2026 Quilt Competition Winners
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXXVII
Quilt Competition
February 26 - March 1, 2026
Congratulations to our winners and to all of the entrants who participated in this year's
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival Competition!
Full-Size Quilt Competition
BEST OF SHOW: #1035 Crossing the Mkuze River by Sandra L Mollon
The Handi Quilter Best Longarm Machine Workmanship Award: #1014 Survivor by Sandy Curran
Innovative Category of the Full-Size Quilt Competition
1st Place: #1022 Leaving by Robyn Gragg
2nd Place: #1013 Electric Gumballs by AnnMarie Cowley
3rd Place: #1044 Santa Fe Garden by Sharon L Schlotzhauer
Honorable Mentions (2):
#1025 African Panafest by Jamie L Huston & Julia Quiltoff
#1003 Quilter’s Avatar by Laurel Jeanne Anderson & Krisztina Szutor
Best Hand Workmanship: #1018 Ferentino by Janet Fogg
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #1024 Gypsy Wagons by Ann Horton
Best Use of Color: #1036 Boulders at Lower Yosemite Falls by Sandra L Mollon
Traditional Category of the Full-Size Quilt Competition
1st Place: #2041 “Tie-ing” Patients with Patience by Cheryl See
2nd Place: #2016 In Aeternum by Victoria Grivas
3rd Place: #2032 Flowerland by Sue Nickels
Honorable Mentions (2)
#2033 Six Hours in Arles by Ruth Ohol
#2008 Belles Fleurs by Judith Craddock
Best Hand Workmanship: #2036 Flowers for My Sister Susie by Lahala Phelps
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #2046 Dazzling Starburst by Romana Frys
Best Use of Color: #2045 Serenity Now by Jane Zillmer
Mid-Century Modern Competition
Best Mid-Century Mod Quilt: #4004 Technicolor Dream by Susan Braverman
2nd Place: #4007 Raspberry Roulette by Audrey Esarey
3rd Place: #4011 Teetotum by Kacie Grossman
Honorable Mention: #4029 Cloverleaf by Betsy Vinegrad
Best Use of Color: #4008 Through Thick & Thin #3 by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Best Use of Negative Space: #4024 Back to Basics #2: Adrift by Jan Soules
Best Mid-Century Mod Vibe: #4030 Rounded by Betsy Vinegrad
Wall Quilt Competition
Best Wall Quilt Award: #3018 Tricuspid Biomorph #1 by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
The Baby Lock Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #3023 Painting Myself into Six Corners by Nikki Hill
2nd Place: #3014 Star Burst by Kirsten Deitrick
3rd Place: #3012 Dali by Sandy Curran
Honorable Mention: #3037 27 … 40 … 67 by Michele O’Neil
Best Mid-Century Mod Wall Quilt: #3009 Beads by AnnMarie Cowley
Best Hand Workmanship: #3034 Americana in Wool 2025 by Margaret Louise Burtner Moats
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #3030 The Queen by Leigh A Layton
Best Pictorial Quilt: #3027 Are We Having Fun Yet? by Betty W Kaliszak
Best Use of Color: #3026 Ancient Ingenuity by Lisa Jenni
Judge's Choice Ribbons
Bobbie Bergquist: #3038 Edgar by Claudia Eileen Pearce
Cynthia England: #2019 Berry Picking by Lorraine W Houseman
Brenda Gael Smith: #4009 Neural Overlap by Jeanne Eileen Garcia 
Paula Golden: #2024 A Life in Full Bloom: “The Baltimore Album” by Deborah Anne Mason-Rooney 
Viewers' Choice:
#2041 “Tie-ing” Patients with Patience by Cheryl See
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