The Judged & Juried Quilt Show
If you'd like to compete for over $13,000 in show prizes, just complete this form and mail it to us with a photograph of your own work of art. From beginner to expert we show all kinds of quilts.
This year we are excited to have author and quilt artist Karen McTavish, and contributing editor for American Quilter magazine and fiber artist Kathie R Kerler as our judges. Their judging will emphasize originality, creativity and workmanship.
You'll be competing for these prizes:
- Best In Show: $1,200
- First Prize in each category: Steam Up G4 LauraStar Ironing System ($850 value) or $500 cash
- Second Prize in each category: $250
- Third Prize $150 Judges’ Choice: $250
- Viewer’s Choice: 50 yards of Hoffman fabric
Karen McTavish
Karen McTavish has quilted on a long arm machine since 1997, following her passions of heirloom trapunto quilting and wholecloth quilting. Karen crafts award-winning quilts using techniques that allow her to replicate traditional hand-quilted effects. She has been featured on Simply Quilts, and writes articles for national quilting magazines and journals. Karen is the author of five books: Quilting for Show 1 & 2, Whitework Quilting, Mastering the Art of McTavishing and Secrets of Elemental Quilting. Karen quilts and teaches throughout the country and privately in her storefront “McTavish Quilting Studio”. She lives on Lake Superior’s North Shore and has two children, Ally and Storm. Visit Karen’s website to see her work.
Kathie R Kerler
Kathie Kerler has been quilting for the past twenty years and has been involved in the wider world of needlearts even longer. She is a contributing editor for American Quilter magazine, published by the American Quilter’s Society in Paducah, Kentucky. As a contributing editor, she works with quilt designers and artists on articles containing patterns, techniques, and topics of interest to quilters. She is enrolled as a Candidate Judge in the National Quilting Association’s Certified Judge Program and has attended courses on judging quilts and wearable art. As a fiber artist, she has completed rigorous courses in design and embroidery at the London City and Guilds College in London, England, and at the Lesage School of Needlework in Paris, France. She exhibits her work at various shows and galleries. In December, she will participate in a show at the Coos Art Museum featuring STiTCH, of which she is a member, Fine Focus and SAQA.
Your entry must fit one of the following categories:
- Large Size Quilt perimeter 288" or more ( no more than 90" per side)
- Intermediate Size Quilt perimeter greater than 180" but less than 288"
- Small Size Quilt perimeter greater than 120" but less than 180"
- Miniature Quilt longest side less than 30"
- Appliqué Quilt perimeter greater than 120" and 50% appliquéd
- Art Quilt any quilt that extends beyond traditional disciplines, and exercises progressive independence and originality in theory, color design and/or technique
Long Arm, Mid Arm, and Small Quilting Machine Categories:
- Innovative Custom out-of-the-ordinary techniques, nontraditional designs and specialty threads used
- Traditional Custom the imitation of traditional quilting used by our ancestors. No specialty threads permitted
- Art/Pictorial creativity using threads, embellishments and quilting designs
