Quilt Contest
Entry is open to quilters residing in the following Texas counties: Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, DeWitt, Falls, Fayette, Fort Bend, Freestone, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Gregg, Grimes, Hamilton, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnes, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Live Oak, Madison, Matagorda, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Panola, Polk, Refugio, Robertson, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Shelby, Smith, Trinity, Tyler, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wharton and Williamson counties.
WAYS TO ENTER
- Official representative of an Area Go Texan county or Metro Go Texan subcommittee
- Individual from one of the eligible counties

ENTRY SUBMISSION
DROP OFF
Please leave your quilt with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo front office receptionist, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Make sure your information is attached.
Office directions:
3 NRG Park
Houston, TX 77054
Take Loop 610 to Kirby. Exit Kirby and go past the NRG Stadium. Turn right into the NRG complex at the McNee gate (it is a stop light). Let security know you are here for with the Rodeo and they will direct you to guest parking. Once in guest parking, you will be facing the NRG Center. Enter the center at the west entrance (Kirby side) and go up the escalator to the second level. Our offices will be midway down on your left hand side. You will see the big double wooden doors.
MAIL IN
Please mail your quilt to
Ashly Thornton
3 NRG Park
Houston, TX 77054
We recommend tracking if mailing in your submission.
Divisions
There are 2 divisions in the quilt contest – adult and youth – each with two subdivisions:
Machine Quilting
- Appliqué
- Piecework
- Pictorial (theme quilt)
- Mixed technique (which includes any technique not covered in other specific categories)
Hand Quilting
- Appliqué
- Piecework
- Pictorial (theme quilt)
- Mixed technique (which includes any technique not covered in other specific categories)
2025 QUILT CONTEST GALLERY
- All
- Best of Show
- Hand Quilting | Applique
- Hand Quilting | Piecework
- Machine Quilting | Applique
- Machine Quilting | Mixed Technique
- Machine Quilting | Pictorial (Themed Quilt)
- Machine Quilting | Piecework
- Youth Hand Quilting
- Youth Machine Quilting

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All My Exes Live in Texas

All Texas Shop Hop 2024

Alpha

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Bandana Scrappy Stacks

Bandana

Blossom

Broken Lone Star

Carnival Flower

Cattle Call

Chicken Feed

Circle of Nine String Star

Civil Rights Convention-Story quilt

Coastal Calm, Galveston Island

Country Comfort

Crystals

Dancing Stars

Desert Sky

Diamond Overload

Donna Holden

Dreamsicle

Dresden Flowers

Entangled

Exploding Wildflowers

Feathered Friends

Finding My Way

FireWorks

Flower Garden

Flower Garden

Forever May She Wave

Freedom

Garden Flowers

Grandma’s at Thanksgiving

Grandmother’s Flower Garden

Gypsy Stars and Stripes

Hankie Panky

Happiness Blooms

Hey It’s America

Highland cow

Hill Country Baskets

Home

Hook, Line, & Sinker

Houston Holds it Down

Hunter’s Moon

I Bloomed in Texas

Into The Jungle

Irish Mist

Jamestown

Koala Dundee

Let the Good Times Roll

Linda’s Choice

Log Cabin “Spring Day”

Lone Star Songs, Stitches and Sisters

Longhorn Line Dance

Look Ma, no cavities!

Love Chains Quilt

Maui Sunset

Midnight Blooms

Missouri star Quilt

Octapus’ Garden

Oh Happy Day!

Oh My Stars

One Love

Outer Galaxy

Panda Yoga

Patriotic Pride

Pixel Me This

Pretty Little Thimbles

Psalm 23

RAIL FENCE

Rainbow Illusions

Reel Deal

Rhinestone Cowboy

Safari Snuggles

Sea Glass Art Quilt

Shadow 2

Singing under the stars

Sothern Storm

Soulfire–Daydreamer

Southwestern Llamas

Spirit

Spring is Here

Springtime & Pinwheels

Star of Hope

Star of Reflection

Starburst

Stars Around Texas

Summer Breeze

Sunset with Grandpa’s Neckties

Sweet Alchemy

Texas Forever

Texas Through My Eyes

The Garden Club Quilt

The Many Colors of Texas

The Mountain Top – Story Quilt

Thinker Bell

Tied One On

Timeless Treasures

To Pay Tribute

Together We Shine

Triple Play

Unforgettable

Uptown Dresden

Victory Garden

Vietnam Poppies

Vintage and Merry

Where Bluebonnets Grow

Whirlybird

Wild West

Wildflowers The Stars of Texas

Yippee
CONTACT US
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
NRG Center
3 NRG Park
Houston, Texas 77054
Email: [email protected]