The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2025 Modern Mini Quilt Challenge – Winners Announced!
Announcing The Modern Mini Quilt Challenge 2025 Winners! Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Modern Mini Quilt Challenge a success! View all the mini quilt entries at facebook.com/QuiltShow. The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show and Nancy Zieman Productions ninth-annual Modern Mini Quilt Challenge invited participants to stitch a 24-inch square, or smaller, modern mini in fabrics featuring a modern color palette and design. All 156 entries are spectacular!
Here’s a Review of the 2025 Great Wisconsin Quilt Show Modern Mini Quilt Challenge Complete Entry Rules:
Sew a mini modern quilt to showcase your quilting talents. Submit your entry by emailing a high-resolution image of your quilt to [email protected] by 5 p.m. CST on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
- Mini Quilts must be no more than 24-inches square, and may be pieced, appliquéd, mixed or other.
- Mini Quilts must be made from fabrics in a modern color palette and design.
- Mini Quilts must be quilted through 3 layers by hand, by machine or both.
- You may enter ONE modern mini quilt completed within the last year.
- Photo entries must be sent to [email protected]; participants are encouraged to share progress and quilt photos on social media using hashtag #ModernMiniQuiltChallenge.
- Submitted entries will be shared on The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show’s Facebook page throughout the month of May.
- Winners selected by panel of judges and will be announced on May 30, 2025.
- Open to U.S. Residents only.
- Judging takes place May 22-24, 2025.
Grab The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show Modern Mini Quilt Challenge badge and let your friends know about this fun quilt challenge! Visit facebook.com/QuiltShow for details.
View the listing of over $2,000 in prize packages from our generous sponsors below, and also at quiltshow.com/modernminiquiltchallenge.com.
View the Gallery of Quilts
Mod Mini Quilt Photos are hosted by PBS Wisconsin on the public Quilt Show Facebook Page. You may comment and ask questions directly on the photo. Of course, you can always share photos within Facebook, too. You do NOT need to have a Facebook account to enter the challenge. By emailing your photo to the address above, you’re acknowledging and consenting to having the image shared in public online social media venues. Subscribe or “LIKE” the Quilt Show Facebook page to see all the new mini quilt images as they are added. View entries at the Quilt Show Facebook Page.
Over $2,000 in prize packages! Thank you to our Generous Sponsors.
2025 Great Wisconsin Quilt Show Modern Mini Quilt Challenge Complete Prize Winners Announced:
1st Place: Primaveral by Artist Rachelle Craig, Wis.
2nd Place: Surrounded by Artist Nancy Powell, Ill.
3rd Place: Why Can’t All Plants be Purple by Artist Sarah Schreiner, CO.
4th Place: Tuesday Evening Recitals at Meadowood by Artist Marty Swank, IN.
5th Place: Unicorn by Aritst Susan Braverman, TX.
6th Place: The Rogue One by Artist Erin Huebschman, Wis.
7th Place: Pastille by Artist Jayne Willis, TN.
8th Place: Playtime by Artist Stephanie Bracelin, IA.
9th Place: The City and Grief by Artist Wade Wheatley, Ill.
10th Place: Partial Eclipse by Artist Elizabeth Rea, TN.
11th Place: Spin the Dial II by Artist Karla Miley, Ill.
12th Place: Parking Lot by Artist Debbie Derr-Weaver, Ill.
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the Sponsors!
View the Entire Gallery of Quilts
Photos hosted by PBS Wisconsin on the public Quilt Show Facebook Page. You may comment and ask questions directly on the photo. Of course, you can always share photos within Facebook, too. You do NOT need to have a Facebook account to enter the challenge. By emailing your photo to the address above, you’re acknowledging and consenting to having the image shared in public online social media venues. Subscribe or “LIKE” the Quilt Show Facebook page to see all the new mini quilt images as they are added. View entries at the Quilt Show Facebook Page.
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Clovis
Congrats to the winners.
C.M. Taylor
Very nice work. They’re a nice “Modern” display. Congratulations!