QuiltCon 2021 Winners
Best in Show 2021
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Blooming
52” x 63”
Pieced and quilted by Émilie Trahan
Individual Member
Quilting Excellence Award
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Still not
72” x 72”
Pieced and quilted by Chawne Kimber
Philadelphia MQG
Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
People’s Choice
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It’s a Mad, Mad, Mid-Mod World
69” x 69”
Pieced by Julie Limbach Jones and members of the South Bay Quilter’s Guild
Individual Member
Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Quilted by Matt Randall
Best Machine Quilting, Framed
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Mosh Pit @the Golden
50” x 50”
Pieced and quilted by Maria Shell
Individual Member
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Best Machine Quilting, Frameless
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Corona Wedding Dish
60” x 70”
Pieced and quilted by Ben Darby
Individual Member
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Judge’s Choice
Jen Carlton Bailly
Corona Wedding Dish
60” x 70”
Pieced and quilted by Ben Darby
Individual Member
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Nydia Kehnle
Blooming
52” x 63”
Pieced and quilted by Émilie Trahan
Individual Member
Joliette, Quebec, CAN
Pantera Saint-Montaigne
Azulejos
42” x 42”
Pieced and quilted by Betsy Vinegrad
North Jersey MQG
Short Hills, New Jersey, USA
American Patchwork & Quilting Wedge Quilting Challenge
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1st Place: Crimped
43” x 51”
Pieced and quilted by Amy Friend
Individual Member
West Newbury, Massachusetts, USA
2nd Place: Azulejos
42” x 42”
Pieced and quilted by Betsy Vinegrad
North Jersey MQG
Short Hills, New Jersey, USA
3rd Place: Angle of Repose
42” x 41-1/2”
Pieced and quilted by Ellen Meeker
Individual Member
Traverse City, Michigan, USA
Appliqué
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1st Place: Dresden Coffins
59” x 59”
Pieced and quilted by Andrea Salisbury
Individual Member
St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
2nd Place: When Life Gives You Lemons
42” x 42”
Pieced and quilted by Tighe Flanagan
Washington D.C. MQG
Washington, D.C., USA
3rd Place: Naïve Melody
60” x 60”
Pieced by Lucy Engels
Individual Member
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Quilted by Tatyana Duffie
Group or Bee Quilts
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1st Place: Urban Emergence
40” x 42”
By Ellyn Zinsmeister
McKinney MQG
Allen, Texas, USA
2nd Place: Being Human
85” x 85”
By Susan Santistevan
Denver Metro MQG
Colorado, USA
3rd Place: Social Distancing Quilt
50” x 58”
Pieced and quilted by Laura Loewen
Boulder MQG
Lafayette, Colorado, USA
Handwork
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1st Place: Follow Your Arrow
66” x 80”
By Andrea Salisbury
Individual Member
St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
2nd Place: Taking Up Space (Do the Work)
56” x 71”
Pieced and quilted by Melanie Tuazon
North Jersey MQG
Livingston, New Jersey, USA
3rd Place: slow poetry 1: the one with apprehension
44” x 47”
Pieced and quilted by Chawne Kimber
Philadelphia MQG
Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Improvisation
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1st Place: Orange Sky
55” x 72”
Pieced and quilted by Annie Hudnut
Individual Member
Loveland, Colorado, USA
2nd Place: Orangeraie
53” x 67”
Pieced and quilted by Sophie Zaugg
Individual Member
Le Sentier, Switzerland
3rd Place: Lines of Communication
33-1/2” x 31-5/8”
Pieced and quilted by Suzanne Sadilek
Kansas City MQG
Roeland Park, Kansas, USA
Floral & Vine Fabric Challenge
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1st Place: Shark Bite
55” x 55”
Pieced and quilted by Debra Milkovich
Oahu MQG
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2nd Place: Aster
48” x 59”
Pieced and quilted by Heather Akerberg
Omaha MQG
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Quilted by Haley Schober of Mistletoe Quilting Co.
3rd Place: Seasons
37” x 38”
Pieced and quilted by Annmarie Cowley
Portland MQG
Hilsboro, Oregon, USA
Minimalist Design
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1st Place: Krosby
60” x 70”
By Elizabeth Miceli
Houston MQG
Sugar Land, Texas, USA
2nd Place: If Men Were Angels
56” x 56”
Pieced and quilted by Erin Hammer
Individual Member
Fitchburg, Wisconsin, USA
3rd Place: DK Meet EK
62-1/2” x 53”
Pieced and quilted by Deborah Krajkowski
South Florida MQG
Stuart, Florida, USA
Modern Traditionalism
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1st Place: One block
46” x 46”
Pieced and quilted by Silvia Glaubach
Individual Member
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
2nd Place: Finger Paints
61” x 63”
Pieced and quilted by Laura Loewen
Boulder MQG
Lafayette, Colorado, USA
3rd Place: Spherize
61” x 61”
Pieced and quilted by Nancy Lambert
Individual Member
Greensboro, Georgia, USA
Piecing
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1st Place: Everything All At Once
58” x 58”
Pieced and quilted by Maria Shell
Individual Member
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
2nd Place: My Alhambra
51” x 50”
Pieced and quilted by Tighe Flanagan
Washington D.C. MQG
Washington D.C., USA
3rd Place: Shape I’m In
72” x 70”
Pieced and quilted by Susan de Vanny
Individual Member
Greenvale, AUS
Small Quilts
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1st Place: Watercolor Study No.6
26” x 25”
By Audrey Esarey
Individual Member
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
2nd Place: Dusk
24-3/4” x 24-3/4”
Pieced and quilted by Marilyn Knepp
Individual Member
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3rd Place: Graffiti
13” x 14”
Pieced and quilted by Debra Jalbert
Orlando MQG
Clermont, Florida, USA
Use of Negative Space
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1st Place: Downstream
35” x 45”
Pieced and quilted by Yvonne Fuchs
Individual Member
Keaau, Hawaii, USA
2nd Place: Fanfold
65” x 65”
Pieced by Caroline Hadley
Melbourne MQG
East Melbourne, AUS
Quilting by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting
3rd Place: Q is for Quarantine
79” x 90”
Pieced and quilted by Renee Tallman
Individual Member
Anacortes, Washington, USA
Youth
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1st Place: Self Portrait #1
21” x 29”
By Lucas Weisleder
Age 10
Bexley, Ohio, USA
Some piecing help from Lissa LaGreca
2nd Place: The X of Creation
26” x 27”
By Max Wackerman
Age 11
Seattle, Washington, USA
Some piecing help from Louise Wackerman
3rd Place: Under the Arch
16” x 16”
By Neal Millett
Age 10
Iowa, USA
Some piecing help from Ben Millett