AUSTRALIAN QUILT SHOW prize list

TOTAL PRIZE VALUE – $37,297 CONSISTING OF:

• $10,000: CASH GRAND PRIZE
• $9,300: CATEGORY PRIZES
• $17,997: TOTAL VALUE OF JANOME SEWING MACHINE PRODUCTS
• Plus a Certificate of Participation for every finalist

AUSTRALIAN QUILT SHOW CATEGORY PRIZES

1. Modern Quilt – 1^ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
2. Traditional Quilt – 1^ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
3. Art or Pictorial Quilt – 1^ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
4. Pieced and/or Appliqued Quilt – 1^ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
5. Recycled and Restyled – 1^ST prize $500 runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
6. Emerging Talent [for entrants aged 21 years and under as at December 31, 2025] Choice of one Janome machine valued at $5,999, runner up $250
7. Embroidered by hand or machine – 1^ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100

SPECIAL AWARDS

• Best Use of Colour – $500
• Best Themed Pictorial Quilt – $500
• Best Abstract Quilt – $500
• Best Hand Work – $500
• Best Machine quilting with a medium or longarm machine – $500
• Best Machine quilting with a domestic machine – $500
• Judges’ Choice awards – $100 (three judges)
• Viewers’ Choice award – $250 (one prize each at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fairs)

BEST OF SHOW GRAND PRIZES: $10,000 for BEST OF SHOW.
Runner Up to Best of Show: $400 CASH plus a choice of one Janome machine valued at $5,999

Janome machine winners will have a choice of 4 fabulous machines

Each machine is valued at $5,999