QuiltCon 2024 Winners

Best in Show 2024

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

35″ x 79″

Pieced and quilted by Ginny Robinson

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Individual Member

@minnowpeck

MQG Excellence Award

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Anechoic
63” x 63”
By Janice Reimer
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Individual Member
@prairieandocean

Best Original Modern Design

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Candy Pop
By Kelly Spell
Hixson, Tennessee, United States
Individual Member
58″ x 73″
@kellyspell

Best Machine Quilting

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Cloudy Night Sky
48″ x 60″
By Yvonne Fuchs
Tehachapi, California, United States
Individual Member
@quiltingjetgirl

Best Hand Quilting

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Solomon’s Stripes
73″ x 74″
By Ethylene Ziegler
Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Los Angeles MQG @made_by_ecz

People’s Choice

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White Bubbles
74″ x 81″
By Irina Timofeeva
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Individual Member
@irinatimofeeva_quilt


Individual Membe

Judge’s Choice

Brigit Dermott

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

Denyse Schmidt

Irregular Chain
69″ x 76″
By Daisy Aschehoug
Nesodden, Viken, Norway
Individual Member
@warmfolk 

Stacey A. Watson

Scrappy Manhattan
22″ x 53″
By Clara Stoikow
Harrison, New York, United States
Individual Member @bimbambuki_blog 

American Patchwork & Quilting Super Scrappy Quilting Challenge

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1st Place: Illusion
51″ x 51″
By Beth Shutty
Summerfield, Florida, United States
Central Florida MQG
@Blue_dragonfly5 

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

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

Appliqué

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

2nd Place: Double Meat- Double Cheese
70″ x 77″
By Christine Fornell
Quilted by Tess Robinson
Bridgman, Michigan, United States
Individual Member
@Chris.f1952 

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

Group or Bee Quilts

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

Contributing Quilters: 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 Kenny Smith
Rutland, Vermont, United States
Individual Member
@thekingslacker

Contributing Quilters: 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
Sacramento Modern Quilt Guild
@avargasdesigns

Contributing Quilters: 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
Chicago MQG
@amandanadigart 

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

3rd Place: Summer Lovin’
48″ x 60″
By Rebeka Lambert
Gonzales, Louisiana, United States
Baton Rouge MQG
@rebeka.lambert 

Improvisation

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

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

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

Windham Ruby+Bee Fabric Challenge

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

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

3rd Place: Local Density 01
50″ x 50″
By Charles Cameron
Quilted by Donna Sontag
Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States
Triangle MQG
@FeltLikeSweets 

Minimalist Design

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

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

3rd Place: Interstitial no. 2
48″ x 64″
By Robert Bosscher
Quilted by Gayle Bosscher
Orlando, Florida, United States
Individual Member
@rjbosscher

Modern Traditionalism

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

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

3rd Place: Backcountry Star
68″ x 68″
By Lindlee Smith
Quilted by Ashlee Doyle
Bozeman, Montana, United States
Individual Member
@plainsandpine 

Piecing

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1st Place: Shadow
64″ x 64″
By Scott Culley
Berlin, Germany
Individual Member
@scottculleydesign 

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

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

Small Quilts

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

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

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

Use of Negative Space

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1st Place: Uvalde, Texas
85″ x 52″
By Alexis Pappas
Machine quilted by Haley Fetters;
Hand quilted by Alexis Pappas
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Omaha MQG 

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

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

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
Individual Member 

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

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