• Quilts that draw on the traditions of quilt making, through piecing, appliqué, but have an original approach.
• These include, but are not limited to: use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid colors, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid of work.
• If you have miniature quilts following a contemporary or a Modern approach, you may enter it in this category.
• Quilting may be done in any kind of machine- domestic sewing machine, sit down long arm machines and standup movable long arm machines
• Quilts can be quilted by long arm quilting businesses/friends. These details will be asked for in the quilt entry form.
• Size Restriction of quilts- Should not exceed 2.5 meters in Height.

Please note, if you are confused on which category to register your quilt in, the Quilt Show committee will guide you. If you enter your quilt in a wrong category, we will reallocate to the appropriate category as per the Quilt Category Guidelines.

Here is the Winning Quilt in the Contemporary Category in IQSD 2020- This will give you an idea of what kind of Quilt best falls into this category.