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THE 2025 QUILT FESTIVAL JUDGED SHOW
Enter your quilt to compete for cash, non-purchase prizes including Best of Show, Master Awards, Category Awards, Judge’s Choice, and Viewer’s Choice! Click HERE for all the details!
2023 FESTIVAL JUDGED SHOW
More than $52,000 in cash, non-purchase prizes in several categories. Registration is open NOW and the deadline to enter is May 25 at 1 pm CST.
Click the button to the left for all the info, rules, and entry form!
Note: All quilts pictures are from the 2022 exhibits.
2025 calls for entry
These are the currently open calls for entry for exhibits at the 2025 Houston International Quilt Festival. More will be added later.
IMPORTANT NOTE! The International Quilt Festival Judged Show with prizes and categories is a completely separate entity/call. Information on that is available in the above section.
International Quilt Festival/
LONG BEACH 2023
International Quilt Festival/
Houston 2023
Feathered Stars with Redwork (88” x 90”), artist unknown.
FINE FEATHERED QUILTS
This exhibit will showcase Princess Feather and Feathered Star quilts. Quilters have long associated feathers with the 19th and 20th Centuries. Modern sewing methods and machines make quick work of these two cherished designs. You may enter antique, modern, recently made, inherited, or purchased quilts in these two styles.
How to Enter Your Quilt:
• Limit of two (2) entries per person
• There is an entry fee of $20 (USD) per quilt
• Registration closes on April 24, 2025
• Size: a minimum of 50 “, maximum of 108” on any side
• There is no “made-by” date requirement
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Magic Flowers (40” x 34”) by Susan Smith. Original Design. From a previous year’s exhibit.
IN FULL BLOOM
Just as quilters create beautiful art with fabric, florists and gardeners cultivate works of beauty from the soil. This exhibit showcases floral-inspired quilts from across the spectrum in lush color and splendor.
How to Enter Your Quilt:
• Limit of two (2) entries per person
• There is an entry fee of $20 (USD) per quilt
• Registration closes on April 24, 2025
• Size: a minimum of 24”, maximum of 90” on any side
• The piece must be completed between 2022 and 2025
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A Celebration of Reading by Susan DeScioli
READING AND REMEMBRANCE: A TRIBUTE TO BARBARA BUSH
For over a decade, the Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation has made a difference in the lives of children and adults by giving them the tools they need to become proficient readers. Use your creativity to make a quilt that illustrates a favorite book, tells a story of its own, or encourages someone to read. You can even depict Barbara Bush herself!
For official photos of Mrs. Bush from the Barbara Bush Foundation, download here »
How to Enter Your Quilt:
• Limit of two (2) entries per person
• There is an entry fee of $20 (USD) per quilt
• Registration closes on April 24, 2025
• Size: a minimum of 24”, maximum of 86” on any side
• The piece must be completed between 2021 and 2025
• The quilt may illustrate a children’s story or an aspect of Mrs. Bush’s life
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PROPOSE AN EXHIBIT
Special Exhibits welcomes queries from artists and curators about proposing exhibits for future shows throughout the year.
- We welcome proposals for 2025 and beyond.
- Once the proposal is complete, it will be submitted to a selection committee to be reviewed.
For further information, please email the Special Exhibits Manager, Christa Parker, at christap@quilts.com.
