Onboarding
How the show works
Whichever way you take part — watching, entering, judging, teaching or sponsoring — here is the whole process in the order it actually happens.
Watch the show, vote for your favourite, buy a seat at a lecture.
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Create a free account
It takes a minute and it's what lets you vote, reserve lecture seats and follow the show. You choose which emails you get — show news, entries, lectures, voting, marketplace, newsletter.
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Wait for the doors to open
The show floor stays closed until public voting opens. That moment is the start of the show — every approved quilt appears at once, photographed and hung in its room.
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Walk the floor
Browse room by room, open a quilt at life scale, read the maker's story layers, and save favourites to your account.
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Cast your People's Choice vote
One vote per account, for the whole edition. You can change it any time until voting closes.
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Come to the reveal
The awards ceremony happens live on Zoom. Winners publish on the call, and the People's Choice result is announced there too.
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Buy the work
After the ceremony the marketplace opens. Quilts marked for sale can be bought straight from the maker, and you can commission new work.
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