QuiltCon 2025 Winners
Best in Show 2025
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Dignity
64″ x 77″
Pieced and quilted by Veruschka Zarate
Loma Linda, California, United States
Individual Member
@prideandjoyquilting
MQG Excellence Award
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Clamshell Jamboree
43″ x 58″
By Michelle Bartholomew
Leavenworth, Washington, United States
Central Washington MQG
@michellebartholomew
Best Original Modern Design
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Poppy Quilt
69″ x 67″
By Audrey Esarey
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Individual Member
@CottonandBourbon
Best Machine Quilting
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Raspberry Roulette
47″ x 48″
By Audrey Esarey
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Individual Member
@CottonandBourbon
Best Hand Quilting
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YES MORE PLEASE!
41” x 45”
By Heidi Parkes
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Chicago MQG
@Heidi.Parkes
Additional piecing & quilting
by Zak Foster
MQG Breakthrough Award
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I may be Square but not Fuddy-Duddy
68″ x 68″
By Jackie Pang
Campbell, California, United States
Silicon Valley MQG
@Charcoalbull
Individual Membe
People’s Choice
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Jordan Year (Quilt of Golden Delights)
76″ x 76″
By Laura Hartrich
Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Chicago MQG
@laurahartrich
Judge’s Choice
Alison Glass
YES MORE PLEASE!
41” x 45”
By Heidi Parkes
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Chicago MQG
@Heidi.Parkes
Additional piecing & quilting
by Zak Foster
Tammie Rubin
So Many Small Things
63″ x 62″
By Heidi Parkes
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Chicago MQG
@Heidi.Parkes
Maritza Soto
Lifelines
59″ x 65″
By Emilie Trahan
Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Individual Member
@mili.tra
American Patchwork & Quilting Transparency Quilting Challenge
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1st Place: Light Me Up
48″ x 48″
By Lindsey Berres
Woodinville, Washington, United States
Seattle MQG
@peace.and.patchwork
2nd Place: Square Bloom
48″ x 48″
By Jo Wollschlaeger
Portland, Oregon, United States
Portland MQG
@jowoquilts
3rd Place: Neural Overlap
60″ x 44″
By Jeanne Eileen Garcia
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Denver Metro MQG
@jeanne.garcia
Windham Ruby+Bee Fabric Challenge
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1st Place: Reverb
46″ x 46″
By Michaela Romesburg
San Francisco, California, United States
Individual Member
@michaela_g_romesburg
2nd Place: Cheshire
50″ x 60″
By Steph Skardal
Dublin, Ohio, United States
Individual Member
@stephskardal
3rd Place: Smokejumper
50″ x 69″
By Lynne Hanson
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Oxfordshire MQG
@lynnepusscat
Appliqué
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1st Place: Fugue
52″ x 52″
By Lucy Engels
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Individual Member
@_lucyengels
2nd Place: Oasis
36″ x 41″
By Cassandra Beaver
Urbana, Ohio, United States
Individual Member
@Cassandra.beaver
3rd Place: All That Follows
55″ x 55″
By Sara Brown
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Individual Member
@sarabquilts
Group or Bee Quilts
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1st Place: NYC Fire Escapes
65″ x 56″
By Petra Kolkhof
Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Rhein MQG
@sewingp
Contributing Quilters: Alexandra Pilz, Andrea Noll, Clara Stoikow, Claudia Rombouts, Eva Wirth, Mara Herzog
2nd Place: 5 New Friends
57″ x 61″
By Emilie Trahan
Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Individual Member
@mili.tra
Contributing Quilters: Annick Bécotte, Lucie Bélanger, Andréane Giroux, Anne Lussier
Quilted by Lucie Bélanger, Émilie Trahan
3rd Place: Paloma
70″ x 88″
By Hillary London
New Britain, Connecticut, United States
South Florida MQG
@Betterdogbowl
Contributing Quilters: Charlotte Noll, Lolo Mon, Catherine Wilson, Nancy Powell, Debby Schindall, Judy Shelton, Linda Gueli
Quilted by Charlotte Noll
Handwork
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1st Place: Arches
54″ x 45″
By Julie Reuben
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge MQG
@b_plus_q
2nd Place: Mimi, Mimi, Mimi
57″ x 57″
By Heidi Parkes
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Chicago MQG
@Heidi.Parkes
3rd Place: Jordan Year (Quilt of Golden Delights)
76″ x 76″
By Laura Hartrich
Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Chicago MQG
@laurahartrich
Improvisation
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1st Place:Out of the Blue
82″ x 89″
By Emilie Trahan
Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Individual Member
@mili.tra
2nd Place: So Many Small Things
63″ x 62″
By Heidi Parkes
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Chicago MQG
@Heidi.Parkes
3rd Place: Composition 4
84″ x 91″
By Laurie Paquin
Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada
Individual Member
@paquin222
Minimalist Design
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1st Place: Suspend
86″ x 84″
By Irene Roderick
Austin, Texas, United States
Austin MQG
@hixsonir
2nd Place: Passage no. 7
69″ x 68″
By Carson Converse
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, United States
Northampton MQG
@carsonconverse
3rd Place: Goldie
65″ x 80″
By Danielle Stanfill
Pahoa, Hawaii, United States
Individual Member
@thequiltedhand
Modern Traditionalism
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1st Place: The Pointy Beast
62″ x 62″
By Susan Braverman
San Antonio, Texas, United States
San Antonio MQG
@wildpoppyquilts
2nd Place: Circle Play
59″ x 59″
By Jennifer Candon
Harvard, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge MQG
@jennifercandon
3rd Place: 100 Days of Apple Cores
52″ x 61″
By Cassandra Beaver
Urbana, Ohio, United States
Individual Member
@Cassandra.beaver
Piecing
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1st Place: Orange Blast
76″ x 82″
By Emilie Trahan
Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Individual Member
@mili.tra
2nd Place: Electric Slide
50″ x 68″
By Steph Skardal
Dublin, Ohio, United States
Individual Member
@stephskardal
3rd Place: Exist Out Loud
56″ x 65″
By Allie McCathren
Tomball, Texas, United States
Houston MQG
@exhaustedoctopus
Small Quilts
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1st Place: Circles on a square grid
16″ x 32″
By Liz Kuny
Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Individual Member
2nd Place: Finding Balance
15″ x 15″
By Ann Marston
West Orange, New Jersey, United States
North Jersey MQG
@marstann
3rd Place: Wildflowers
12″ x 28″
By Katie Larson
Longmont, Colorado, United States
Boulder MQG
@katie.craftshell
Use of Negative Space
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1st Place: Traffic Jam
61″ x 61″
By Susan Braverman
San Antonio, Texas, United States
San Antonio MQG
@wildpoppyquilts
2nd Place: Countercurrent
85″ x 75″
By Barbara Danzi
Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles MQG
@barbdanzi
3rd Place: My Life in Pieces
62″ x 62″
By Erin Case
Vancouver, Washington, United States
Portland MQG
@EksRN2002
Youth Quilts
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1st Place: Magnetized
72″ x 94″
By Lorelai Kuecker, age 15
Blackburn, Missouri, United States
Individual Member
@pigs.in.a.blanket.quilting
2nd Place: Snapshot of Who I Am
24″ x 18″
By Ava Badstubner, age 14
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Philadelphia MQG
@cutandsew.phl
3rd Place:Space Ocean
35″x41″
By Henry Church, age 9
Westerville, Ohio, United States
Central Ohio MQG