2023 Quilt Competition Winners
QUILTFEST GREENVILLE, SC
April 20-22, 2023
National Spring Quilt Competition
BEST OF SHOW: #1016 Painted Ponies by Melissa Sobotka

The BERNINA Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #4008 Cosmic Curves by Ben Darby

Full-Size Quilt Competition: INNOVATIVE Category
First Place: #1011 Marie by Leann J Hileman
Second Place: #1010 Connections by Debbie Gebbie
Third Place: #1012 Skittles by Sandra Lameira
Honorable Mention: #1003 CG Kiss by Angela Bowman
Best Hand Workmanship: #1018 Passages by Chandra Wu
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #1019 Clamtastic Friends by Lee Zuk
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #1005 Ecotones by Sharon M Carrier
Best Use of Color: #1014 Solid Steps by Ben Millett
Best Interpretation of Theme: #1013 The Winter Constellations by Linda McDonough
Full-Size Quilt Competition: TRADITIONAL Category
First Place: #2005 Summer Sunset by Sharon Engel
Second Place: #2017 Celtic Dream by Elizabeth Ann Thackery
Third Place: #2013 The 90’s Called… by Diane Poor
Honorable Mention: #2003 La Vie En Rose by Judith Craddock
Best Hand Workmanship: #2015 Barnyard Meets Woodland by Linda M Roy
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #2010 Cathedral Stars by Dorothy H Leftwich
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #2018 Carolyn’s Quilt by Kimberly Werth
Best Use of Color: #2007 Spring Bouquet by Anthony Joseph Figurilli
Best Interpretation of Theme: #2011 My Civil War Journey by Donna Paulsen

Full-Size Quilt Competition: MID-CENTURY MOD/MODERN Category
First Place: #4022 Finding Neverland #8: All About Red by Jan Soules
Second Place: #4020 Circuit Board by Jen Sorenson
Third Place: #4003 Patio Lights by Susan Braverman
Honorable Mention: #4011 Contraption by Karen Foster
Best Use of Color: #4015 Melted Melamine by Ben Millett
Best Use of Negative Space: #4017 Bleecker Street by Halloran Peterson
Best Interpretation of Mid-Century Theme: #4009 Ms. Lava Kitty by Katherine M Dossman
WALL QUILT COMPETITION
Best Wall Quilt: #3032 In Full Bloom by Karen Hull Sienk
Second Place: #3023 Little Stony Creek by Carol A Monti
Third Place: #3004 To Paradise by Carl Brown
Best Mid-Century Mod Wall Quilt: #3036 Square Dancing by Kimberly Tetzlaff
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #3016 Beautiful Betty by Leigh Layton
Best Pictorial Quilt: #3022 Just a Little Bull by Ann-Marie Miro
Best Use of Color: #3004 To Paradise by Carl Brown
Best Interpretation of Theme: #3011 Beautiful Earth by Anita Hardwick
JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Susan Edmonson: #3031 Hey Diddle Diddle by Sheila H Riess
Linda J Hahn: #3010 Peter Parrot by Clorinda Fresquez-Tria

VIEWERS’ CHOICE
#3009 Mohan by Becky Erdman
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