Julianne Walther's Art Quilts
This page is designed as a portfolio of Julianne Walther's award-winning pictorial quilts. Enjoy!
Chisangalalo = Joy
Completed March 2026
32" x 51"
7/30/26: Juried into the Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
6/19/26: 1st Place, Pictoral Category, Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild of Tennessee Quilt Show, cash prize
Chisangalalo = Joy (small version)
A gift for the photographer Anthony Asael, for the permission to use his photo
Completed May 2026
25 1/4" x 26"
What is Real?
Completed November 2025
Made for the 2026 Cherrywood Challenge
20" x 20"
6/19/2026: Honorable Mention in the Small Appliqué category and Special Award Winner "For a Child's Pleasure" Category, Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild of Tennessee Quilt Show, cash prize
Florence
An homage to Migrant Mother by Dorthea Lange
Completed July 2025
34" x 45"
7/30/26: Juried into the Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
6/19/26: 3rd Place, Pictoral Category, Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild of Tennessee Quilt Show, cash prize
Juried into competition and displayed at AQS Quilt Week 2026 Daytona Beach.
2026: Juried into ArtQuilts: Journeys, a show of Professional Art Quilters South, Page Walker Arts and History Center
Octavia
Completed March 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
Completed December 2024
37" x 30"
Made to celebrate Julianne's daughter Avery.
6/2025: 1st place, Pictoral 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
Completed May 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 of 2026.
Surf Sirens of Manly Beach
Completed July 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
Completed February 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
Completed October 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
Completed May 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
Completed August 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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