Quilt show is open & results of judging

The Canberra Quilters Members’ Exhibition is now open, as part of the Craft and Quilt Fair. It runs 10-13 August, 10am until 4.30pm each day at EPIC, Flemington Road, Mitchell ACT.

Don’t forget there are revised traffic arrangements because of the light rail construction. Here is a link to the Craft Fair website showing the changes. There is a map you can download.

Please come along to check out all the quilts and clothing exhibited, the sales room and also the craft fair.

Here are the results of the judging (long post):

SPECIAL AWARDS

Bernina Best of Show

80 – Iggy, Bronwyn Hill (glimpse in banner)

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

CATEGORY AWARDS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)

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

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

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

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

Quilts by youth (secondary)

1^st– 145, El Cactus, Kristina Butron