CAQG 2024 Quilt Show Categories and Prizes

The following is the list of quilt categories for the 2024 CAQG Quilt Show.

Quilt entry details and registration are here.

There will also be Special Awards given for exemplary work in various categories.

Quilts or other items that have been entered into previous CAQG Quilt Shows are not eligible to be entered again.

Quilt Entry Rules

  • An online entry form is required for each entered item. The accuracy of the form is the responsibility of the entrant.

  • You must choose only one category for your quilt entry. Entries will not be switched between categories without consultation with entrant.

  • All quilts must be three layers.

  • All quilts must have a sewn-on label on the back lower corner identifying the name of the entrant and name of the quilt.

  • All quilts must have a basted-on sleeve for hanging (of at least 4”). No safety-pinned sleeves will be accepted.

  • Any quilt deemed unfit to hang will be removed from the show (eg. dirty, smelling like smoke, etc.).

  • Maximum size of any quilt entry will be 480” perimeter (10 feet X 10 feet).

  • Person who quilted the item must be identified on the entry form.

  • The person entering the quilt will be the person who will win the award.

  • Quilts that require special handling will not be the responsibility of the quilt show committee.

Grand Door Prizes

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Quilt Entry Categories & Prizes

Please choose the best category to describe your entry.

Bag

Small - wallets, retreat bags, purses

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Emmaline Bags Inc.

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Karin Douglas

Large - backpacks, tote bags, duffle type bags

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Emmaline Bags Inc.

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Purple KATZ Quilting

Block of the Month or Sew Along

Any quilt pieced as a result of a group sew along, either on a schedule or not.

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Pinheads Quilting Company Inc.

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: The Empty Bobbin

Child Specific Quilt

Must be made with the intentions to be given or for a child. Can be any size, but not exceeding the maximum allowable size.

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Urban Farmhouse Fabric

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Auntie Sheila’s Quilting Room

Collaborative Quilt

A quilt top made by a minimum of 4 people. The quilter who assembles/pieces the top is the person who can enter the quilt. All contributors names must be on the sewn-on quilt label and the quilt show label (printed form).

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Knot Sew Serious Quilting Group

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild

Embroidery, Applique (Machine) or Embellished

Machine embroidery or applique or machine pieced with embellished additions.

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Beaver Creek Mercantile

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Wendy Greber (WenLar Designs)

Foundation Paper/Paperless Piecing

Foundation paper-piecing is when the outline of a quilt block is printed on a paper or freezer paper foundation and fabric is sewn together using the outline as a sewing guide.

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Neighbourhood Dental

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild

Guild Challenge

Theme is ‘Celebrate’. Maximum size 150” perimeter. Colour theme - teal, pink, yellow, purple (Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild colours).

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild

Handwork

Kwandi, Hand Piecing, English Paper Piecing (EPP), Hand Applique or Hand Embroidery.

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Alberta Country Register

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Blue Barn Quilt Co.

Household Items

Table runners, place mats, foot stools, wall hanging, potholders, etc.

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Tracey Christensen, CIR Realty

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Lucy Owens

Modern

Modern quilts generally rely less on rules and order; they are often asymmetrical and are made of a minimalist design. Two sub-categories:

Small Quilt - up to 249”

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Alberta Country Register

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Purple KATZ Quilting

Large Quilt - 250” or larger

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Purple KATZ Quilting

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Marie Hanson

Original Design

Pattern must be of the maker’s original design. Improvisational, Art Quilts, etc.

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Theresa’s Threaded Finish

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Wendy Greber (WenLar Designs)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Recycled fabrics/quilts (doilies, denim jeans, found and finished), Memorial Quilts, T-shirt Quilts.

  • $100 sponsored by: Anonymous

Traditional Quilt

Simple or complex quilt; usually made up of many repetitions of the same block or orderly rows.

Small Quilt - up to 249”

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Urban Farmhouse Fabric

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Marie Hanson

Large Quilt - 250” or larger

  • First Place $100 sponsored by: Never Done Quilting

  • Second Place $50 sponsored by: Never Done Quilting

Wearables

Quilted wearable items such as jackets, vests, etc.

  • $100 sponsored by: Alberta Country Register

Youth

This category is for any quilter under the age of 18. All quilts are critiqued and ribbons are awarded to all entries.

Special Awards

Best in Show

Judges will award to the best of all first place entries in each category. The second place quilt within the category is then moved to first place in that category.

  • $200 sponsored by: Quilters’ Palette

Domestic Machine Quilting

  • $150 sponsored by: Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild

Hand Quilting

  • $150 sponsored by: Prairie Points Quilt Shop

Judge’s Choice (3 ribbons)

Each judge will be able to name their own Judge’s Choice Award.

  • $150 sponsored by: Pinheads Quilting Company Inc.

  • $150 sponsored by: Neighbourhood Dental

  • $150 sponsored by: Jeff Murray

Long Arm Machine Quilting

Computer Driven Design

  • $150 sponsored by: Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild

Free Hand Driven Design

  • $150 sponsored by: Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild

Precision Piecing

  • $150 sponsored by: Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild

Viewers’ Choice

The Viewers’ Choice quilt is voted by the Quilt Show Attendees.  The quilt with the greatest number of ballots is the winner.  The winner of the ribbon is invited to post a picture of their quilt on the CQA website and to enter the quilt for display at the Guild Rosette Invitational Show at Quilt Canada.  

  • Ribbon Sponsored by Canadian Quilters’ Association