Quilt Competition Entry Form

Juried & Judged

Pacific International Quilt Competition

Quilts may be entered into the
- Full-Size Innovative/Traditional Quilt Competition
- Mid-Century Mod Quilt Competition 
- Wall Quilt Competition

2024 Theme for Innovative, Traditional & Wall Quilts
Summertime
And the quilting is easy... Or, is it?

2024 Theme for Mid-Century Mod Quilts
Mid-Century Mod emphasizes the look and feel of mid-20th-century design. Artists are asked to draw inspiration from this period, reflecting on their own exposures or from the work of artists such as Joan Miro, Piet Mondrian, Victor Vasarely, Frank Stella, etc. Where did you find the inspiration for your Mid-Century Mod quilt?

Entry Deadline: June 17, 2024

IMPORTANT CHANGE: Due to the complications and cost of international shipping, The Pacific International Quilt Festival is no longer accepting international entries into this competition.

 

Competition Prizes
The Yuko Watanabe Best of Show Award
$5000

Sewing Machine Sponsor Awards

• The BERNINA Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award
  presented by California Sewing & Vacuums
• BERNINA 335 Sewing Machine
• The Baby Lock Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award
  presented by Meissner Sewing & Vacuum
• **Baby Lock Sewing Machine

  

Full-Size Quilt Competition (Innovative & Traditional Quilts)

Innovative Quilts

• 1st Place  $1200
• 2nd Place  $700
• 3rd Place  $400
• Honorable Mention  Ribbons (2)
• Best Sewing Machine Workmanship  $200
• Best Longarm Machine Workmanship*  $200
• Best Hand Workmanship  $200
• Best Use of Color  $200
• Best Pictorial Quilt  $200
• Best Interpretation of Theme  $150

Traditional Quilts

• 1st Place  $1200
• 2nd Place  $700
• 3rd Place  $400
• Honorable Mention  Ribbons (2)
• Best Sewing Machine Workmanship  $200
• Best Longarm Machine Workmanship*  $200
• Best Hand Workmanship  $200
• Best Use of Color  $200
• Best Pictorial Quilt  $200
• Best Interpretation of Theme  $150

 

Mid-Century Mod Quilt Competition 

• Best Mid-Century Mod Quilt  $2000

Sewing Machine Sponsor Award

• The BERNINA Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award
  presented by California Sewing & Vacuums
• BERNINA 335 Sewing Machine
• 2nd Place  $700
• 3rd Place  $400
• Honorable Mention  Ribbons (2)
• Best Longarm Machine Workmanship*  $200
• Best Hand Workmanship  $200
• Best Use of Color  $200
• Best Use of Negative Space $200
• Best Interpretation of Mid-Century Theme  $150

 

Wall Quilt Competition

• Best Wall Quilt  $1200

Sewing Machine Sponsor Award

• The Janome Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award
  presented by Ray’s Sewing Machine Center 
• **Janome Sewing Machine

• 2nd Place  $600
• 3rd Place  $400
• Honorable Mention  Ribbons (2)
• Best Longarm Machine Workmanship*  $200
• Best Hand Workmanship  $200
• Best Use of Color  $200
• Best Mid-Century Mod Wall Quilt  $200
• Best Interpretation of Theme  $100

 

Viewer’s Choice
$200

Judge’s Choice
Ribbons

*To be eligible for the Best Workmanship awards, the entry must be quilted by the entrant(s).

**Sewing machine award models will be announced at a later date.