Bernina Best of Show
80 – Iggy, Bronwyn Hill
Category 1
Large Quilt (non-professional)
1st– 16, Fleur, Lyn Keogh
2nd– 5, Noughts and Crosses, Leah Clark-Vial
3rd– 7, Breakaway, Margaret Donaldson
Highly Commended- 12, Long Time Gone, Jan Hastings
Category 2
Large Quilt (professional)
1st– 28, My Tangled Garden, Jenny Bowker
2nd– 32, Always from Here, Nobuko Miyake
3rd – 30, Put your Happy Pants on and Smile, Sylvia Clough
Category 3
Small Quilt (non-professional)
1st– 47, Heliconia, Pat Parker
2nd– 34, Happiness in Yunnan Rice Fields, Virginia Buring
3rd– 52, Circles of Time, Nicole Shipway
Highly Commended- 38, Earthly Delights, Margaret Donaldson
Category 4
Small Quilt (professional)
1st– 60, Wheat Fields, Dianne Firth
2nd– 62, Oh my Dahlia, Lynda Nikolovski
3rd– 64, Square Dance Variation, Alison Zanchetto
Category 5
Mixed Media Quilt (open)
1st– 66, Walled Garden, Dorothy Clee
2nd– 67, Ormiston Gorge, Helen Godden
3rd– 65, Untitled, Buffy Beggs
Highly Commended- 69, Storm in the Desert, Kerry Graf
Category 6
Art Quilt (open)
1st– 80, Iggy, Bronwyn Hill
2nd– 79, Faces of India, Helen Godden
3rd– 76, Weather Warning, Meg Cowey
Highly Commended- 84, Affinity1, Carolyn Sullivan
Category 7
Group Quilt (open)
1st– 85, Improv with Geometry, Meg Cowey
2nd– 87, Kross Kut Kaffe, Mary Kennedy & Modern Quilters
3rd– 89, The Blue and White Quilt, Helen Rose
Category 8
Commercially-Quilted Quilt (open)
1st– 115, Radiant Terrazzo, Alison Zanchetto
Quilted by Altogether Quilting- Helen Smith
2nd– 111, Just One More, Paulette Rigter
Quilted by Willowpatch- Fran Wilson
3rd– 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
1st– 128, Red Star Constellation #71, Helen Rose
2nd– 127, Fascination with Primes, Elizabeth Rose
3rd– 125, Older, Wiser, Happier, Kay Provins
Highly Commended- 116, Uncle Jack’s Prime Ribs, Dell Armistead
Category 10
Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)
1st– 133, No Matter what the Weather, Wendy Saclier
2nd– 132, Whatever Happens…Happens, Andrea McMillan
Category 11
Creative Clothing (open)
1st– 138, Jeans East, Wendy Saclier
2nd– 135, Japanese Blues, Patricia Butron
3rd– 137, My Black Skirt, Louise Fredericks
Highly Commended- 140, Bloomin’ Flowers, Donna Sunderland
Category 15
Quilts by children (primary)
1st– 144, Pandamonium, Matthew Bielenberg
2nd– 142, Year of the Ninja, Timothy Bielenberg
3rd– 141, A Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Anna McNamara
Highly Commended- 143, Twisted Circles, Matthew Bielenberg
Category 16
Quilts by youth (secondary)
1st– 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.