The 2025 Local Quilt Shop Contest continues to be a 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 2024, we saw a 13% increase in total votes, had 2,322 stores enter 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
FOUR CREATIVE HUB PRIZES
SIXTY-TWO 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 eighth 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 60,563 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 3% to 2,322 stores across 14 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!
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 7% 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 the more broad success of stores.
Reading the stories from those stores with even just one vote is so touching. We are so proud of the stores in the contest and impressed by the positive impact each and every one has on the community.
With 2025 we introduced a new rule: Stores had to get at least fifty votes to qualify for any one of our prizes or awards. It was incredible to see the number of stores that exceeded that threshold this year. Congrats to all!
Regional Prizes – USA
We had forty-nine winners in the US this year! Each are listed below with their region listed and website linked.
- Alaska — Stitch’n Time – Palmer, AK
- Alabama — Sew Charming Quilt Shop – Clanton, AL
- Arkansas — The Hartzell Homestead Creative Mercantile & Quilt Shop – Dover, AR
- Arizona — Cactus Quilting LLC – Sun City West, AZ
- California — CaliQuiltCo – Rancho Cordova, CA
- Colorado — Hi Fashion Sewing – Grand Junction, CO
- Connecticut — Cotton Candy Fabrics and Quilts – Brookfield, CT
- Delaware — Hayes Sewing Machine Co – Wilmington, DE
- Florida — Farm Girl Quilting – Fort Meade, 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 — Sew Modern Chicago – Arlington Heights, IL
- Indiana — Unraveled Quilt Store – Spencer, IN
- Kansas — Charlotte’s Sew Natural – Newton, KS
- Kentucky — Bluegrass Stitches & Crafts – Versailles, KY
- Louisiana — Flowers 2 Fabric – Sulphur, LA
- Massachusetts — Homestead Quilting and Fabrics – Lakeville, MA
- Maryland — CottonWood LLC – Severna Park, MD
- Maine — Seams Sew Perfect – Madison, ME
- Michigan — Seven Sisters Quilt Shop – Carson City, MI
- Minnesota — Tiny Apple Fabric and Crafts – Anoka, MN
- Missouri — The Rusty Moon Quilts, Wool & More – Willow Springs, MO
- Mississippi — Treasure Chest Quilting & More – Corinth, MS
- Montana — Be Lazy Quilting and Retreat – Three Forks, 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 — Urban Sewciety – Westfield, NJ
- New Mexico — Quilted Corners – Farmington, NM
- Nevada — Sew Yeah Quilting – Las Vegas, NV (Hall of Fame – 2022 Grand Prize winner)
- New York — Calico Gals – Syracuse, NY
- Ohio — Nonna’s Quilting Nook – Zanesville, OH
- Oklahoma — Cozy Quilt Barn – Hennessey, OK
- Oregon — Sunshine Quilt Shoppe – Medford, 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 (Hall of Fame – 2024 Grand Prize Winner)
- South Dakota — Quilt Connection Etc. – Rapid City, SD
- Tennessee — Sew Squared LLC – Atoka, TN
- Texas — Stitched in Schertz – Schertz, TX
- Utah — Scrap Apple Quilts – St. George, UT
- Virginia — Artistic Artifacts – Alexandria, VA (Also 2025 Creative Hub winner)
- 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 nine Canadian winners this year! Each are listed below with their region and blog/website linked.
- Alberta — Dragon’s Heart Quilt Shop – Pincher Creek, AB, Canada
- British Columbia — Black Rabbit Fabrics – Penticton, BC, Canada (Also 2025 Grand Prize Winner)
- New Brunswick — The Fabric Cupboard – Moncton, NB, Canada
- Newfoundland & Labrador — East Coast Quilt Co – St. John’s, NL, Canada (Also 2025 Creative Hub Winner)
- Nova Scotia — Oh Sew Savvy – Oxford, NS, Canada
- Ontario — Stitch by Stitch – Kingston, ON, Canada
- Prince Edward Island — Quilting B & More – Charlottetown, PE. Canada
- Quebec — Boutique SMT – Terrebonne, QB, Canada
- Saskatchewan — Peachtree Quilt Shop – Regina, SK, Canada
Regional Prizes – International
This year we increased the minimum votes required to win a prize to 50 votes. This made for some exciting races, but also reduced our total number of awards as many countries did not the threshold.
We had winners in several countries! Each are listed below with their country listed and website linked.
- Australia — Kimz Sewing & Patchwork – Warana, Queensland, Australia (2025 Grand Prize Winner)
- Germany — Quiltzauberei – Dinslaken, Germany
- Netherlands — Quiltwinkel Margreet Otto – Lochem, Netherlands
- New Zealand — Curtis Fabrics – Waipukurau, New Zealand
- United Kingdom — Patchwork Dreamer – Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom (2025 Grand Prize Winner)
- United Kingdom — Lovely Jubbly Fabrics Ltd – Ferndown, Wimbourne, United Kingdom (2025 Top Voted in Region, Hall of Fame – 2024 Grand Prize Winner)
