QuiltCon, and the International Quilt Museum. Her quilt “Go North” won the Freespirit Award for Quilting Excellence at QuiltCon 2017. Her quilts have appeared in “Quilting With a Modern Slant” and “Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century.” Currently, Maritza resides in Cambridge, MA, where she taught quilting at Gather Here for 10 years.