TOTAL PRIZE VALUE – $37,297 CONSISTING OF:
- $10,000: CASH GRAND PRIZE
- $9,300: CATEGORY PRIZES
- $17,997: TOTAL VALUE OF JANOME SEWING MACHINE PRODUCTS
- Plus a Certificate of Participation for every finalist
AUSTRALIAN QUILT SHOW CATEGORY PRIZES
- Modern Quilt – 1ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
- Traditional Quilt – 1ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
- Art or Pictorial Quilt – 1ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
- Pieced and/or Appliqued Quilt – 1ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
- Recycled and Restyled – 1ST prize $500 runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
- Emerging Talent [for entrants aged 21 years and under as at December 31, 2025] Choice of one Janome machine valued at $5,999, runner up $250
- Embroidered by hand or machine – 1ST prize $500, runner up $250, Judges’ Commendation $100
SPECIAL AWARDS
- Best Use of Colour – $500
- Best Themed Pictorial Quilt – $500
- Best Abstract Quilt – $500
- Best Hand Work – $500
- Best Machine quilting with a medium or longarm machine – $500
- Best Machine quilting with a domestic machine – $500
- Judges’ Choice awards – $100 (three judges)
- Viewers’ Choice award – $250 (one prize each at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fairs)
BEST OF SHOW GRAND PRIZES: $10,000 for BEST OF SHOW.
Runner Up to Best of Show: $400 CASH plus a choice of one Janome machine valued at $5,999