quilt las vegas 2021 categories

 CATEGORY 100:  SHOW THEME, MAY BE PROFESSIONALLY QUILTED
  • 100 Show Theme, “Pearls of the Desert” – Quilts made with any technique, including quilts allowed in Category 136.  May be made by more than one person.  May be professionally quilted.
CATEGORIES 104-108:   ONE PERSON CATEGORIES, PROFESSIONALLY QUILTED
  • 104 Pieced Quilt, One Person Top, Professionally Quilted – Predominantly pieced, including paper piecing. One person constructed the quilt top and paid another person to quilt it.  No kits or false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
  • 106 Applique or Mixed Technique Quilt, One Person Top, Professionally Quilted – Predominantly appliqued, or a balanced combination of two or more techniques which can include piecing, applique, embroidery, beading, photos or painting.  One person constructed the quilt top and paid another person to quilt it.  No kits or false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
  • 108 Kit, One Person Top, Professionally Quilted – Quilt made with kit fabric, which includes Blocks of the Month if fabric is provided.  It also includes quilts made with a combination of kit and non-kit fabrics.  One person constructed the quilt top and paid another person to quilt it.  This is the only category allowed for one person tops using kit fabrics, professionally quilted.  No false backs. Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
CATEGORIES 110-122:  ONE PERSON CATEGORIES, NOT  PROFESSIONALLY QUILTED
  • 110 Pieced Quilt, One Person, Machine Quilted – Predominantly pieced, including paper piecing.  One person constructed the top, machine quilted it, and applied the binding and label.  No kits or false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
  • 112 Applique or Mixed Technique Quilt, One Person, Machine Quilted – Predominantly appliqued, or a balanced combination of two or more techniques which can include piecing, applique, embroidery, beading, photos or painting.  One person constructed the top, machine quilted it, and applied the binding and label.  No kits or false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
  • 114 Kit, One Person, Either Machine or Hand Quilted – Quilt made with kit fabric, which includes Blocks of the Month if fabric is provided.  It also includes quilts made with a combination of kit and non-kit fabrics.  One person constructed the top, quilted it, and applied the binding and label.  This is the only category allowed for one person quilts using kit fabrics, not professionally quilted.  No false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
  • 116 Youth Entry – Must be entirely made and quilted by the youth, 18 years of age or younger.  No false backs.
  • 118 Small Quilt, One Person – May be whole cloth.  One person constructed the top, quilted it, and applied the binding and label.   No kits or false backs.  Any one person quilt with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches is allowed in this category.  Two entries per entrant are allowed in this category only.
  • 122 Modern Quilt, One Person, Either Machine or Hand Quilted – Modern quilts incorporate three or more of the following design elements – improvisational piecing, wonky piecing of traditional blocks, modern fabrics, solid fabrics, bold colors, high value contrast, varying the setting and/or scale of blocks, use of background space as negative space, and minimalism.  One person constructed the top, quilted it, and applied the binding and label.  No kits or false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
CATEGORIES 124-132:  ONE PERSON CATEGORIES, MAY BE  PROFESSIONALLY QUILTED
  • 124 Embroidered Quilt – Embroidery, hand or machine, is the predominant design element.  Must be quilted through all layers.  No kits or false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
  • 126 Holiday Themed Quilt – Any technique.  Can be for any holiday.  No kits or false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118
  • 128 Hand Quilted Quilt, Any Technique – Can be pieced, applique or mixed techniques.  One person constructed the top, and applied the binding and label.   No kits or false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
  • 130 Juvenile Quilt – Quilts made for a juvenile or child.  Embellishments that might be pulled or chewed off are strongly discouraged on quilts made for children less than 5 years of age.  If your quilt has them, please justify it in your Artist Statement.  No kits or false backs.  Quilts with length plus width equal to or less than 48 inches are not allowed.  See Category 118.
  • 132 First Entry – First entry to a Desert Quilters of Nevada show.  No kits or false backs.
CATEGORIES 134-136:  OTHER QUILT CATEGORIES, MAY BE  PROFESSIONALLY QUILTED
  • 134 Collaboration/Group Quilt – Two or more people constructed the quilt.  Any technique.  No commercial kits or false backs.
  • 136 Open Quilt Category – Any traditional or contemporary quilt that does not fit the above categories, including but not limited to yo-yo, cathedral window, crazy quilt, whole cloth or rag quilts, quilts with false backs, and quilts with no batting.
CATEGORIES 202-204:  OFF THE WALL, NOT  PROFESSIONALLY QUILTED
  • 202 Bags/Totes –Quilting is not required in 202.
  • 204 Home Dec – Table Runners, Placemats, Pillows, etc.  Does not include wall hangings.  Kits and/or false backs are allowed in this category.  Some quilting IS REQUIRED in 204.
CATEGORIES 300-306:  ART QUILTS
Designed and made entirely by one person, with no commercial pattern used, and not professionally quilted, except 306 may be professionally quilted.  There is no size restriction in the art quilt categories. May not be mounted in or on a rigid frame.  False backs are allowed only in 306. 
  • 300 Non-Representational Art Quilt – Non-Representational art does not represent a real object or being.   It leaves it to the viewer to interpret the meaning of the art based on the visual cues presented by lines, textures, colors and values.   Some people think of this as "abstract," but for the Non-Representational category the quilt should not depict a real object, even in abstracted form.
  • 302 Representational Art Quilt – Representational Art depicts an object or being in the real world.  It may be realistic, impressionistic, abstract (but representing a real object), surreal, or fanciful/whimsical.  Folk art (also known as cultural or primitive art) is also representational but will probably fit better in categories 100-136.  
  • 306 Open Art Quilt Category – Any art quilt that does not fit into the above categories.  May or may not have three layers.  May have a false back, which may be either a single unquilted layer on the back or a separate quilt attached to the back.  May be made by more than one person, and may be professionally quilted.  May be inspired by a commercial pattern or made with a pre-printed panel.  (Pre-printed panels are also allowed in the traditional categories, 100-204.)