The 5th Genevieve Awards: The Festival of Quilts 2026
Hello everybody! Welcome to the Genevieve Awards! Another year at the Festival of Quilts has been and gone. I was exhibiting again this year with my I Spy a Rainbow quilt in the Contemporary category. Me with my quilt - photo kindly taken by a passing steward As usual, the halls were packed with many stunning quilts of all descriptions, and I took a gazillion photos (actual number - 1717). There was a new category this year - Original Design - which allowed quilts of a multitude of styles as long as the design was original. And also as usual, while the prize winners were absolutely amazing quilts that I could not have made myself, I still disagreed with the judges choices. Which brings us to the Genevieve Awards. These are awards I give to the quilts on display at the Festival of Quilts. The only prize for them is the knowledge that I like your quilt. I make up the categories, I decide which quilts go in to the categories, I decide who wins. These are the 5th awards (you can also...