Congratulations Winners
2024 AQS QuiltWeek – Paducah, KY Award Winners
Janome America Best of Show
#714 SERENITY
Molly Hamilton-McNally
Coto de Caza, California
AQS Best Hand Workmanship Award
#409 FULLNESS
Yoshiyuki Ishizaki
Hyogo, Japan
BERNINA of America Best Stationary Machine Workmanship Award
#113 FLORAL SYMPHONY NO. 2,
Mariya Waters
Victoria, Australia
Handi Quilter Best Movable Machine Workmanship Award
#221 AND... (DOT, DOT DOT)
Gail Stepanek & Jan Hutchison
New Lenox, Illinois
AccuQuilt Best Wall Quilt Award
#1423 THE LAST CALL
Kestrel Michaud
Melbourne, Florida
Coats & Clark Best Wall Hand Workmanship Award
#1008 BLUE TONE II
Aki Sakai
Tokyo, Japan
Brother International Corporation Best Wall Stationary Machine Workmanship Award
#1122 WETLAND ROMANCE
Kathy McNeil
Arlington, Washington
Janome America: Longarm Best Wall Movable Machine Workmanship Award
#1318 CIRCUIT BOARD
Jen Sorenson
Rye, New Hampshire
Superior Threads Best Miniature Quilt Award
#1611 TIMELESS
Kazuyo Minami
Tokushima, Japan
The Nancy Ann Sobel Award of Merit in Hand Quilting
#425 WALTZ OF FLOWERS
Ritsuko Uchida, Tokyo, Japan
APQS Judges' Recognition Award – Susan Cleveland
#312 CONFETTI
Diana S. Fox
Parker, Colorado
APQS Judges' Recognition Award –
Katie Pasquini Masopust
#424 TULIPS
Chinami Terai
Chiba, Japan
APQS Judges' Recognition Award – Ricky Tims
#428 KIMONO LOVERS
Akiko Yoshimizu
Hyogo, Japan
Rowenta Viewers’ Choice Award – Large Quilt
#304 LOVE & MUSIC: THE LAST THINGS TO GO
Sue Benvenutti
Gulf Breeze, FL
Rowenta Viewers’ Choice Award – Small Wall Quilt
#1403 TRUST
Judy Ward Avant
Young Harris, GA
LARGE QUILTS: Stationary Machine Quilted sponsored by Husqvarna Viking
1ST – #109 AN ANGEL WATCHING OVER EWE, Janet Stone, Overland Park, Kansas
2ND – #106 FOURTH RUNNER UP, Ruth Ohol, Lockport, New York
3RD – #103 EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE, Daryl B. Leach, Gaithersburg, Maryland
HM – #102 CONFETTI CARNIVAL, Norma Ippolito, Chester, Vermont
LARGE QUILTS: Movable Machine Quilted sponsored by ABM International
1ST – #220 THE GRAPE QUILT, Gail H. Smith, N. Barrington, Illinois
2ND – #211 HAMPTON, Bernadette Houghton & Ann Olson, Columbia, South Carolina
3RD – #217 TWILIGHT GARDEN, Patty Nelson, Manhattan, Kansas
HM – #216 RUSTY JANE, Dena Angela Miskel, Somis, California
LARGE QUILTS: 1st Entry in an AQS Paducah Quilt Contest sponsored by Gammill®
1ST – #316 DANCING LEMON STAR, Tomoko Hashiba, Aichi, Japan
2ND – #303 TEA PARTY, Judy Ballance, Huntsville, Alabama
3RD – #307 TRIBUTE TO SUE GARMAN, Joan E. Brink, Wyoming, Michigan
HM – #305 CREATIVE CHAOS, Barbara Bergantz, Bedford, New Hampshire
HAND QUILTED QUILTS sponsored by Arrow Sewing
1ST – #416 POCO A POCO, Keiko Morihiro, Hyogo, Japan
2ND – #415 MY SECRET GARDEN, Megumi Mizuno, Saitama, Japan
3RD – #405 EAST END OF ASIA, Kayoko Hibino, Saitama, Japan
HM – #423 SMILES BRING HAPPINESS, Ayako Takaku, Tochigi, Japan
GROUP QUILTS sponsored by the Grace Company
1ST – #502 CLIFF PALACE DREAMS, Blocks without Borders Art Quilt Group, Cortez, Colorado
2ND – #501 ELEMENTS, BeeSewcial, Denver, Colorado
3RD – #514 REEL DEAL, Piece Corps, Friendswood, Texas
HM – #504 GENESEE VALLEY GARDEN QUILT, Genesee Valley Quilt Club, Penfield, New York
WALL QUILTS: Stationary Machine Quilted sponsored by Baby Lock USA presented by Calico Country Sew & Vac
1ST – #611 BLOOMING MIDSUMMER FLOWERS, Noriko Nozawa, Chiba, Japan
2ND – #607 CORROBOREE - A FESTIVAL GATHERING, Ann Horton, Redwood Valley, California
3RD – #605 AUTOMNE, Colette Dumont, Québec, Canada
HM – #615 DAISY DOTS, Lynne Taylor, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
WALL QUILTS: Movable Machine Quilted sponsored by Juki America, Inc.
1ST – #724 SUBTLE REFLECTIONS, Laurie Tigner, Rapid City, South Dakota
2ND – #704 COLOR SPLASH GARDEN, Karen Kay Buckley, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
3RD – #717 CHALLENGE, Sylwia Ignatowska, Podkarpacie, Poland
HM – #722 ENCHANTED, Dawn Siden & Joyce Grafe, Kalispell, Montana
WALL QUILTS: Quilter’s Choice sponsored by Elna USA
1ST – #811 HEART AND SOUL, Jackie Perry, Marion, Virginia
2ND – #810 BUDDY, Hiroko Miyama & Masanobu Miyama, Nagano, Japan
3RD – #807 MIX AND MINGLE, Barbara Oliver Hartman, Flower Mound, Texas
HM – #802 PIMA, Deb Deaton, Sierra Vista, Arizona
WALL QUILTS: Modern Quilts sponsored by Statler by Gammill
1ST – #909 ELECTRIC SNAILS, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Port Townsend, Washington
2ND – #908 VORTEX RADIAL, Audrey Esarey, Louisville, Kentucky
3RD – #901 SIMPLE LUXURY 2, Susan Braverman, San Antonio, Texas
HM – #919 PINK-A-BOO, Kelly Spell, Hixson, Tennessee
SMALL WALL QUILTS: Hand Quilted sponsored by Martelli Enterprises
1ST – #1010 FRUITS, Chinami Terai, Chiba, Japan
2ND – #1009 TWILIGHT, Yasuko Sugaya, Chiba, Japan
3RD – #1012 SUE’S GARDEN PARTY, Wilhelmina Vandevoorde, Robbinsdale, Minnesota
HM – #1013 QUILT GRAFFITI, Carrie Ottmers Wikander, Fredericksburg, Texas
SMALL WALL QUILTS: Stationary Machine Quilted sponsored by Baby Lock USA presented by Calico Country Sew & Vac
1ST – #1121 GLADE CREEK GRIST MILL, Barbara Matzke, Brentwood, California
2ND – #1105 REMEMBER WHEN, Deb Deaton, Sierra Vista, Arizona
3RD – #1128 MAGENTA ULTRALIGHT, Amy Pabst, Le Roy, West Virginia
HM – #1134 LAYERED CIRCLES, Lori Tourscher, Saskatchewan, Canada
SMALL WALL QUILTS: Movable Machine Quilted sponsored by INNOVA
1ST – #1213 OCEAN OF BLUE, Heidi Proffetty, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
2ND – #1207 WINDMILLS, Mary Anne Fontana, Middletown, Delaware
3RD – #1203 HOME, Carole Behan Berry, Dover, New Hampshire
HM – #1202 BIRDSVILLE, Judy Ballance, Huntsville, Alabama
SMALL WALL QUILTS: Quilter’s Choice sponsored by Martelli Enterprises
1ST – #1322 SONG OF ALASKA, Karen Watts, Mayhill, New Mexico
2ND – #1320 CONVERGENCE, Barbara Triscari & Christina McCann, Lebanon, Indiana
3RD – #1311 GHOST OF THE MOUNTAINS, Jamie L. Huston, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
HM – #1317 IN FULL BLOOM, Karen Hull Sienk, Colden, New York
SMALL WALL QUILTS: Pictorial sponsored by PFAFF
1ST – #1416 GOURDS AND PUMPKINS, LeAnn J. Hileman, Glendale, Arizona
2ND – #1409 RAISING A STRONG GIRL, Lynn Czaban, Eugene, Oregon
3RD – #1428 REMEMBRANCE, Judith Phelps, Battle Ground, Washington
HM – #1424 JUST A LITTLE BULL, Ann-Marie Miro, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
SMALL WALL QUILTS: 1st Entry in an AQS Paducah Quilt Contest sponsored by The Applique Society
1ST – #1523 PRETTY PETALS, Carmen Nordback, Fargo, North Dakota
2ND – #1530 KALALOCH TREE OF LIFE, Terri Shinn, Snohomish, Washington
3RD – #1502 FRESH CUT, Judy Ballance, Huntsville, Alabama
HM – #1525 MEADOW'S EMBRACE, Laura L. Pomes, Frankfort, Illinois
MINIATURE QUILTS: Miniature Quilts sponsored by Quilters Select by Alex Anderson and RNK Distributing
1ST – #1612 FULL OF PROMISE, Masanobu Miyama, Nagano, Japan
2ND – #1606 COSMOS IN THE CORAL, Mimi Ghauri-Young, Yountville, California
3RD – #1603 IN PLAIN SIGHT, Robyn Cuthbertson, Victoria, Australia
HM – #1607 RADIANCE, Julie A. Harris, Paducah, Kentucky
HM – #1621 DRAMATIC MARINERS, Chiharu Takahashi, Tokyo, Japan
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