Bernina Best of Show

49 – Blurring the Edges, Beth and Trevor Reid

Category 1

Large Quilt (non-professional)

1^st– 26, Wanderlust, Clementine O’Sullivan

2^nd– 35, The Dress, Jan Smith

3^rd– 30, Breeding Plummage, Judith Robinson-Whitty

Highly Commended- 33, Animals of the Forest, Elizabeth Scroope

Highly Commended- 37, Let’s Dance, Elizabeth Taverner

Highly Commended- 23, Adwill Leaves, Pam McNamara

Highly Commended- 27, Butterfly, Clementine O’Sullivan

Category 2

Large Quilt (professional)

1^st– 49, Blurring the Edges, Beth and Trevor Reid

2^nd– 190, Sister, Therese Rankmore

3^rd – 30, Starry Sample, Joanne Barraclough

Highly Commended- 50, Citrus City Sampler, Elizabeth Rose

Highly Commended- 46, Woodland Creatures, Jenny Cook

Category 3

Small Quilt (non-professional)

1^st– 58, Moonlight Sonata, Michelle Ford

2^nd– 57, Elephants on Parade, Patrise Dowling

3^rd– 53, Music for Lovebirds, Barbara Brown

Highly Commended- 62, Hinamatsuri, Jan Hastings

Highly Commended- 56, Golden Sun, Margaret Donaldson

Category 4

Small Quilt (professional)

1^st– 86, Subtle Japan, Lyn Keogh

2^nd– 83, Feathered Friends, Helen Godden

3^rd– 85, Auntie Pearlie’s Supper Cloth , Lynn Keogh

Highly Commended- 77, Copy of a Masterpiece, Sylvia Clough

Highly Commended- 82, Floating, Dianne Firth

Category 5

Mixed Media Quilt (open)

1^st– 93, Stairs within the Tower, Beth Miller

2^nd– 92 Arboretum, Valerie Merritt

 

Category 6

Art Quilt (open)

1^st– 99, Appreciation: Ineka, Helen Godden

2^nd– 100, Down the Rabbit Hole, Beth Miller

3^rd– 103, Under the Bridge, Kris Rollag

Highly Commended- 95, Abstract #1 – a Journey, Laraine Culnane

Category 7

Group Quilt (open)

1^st– 114, Around we go Together, Angie Wilson

2^nd– 113, It Takes a Village, Wendy Whitby

3^rd– 108, Go Dockers, Meg Cowey

Category 8

Commercially-Quilted Quilt (open)

1^st– 116, Ode to Gran, Jenny Cook

Quilted by Raylee Bielenberg of Sunflower Quilting

2^nd– 192, Highlight of Stars in Circle, Jo-anne Micenko

Quilted by Julie Lorimer of The Chook Shed, Tumut

3^rd– 132, Around and About Hexagons, Paulette Rigter

Quilted by Fran Wilson of Willowpatch Quilting

Highly Commended- 43, Christmas Night Shining Bright, Jenny Bowker

Quilted by Rowdy Flat Quilting, Yackandandah -Susan Campbell

Highly Commended- 117, Nobody’s Perfect, Kathryn Doyle Hailey

Quilted by Wendy Watkins of Honey Pot Quilting, Bendigo

Category 9

Challenge Quilt (open)

Theme – Blue and White

1^st– 150, Boro Sampler, Wendy Hirst

2^nd– 157, There is Life Beyond Blue, Valerie Merritt

3^rd– 143, White on Blue, Rosemary Butt

Highly Commended- 168, Garden Sampler, Elizabeth Rose

Category 10

Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)

1^st– 178, Celebration, Wendy Saclier

2^nd– 172, Weedy Sea Dragon, Rosemary Butt

3^rd– 173, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife, Patrise Dowling

Highly Commended- 175, Life’s Meaning, Colleen Reed

Category 11

Creative Clothing (open)

1^st– 179, Boro Jacket, Anne Laffan

2^nd– 181, Come Fly with Me, Donna Sunderland

3^rd– 180, Soccer Mum’s Spectator Coat, Wendy Saclier

Category 15

Quilts by children (primary)

1^st– 183, Nick’s Rainbow, Nicholas Meszes

2^nd– 182, My Life’s Adventure, Annabella McNamara

3^rd– 188, Fox and Tracks, Dakota Thorne

Highly Commended- 185, Fluffy, Amy Reid

Highly Commended- 186, Chickens, Lucy Reid

Category 16

Quilts by youth (secondary)

1^st– 189, Quiver, Matthew Bielenberg

SPECIAL AWARDS

Bernina Best of Show

49 – Blurring the Edges, Beth and Trevor Reid

Bernina Amateur Encouragement Award

132 – Around and about Hexagons, Paulette Rigter

Bernina Secondary Student Award

189 – Quiver, Matthew Bielenberg

Best Use of Colour

49 – Blurring the Edges, Beth and Trevor Reid

Retaining the Tradition

116 – Ode to Gran, Jenny Cook

Modern Quilting

49 – Blurring the Edges, Beth and Trevor Reid

Excellence in Hand Quilting

57 – Elephants on Parade, Patrise Dowling

Excellence in Machine Quilting (domestic)

85 – Auntie Pearlie’s Supper Cloth, Lyn Keogh

Excellence in Machine Quilting (frame) – Encouragement Award

5 – Purple People Eater Window, Valette Buker

Best Use of Embellishment

93 – Stairs within the Tower, Beth Miller

Best Use of Batik Fabric

58 – Moonlight Sonata, Michelle Ford

Margaret Armistead Award

58 – Moonlight Sonata, Michelle Ford

Allan Armistead Award

183 – Nick’s Rainbow, Nicholas Meszes

Image credit: Photography is by Janet Cruise.