2017 Members’ Exhibition Results

Bernina Best of Show

80 – Iggy, Bronwyn Hill

Category 1: Large Quilt (non-professional)

1^st– 16, Fleur, Lyn Keogh

2^nd– 5, Noughts and Crosses, Leah Clark-Vial

3^rd– 7, Breakaway, Margaret Donaldson

Highly Commended- 12, Long Time Gone, Jan Hastings

Category 2: Large Quilt (professional)

1^st– 28, My Tangled Garden, Jenny Bowker

2^nd– 32, Always from Here, Nobuko Miyake

3^rd – 30, Put your Happy Pants on and Smile, Sylvia Clough

Category 3: Small Quilt (non-professional)

1^st– 47, Heliconia, Pat Parker

2^nd– 34, Happiness in Yunnan Rice Fields, Virginia Buring

3^rd– 52, Circles of Time, Nicole Shipway

Highly Commended- 38, Earthly Delights, Margaret Donaldson

Category 4: Small Quilt (professional)

1^st– 60, Wheat Fields, Dianne Firth

2^nd– 62, Oh my Dahlia, Lynda Nikolovski

3^rd– 64, Square Dance Variation, Alison Zanchetto

Category 5: Mixed Media Quilt (open)

1^st– 66, Walled Garden, Dorothy Clee

2^nd– 67, Ormiston Gorge, Helen Godden

3^rd– 65, Untitled, Buffy Beggs

Highly Commended- 69, Storm in the Desert, Kerry Graf

Category 6: Art Quilt (open)

1^st– 80, Iggy, Bronwyn Hill

2^nd– 79, Faces of India, Helen Godden

3^rd– 76, Weather Warning, Meg Cowey

Highly Commended- 84, Affinity1, Carolyn Sullivan

Category 7: Group Quilt (open)

1^st– 85, Improv with Geometry, Meg Cowey

2^nd– 87, Kross Kut Kaffe, Mary Kennedy & Modern Quilters

3^rd– 89, The Blue and White Quilt, Helen Rose

Category 8: Commercially-Quilted Quilt (open)

1^st– 115, Radiant Terrazzo, Alison Zanchetto

Quilted by Altogether Quilting- Helen Smith

2^nd– 111, Just One More, Paulette Rigter

Quilted by Willowpatch- Fran Wilson

3^rd– 109, Scheherazade’s Garden, Jo Anne Pulko

Quilted by Altogether Quilting- Helen Smith

Highly Commended- 103, Birds on the Wing, Kath Hunt

Quilted by History in the Making- Carolyn Conlan

Category 9: Challenge Quilt (open)

Theme – In your Prime

1^st– 128, Red Star Constellation #71, Helen Rose

2^nd– 127, Fascination with Primes, Elizabeth Rose

3^rd– 125, Older, Wiser, Happier, Kay Provins

Highly Commended- 116, Uncle Jack’s Prime Ribs, Dell Armistead

Category 10: Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)

1^st– 133, No Matter what the Weather, Wendy Saclier

2^nd– 132, Whatever Happens…Happens, Andrea McMillan

Category 11: Creative Clothing (open)

1^st– 138, Jeans East, Wendy Saclier

2^nd– 135, Japanese Blues, Patricia Butron

3^rd– 137, My Black Skirt, Louise Fredericks

Highly Commended- 140, Bloomin’ Flowers, Donna Sunderland

Category 15: Quilts by children (primary)

1^st– 144, Pandamonium, Matthew Bielenberg

2^nd– 142, Year of the Ninja, Timothy Bielenberg

3^rd– 141, A Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Anna McNamara

Highly Commended- 143, Twisted Circles, Matthew Bielenberg

Category 16: Quilts by youth (secondary)

1^st– 145, El Cactus, Kristina Butron

SPECIAL AWARDS

Bernina Best of Show

80 – Iggy, Bronwyn Hill

Bernina Amateur Encouragement Award

47 – Heliconia, Pat Parker

Bernina Student Award

143 – Twisted Circles, Matthew Bielenberg

Best Use of Colour

80 – Iggy, Bronwyn Hill

Retaining the Tradition

115 – Radiant Terrazzo, Alison Zanchetto

Modern Quilting

87- Kross Kut Kaffe, Mary Kennedy & Modern Quilters

Excellence in Hand Quilting

44 – Rows, Rows and more Rows, Karin Malmberg

Excellence in Machine Quilting (domestic)

28 – My Tangled Garden, Jenny Bowker

Excellence in Machine Quilting (frame)

87 –  Kross Kut Kaffe, Mary Kennedy & Modern Quilters, quilted by Clementine O’Sullivan

Best Use of Embellishment

66 – Walled Garden, Dorothy Clee

Best Use of Batik Fabric

79 – Faces of India, Helen Godden

Margaret Armistead Award

8 – Desert Stars, Helen Druett

Allan Armistead Award

141 – A Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Anna McNamara

Image credit: Photography is by Janet Cruise.