American Quilter Society
AQS Quilt Show & Contest
Paducah, Kentucky
April 23-26, 2008
Download complete Contest Rules and Entry Form [pdf]
- All quilts must be quilted by hand, by machine, or both.
- Quilt must have been finished between January 1, 2006, and January 1, 2008, and be in excellent condition.
- Quilts that combine two or more techniques (other than quilting) should be entered in the Mixed Techniques category (i.e., piecing/appliqué, appliqué/embroidery, piecing/trapunto, etc.)
Quilt Sizes: Actual quilt size must fit dimensions listed for category
Bed Quilts – width 60" to 110"; length 80" or more
Appliqué – predominant technique is appliqué
Pieced – predominant technique is piecing
Mixed Techniques – two or more predominant techniques, not including quilting
1st Entry in an AQS Quilt Contest – any technique
Group – any technique; made by three or more people
Handmade Quilts – width 60" to 110"; length 80" or more
Hand – any technique; the entire quilt top must be stitched by hand; backing and binding may be stitched by machine. Long lengthwise seams on the front may be machine stitched.
Large Wall Quilts – width 60" to 110"; length 40" or more
Appliqué – predominant technique is appliqué
Pieced – predominant technique is piecing
Mixed Techniques – two or more predominant techniques, not including quilting
Pictorial – representation of a person, place, or thing
Small Wall Quilts – width 40" to 60"; length 40" or more
Traditional – uses traditional quiltmaking patterns or designs, including variations
Non-traditional – a new creation, not a copy of a previous work
Pictorial – representation of a person, place, or thing
1st Entry in an AQS Quilt Contest – any technique
Young Designer Quilts – width 40" or more; length 40" or more
Young Designer – any technique in unique interpretation, open to ages 18 to 35 (determined on opening day of show)
Miniature Quilts – width 24" maximum; length 24" maximum
Miniature – all aspects of the quilt are in reduced scale
Limit two entries per person, one quilt per category.
2008 Judges
Libby Lehman, Houston, TX
Gabrielle Swain, Watauga, TX
Donna Wilder, Weston, CT
All decisions of the jurors and judges are final. AQS reserves the right to reject any entry, including those that fail to follow the quilt contest rules.
$20,000* Hancock’s of Paducah Best of Show
$12,000* AQS Hand Workmanship Award
$12,000* Bernina Machine Workmanship Award
$3,000 Gammill Longarm Machine Quilting Award
$5,000 Olfa Young Designers Okada Award
$5,000* Moda Best Wall Award
$3,000 Coats & Clark Wall Hand Workmanship Award
$3,000 Brother Wall Machine Workmanship Award
$3,000* Benartex Best Miniature Award
$120,000 +
Total Cash Awards
*Purchase awards – These quilts become the property of the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society.
Categories 1–15:
1ST Place $1,500
2ND Place $1,000
3RD Place $750
Category 16:
1ST Place $500
2ND Place $300
3RD Place $200
Send two digital images with no modification including cropping and color correction or two 35 mm slides (one full view of completed quilt and one detail of completed quilt).
Entry fee:
AQS members $10.00 per quilt
Non-members $30.00 per quilt
American Quilter’s Society
PO Box 3290
Paducah, KY 42002-3290
email: shows@AQSquilt.com
web: americanquilter.com
