AQS Grand Rapids 2026 – the quilts!

August 27, 2026 / Jenny /

I just returned from AQS Grand Rapids and what a show! I have a lot of photos to follow, but first let me review how I chose what to post. I don’t generally post photos of the big prize winners as there are professional photos of those quilts available on the AQS site. I also try not to post photos of quilts I have posted before…but sometimes I forget and post twice. I have a separate post about teaching and hanging out in Grand Rapids. So here is a sampling of a great show, in no particular order; enjoy!

Recovery, Tania Tanti

Conscious Bias, Charles Cameron

Double Down on 7, Ruth Ohol

Eternal Rest, Masayo Sato

Look’n 4 Love, Joan Huffman, West Michigan Quilters Guild

Rock Wall, Mary Anne Fontana

Just Four Ewe, Janet Stone

Structured Chaos, Nancy Kim

Rainbow Rows, Karen Kay Buckley

Telico Village Quilters of Loundon TN

Summer’s Bounty, Cheryl Guacci

Poppy Quilt, Audrey Esarey

Swirley Whirley Blues with Coffee, Barbara Korengold

Window or Aisle, Jaymi Horne

Four Season Still Life, Holly Batterman

Autumn Rose’s Ballad, Harumi Asada

Detail, Autumn Rose’s Ballad, Harumi Asada

Burrows and Boughs, Christine Holmes

Wooly Critters of the Forest, Dee Robinson, quilted by Louse Klare

Carousel for Three, Marilyn Lidstrom Larson & Barb Simons

Desert Rose, Clara Cartwright

Watch #3: seventeen Jewels; Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry

Utah Overlook, Cassandra Ireland Beaver

Blooming Delightful, Paula Barnett

Boonie, Cristina Hogarth, Grand Rapids Modern Quilt Guild

Sea Change: Petoskey in the Making; Laura Danielson, Grand Rapids Modern Quilt Guild

Round the Garden, Kathy Gietzen Kerstetter, quilted by Shae Vaughn

Lapin, Megumi Mizuno

Detail, Lapin, Megumi Mizuno

Lollipop, Antonia Kort-Hering

The Shape of Us, Jennifer P. Gottlieb

Raspberry Fizz, Barb Sorensen

Pretty good show, no? I’ll be linking up:
Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday

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8 Comments

  1. Peggy on August 27, 2026 at 11:03 am

    Beautiful and amazing! Interesting titles the artists choose. Thank you for posting for us homebodies to enjoy!!



    • Jenny on August 27, 2026 at 2:14 pm

      You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed the show.



  2. Vicki in MN on August 28, 2026 at 6:03 am

    Oh my what a show that must have been , thank you for sharing!



    • Jenny on August 29, 2026 at 7:27 am

      Oh it was fabulous and a joy to visit!



  3. Lace Flower on August 28, 2026 at 8:23 am

    thank you for the show pictures, so much great work going on.



    • Jenny on August 29, 2026 at 7:26 am

      I’m so glad you enjoyed them!



  4. Peggy on September 3, 2026 at 9:49 pm

    Thank you for sharing your photos of quilts in the show. Beautiful work, and very interesting.



    • Jenny on September 4, 2026 at 9:35 am

      Glad you enjoyed them Peggy! It was a great show.