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.