Aren’t local quilt shops sew fantastic?
The 2024 Local Quilt Shop Contest has been a vibrant celebration of our beloved neighborhood quilting havens! We’ve stitched together this event to spotlight their tireless efforts and to give everyone a chance to shower them with love.
By championing our local quilt shops, we’re not just running a popularity contest; we’re weaving tighter community bonds, nurturing wellsprings of creativity, and sewing prosperity into our local economies.
This year marked our biggest showdown yet! Compared to 2023, we’ve seen a whopping 36% surge in total votes, welcomed 8% more stores into the friendly fray, and now we’re showering lucky winners with bundles of cash and prizes worth thousands!
Spread the patchwork passion far and wide! Share this blog with your fellow quilting aficionados and join us in a rousing chorus of cheers for our cherished local quilt shops worldwide!
FOUR GRAND PRIZES
SEVENTY-ONE REGIONAL PRIZES
Announcement Video
The winners were announced on in a special episode of Live With Annie that was viewed by quilting enthusiasts around the world!
Contest Statistics
In our seventh spin around the quilt block with the LQS Contest, we’ve been tickled pink to see voting and participation continue to soar!
This year, we’re beaming with joy as we welcome a bunch of new stores into the mix. The best part? Votes are spreading out like confetti, making the contest more fun and fair for everyone involved.
Our big dream? To shine a spotlight on every quilt shop, no matter how cozy or colossal. Whether it’s a tiny local nook or a bustling online hub, we want everyone to join in the quilting fun!
SEW Many Votes
Total number of votes increased again this year, with a total of 53,369 votes.
Can you believe that in the first year of the contest, the total number of votes in the entire contest was 2,640?
Thank you all for voting, spreading the word about the contest, and — most importantly — supporting your local quilt shops!
Whether a shop receives one vote or a thousand votes, they are all winners in our book!
SEW Many Stores
We were so happy to see growth in the number of stores receiving votes this year.
Our total stores with votes grew by 8% to 2,249 stores across 12 countries.
Every vote helps us fill out our map. And that helps quilters, sewists, and travelers find new places to share their love for creativity and find inspiration!
Check out the list and map here.
SEW Much Variety
As a crowd-sourced competition, even one vote means that the local shop is making a difference.
Our grand prize winners got 6% of the votes.
The competition is a marathon, not a sprint, and it was fun to see the leaderboard trade positions over time.
SEW Nice to See
One metric that we watch is the number of stores with more than one vote. Our goal is to see the percentage of stores with more than one vote rise, as it is an indication of a more “democratic” voting process and also success broadly of stores.
Reading the stories from those stores with even just one vote is touching though. We are so proud of the stores in the contest and impressed by the positive impact they have on the community.
Regional Prizes – USA
We had fifty winners in the US this year! Each are listed below with their region listed and website linked.
- Alaska — Two Friends Quilting – Wasilla, AK
- Alabama — Sew Charming Quilt Shop – Clanton, AL
- Arkansas — Remember Me Quilt Shop – Mountain Home, AR
- Arizona — Sew-n-Sew Fabric, Notions & More – Chino Valley, AZ
- California — Old Town Quilt Shop – Orcutt, CA
- Colorado — Hi Fashion Sewing – Grand Junction, CO
- Connecticutt — Cotton Candy Fabrics and Quilts – Brookfield, CT
- Delaware — Hayes Sewing Machine Co – Wilmington, DE
- Florida — A & E Fabric & Crafts – Pensacola, FL
- Georgia — Scrappy Rooster Quilts – Saint Marys, GA
- Hawaii — Vicky’s Fabric Shop – Kapaa, HI
- Iowa — Off The Rails Quilting Shop – Bondurant, IA
- Idaho — Stitch n’ Snip – Garden Valley, ID
- Illinois — The Fabric Cobbler – Forsyth, IL
- Indiana — Always In Stitches – Noblesville, IN
- Kansas — Beehive Quilt Shop – Wellington, KS
- Kentucky — Bluegrass Stitches & Crafts – Versailles, KY
- Louisiana — Flowers 2 Fabric – Sulphur, LA
- Massachusetts — Homestead Quilting and Fabrics – Lakeville, MA
- Maryland — Material Girls Quilt Boutique – LaPlata, MD
- Maine — Seams Sew Perfect – Madison, ME
- Michigan — Seven Sisters Quilt Shop – Carson City, MI
- Minnesota — Graceful Marilyn Quilt Shoppe – Marshall, MN
- Missouri — The Quilted Cow (Branson West) – Branson West, MO
- Mississippi — Treasure Chest Quilting & More – Corinth, MS
- Montana — Crazy Woman Quilts – Glasgow, MT
- North Carolina — Cary Quilting Company – Cary, NC
- North Dakota — Rae-Bon Sew & Quilt Shop – Fargo, ND
- Nebraska — Acme Fabric & Quilt Co – Blair, NE
- New Hampshire — Angels Sewing and Quilting – Salem, NH
- New Jersey — Mouse Creek Quilts – Howell, NJ
- New Mexico — Hip Stitch – Albuquerque, NM
- Nevada — Sew Yeah Quilting – Las Vegas, NV (Hall of Fame – 2022 Grand Prize winner)
- New York — Gloversville Sewing Center – Gloversville, NY
- Ohio — Pins & Needles Sewing Shoppes – Middleburg Heights, OH
- Oklahoma — The Quilt Lady – Kingfisher, OK
- Oregon — Stitched on 2nd – Gold Hill, OR
- Pennsylvania — The Old Country Store – Intercourse, PA (Hall of Fame – 2020 Grand Prize winner)
- Rhode Island — Blackstone Quilting Co – Lincoln, RI
- South Carolina — SewEndipitous – Rock Hill, SC (Also 2024 Grand Prize Winner)
- South Dakota — Quilt Connection Etc. – Rapid City, SD
- Tennessee — The Sewing House (TN) – Collierville, TN
- Texas — Gone Quiltin’, LLC – Bandera, TX
- Utah — My Girlfriend’s Quilt Shoppe – Logan, UT
- Virginia — Artistic Artifacts – Alexandria, VA
- Vermont — Vermont Quilter’s Schoolhouse – Troy, VT
- Washington — The Quilting Bee – Spokane Valley, WA
- Wisconsin — River’s Edge Antiques & Quilt Loft – Hayward, WI
- West Virginia — Boxer Craft House – Ranson, WV
- Wyoming — Lickety Stitch Quilts – Lusk, WY
Regional Prizes – Canada
We had ten Canadian winners this year! Each are listed below with their region and website linked.
- Alberta — Dragon’s Heart Quilt Shop – Pincher Creek, AB, Canada
- British Columbia — Troll Brothers Quilt Designs – Shawnigan Lake, BC, Canada
- Manitoba — Fabriculous – Brandon, Canada
- New Brunswick — Kate’s Open Quilt Studio – Shediac Bridge, Canada
- Newfoundland — Jennifer’s Quilt Shop (CAN) – Conception Bay South, Canada
- Nova Scotia — Avonport Fabrics – Avonport, Canada
- Ontario — Watergirl Quilt Co. – Prescott, ON, Canada (And 2024 Grand Prize Winner)
- Prince Edward Island — Quilting B & More – Charlottetown, PE, Canada
- Quebec — Monkland Quilt Studio – Montreal, QC, Canada
- Saskatchewan — Periwinkle Quilting and Beyond Inc. – Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Regional Prizes – International
We had winners in several countries! Each are listed below with their country listed and website linked.
- Australia (QLD) — Kaela’s Patch – Woodend, Australia (2024 Grand Prize Winner)
- Australia (SA) — Kadina Craft and Sewing Centre – Kadina, Australia (2023 Grand Prize Winner)
- Denmark — Kirstens Quilt – Hedehusene, Denmark
- France — Au Fil d’Emma – Fleury-les-Aubrais, France
- Germany — Quiltzauberei – Dinslaken, Germany
- Netherlands — Nanno Creative – Druten, Netherlands
- New Zealand — Curtis Fabrics – Waipukurau, New Zealand
- Norway — Kathrine’s Quilt Stue – Oslo, Norway
- South Africa — The Fabric Contessa – Suider-Paarl, South Africa
- United Arab Emirates — Classic Quilts – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom — Lovely Jubbly Fabrics Ltd – Ferndown, Wimbourne, United Kingdom (Also 2024 Grand Prize Winner)
Congratulations to everyone who won!! So nice to see our quilting community continue thrive!
So happy to see our incredible Hip Stitch in Albuquerque as a winner! Congrats to all the quilt stores!
I was happy to see Monkland Quilt Studio on the list. Well deserved. Congratulations
Congrats to all the quilt shops.
Congrats to Seams Sew Perfect of Madison, Maine. I really enjoyed your store when I lived in Maine.
Thank you so much for giving our little quilt shop, Classic Quilts, in Dubai, UAE it’s due recognition. This little oasis is the Happy Place for many of us here. It’s the go-to destination for supplies, classes or just a friendly chat with the staff and fellow makers.
Congratulations to all.
I will look for these places as I travel.
Well deserved! Sewendipitous in Rock Hill SC! We L❤️VE your shop. Proud to be associated with you girls!