2018 Show Photos

For a complete list of winners, download the 2018 IHQS Winners Guide (PDF). To view descriptions, click on an image below. As you are scrolling through the gallery, hover over each image to read details about the quilt. (On a cellphone, look for a small white icon to the bottom of the screen.)

Eternal Beauty - Best in Show

Spring Dance - Exemplary Hand Quilting

First Frost - Exemplary Machine Quilting

A Slice of Pi - 1st Place, Modern Quilts

Modern Brilliance - 2nd Place, Modern Quilts

Stars and Sparks - 3rd Place, Modern Quilts

View Below - Honorable Mention, Modern Quilts

Do These Stripes Make My Butt Look Big? - 1st Place, Mixed Technique/Traditional

From the Bride's Trousseau - 2nd Place, Mixed Technique/Traditional

It Takes Five - 3rd Place, Mixed Technique/Traditional

Master of the Hounds - Honorable Mention, Mixed Technique/Traditional

Rose Parade - Honorable Mention, Mixed Technique/Traditional

Swiss Cheese - Honorable Mention, Mixed Technique/Traditional

Bouquet Royale - 1st Place, Large Pieced Quilts

Free Fallin' - 2nd Place, Large Pieced Quilts

Tranquil Spaces 2 - 3rd Place, Large Pieced Quilts

Anita's Quilt - Honorable Mention, Large Pieced Quilts

Joseph's Coat - Honorable Mention, Large Pieced Quilts

Counterchange Arrowheads - Honorable Mention, Large Pieced Quilts

Magnetic Attraction - 1st Place, Small Pieced Quilts

Portlandia - 2nd Place, Small Pieced Quilts

Small Log Cabin - 3rd Place, Small Pieced Quilts

Feathered Star - Honorable Mention, Small Pieced Quilts

When I'm 64 - 1st Place, Appliquéd Quilts

Forever Flowers - 2nd Place, Appliquéd Quilts

Old Glory Under HIS Wings - 3rd Place, Appliquéd Quilts

Dazzling Dahlia - 1st Place, Art/Innovation Quilts

The Sprinter - 2nd Place, Art/Innovation Quilts

Bringing Down the House - 3rd Place, Art/Innovation Quilts

Wickedly Green - Honorable Mention, Art/Innovation Quilts; Exemplary Edge Finish

Furrealism: Dali Has Gone to the Dogs - Honorable Mention, Art/Innovation Quilts

Circle the Dots - 1st Place, Polka Dot Challenge

Ferris Wheel Flowers - 2nd Place, Polka Dot Challenge

Alive and Growing - 3rd Place, Polka Dot Challenge

Checks! Stripes! Polka Dots! Oh My! - Honorable Mention, Polka Dot Challenge

Bushel Basket Quilt - Mayor's Choice

One Thing Leads to Another (1 of 2) - Exemplary Use of Color, Commissioner's Choice

One Thing Lead to Another (2 of 2) - Exemplary Use of Color, Commissioner's Choice

On the Edge of Eternity - NACQJ Award of Merit

Really "Wild" Flowers! Third Season - Judge's Recognition, Doris Goins

IMA T PHROG - Judge's Recognition, Kathy McNeil

Colorful Nine Patch - Young Quiltmaker

Oliveea's Sky of Squares - Young Quiltmaker

Astronomical Escape - Young Quiltmaker

Take Me Out to the Ballgame - Young Quiltmaker

Sabrina's Cheerful Creation - Young Quiltmaker

Graceful Stitching - Young Quiltmaker

Rose - Young Quiltmaker

Summer Dream - Young Quiltmaker

Teenie Booper - Young Quiltmaker

Cheerful Breeze - Young Quiltmaker

Summer Lovin - Young Quiltmaker

Rylee's Purple Pansies - Young Quiltmaker

Rachel's Pool of Flowers - Young Quiltmaker

Haley's Dreaming of the Ocean - Young Quiltmaker

Butterfly Star - Young Quiltmaker

Home Sweet Home - Young Quiltmaker

2018 Show Photos

IHQSBLOOMINGTON, INDIANAMARCH 6 - 8, 2025

IHQS
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
MARCH 6 - 8, 2025