East Meets West by Molly Hamilton-McNally with Yange Gong won First Place-Balanced Piecing and Appliqué at Houston 2025.

Artist Statement: "This quilt has an interesting and unusual background. It’s a unique collaboration and combination of the skills of two women, a Chinese student and her Chinese-American teacher. It shows the meeting of the East and West by incorporating the two traditional methods of paper piecing, the Western technique at the center of the quilt, and hand appliqué for the Eastern surrounding designs. The entire quilt is made of silk. Art unites the world."