2025 AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah Quilt Contest Award Winners

AQS Best Hand Workmanship Award
THIRD SPOOL’S THE CHARM
Barbara Korengold
Chevy Chase, MD

Janome America Best Stationary Machine Workmanship Award
FILIGREE CALLIGRAPHY
Janet Stone
Overland Park, KS

Handi Quilter Best Movable Machine Workmanship Award
SUPRASPINATUS’S SWAN SONG,
Margaret E. Solomon Gunn,
Gorham, ME

AccuQuilt Best Wall Quilt Award
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY,
Kestrel Michaud,
W. Melbourne, FL

Coats & Clark Best Wall Hand Workmanship Award
HEARTWARMING DAYS
Aki Sakai
Tokyo, Japan

Brother Best Wall Stationary Machine Workmanship Award
DOGWOOD: THE PROMISE
Andrea Brokenshire
Round Rock, TX

Grace Company Best Wall Movable Machine Workmanship Award
GRACIOUS BLUES
Claire Wallace
Gauteng, South Africa

Superior Threads Best Miniature Quilt Award
SCANDINAVIAN SUMMER
Barbara Kilbourn
Ann Arbor, MI

June Tailor, Inc. Judge’s Recognition Award
– Doris Goins
FALL SEVEN TIMES, STAND UP EIGHT!
Megumi Mizuno
Saitama, Japan

June Tailor, Inc. Judge’s Recognition Award
– Nancy Mahoney
I COME TO THE GARDEN
Diane Swartzendruber
Edmond, OK

June Tailor, Inc. Judge’s Recognition Award 
– Catherine Redford
NEXT VERSE DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST
Cassandra Ireland Beaver
Urbana, OH

Rowenta Viewers’ Choice Award – Large Quilt
FABULOUS FIREWORKS
Lorelai Kuecker
Blackburn, MO

Rowenta Viewers’ Choice Award – Small Wall Quilt
ALOFT
Ashley Bandy
Christiansburg, VA 

First Place – SIX HOURS IN ARLES
Ruth Ohol
Lockport, NY

Second Place – AND THERE IS MORE
Inger C. Blood
Camino, CA

Third Place – MAIN EVENT
Ben Darby
Huntsville, AL

Hon. Mention – RAZZLE DAZZLE
Judy Groskind
Carterville, IL

First Place – ROYAL TREASURE
Marilyn Badger
Saint George, UT

Second Place – AFTERNOON AT C.L. DODGSON’S
Beckey Prior
Mansfield, TX

Third Place – RORY’S BUNNY GARDEN
Joanne M. Pickett
Brighton, CO

Hon. Mention – CATCH ME
Jacqueline de Jonge & Stacie Spradlin
South Holland, Netherlands

First Place – SUNSHINE IN THE PINES
Laurie S. Early
Rockingham, VA

Second Place – WETLANDS
Paula Curry
Evansville, IN

Third Place – LIGHT AND SHADOW
Yoko Kageyama
Mie, Japan

Hon. Mention – TWINKLING STARLIGHT
Kim Stickney
Wilsonville, OR

First Place – BE FASHIONABLE ON RAINY DAYS!
Akiko Yoshimizu
Hyogo, Japan

Second Place – TRI TRI AGAIN
Cheryl L. See
Dayton, MD

Third Place – MORNING ROAD
Toyoko Nakajima
Gunma, Japan

Hon. Mention – TICKLED PINK
Linda M. Roy
Knoxville, TN

First Place – SOARING DRAGON
QianNaFang Studio
Shanghai, China

Second Place – BEYOND THE WINDOW
Kumiko Fujimori & 11 Friends
Tokyo, Japan

Third Place – WHIRLING DERVISH
Diana S. Fox, Donalee Kennedy & Beth Schillig
Parker, CO

Hon. Mention – STITCHING FRIENDS COLLECTIVE
Wimberly Bee Dazzlers
Austin, TX

First Place – TAIWAN’S PATRON SAINT - DRAGON
Yu-Chen Liang
Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Second Place – NEW YORK BEAUTY REVISITED
Joanne Love
Yukon, Canada

Third Place – FLOWERLAND
Sue Nickels
Ann Arbor, MI

Hon. Mention – DREAM FLOWER
Sachiko Sasakura
Tokyo, Japan

First Place – MILLEFLEUR
Jan Hutchison
Newton, KS

Second Place – BALTIMORE IN BLUE
Linda Neal
McKinney, TX

Third Place – CARAVAN
Molly Hamilton-McNally
Coto de Caza, CA

Hon. Mention – OAK AND ROSE
Beckey Prior
Mansfield, TX

First Place – FLOWERS IN FULL BLOOM TO KIRARA
Ayako Kawakami
Chiba, Japan

Second Place – MY FAVORITE THINGS
Hiroko Miyama & Masanobu Miyama
Nagano, Japan

Third Place – RETRO LIVING
Tami Graeber
Tucson, AZ

Hon. Mention – FLORIFEROUS
Luz Adriana Seidensticker
Bethel Park, PA

First Place – PRICKLY PEAR
Susan Braverman
San Antonio, TX

Second Place – OVERPRINT
Betsy Vinegrad
Short Hills, NJ

Third Place – FISH
Marianne Knöps
Zuid Holland, Netherlands

Hon. Mention – THE 95
Vicki Ruebel
Las Vegas, NV

First Place – FLOWERS FOR MY SISTER SUSIE
Lahala J. Phelps
Washington, UT

Second Place – AS DUTCH AS IT GETS
Antonia Hering
Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Third Place – THE TURNING OF THE WHEEL
Pamela Trantham
Gibbon, NE

Hon. Mention – WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL SEA
Hideko Kawai
Hyogo, Japan

First Place – WATERMELON SUGAR
Amy Pabst
Le Roy, WV

Second Place – ONCE UPON A TIME
Esther Tronchoni & Peter Hayward
Alicante, Spain

Third Place – A HORSE WITH NO NAME BY AMERICA
Judith Phelps
Battle Ground, WA

Hon. Mention – MY RED CIRCLES # 2
Deb Schultz Grimes
Pinedale, WY

First Place – A PARADISE OF BIRDS
Lorraine Stenoish
Green Bay, WI

Second Place – FIRE AND ICE
Kyra Reps
Northwood, IA

Third Place – TILDA’S GARDEN
Deb Ellsworth
Lawrence, KS

Hon. Mention – ELNA’S QUILT
Marilyn Lidstrom Larson & Barb Simons
Willow City, ND

First Place – TIMELESS MOMENT
Mimi Ghauri-Young
Yountville, CA

Second Place – ELECTRIC SNAILS #2
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Port Townsend, WA

Third Place – GYPSY WAGONS
Ann Horton
Redwood Valley, CA

Hon. Mention – DESTINY CALLING
Carlton Brown
Palm Springs, CA

First Place – MIDNIGHT MAGIC
Joanne Baeth
Bonanza, OR

Second Place – RESTORING THE CORAL REEF
Susan McBride Gilgen & Cheryl Paul Styler
St George, UT

Third Place – NANTUCKET FLYER
Theresa Olson
Port Saint Lucie, FL

Hon. Mention – FISH FOREST
Estela Mota
São Paulo, Brazil

First Place – A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
Judy Faulkner
Fort Worth, TX

Second Place – BEE-ING THANKFUL FOR SUNFLOWERS
Holly Batterman
Laguna Beach, CA

Third Place – SOVEREIGN
Elizabeth FitzGerald
Streamwood, IL

Hon. Mention – BUBBLES
Hanne Lohde
Aliso Viejo, CA

First Place – HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY
Aki Sakai
Tokyo, Japan

Second Place – ROAD TO MISSOURI
Lynne Taylor
Cape Girardeau, MO

Third Place – THE SECRET ROSE GARDEN
Yuko Kawakami
Iwata, Japan

Hon. Mention – GARDENIA IN A SMALL GARDEN
Naomi Iida
Tokyo, Japan

Hon. Mention – PINEAPPLE COCKTAIL
Thelma Robbins
Ontario, Canada