2025 Quilt Competition Winners
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza
National Quilt Competition
Oaks, Pennsylvania September 11-14, 2025
Congratulations to our winners and all of the entrants who participated in this year's
Pennsylvania National Quilt Competition!
Click on this link to download the Winners' List.
BEST OF SHOW: #2001 Sonora Sunset by Marilyn Badger
The Bernina Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #2043 A Mandala Quartet by Becky Weiland
FULL-SIZE QUILT COMPETITION
INNOVATIVE CATEGORY
First Place: #1035 Santa Fe Garden by Sharon L Schlotzhauer
Second Place: #1036 Under the Dome by Karen H. Sienk
Third Place: #1007 Silk Lizards by Sandy Curran
Honorable Mention: #1027 The Storybook Quilt by Connie Malone
Honorable Mention: #1006 I Dreamed an Iris by Sandy Curran
Best Hand Workmanship: #1022 Summer Solstice by Nadine Kirk
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship:# 1015 Frida Kahlo by Christine Gillespie
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #1032 Don’t Be Square by Judy Powell
Best Use of Color: #1044 Interflow #3 by Lenny van Eijk
Best Interpretation of Theme: #1025 Chaos x Control by Natalie Lancaster
TRADITIONAL CATEGORY
First Place: #2041 Dance of the Butterfly by Wilhelmina Vandevoorde
Second Place: #2019 Swirley Whirley Blues with Coffee by Barbara Korengold
Third Place: #2037 Dreams of a Summer Day by Margaret E. Solomon Gunn
Honorable Mention: #2012 In Aeturnum by Victoria Grivas
Honorable Mention: #2031 My Cinco de Mayo by Kathleen Parry
Best Hand Workmanship: #2021 Spring Tulip Wreaths by Marie Krauss
Best Sewing Machine Workmanship: #2030 Double Down on Seven by Ruth Ohol
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #2017 Enchanted by Jan Hutchison
Best Use of Color: #2005 Dutch Whimsy by Judith Craddock
Best Interpretation of Theme: #2008 Northern Lights by Gail Virginia Evans
MID-CENTURYMOD/MODERN QUILT COMPETITION
Best Mid-Century Mod/Modern Quilt: #4032 Round and Round by Betsy Vinegrad
Second Place: #4034 Mid-Century Nights by Cole Reese Whitaker
Third Place: #4009 Through Thick & Thin by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Honorable Mention: #4031 Flutterby by Betsy Vinegrad
Honorable Mention: #4005 Unfolding by Lucia Chan
Best Use of Color: #4008 Aura No. 12 by Audrey Esarey
Best Use of Negative Space: #4025 Modern Vintage (Faded) by Sylvia Schaefer
Best Interpretation of Mid-Century Theme: #4006 Cocktails by AnnMarie Cowley
WALL QUILT COMPETITION
Best Wall Quilt: #3042 Square Hole Round Peg by Jane Schiemer
The Baby Lock Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award: #3037 The Apple by Sheila H. Riess
Second Place: #3011 Dancing in the Deep by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Third Place: #3021 Water World by Lisa Jenni
Honorable Mention: #3012 Electric Snails #4 by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Honorable Mention: #3020 We The People by Lisa Jenni
Best Mid-Century Mod Wall Quilt: #3024 Roundabout by Jacqueline Laba
Best Hand Workmanship: #3004 Scuba Diving by Linda Bergmann
Best Longarm Machine Workmanship: #3015 The Alcazaba by Mary Anne Fontana
Best Use of Color: #3040 Guiding Presence by Linda Salitrynski
Best Interpretation of Theme: #3001 Return to Real by Mikie Bair
JUDGE’S CHOICE RIBBONS
Bobbie Bergquist: #2037 Dreams of a Summer Day by Margaret E. Solomon Gunn
Susan Edmonson: #1034 Liberty Lights the Way by Sara Schechner
Joyce Fischer: #2038 Bed of Roses by Beth Teletski 
VIEWERS’ CHOICE
#2028 The Little Things by Christina Miller