2025 AQS QuiltWeek – Daytona Beach, FL Award Winners

HEARTWARMING DAYS, Aki Sakai, Tokyo, Japan

Best of Show Award
#313 HEARTWARMING DAYS,
Aki Sakai,
Tokyo, Japan

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, Kestrel Michaud, W. Melbourne, FL

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

FLOWERS IN FULL BLOOM TO KIRARA, Ayako Kawakami, Chiba, Japan
Best Hand Workmanship Award

#307 FLOWERS IN FULL BLOOM TO KIRARA,
Ayako Kawakami,
Chiba, Japan

A MAGICAL WINTER GARDEN, Linda Elise Crouch, Victoria, Australia
Best Stationary Machine Workmanship Award

#804 A MAGICAL WINTER GARDEN,
Linda Elise Crouch,
Victoria, Australia

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

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

FILIGREE CALLIGRAPHY, Janet Stone, Overland Park, KS
Best Original Design Award

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

WATERMELON SUGAR, Amy Pabst, Le Roy, WV
Best Use of Color Award

#526 WATERMELON SUGAR,
Amy Pabst,
Le Roy, WV

#701 IN BLOOM, Ashley Bandy,
Viewer's Choice sponsored by Rowenta

#701 IN BLOOM,
Ashley Bandy,
Christiansburg, VA

Large Quilts – Stationary Machine Quilted

First – #101 AND THERE IS MORE, Inger C. Blood, Camino, CA
Second #105 THURSDAY NIGHT FEVER, Debra Milkovich, Honolulu, HI
Third #106 CAMELLIA, Kyoko Ochiai, Tokyo, Japan
Hon. Mention #107 SIX HOURS IN ARLES, Ruth Ohol, Lockport, NY

Large Quilts – Movable Machine Quilted

First #227 A FEBRUARY’S DREAM OF SPRING, Laurie Tigner, Rapid City, SD
Second #205 BELLES FLEURS, Judith Craddock, Prattsville, NY
Third #201 ROYAL TREASURE, Marilyn Badger, Saint George, UT
Hon. Mention #212 MILLEFLEUR, Jan Hutchison, Newton, KS

Hand Quilted Quilts

First #310 MY SECRET GARDEN, Megumi Mizuno, Saitama, Japan
Second #302 FLOWER CALENDAR, Sachiko Chiba, Iwate, Japan
Third #304 ADVENT CALENDAR, Osami Gonohe, Aomori, Japan
Hon. Mention #309 THIRD SPOOL’S THE CHARM, Barbara Korengold, Chevy Chase, MD

Modern Quilts

First #401 PRICKLY PEAR, Susan Braverman, San Antonio, TX
Second #412 A 3-D TRIPPLE-X DOUBLE-FEATURE, Debra Milkovich, Honolulu, HI
Third #415 CORE MEMORY, Sherry Priest, Barberton, OH
Hon. Mention #410 SLIGHTLY ASKEW, Ashley Jurney, Fancy Gap, VA

Wall Quilts – Stationary Machine Quilted

First #527 OUTRACING THE STORM-BRYAN’S SONG, Judith L. Phelps, Battle Ground, WA
Second #510 GOURDS AND PUMPKINS, LeAnn Hileman, Glendale, AZ
Third #511 GYPSY WAGONS, Ann Horton, Redwood Valley, CA
Hon. Mention #513 THE WAY HOME, Hsi-Chen Hsu, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Wall Quilts – Movable Machine Quilted

First #618 SHADES OF IVORY, Julie Patrick, Bellows Falls, VT
Second #620 BROKEN CIRCLES, Claudia Scheja, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Third #623 MEET IKE, Yvette Suzanne Sullivan, Ontario, Canada
Hon. Mention #601 BIRDSVILLE, Judy Ballance, Huntsville, AL

Wall Quilts – Fiber Art/Mixed Media

First #731 GOOD NIGHT, CHARLES BRIDGE!, Li-Hui Yin, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Second #714 SWAMP (POND SERIES NO. 5), Roberta Lagomarsini, Bishop, CA
Third #703 DOGWOOD: THE PROMISE, Andrea Brokenshire, Round Rock, TX
Hon. Mention #722 MY FAVORITE THINGS, Hiroko Miyama & Masanobu Miyama, Nagano, Japan

Wall Quilts – 1st Entry in an AQS Quilt Contest

First #817 SINGLE CARD KEYPUNCH, Sherry Priest, Barberton, OH
Second #812 BY MOONLIGHT, Tomomi Makabe, Saitama, Japan
Third #809 TSUKUMO II - NEXT TO NINETY NINE II, Hatsumi Kawakami, Saitama, Japan
Hon. Mention #821 NATURAL BEAUTY, Susan van Goethem, Alberta, Canada

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