Julianne Walther's Art Quilts
This page is designed as a portfolio of Julianne Walther's award-winning pictorial quilts. Enjoy!
Chisangalalo = Joy (small version)
A gift for the photographer Anthony Asael for the permission to use his photo
9/29/25
19" x 30"
Florence
An homage to Migrant Mother by Dorthea Lange
7/9/2025
34" x 45"
Entered into Quilt Week 2026 Daytona Beach.
Octavia
3/12/2025
20" x 20"
Made for the 2025 Cherrywood Challenge
8/2024: Awarded Honorable Mention in The Abyss Cherrywood Challenge
6/2025: Accepted as a finalist for the traveling show from October 2025 through December 2026
Osum Avery
12/27/2024
37" x 30"
Made to celebrate Julianne's daughter Avery.
6/2025: 1st place, Pictorial category, Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee Quilt Show, cash prize
4/2025: Juried into competition and displayed at the American Quilters Society QuiltWeek show in Paducah, KY
2/2025: Juried into competition and displayed at the American Quilters Society QuiltWeek show in Daytona Beach, FL
10/2024: 2nd place, Pictorial category, Durham Orange Quilters Guild Show
97 Year Poppy
5/8/2024
20" x 20"
Made for the 2024 Cherrywood Challenge
6/2025: Selected as one of 13 challenge quilts to appear in Quilting Arts magazine in an article about the Cherrywood Challenge
8/2024: Awarded Honorable Mention in the Poppy Cherrywood Challenge
6/2024: Accepted as a finalist for the traveling show from October 2024 through December 2025.
Surf Sirens of Manly Beach
7/2/2023
34" x 39"
Made for the 2023 / 2024 Hoffman California Fabrics Challenge
6/2025: Juried in and accepted for competition in the "People, Portraits, and Figures" category at the International Quilt Festival in October 2025
6/2025: 2nd place in the Pictorial category, Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee Quilt Show, cash prize
3/2025: 3rd place in the Pictorial category, Capital Quilters Guild show of Raleigh, NC
2/2025: Included as a cover quilt on the Hoffman Challenge 100 Year Magazine
11/2023: Second place award in the Applique category (cash prize) and Hoffman Family Honorable Mention award in the Hoffman Challenge, accepted for traveling show from November 2023 through November 2024
Mischievous Drew and the Peaches
2/26/2022
32" x 39"
Created to honor Julianne's son Drew
10/2022: First place award, Pictorial category, Durham Orange Quilters Guild
9/2022: Juried into competition and displayed at the American Quilters Society QuiltWeek show in Grand Rapids, MI
3/2022: Second place award, Pictorial category, Capital Quilters Guild of Raleigh
Bryce and Big Roo
10/9/2021
28" x 28.5"
Made to honor Julianne's son Bryce
8/2022: Juried into competition and displayed at the Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England (didn't meet size requirements for judging - my imperial to metric conversions were off)
3/2022: First place award, Pictorial category, Capital Quilters Guild of Raleigh
5/4/3
03/02/2018
Made in honor of Julianne's son, Harrison.
8/2018: Third place in small wall quilts at the NC State Fair
3/2018: Third place award in wall quilts, Innovative Quilting award, Capital Quilters Guild of Raleigh, NC
At Water's Edge
8/31/2014
25" x 25"
Made for the American Made Brands Solids Farm to Fabric Challenge
10/2014: Included in a special exhibition of the American Made Brands Solids challenge quilts at the International Quilt Festival
How did I get started? A challenge within my quilting bee to create self portraits to trade with each other. :)
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