2023 AQS QuiltWeek - Grand Rapids Quilt Contest Award Winners

Best Wall Quilt Award

BUTTERFLIES, BEES & ALPHABETREES

Janet Stone

Overland Park, KS

Best Hand Workmanship Award

SELVAGES A LA ROCOCO

Cheryl See

Dayton, MD

Best Stationary Machine Workmanship Award

WHERE ONCE A TREE WAS STANDING

LeAnn Hileman

Glendale, AZ

Best Movable Machine Workmanship Award

AND... (DOT, DOT DOT)

Gail Stepanek

New Lenox, IL

Best Traditional Design Award

TO PHILLY WITH PRISCILLA

Barbara Korengold

Chevy Chase, MD

Best Original Design & Viewer's Choice Awards

BEYOND REASON

Angela Petrocelli

Prescott Valley, AZ

First Place -  ABCDVINE

Janet Stone, Overland Park, KS

Second Place -  AFRICAN CRAZY PLAY

Ann Horton, Redwood Valley, CA

Third Place - HOLIDAY SPLENDOR

Inger Blood, Camino, CA

Honorable Mention - THIRD TIME'S A CHARM

Ruth Ohol, Lockport, NY

First Place - PATHFINDER

Kyra Reps, Northwood, IA

Second Place - SERENITY

Molly Hamilton-McNally, Coto de Caza, CA

Third Place - SHERBET ON A CLOUDY DAY

Dee Legvold, Nathan Carter & Mary Reinhardt

Apple Valley, MN

Honorable Mention - SPRING FLOWERS

Sherry K. Durbin, Burnsville, NC

First Place - WITH A WISH TO THE STARS

 Kyoko Yamauchi, Kumamoto, Japan

Second Place - WALTZ OF FLOWERS

Ritsuko Uchida, Tokyo, Japan

Third Place - A PLACE DEAR TO MY HEART

Aiko Yokoyama, Gunma, Japan

Honorable Mention - CONCERTO

Mayumi Ishii, Saitama, Japan

First Place - ONE IN EVERY CROWD

Carol L. Russell, Ontario, Canada

Second Place - TYPHOON

Janneke de Vries-Bodzinga, Friesland, Netherlands

Third Place - PICATSO: THE ART THIEF

Nikki Hill, St. Augustine, FL

Honorable Mention - MIRACLE OF LIFE

Yu-Chen Liang, Taoyuan, Taiwan

First Place - EYES OF THE FOREST

Margaret Solomon Gunn, Gorham, ME

Second Place - HOME

Carole Behan-Berry, Dover, NH

Third Place - ITALIAN CITY IN THE SKY

Hsu Shi-Chen, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Honorable Mention - READING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC

Ruth McCormick, Rochester Hills, MI

First Place - CIRCUIT BOARD

Jen Sorenson, Rye, NH

Second Place - EXPOSING MY TRUTHS

Lori Tourscher, Saskatchewan, Canada

Third Place - FRENCH MEN CAN DANCE

Tania Tanti, Victoria, Australia

Honorable Mention - SUNSHINE DAYDREAM

Karen K. Stone, Dallas, TX

BLACKEYED SUSAN

Nancy McCormick

BROWN EYED SUSAN

Susan Miller

HOLLYHOCK MEMORIES

Dorinda Wiersma

JACKI KROFT LILY

Karen Velzen

ORIENTAL POPPY

Elaine Hengen

ROSE

Jan Bosscher

ROSE BUD TWIRLS

Donna Larko

VERONIKA

 Joy Lamphere

FLAMENCO

Marianne Kayne

BUBBLE TROUBLE

Lori Schloesser

CITRUS SPLASH

Chris Lynn Kirsch

CRAZY CURVES

Cathy Borneman

DEVIATION

Cindy Vick

IMPROV STRIPES

Susan Fohr

SWISHES

Connie Yersin

UN-COMMA

Mary Clare Schuller

AVEN'S MENAGERIE

Laura Jackson

JUST BEFORE THE SUPER NOVA

Marlene Sloat

LEAVE ROOM IN YOUR GARDEN FOR FAIRIES

Linda Johnson

POP A FLOWER

Gloria Hoevel

SUMMER DELIGHT

Marcia Brindle

THANK GOD FOR THE POLLINATORS

Jane Wells

THE BUTTERFLIES

Jan Davis

W'S AND DIAMONDS

Dawn Wolf

A DAILY GOAL

Debbie Grifka

A MOMENT IN TIME

Kathy Veenstra

AT THE EDGE OF THE TANGLED WOOD...

Monica Johnstone

COFFEE BREAK IN FRONT OF THE DESIGN WALL

Mary Vinovkis

INTERRUPTED

Jennifer Boes

LOW TIDE

Karen Mendler

PAUSE AND REFLECT

Diana Carnahan

SOMETIMES THE WORDS ARE TOO MUCH

Loren Bach