Original Sewing & Quilt Expo Quilt Contest

Quilt Contest

Quiltmakers, this is your chance to shine! Highlight your best works at Original Sewing & Quilt Expo’s 2024 Quilt Contest. This juried and judged contest is open to all levels of experience – Artisans and Masters. Entrants will compete for thousands in cash prizes and awards. Brenda Willis, TVQA certified judge will select the award-winning quilts at the Expo in Lebanon, TN this October.

   
 

 

How It Works

  1. Review the Contest Rules & Instructions
  2. Entries for this year's contest were due August 12, 2024.
  3. Entry photos will be juried by the Expo team, and up to 50 finalists will be chosen to compete for ribbons and prize money. Finalists will be announced on this page and notified via email on August 21, 2024.
  4. Brenda Willis, of the Tennessee Valley Quilters Association, will select the award-winning quilts at the Expo in Lebanon, TN. Winners will be announced at 12:00 PM CT on October 3, 2024, at the Expo and on this page.

Prizes

Best of Show is awarded a Ribbon and $2,000 (Grand Prize)

Expo's Choice is awarded a Ribbon and $500

Viewers' Choice is awarded a Ribbon and $500

First Place in each division (Artisan and Master) is awarded a Ribbon and $500 

All First Place winners in each category will be awarded a Ribbon

All Second Place winners in each category will be awarded a Ribbon

All Finalists receive an exclusive swag bag from Original Sewing & Quilt Expo

 

Previous Quilt Contests

Click here for 2023 Quilt Contest Winners and Finalists

Click here for 2022 Quilt Contest Winners and Finalists

 

 

Join us at the Expo in Lebanon, TN this October

October 3, 4 & 5 at the Farm Bureau Expo Center

Join us for workshops and classes with some of the best teachers in the industry, fabulous shopping in the exhibit hall, hundreds of quilts on display, free presentations and trunk shows, prize drawings and more!
 

Expo Event Calendar >>

 

Winners

Best of Show

& Master Division Winner

Linda Roy | Tickled Pink

 

Master Division

 

203 Master Traditionally Pieced Quilt

 

1st Place

Kathryn Zimmerman | Sanctuary

 

2nd Place

Toni Oyler | On and On

 

204 Master Applique or Art Quilt 

 

1st Place - Division Winner & Best of Show

Linda Roy | Tickled Pink

 

2nd Place

Barbara Clem | Lullaby in 3/4 Time

 

Expo's Choice Winner

Sandy Curran | Age is Relative

 

Viewers' Choice Winner

Toni Oyler | Vintage Rose

 

Finalists - Master Division

 

203 Master Traditionally Pieced Quilt

 

Black White    

Samantha Barton

 

On and On

Toni Oyler

 

Vintage Rose

Toni Oyler


Sanctuary     

Kathryn Zimmerman

 

204 Master Applique or Art Quilt

 

Maple Leaves

Samantha Barton

 

Flowers of War

Sandy Curran


  Age is Relative

Sandy Curran

 

Shibori Buds and Blooms

Felice Dahlhausen


  Here Peacock Here!    

  Anne Marcellis


  The Secret is to Surround Yourself with People

Who Make You Smile  

  Paula Newquist


Paradise of Birds

Paula Newquist


Paramecium Aurelia (Amoeba)

Jackie Perry

 

Tickled Pink

Linda Roy


  Oh Say Can You Sew

Connie Stowers

 

Lullaby In 3/4 Time

Barbara Clem

 

Artisan Division

 

101 Artisan Small Traditionally Pieced Quilt

 

1st Place

Ruth Anne Yax | Cat on a Limb

 

2nd Place

Amy Chaney | Summer Sun

 

102 Artisan Small Applique' or Art Quilt

 

1st Place

Clorinda Fresquez-Tria | Resilience: Hidden Power

 

2nd Place

Victoria Seals | Girl Dad

 

 

103 Artisan Large Traditionally Pieced Quilt

 

1st Place

Eva Binion | Common Bride

 

 

2nd Place

Kathy Kittle | La Passacaglia

 

 

104 Artisan Large Applique' or Art Quilt

 

1st Place & Division Winner

Daryl Leach | Midnight Secret Garden

 

2nd Place

Renee Pearlman | Elegant Elements

 

Finalists - Artisan Division

 

101 Artisan Small Traditionally Pieced Quilt

 

Between the Lines No. 1

Thelma Bearden

 

Summer Sun

Amy Chaney

 

Blue flowers

Joanne Lazarz

 

Texas Star    

Patricia McCartney

 

Henry 

Ken Weaver 

 

Cat on a Limb 

Ruth Anne Yax

 

102 Artisan Small Applique' or Art Quilt

 

Reggie Pup

Susan Cobbs


Under the pier

Kristin Driscoll


Resilience: Hidden Power

Clorinda Fresquez-Tria


Spring's Abundant Beauty

Julie Milne


Stone Meets Shell

Sherry Priest


The Granddaughters

Deb Rysavy Lien


It's Cold !!!!

Victoria Seals


Girl Dad

Victoria Seals


Croton

Barabara Whitt

 

103 Artisan Large Traditionally Pieced Quilt 

 

Common Bride

Eva Binion


Curved Log Cabin Quilt

Cathryn Clark


Hope

E. A. Cox


Shadow Fassett

Anna Dean-Mcdonald


Oh My Scraps

Nicole Frasier


Out of the Blue

Jenny Gallo


Starry Sampler

Betty Herzhauser


Swimming Honus (Hawaiian Sea Turtles)  

Gail Johnson


Ma..Ma..Ma..MY SEDONA!  

Patty King


La Passacaglia

Kathy Kittle


Quilt-illeta

Rita Wahl


Posh Penelope

Darby Watson


Mama's Bookcase

Lois Womack

 

104 Artisan Large Applique' or Art Quilt

 

Maui Memories

Kim Anderson


Poppa, You Got a Bellybutton?

Donna Blalock


Kimono    

Saundra Bohl


Amazing Grace

Amy Chaney


Midnight Secret Garden

Daryl Leach


Pride Across This Land

Vanessa Moss


Elegant Elements

Renee Perlman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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