Enter Either/Both: Winter Quilt Show Challenge or Fiber Contest

WMQFA Winter Quilt Show Challenge

Both the Challenge and Fiber Contest will be judged once again! We will still be awarding a Viewer’s Choice as well.

“Fantastic Flowers” is the 2025 WMQFA Winter Quilt Show Challenge Theme! Click here for more information on this year’s Challenge.

Enter Your Fiber Art Piece or Quilt in the Contest

2025 Entry Information

· To enter your piece(s), bring it/them and completed entry form on one of the dates listed below. To ensure your entry is one of the limited pieces accepted, please complete the online form, save as a pdf (your last name-piece name as filename; this is best done on laptop/desktop with Adobe PDF installed) and email to winterquiltshow@wiquiltmuseum.com in advance of drop-off dates. Check the website for any last minute updates in drop off times.

· Please read Contest Rules thoroughly and prepare your entry(ies) prior to your arrival.

· Entries will be stored in a secure environment until transfer to the show.

Entry Drop-off Times & Location

Thursday-Saturday, Jan 30-Feb 1, 10am-4pm

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts: N50W5050 Portland Road, Cedarburg, WI (no admission required to drop off)

Contest Rules

o All categories will be judged, except for Viewer’s Choice.

o $5 entry fee per item. NO CHARGE FOR YOUTH ENTRY.

o Viewer’s Choice voting will be open from 9am-4pm.

o Winners will be designated by ribbons for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Viewer’s Choice winner will be announced virtually after the show.

o Entry must not have been exhibited in previous Winter Quilt Show events.

o Entries must have been made in the two years prior (Mar 2023-Feb 2025).

o The Winter Quilt Show reserves the right to re-categorize any entry.

o The name of every person that stitched on the entry, including the quilter, must be listed.

o You do not need a sleeve, the entries will be hung with hangers.

o If your entry does not have a label, please safety pin one to the back with your contact info.

o Contest entries may be retrieved at the conclusion of WQS between 4:30 - 5:00 pm or at Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts during museum hours through March 31: Wed-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12pm-4pm.

o Challenge entries will be on view at WMQFA following the Winter Quilt Show and through March 2. Pick up at the museum begins March 7 during regular museum hours.

o Entries not claimed by March 31 become the property of WMQFA.

o Entries may be delivered to WMQFA during the dates and times listed or may be mailed to the museum.

o Delivery cost for entries not made in person are the responsibility of the entrant. Return label and postage must be included and are the responsibility of the entrant.

o We reserve the right to limit accepted entries due to exhibit space constraints. To ensure your entry is one of the limited pieces accepted, please complete the online form, save as a pdf (your last name-piece name as filename; this is best done on laptop/desktop with Adobe PDF installed) and email to winterquiltshow@wiquiltmuseum.com in advance of drop off dates.

o Entry limit of five per person.

o Entries should be submitted folded, with the reverse side and label showing.

2025 Prizes

Prizes per category: 1st Place $50, 2nd Place $30, 3rd Place $20, except Best of Show at $150, Challenge at $100 & Viewer’s Choice at $100. All entries will be judged, except Viewer’s Choice.

Winners will be designated by ribbons for 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place. Viewer’s Choice winner will be announced via the museum’s Barn Blast and on this page a few days after the show ends.

1. Large Quilt (any technique, perimeter measures greater than 280”): Barn Door Quilts

2. Lap Quilt (any technique, perimeter measures between 160”-280”): JJ Stitches

3. Small Quilt (any technique, perimeter measures less than 160”): Associated Bank

4. Modern Quilt (any size, quilt that uses minimalism, bold color/contrast, asymmetry, primarily solid colors, critical and/or expressive use of negative space): Blue Bar Quilts

5. Improv/Art Quilt (any size, non-traditional, style may be landscape, pictorial, portrait, abstract, collage -or- free and flexible with no defined structure developed as quilter stitches): TLC Quilting

6. Youth under 18 (made entirely by entrant/NO CHARGE FOR ENTRY): Heuer’s Sewing Center

7. Miscellaneous Sewn/Quilted (decor, personal/table accessories, wearables): Brynwood Needleworks

8. Fiber Art (not quilted - knit, crochet, woven, lace, tatted, needlework, etc.): Electric Needle

9. Barn Quilt (24” x 24” max size, limited to 10 entries): Barn Quilt Central

10. Challenge Quilt: Aurifil

11. Best in Show: WaterStone Bank

12. Viewer’s Choice: The Quilting Connection/Handi-Quilter