AUSTRALIAN QUILT SHOW CHALLENGE prize list

TOTAL PRIZE VALUE – $32,047 CONSISTING OF:

$10,000 CASH GRAND PRIZE

$10,050 CATEGORY PRIZES

TOTAL VALUE OF JANOME SEWING MACHINE PRODUCTS $11,997

Plus a Certificate of Participation for every finalist

AUSTRALIAN QUILT SHOW CHALLENGE CATEGORY PRIZES:

  1. Modern Quilt – 1ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
  2. Traditional Quilt– 1ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
  3. Art or Pictorial Quilt– 1ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
  4. Pieced and/or Appliqued Quilt– 1ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
  5. Recycled and Restyled – 1ST prize Choice of one Janome machine valued at $3,999, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
  6. Emerging Talent [for entrants aged 21 years and under as at December 31, 2023] Choice of one Janome machine valued at $3,999, runner up $250
  7. Embroidered by hand or machine – 1ST 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
  • Best Wholecloth Quilt – $500
  • Judges’ Choice awards – $100  [three judges]
  • Viewers’ Choice award – $250  [one prize each at Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra 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 $3,999

Janome machine winners will have a choice of 3 fabulous machines

Each machine is valued at $3999