Winners from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s 2026 Quilt Contest were announced today. The winning quilts will be showcased in NRG Center during the 2026 Rodeo, March 2 – March 22.
The 2026 Quilt Contest winners include:
ADULT
Best of Show
- Ann Moore, representing Area Go Texan Committee Walker County – “The Pollinators”
Best of Division
- Hand Quilted: Katherine Dossman, representing Area Go Texan Committee Bell County – “Tx Flowers”
- Machine Quilted: Ann Moore, representing Area Go Texan Committee Walker County – “The Pollinators”
Best of Category
- Hand Quilted, Applique: Linda Weeks – “Baltimore Halloween”
- Hand Quilted, Pieced: Ziana Boudria, quiltmaker & 12 volunteers from The Nacogdoches Treatment Center’s Piecemaker Quilters, quilters, representing Area Go Texan Committee Nacogdoches County – “The Christmas Tree”
- Machine Quilted, Applique: Ann Moore, representing Area Go Texan Committee Walker County – “The Pollinator”
- Machine Quilted, Pictorial: Linda Gerbode – “Bluebonnets”
- Machine Quilted, Pieced Large: Karen Lee, quiltmaker, & Cathy Tullos, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee San Jacinto County – “Love, Hope & Joy”
- Machine Quilted, Pieced Small: Debbie Bidwell, quiltmaker & Lynda Muzyka, quilter – “Mini Medallion”
- Machine Quilted, Mixed Technique: Kathryn Walker, representing Area Go Texan Committee Jasper County – “New Life”
- Machine Quilted, Modern: Marisa Wilhelmi – “Discotheque”
Judge’s Choice
- Barbara Schellberg, quiltmaker & Kathy Babcock, quilter – “A Flower Garden for Bella”
- Linda Gerbode, quiltmaker – “Bluebonnets”
NACQJ Award of Merit
- Cindy Eyre, quiltmaker & Kahlee Smith, quilter – “The Wedding Quilt”
Committee’s Choice
- Kaia Kessler – “UNWOUND”
Blue Ribbon
- Ann Moore, representing Area Go Texan Committee Walker County – “The Pollinators”
- Katherine Dossman, representing Area Go Texan Committee Bell County – “Tx Flowers”
- Linda Weeks – “Baltimore Halloween”
- Ziana Boudria, quiltmaker & 12 volunteers from The Nacogdoches Treatment Center’s Piecemaker Quilters, quilters, representing Area Go Texan Committee San Jacinto County – “The Christmas Tree”
- Katherine Walker – “New Life”
- Marisa Wilhelmi – “Discotheque”
- Linda Gerbode – “Bluebonnets”
- Karen Lee, quiltmaker & Cathy Tullos, quilter – “Love, Hope & Joy”
- Debbie Birdwell, quiltmaker & Lynda Muzyka, quilter – “Mini Medallion”
- Jaime Diehl, representing Area Go Texan Committee Grimes County – “A Hexagon Garden”
- Debra Kollman, quiltmaker & Sharon Heimann, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Austin County – “Scrappy Pineapple”
- Alice Perez, quiltmaker & Karen Lambdin, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Bosque County – “Timeless Rose”
- Lynda Muzyka – “Hootie in the Woods”
- Sara Hahn, representing Area Go Texan Committee DeWitt County – “Stars Over the Heartland”
- Joyce Crow, quiltmaker & Libby Fesler, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Galveston County – “My One and Only, Oh My Gosh!!”
- Kathy Bieltz – “Let the Circle Be Unbroken”
- Julie Rice-Smiley, representing Area Go Texan Committee Bastrop County – “Missing Mitch”
- Jackie Hillman, quiltmaker & quilter, Todd Barnes, designer – “The Six Flags of Texas”
- Becky Navarro – “Rodeo Rabbit”
- Noreen Borys – “Gameboard”
- Teresa Pusztai – “Midnight Bloom”
- Jennifer Watson – “Shades of His Glory”
Red Ribbon
- Barbara Schellberg, quiltmaker & Kathy Babcock, quilter – “A Flower Garden for Bella”
- Brenda Dobson, quiltmaker & Sandra Canterberry, quilter – “Memories of Ada”
- Shannon Pickering, quiltmaker & Jan Ashe, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Leon County – “July Sunshine”
- Sharon Heimann – “Texas Log Cabin”
- Denise Goodman, quiltmaker & Katie DiCaro, quilter – “Texas Rodeo”
- Pat Kainer, quiltmaker & Susan Cloessner, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Karnes County – “Honor and Glory”
- Vicki Wooddell – “Les Boussole (The Compasses)”
- Joyce Jackson, quiltmaker & Barbara Wall, quilter & Lori Smith, designer – “Floral Designs”
- Rochelle Metts – “In Mamaw’s Memory”
- Gail Snyder, quiltmaker & Betty Hankinson, quilter – “Ruby Pineapple”
- Jennifer Tajchman & Kathie Meyer, quiltmakers & Kahlee Smith, quilter – “WEYER TO MEYER”
- Cindy Eyre, quiltmaker & Kahlee Smith, quilter – “The Wedding Quilt”
- Andrea Ohrt – “Snowflake Confetti”
- Jesse Jicha, quilter & Judy Bedwell, quiltmaker – “Heart Quilt”
- Merriam Kubena, representing Area Go Texan Committee Lavaca County – “Colorado Log Cabin”
- Meredith Epley McWilliams – “Marfa #1”
- Kaia Kessler – “UNWOUND”
- Sandra Kindt, quiltmaker & Helen Rode, quilter & Sarah Ruiz pattern designer, & Karen Nyberg, fabric designer, representing Area Go Texan Committee Washington County – “Artemis Earth Views”
- Marcy Barnes, quiltmaker, Double E Quilting, quilter – “This is My America”
- Margaret Henson-Myers, representing Area Go Texan Committee Refugio County – “Cousins at Galveston 2025”
- Rachel Mancill, quiltmaker & Michieal Mancill, quilter – “Rings and Pearls”
- Patricia Gregurek – “Summer Sunshine”
- Susan Carlton, quiltmaker & Cheryl Tessitore, quilter – “Fancy Feline”
- Jennifer Anderson, quiltmaker & Loretta’s Stitch N Stuff, quilter – “Branded in Turquoise”
- Carla Byrom, quiltmaker & Emily Smith, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Williamson County – “Gulf Coast Jungle Magnolia”
- Nasreen Saeedi, quiltmaker & Ellen Happe, quilter, & Silvia Pippen, pattern maker – “Harmony in the Garden”
White Ribbon
- Gwen Maupin, representing Area Go Texan Committee Lampasas County – “Winds of Time”
- Gigi Lozano, quiltmaker & Xing Tinsley, quilter – “Texas Bluebonnets”
- Susan Zarzana – “Vintage Friendship Stars”
- Cathy Tullos – “Sew Carpenter”
- Sally Wasserman, quiltmaker & Thomazine Alexander, quilter – “Heart Throb”
- Peggy McKay, quiltmaker & Marilyn Leebove, quilter, Aransas County – “Union of Scraps”
- Julie Mercer – “Written in the Stars”
- Sakeenah Mubashshir – “Mule Trio”
- Beth Reeves, quiltmaker & Kahlee Smith, quilter – “Carolina Bloomin”
- Cynthia Allen, representing Area Go Texan Committee Freestone County – “Scrappy Butterflies”
- Peggy Harer, quiltmaker & Tim Nash of Katy Quilting, quilter – “Halo Medallion”
- Darlena Burnett – “Raise the Roof”
- Jo Ann Bond, representing Area Go Texan Committee Tyler County – “Harmony”
- Peggy Ring, representing Area Go Texan Committee San Patricio County – “Happy Semiquincentennial Birthday America”
- Nicole Lester – “A Quiet Becoming”
- Liz Williams, quiltmaker & Jammie Ackley, quilter, Houston County – “Texas Log Cabin”
- Jean Wehmeyer, quiltmaker & Faye Morgan, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Calhoun County – “Flower Power”
- Nadine Vav Beveren, representing Area Go Texan Committee Victoria County – “Exploding Heart of Texas”
- Natalie Carroll, quiltmaker & Aven Rhoades and Courtney Stones, casing and label makers, representing Area Go Texan Committee Matagorda County – “Diamonds”
- Virginia Horton, representing Area Go Texan Committee Live Oak County – “Butterflies in Motion”
- Sarah Koehl & Mary Jane Muras, quiltmakers & Jolette Janda & Tara Wilson, quilters, Sandra Schwenke, binder, & Linda Franks, cutting, representing Area Go Texan Committee Fayette County – “John’s Quilt”
- Margaret Smith – “Rangely Star”
- Dorothy Morton, representing Area Go Texan Committee Wharton County – “Fan Blades”
- Kaye Shelton – “Blue Kaleidoscope”
- Patricia Young – “Fireworks”
- Sally Robinson, quiltmaker & Helen Rode, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Brazos County – “Rainbow Hexies”
- Minnie Pesl, representing Area Go Texan Committee representing Area Go Texan Committee Milam County– “Garden Flowers”
- Sarah, quiltmaker & Janice Parker, quilter, Becky Goldsmith, pattern maker, representing Area Go Texan Committee Hamilton County – “Everyday Best”
- Cynthia White – “Confident Girls”
- Sarah Morris, quiltmaker & Kaia Kessler, quilter – “In Spite of Ourselves”
- Eva Chaney, quiltmaker & Jin Yu Elam, binder – “Under His Eye”
- Audrey Lynn, quiltmaker & Lisa Patterson, quilter – “Rainbow Running Horses”
- Sarah Ruiz – “Quarter Moon”
- Kelly Herms & Sue Carter & Cindy Hair & AJ Bennett & Sherry Duringer, quiltmakers from Texas Tea Stitchers Guild & Osie Lebowitz, quilter representing Area Go Texan Committee Caldwell County – “Home on the Range”
- Leah Lutonsky, quiltmaker & Cathy Tullos, quilter – “Purple Lucio Kraken”
- Madeline McMurry, quiltmaker & Cathy Tullos, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Polk County – “Easter Morning”
- Karla Dee – “Mumbo Jumbo”
Green Ribbon
- Neely McCoy, representing Area Go Texan Committee Cherokee County– “Freedom in Fabric”
- Karen Nowell, representing Area Go Texan Committee Mills County – “Gazing From The Garden”
- Michieal Mancil – “MICRO Free Motion Sampler”
- Claudia Walton, quiltmaker & Yvette Murray, quilter & Eleanor Wilson, special effect – “Kwik Sparklers”
- Cheryl Yates, quiltmaker & Irina Chukomina, quilter – “Lollypop Trees”
- Rhonda Onwere, quiltmaker & Eleanor Wilson, quilter – “Exploding Heart 6”
- Allison Bonner, representing Area Go Texan Committee Navarro County – “Rainbow Dresden”
- Dorothy Falke, quiltmaker & Linda Burnham, quilter, representing Area Go Texan Committee Lee County – “Star Bright”
- Eleanor Wilson – “Rodeo Love”
- Kimberly Wolboldt – “The Stallions”
- Elizabeth Miceli – “Wild Blue”
- Katherine Lewis – “One in One Thousand”
- Deepali Gupta – “A Horse of Many Hues”
- Mary Wolz, representing Area Go Texan Committee Burleson County – “Garden Blessings”
- Marcia Neely – “Rodeo Legend”
- Nancy Pearson – “Free Form Cubed”
- JoAnn Monette – “My First Rodeo”
- Frankie Pond, representing Area Go Texan Committee Hardin County – “Wings of Freedom”
YOUTH
Best of Show
- Iman El Attar – “Sunset on H-Town”
Best of Division
- Machine Quilted: Iman El Attar – “Sunset on H-Town”
- Hand Quilted: Jenna Milam – “To My Dad”
Judge’s Choice
- Iman El Attar – “Sunset on H-Town”
- Maggie Netardus, representing Area Go Texan Committee Caldwell County – “Soltice”
Committee’s Choice
- Elizabeth Leopold – “Color Me Happy”
Blue Ribbon
- Iman El Attar – “Sunset on H-Town”
- Jenna Milam – “To My Dad”
- Amelia Moore – “Picnic Party”
- Addelyn Leopold – “Cowboy Mosaic”
- Elizabeth Leopold – “Color Me Happy”
- Addison Swonke, representing Area Go Texan Committee Walker County – “1776”
- Zoey Pate, representing Area Go Texan Committee Live Oak County – “Diamonds”
- Armory Perez – “Generations”
Red Ribbon
- Maggie Netardus, representing Area Go Texan Committee Caldwell County – “Soltice”
- Bridget Gulding, representing Area Go Texan Committee Nueces County – “Twister Game Quilt”
- Paxtyn Ezzell, representing Area Go Texan Committee Calhoun County – “Best of Texas”
- Parker Ivy Black, representing Area Go Texan Committee Freestone County – “Wildflower Whimsy”
- Emersyn McAllister – “Field of Flowers”
- Jessamine Kessler – “My Bunny’s Quilt”
White Ribbon
- Allison Glass – “Quilted in the Heart of Texas”
- Daucie Davis, representing Area Go Texan Committee Bastrop County – “PawPaw’s Quilt”