The International Contest 2025
Carrefour’s International Contest is an outstanding showcase for quilters from around the world.
A theme emerges from the minds of the organizing team in the fall every year It kicks off the new contest, open to patchwork lovers from all over the globe. All the participants spend the next several months imagining and crafting their entries before registration, in the spring.
Then, three judges examine all the entries based on photos and select the 30 quilts that best represent this year’s theme and whose execution shows the finest quality.
The awards ceremony will take place on Friday, September 19 at 2:30 p.m. at the Pavillon Osmont in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines. It is open to all, with no guarantee of seating.
Visitors at Carrefour are encouraged to vote for the People’s Choice Award (a check worth €1,000 goes to the maker) during the 4 days of the show. The votes will be counted once the show is over, and the winner will be announced the week after the show.
The 30 finalists
These 30 finalists are unveiled in the International Contest’s annual exhibition and displayed for the first time during the European Patchwork Meeting each year in September.
An awards ceremony is held with great fanfare during the exhibition to reward the artists with all kinds of prizes: Grand Prize, People’s Choice Award, Organizer’s Choice Award and various sponsors prizes.
After this launch, the 30 entries embark on a long journey of 10 months taking them to the finest art galleries, museums and quilting fairs around the world: a wonderful opportunity for the artists to showcase their work abroad!
Szilvia KERÉKGYÁRTÓ (HU)
Sylvie RUAMPS (FR)
Sangmi KIM (KR)
Miranda RENARD (ES)
Marie-Hélène QUENTIN (FR)
Mattea JURIN (IT)
Monika FLAKE (DE)
Eunjoo AN (KR)
Maria Eugenia CORBELLA (ES)
Olga STANG (DE)
Sandrine OSTERMANN (FR)
Yongjeong KIM (KR)
Tania TANTI (AU)
Sophie ZAUGG (CH)
Edith BIERI-HANSELMANN (CH)
Haeyiung HONG (KR)
Okki AHN (KR)
Aeran KIM (KR)
Irina MALYUKOVA (FI)
Jongkyeong LEE (KR)
Sandra KAISER (DE)
Marijke VAN LAMOEN (NL)
Yangmi KIM (KR)
Geumja LEE (KR)
Marta Morán Poza (ES)
Kyung-a KIM (KR)
Betty BUSBY (US)
Jieun MAENG (KR)
Rossana RAMANI (IT)
Jana BOUKOVA (ES)
The 30 artworks
They will be presented to the public for the first time, from September 18 to 21, at the Pavillon Osmont in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines. Come and discover them!
The Judges
Imagine the quilts of tomorrow
Imagine the future of patchwork, think outside the box and push the limits of your creativity in terms of theme or technique. How do you see quilting in 30 years’ time? What advances in design, tools and techniques do you see emerging?
Join us for this exceptional Carrefour International Contest and let your creativity express itself in a setting where innovation and tradition meet to design the patchwork of the future.
Together, let’s reinvent our art and project it into the decades to come.
Please note that if selected, the artwork must be sent by post to the organization before August 10, 2025. It will be returned to its owner at the beginning of 2027, after its journey. The detailed itinerary will be communicated at a later date.
The finalists
Important information
Deadline for entries
May 15, 2025
Registration fee per file
€ 30
Quilt siz
80 x 120cm (height and length)
Participation in the contest is only possible once the work has been completed
Imagine the quilts of tomorrow
Imagine the future of patchwork, think outside the box and push the limits of your creativity in terms of theme or technique. How do you see quilting in 30 years’ time? What advances in design, tools and techniques do you see emerging?
Join us for this exceptional European Patchwork Meeting Contest and let your creativity express itself in a setting where innovation and tradition meet to design the patchwork of the future.
Together, let’s reinvent our art and project it into the decades to come.
Please note that if selected, the artwork must be sent by post to the organization before August 10, 2025. It will be returned to its owner at the beginning of 2027, after its journey. The detailed itinerary will be communicated at a later date.
Avant-garde !
The last 30 years have been marked by a whirlwind of innovations and evolutions… the world of textiles, in particular, has embraced this revolution. New fibers, recycled materials, innovative dyeing processes or, on the contrary, a return to traditional know-how: our world has never ceased to reinvent itself.
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the European Patchwork Meeting, celebrated from September 18 to 21, 2025, we invite you to take part in the “AVANT-GARDE!” contest.
