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title: "Alternative Grids Quilt | Award-Winning Modern Quilt - Quintessential Quilting"
description: "See “Alternative Grids,” a 2018 modern quilt (74″ x 69″) celebrated for negative space and color—machine appliqué, pieced, and quilted domestically."
url: "https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/gallery/award-winning-quilts/alternative-grids"
date: "2026-08-20T12:53:33+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

Award-Winning Quilts

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#  Alternative Grids

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 Alternative Grids

**Size:** 74″ x 69″
**Completed:** 2018
**Techniques:** Machine appliqué, machine piecing, domestic machine quilted.

**Awards:**

- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    Pacific International Quilt Show: Best Use of Negative Space
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    UQSM: 2nd Place Modern
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    Arizona State Quilt Show: 1st Place Modern, Best Use of Color
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    Minnesota Quilt Show: Honorable Mention
- ![award icon](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/ribbon-icon.svg)

    AQS Paducah, Road to California: Exhibited

 [ ![Alternative Grids full quilt](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/alternativegrids/alternative-grids1.jpg) ](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/alternativegrids/alternative-grids1.jpg)

 [ ![Alternative Grids quilt detail](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/alternativegrids/alternative-grids2.jpg) ](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/alternativegrids/alternative-grids2.jpg)

 [ ![Alternative Grids quilt detail](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/alternativegrids/alternative-grids3.jpg) ](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/alternativegrids/alternative-grids3.jpg)

 [ ![Alternative Grids quilt detail](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/alternativegrids/alternative-grids4.jpg) ](https://www.quintessentialquilting.com/images/award/alternativegrids/alternative-grids4.jpg)

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