Show Winners 2026

Many thanks to Eugene McFarlane, for these images of all the prize-winning quilts.

Best in Show

Hot Flush by Pip Porter

Sponsored by Blessington and Angie & Co.

Viewers’ Choice

Fragmented by Tamara Stunnell

Sponsored by Sew Can I

Presidents’ Award (Spirit of Modern Quilting)

Deconstructed Opera House by Susan Sheath 

Sponsored by MQG.

Amateur Award

View from Above by Carmel Tolkin

Sponsored by WMQG member Fiona McDonald.

Judge’s Choice – Tania Tanti

Out There by Carolynne Gordon

Sponsored by Remnant Warehouse, Make Modern and MQG + Individual MQG Member

Judge’s Choice – Wendy Nutt


Do Lizards Have Teeth? by Sara Prince

Sponsored by Remnant Warehouse, Make Modern and MQG + Individual MQG Member

Judge’s Choice – Belinda von Mengersen

No Shrinking Violet  by Rebecca Hastings

Sponsored by Remnant Warehouse, Make Modern and MQG + Individual MQG Member Donation

Improvisational – First Prize

Protea 2 by Grace Di Muzio 

Sponsored by an Individual MQG Member

Improvisational – Second Prize

Red by Kathleen Rajni Troup

Sponsored by Material Girls Down Under

Improvisational – Third Prize

Do Lizards have Teeth? by Sara Prince

Sponsored by You Are Brave

Improvisational – Fourth Prize

Nurturing the Pod by Jane Rundle

Sponsored by XLN

Improvisational – Judges Commendation

Zebra Path of Treelight by Kathleen Rajni Troup

Sponsored by PK Fabrics

Improvisational – Judges Commendation

Funky Fusion by Cathy Hetzel

Sponsored by PK Fabrics

Improvisational – Judges Commendation

Citrus Zing by Linda Steele

Sponsored by PK Fabrics

Modern Traditional – First Prize

Fantastic Plastic by Catherine Butterworth

Sponsored by MQG

Modern Traditional – Second Prize

Sawtooth No.3 Betelguese by Simone Symonds

Sponsored by Angie & Coco

Modern Traditional – Third Prize

Triangulate by Caroline Hadley

Sponsored by XLN

Modern Traditional – Fourth Prize

Lava Lamps by Molli Sparkles

Sponsored by Blessington

Modern Traditional – Judges Commendation

Fruit Tingles by Lorena Uriarte

Sponsored by PK Fabrics

Modern Traditional – Judges Commendation

Log Piles by Christine Barnicoat

Sponsored by PK Fabrics

Modern Traditional – Judges Commendation

Bloomin’ Lot by Tara Glastonbury

Sponsored by PK Fabrics

Minimal/Negative Space – First Prize

Hot Flush by Pip Porter

Sponsored by MQG

Minimal/Negative Space – Second Prize

Fragmented by Tamara Stunnell

Sponsored by My Sewing Supplies

Minimal/Negative Space – Third Prize

Screen Time by Anna Small

Sponsored by Hobbysew

Small – First Prize

Caps by Michelle Law

Sponsored by Blessington

Small – Second Prize

Iconic Inflorescence by Brenda Gael Smith

Sponsored by MQG Member Donation

Group/Collaborative – First Prize

2444 in 2024 by Port Macquarie MQG

Sponsored by Melbourne MQG

Group/Collaborative – Second Prize

Tijuana Cocktail by Port Macquarie MQG

Sponsored by MQG Member

Junior – First Prize

Pink Passion by Rose Biboudis

Sponsored by PK Fabrics

Junior – Second Prize

Modern Mismatch by Savannah Lomman Cools

Sponsored by Angie & Coco