Have a look at the commands used for compilation ( the output you see in the creator ) of your application and check the include paths if there is something Qwt related ( CONFIG -= silent ).
I would guess you won't see anything because it has to be: "qmake -set QMAKEFEATURES C:\qwt-6.0.1-rc3\features".
The "=" is wrong.
PS: for Qwt related question better ask on the Qwt support channels