Announcing The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2023 Modern Mini Quilt Challenge Winners!

Announcing The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2023 Modern Mini Quilt Challenge Winners!

Announcing The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2023 Modern Mini Quilt Challenge 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’ seventh-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 118 entries were spectacular!

Here’s a quick review of The 2023 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 Friday, May 19, 2023.

• 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 25, 2023.
• Open to U.S. Residents only.
• Judging takes place May 22-24, 2023.

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 $1,500 in prize packages from our generous sponsors below, and also at quiltshow.com/modernminiquiltchallenge.com.

View the Gallery of Quilts

Mod Mini Quilt Photos will be hosted by PBS Wisconsin on the public Quilt Show Facebook Page in the 2023 Quilt Show Modern Mini Quilt Challenge album. 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 in the photo album here.

Over $1,500 in prize packages! Thank you to our Generous Sponsors.

                              

Congratulations 2023 Modern Mini Quilt Challenge Winners:

1st Place — Michelle B.WA

• BERNINA Dealers (Linda Z’s – BERNINA Domestic, Nancy Zieman Sewing Studio – bernette, Primitive Gatherings – Q-series: Bernette 05 Academy Sewing Machine; $535 value

The Way Home

2nd Place — Darla G. CA

• Janome: 1522PG Anniversary Edition Janome Sewing Machine; $349 value

Art Out Loud

3rd Place — Susan B. TX

• Aurifil: Thread Storage Case and Thread – includes a 12 spool storage case and three sets of color builders; $157 value

Night

4tht Place — Laurie L. MI

• Hotfix Adhesive: 50 yards by 12″ Hotfix Adhesive; $145 value

The Girl with the Side Ponytail

5th Place — Charles C. NC

• Glenda Wilder Designs: Glenda Wilder Designs Pattern Bundle; value $100

Complimentary Convergence

6th Place — Jane H. FL

• Two Sisters Quilt Shop: Sew Much Fun by Riley Blake 24 fat quarter bundle; $82 value

Earth Separating

7th Place — Connie R. WI

• Heirloom Quilting Designs: Joanie’s Quilting Elements book and Background Bonanza how-to DVD plus a kit to make the project from the DVD; $80 value

Let’s Go Fly a Kite

8th Place — Cathy L. FL

• Shepherd’s Wool: (8) Sheep Rollups (Hand-dyed 3-value 100% wool swatches); $72 value

Isolation, Vaccination, Celebration

9th Place — Elizabeth R. AR

• Nancy Zieman Productions: Exclusive Stitch it! Sisters Dresden Columns Table Runner Bundle Box with The Ultimate Quilt ’n Stitch Presser Foot from Clover by Nancy Zieman Productions; $71 value

Viva Magenta Blinds

10th Place — Cathy R. IL

• Stitch it! Sisters: Exclusive Stitch it! Sisters Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging Bundle Box with Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge from Clover by Nancy Zieman Productions; $70 value

Striding Across the Prairie