Winners from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s 2025 Quilt Contest were announced today. The winning quilts will be showcased in NRG Center during the 2025 Rodeo, March 4 – March 23.
The 2025 Quilt Contest winners include:
ADULT
Best of Show
- Anita Todd – “Hankie Panky”
Best of Division
- Hand Quilted: Church Ladies, Owner: Judy Whaley – “One Love”
- Machine Quilted: Anita Todd – “Hankie Panky”
Best of Category
- Hand Quilted, Applique: Katherine Dossman – “Singing under the Stars”
- Hand Quilted, Pieced: Church Ladies, Owner: Judy Whaley – “One Love”
- Machine Quilted, Applique: Jo Caraway – “Octapus’ Garden”
- Machine Quilted, Pictorial: Kelly Gibson, quiltmaker, and Jo Carraway, quilter – “Rhinestone Cowboy”
- Machine Quilted, Pieced: Kathy Bieltz – “Hunter’s Moon”
- Machine Quilted, Mixed Technique: Anita Todd – “Hankie Panky”
Judge’s Choice
- Andrea Ohrt – “Springtime & Pinwheels”
- Ann Moore – “Unforgettable”
Committee’s Choice
- Jackie Hillman – “Dresden Flowers”
Blue Ribbon
- Anita Todd – “Hankie Panky”
- Church Ladies, Owner: Judy Whaley – “One Love”
- Katherine Dossman – “Singing under the Stars”
- Jo Caraway – “Octapus’ Garden”
- Kelly Gibson, quiltmaker, and Jo Carraway, quilter – “Rhinestone Cowboy”
- Kathy Bieltz – “Hunter’s Moon”
- Jerrianne Evans, Georgann Wrinkle, Marsha Fuller, Cynthia Clark, and Becky Stephenson, quiltmakers, and Janet Garman, quiltmaker and quilter – “Reel Deal”
- D-Ann Gilmore, quilt maker, and Cathy Tullos, quilter – “Dreamsicle”
- Karmen Brister – “Thinker Bell”
- Jackie Hillman – “Dresden Flowers”
- Andrea Ohrt – “Springtime & Pinwheels”
- Sherry Melton, quiltmaker, and Cathy Cox, quilter – “Star of Reflection”
- Carla Byrom, quiltmaker, and Emily Smith, quilter – “Carnival Flower”
- Karen Lee, quiltmaker, and Cathy Tullos, quilter – “Summer Breeze”
- Marisa Wilhelmi – “165”
- Patricia Young – “Finding My Way”
- Noreen Borys – “Diamond Overload”
- Virginia Horton – “Irish Mist”
Red Ribbon
- Ann Moore – “Unforgettable”
- Memes Quilts, quiltmaker, and Linda Burnham, quilter, – “Freedom”
- Jean Wehmeyer, quiltmaker, and Faye Morgan, quilter, – “Jamestown”
- Jaime Diehl – “Gypsy Stars and Stripes”
- Elizabeth Williams – “Flower Garden”
- Cristina (Tina) Kubicki Curtis, quiltmaker, and Pam Biswas, quilter – “Together We Shine”
- Elizabeth Miceli – “Look Ma, no cavities!”
- Sarah Ruiz – “Alpha”
- Barbara Young, quiltmaker, and Lisa Patterson, quilter – “Desert Sky”
- Sakeenah Mubashshir – “Sea Glass Art Quilt”
- Sarah Koehl, quiltmaker, and Jolette Janda and Tara Wilson, quilters – “Home”
- Kathyrn Walker – “Circle of Nine String Star”
- Marsha Franty, quiltmaker, and Constance Cephus, quilter – “Spirit”
- Cathy Tullos – “Dancing Stars”
- Lora Buehrig – “Oh Happy Day!”
- Sally Wasserman, quiltmaker, and Thomazine Porter Alexander, quilter – “Uptown Dresden”
- Vicki Parker (Tolkar Quilts) – “Linda’s Choice”
- Linda Weeks, quiltmaker, and Julie Kirby, quilter – “April Showers Bring May Flowers”
- Bitsy Barr, quiltmaker, and Treatment Center Hand Quilters, Nacogdoches, quilters – “Grandmother’s Flower Garden”
- Gigi Lozano, quiltmaker, and Marcia Brenner, quilter – “Hook, Line, & Sinker”
- Marcia Neely – “Southern Storm”
- Becky Navarro – “Yippee”
White Ribbon
- Shelley Robinson, quiltmaker, and Ted Tessitore, quilter – “Hill Country Baskets”
- Barbara Schellberg, quiltmaker, and Kathi Babcock, quilter – “Exploding Wildflowers”
- Susan DeScioli – “Coastal Calm, Galveston Island”
- Michieal Mancill, quiltmaker, and Rachel Mancill, quilter – “Chicken Feed”
- Stephanie Moss, quiltmaker, and Kimberly Wilcox, quilter – “I Bloomed in Texas”
- Jennifer Tajchman – “Wild West”
- Auian L. Ward – “Soulfire–Daydreamer”
- Allison V. Carter, quiltmaker, and Patricia Lopes, quilter – “The Many Colors of Texas”
- Gwen Maupin – “Star of Hope”
- Mark Hamilton – “Feathered Friends” Carol Turner – “Triple Play”
- Kay Lynch, quiltmaker, and Debbie Owens, quilter – “Wildflowers: The “Stars” of Texas”
- Jan Phillips Petrucciani, quiltmaker, and Cathy Tullos, quilter – “Where Bluebonnets Grow”
- Elizabeth Reeves, quiltmaker, and Kaia Kessler, quilter – “Houston Holds it Down”
- Barbara Averill, quiltmaker, and Tricia Young, quilter – “Longhorn Line Dance”
- Cheryl Yates, quiltmaker, and Anna Clark, quilter – “Into The Jungle”
- Sharon Heimann – “The Garden Club Quilt”
- Jessee Pilgrim, quiltmaker, and GG’s Quilting Studio, quilter – “Blossom”
- Allison Bonner – “Rainbow Illusions”
- Alison Mueller – “Pretty Little Thimbles”
- Alex Begnaud – “Donna Holden”
- Nancy Lubrano – “Panda Yoga”
- Sarah Hahn – “Broken Lone Star”
- Julie Mercer – “Tied One On”
- Patricia Gregurek, quiltmaker, and Nicole Parra, quilter – “Flower Garden”
- Kathy LeBlanc – “To Pay Tribute”
- Madeline McMurry, quiltmaker, and Cathy Tullos, quilter – “Garden Flowers”
- Nomaiaci (Cissa) Kamakura – “Timeless Treasures”
- Cynthia Allen – “Forever May She Wave”
- Pat Kainer – “Entangled”
- Debra Kollman, quiltmaker, and Sharon Heimann, quilter – “Missouri star Quilt”
- Martha Rudisill – “Love Chains Quilt”
- Risa Myers and Justin Oxford, quiltmakers – “Shadow 2”
- Leslie Rice-Hall & Julie Rice-Smiley, quiltmakers – “Lone Star Songs, Stitches and Sisters”
- Jo Ann Bibd – “Happiness Blooms”
Green Ribbon
- Kay Jagelavicius, quiltmaker, and Six Mile Quilting, quilter – “Log Cabin “Spring Day””
- Rachel Mancill, quiltmaker, and Michieal Mancill, quilter – “Victory Garden”
- Dorothy Morton – “Crystals”
- Margaret Smith – “Outer Galaxy”
- Connie Grudzinski – “Texas Through My Eyes”
- Babette MacLennan, quiltmaker, and Aven Rhoades, quilter – “Oh My Stars”
- Nancy Gennaro – “Maui Sunset”
- Mary Ellis – “Psalm 23”
- Margaret Henson-Myers – “All Texas Shop Hop 2024”
- Lauren Rae Albright – “All My Exes Live in Texas”
- Texas Tea Stitchers Guild, quiltmaker, and Marilyn Compton (guild member), quilter – “Stars Around Texas”
- Shannon Riley – “RAIL FENCE”
- Katherine Lewis – “Vietnam Poppies”
- Sydney Traylor – “Grandma’s at Thanksgiving”
- Cindy Threadgill, quiltmaker, and Kevin Waters, quilter – “Patriotic Pride”
- Olivia Herrington – “Vintage and Merry”
YOUTH
Best of Show
- Ellie Stuckey – “Midnight Blooms”
Best of Division
- Machine Quilted: Ellie Stuckey – “Midnight Blooms”
- Hand Quilted: Rebekah Newcomb – “Country Comfort”
Judge’s Choice
- Bridget Gulding – “Whirlybird”
- Elizabeth Leopold – “Starburst”
Committee’s Choice
- Elizabeth Leopold – “Starburst”
Blue Ribbon
- Ellie Stuckey – “Midnight Blooms”
- Rebekah Newcomb – “Country Comfort”
- Bridget Gulding – “Whirlybird”
- Reagan Campbell – “Bandana Scrappy Stacks”
- Parker Ivy Black – “Koala Dundee”
Red Ribbon
- Elizabeth Leopold – “Starburst”
- Kiya Gantz – “FireWorks”
- Levi Titzman – “Pixel Me This”
- Brandon Rios, quiltmaker, and Emerald Darino Romo, quilter – “The Mountain Top – story Quilt”
- Hadleigh Novosad – “Let the Good Times Roll”
- Ryan Marsh – “Texas Forever”
White Ribbon
- Raylan Bone – “Sunset with Grandpa’s Neckties”
- Megan Dubon, quiltmaker, and Emerald Darino Romo, quilter – “Civil Rights Convention-Story quilt”
- Fehrle Rodriguez, quiltmaker, and Faye Morgan, quilter – “Bandana”
- Luke Titzman – “Hey It’s America”
- Mallory Crippens – “Highland Cow”
Green Ribbon
- Addison Swonke – “Spring is Here”
- Daucie Davis – “Safari Snuggles”
- Abagail Dillard – “Cattle Call”
- Bailey Boyd – “Southwestern Llamas”