2013 Members’ Exhibition Results
Bernina Best of Show

Earth, Air and a Memory of Water, Jenny Bowker
164cm x 230cm
Jenny traveled for 15 days across the Sahara to the Gilf Kebir, with all food and water on the cars. These three panels are memories of three of those days.
Category 1- Bed Quilt (non-professional)
1st Place

23- Snowflake, Lynda Nikolovski
2nd Place

2- Big Blue, Joanne Barraclough
3rd Place

20- Spinning Tops, Gwen Leonard
Highly Commended
24- Cooper’s ABC, Robyn Oats
Category 2 – Bed Quilt (professional)
1st Place

35- Raconteur- The Storyteller’s Collection, Cinzia White
2nd Place

34- Summer Trails, Anne Haddad
3rd Place

97- Fond of Flora, Cindy Watkins
Category 3 – Wall Quilt (non-professional)
1st Place

43- Street Art #1, Laraine Culnane
2nd Place

36- Canberra Warmth, Dell Armistead
3rd Place

17-5641 Colour of the Year, Joanne Barraclough
Highly Commended
54 -Tree of Delight, Kathryn Labour
Category 4 – Wall Quilt (professional)
1st Place
70- Bottles, Nobuko Miyake
2nd Place

69- Baltimore or Less! The Stately Eight, Helen Godden
3rd Place

72- Blue Wren, Cindy Watkins
Highly Commended

68- Wind Over Katatjuta, Jenny Bowker
Category 5 – Mixed Media Quilt (open)
1st Place

81- Silent Killer, Robyn McPherson
2nd Place

82- Meadow Argus, Stephanie Newman
3rd Place

79- Disappearing, Annette Horvath
Highly Commended
77- Waterway Warfare, Patrise Dowling
Category 6 – Art Quilt (open)
1st Place
86- Earth, Air and a Memory of Water, Jenny Bowker
2nd Place

96- Flying Colours: Eclectus Parrots- An Eclectic Pair, Brenda Gael Smith
3rd Place

90- Canberra, Helen Godden
Highly Commended
95- Riparian Zone, Judy Robinson Whitty
Category 7 – Group Quilt (open)
1st Place

100- Only Way We are Going to Get There, Ann-Maree Jacobs
2nd Place

101- Barrier Reef, Beth Miller
3rd Place

98- Serengeti, June Browne
Category 8 – Commercially-Quilted Quilt (open)
1st Place

126- The Feather Beast: Slayed, Angie Wilson
Quilted by Sunflower Quilting – Raylee Bielenberg
2nd Place
113- Flying Free, Robyn McPherson
Quilted by Kay’s Quilting – Kay White
3rd Place

125- Santa and Friends, Margaret Vinning
Quilted by Altogether Quilting – Helen Smith
Category 9 – Challenge Quilt (open)
1st Place
130- Canberra Narrative – Celebrating a Century, Frances Buscombe
2nd Place

136 – Night D’lite, Colleen Reed
3rd Place
138- Celebrating the Canberra Way, Elizabeth Rose
Highly Commended
135- Moonlit Backyard, Kay Provins
Category 10 – Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)
1st Place

146- Colour Swirl, Patricia Butron
2nd Place

156 – Snails in the Storm, Sue Wood
3rd Place
151- Tako Bowl, Wendy Saclier
Highly Commended
155-Triangle Tangle, Sandy Thompson
Category 11 – Creative Clothing – Classic
1st Place


157- These Boots are Made for Walking, Dell Armistead
2nd Place


161 – Poppy Parade, Kay Provins
3rd Place

158 – East Becomes West, Louise Fredericks
Category 12 – Creative Clothing – Art to Wear
1st Place


163- Remembering Virginia Avery, Sandra Farley
2nd Place

166- Cleo’s Collar, Helen Rose
3rd Place
167- Garden Border, Dawn Wilson
Category 13 – Creative Clothing – Accessories
No awards made
Category 14 – Creative Clothing – Challenge
1st Place

176- My Centenary Garden, Donna Sunderland
2nd Place


174- Canberra- It Takes All Kinds to Make This City, Elizabeth Rose
3rd Place


172- Celebration, Sandra Farley
Highly Commended
170 -Time is Something Money Cannot Buy, Dell Armistead
Category 15 – Quilts by children in primary school
1st Place

178- Autumn Breeze, Kristina Butron
2nd Place

181- Owls Are in the Air, Caylin Thompson
3rd Place

180- Brick Path, Hamish Newman
Highly Commended
179- In the Garden, Gabbi Ciacia
Category 16 – Quilts by youths in secondary school
1st Place
183 – Sunrise Birds, Emma Hodgkinson
2nd Place

184 – My Dream Beach, Talitha Thompson
3rd Place
182- Mother Nature, Maddy Ciacia
SPECIAL AWARDS
Bernina Amateur Encouragement Award

43- Street Art #1, Laraine Culnane
Best Use of Colour
126- The Feather Beast: Slayed, Angie Wilson
Chiatanya Designs Embellishment Award
138- Celebrating the Canberra Way, Elizabeth Rose
Retaining the Tradition

115- Retreat Station, Janelle Noack
Excellence in Hand Quilting

70 – Bottles, Nobuko Miyake
Claire Ayling Batik Award

8- Not Quite a Rainbow, Janet Cruise
Modern Quilting Award

19 – Across the Universe, Michelle Law
Bernina Excellence Award for a Junior Quilt Maker
183 – Sunrise Birds, Emma Hodgkinson
Margaret Armistead Award
43 – Street Art #1, Laraine Culnane
Allan Armistead Award

182- Mother Nature, Maddy Ciacia
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