2025 AQS QuiltWeek – Branson, MO Award Winners

HEARTWARMING DAYS by Aki Sakai
Best of Show Award

#314 HEARTWARMING DAYS,
Aki Sakai,
Tokyo, Japan

MY FAVORITE THINGS, Hiroko Miyama & Masanobu Miyama
Best Wall Quilt Award

#718 MY FAVORITE THINGS,
Hiroko Miyama & Masanobu Miyama,
Nagano, Japan

WILD ROSE, Noriko Kido
Best Hand Workmanship Award

#309 WILD ROSE,
Noriko Kido,
Nagano, Japan

FILIGREE CALLIGRAPHY, Janet Stone
Best Stationary Machine Workmanship Award

#114 FILIGREE CALLIGRAPHY,
Janet Stone,
Overland Park, KS

A FEBRUARY’S DREAM OF SPRING, Laurie Tigner
Best Movable Machine Workmanship Award

#230 A FEBRUARY’S DREAM OF SPRING,
Laurie Tigner,
Rapid City, SD

SUPRASPINATUS’S SWAN SONG, Margaret E. Solomon Gunn
Best Original Design Award

#227 SUPRASPINATUS’S SWAN SONG,
Margaret E. Solomon Gunn,
Gorham, ME

FLOWER CALENDAR, Sachiko Chiba
Best Use of Color Award

#302 FLOWER CALENDAR,
Sachiko Chiba,
Iwate, Japan

FABULOUS FIREWORKS by Lorelai Kuecker

Viewer's Choice sponsored by Rowenta

#411 FABULOUS FIREWORKS,
Lorelai Kuecker,
Blackburn, MO

Large Quilts – Stationary Machine Quilted

First – #113 REMEMBERING ME, Simone Steuxner, Haerjedalen, Sweden
Second – #101 AND THERE IS MORE, Inger C. Blood, Camino, CA
Third – #109 SIX HOURS IN ARLES, Ruth Ohol, Lockport, NY
Hon. Mention – #108 CAMELLIA, Kyoko Ochiai, Tokyo, Japan

Large Quilts – Movable Machine Quilted

First – #222 AFTERNOON AT C.L. DODGSON’S, Beckey Prior, Mansfield, TX
Second – #213 MILLEFLEUR, Jan Hutchison, Newton, KS
Third – #220 TWILIGHT GARDEN, Patty Nelson, Manhattan, KS
Hon. Mention – #209 ORANGE APPEAL, Kim Fong, Taylorsville, KY

Hand Quilted Quilts

First – #308 FLOWERS IN FULL BLOOM TO KIRARA, Ayako Kawakami, Chiba, Japan
Second – #303 MY JOURNEY WITH GRACE, Barbara J. Clem, Rockford, IL
Third – #311 MY SECRET GARDEN, Megumi Mizuno, Saitama, Japan
Hon. Mention – #304 ADVENT CALENDAR, Osami Gonohe, Aomori, Japan

Modern Quilts

First – #403 TUNNEL VISION, Clementine Buzick & Beth Nufer, Harwood, ND
Second – #401 PRICKLY PEAR, Susan Braverman, San Antonio, TX
Third – #408 FOUR POTS, Ann Horton, Redwood Valley, CA
Hon. Mention – #418 SQUIRCLE PARTY, Marla Varner, Sequim, WA

Wall Quilts – Stationary Machine Quilted

First – #505 A MAGICAL WINTER GARDEN, Linda Elise Crouch, Victoria, Australia
Second – #530 WATERMELON SUGAR, Amy Pabst, Le Roy, WV
Third – #503 HEXTESELA - EL CAMINO AZUL, Carmen María Cambronero, Cantabria, Spain
Hon. Mention – #510 GOURDS AND PUMPKINS, LeAnn Hileman, Glendale, AZ

Wall Quilts – Movable Machine Quilted

First – #623 BROKEN CIRCLES, Claudia Scheja, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Second – #622 FIRE AND ICE, Kyra Reps, Northwood, IA
Third – #619 BUBBLES, Hanne Lohde, Aliso Viejo, CA
Hon. Mention – #601 BIRDSVILLE, Judy Ballance, Huntsville, AL

Wall Quilts – Fiber Art/Mixed Media

First – #715 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, Kestrel Michaud, W. Melbourne, FL
Second – #703 DOGWOOD: THE PROMISE, Andrea Brokenshire, Round Rock, TX
Third – #731 GOOD NIGHT, CHARLES BRIDGE!, Li-Hui Yin, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Hon. Mention – #706 THE BOATMAKER II, Mary Anne Fontana, Middletown, DE

Wall Quilts – 1st Entry in an AQS Quilt Contest

First – #801 TALES OF CLOTH, Andrea Ashwell, Westbury, UK
Second – #805 EL PUEBLO, Marta Morán, Palencia, Spain
Third – #806 SHAGGY, Teresa Schlabach, Alma, AR
Hon. Mention – #802 KENTUCKY CLASSIC, Rebecca Collis, Kingsville, MO

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