Bernina Best of Show
49 – Blurring the Edges, Beth and Trevor Reid
Category 1
Large Quilt (non-professional)
1st– 26, Wanderlust, Clementine O’Sullivan
2nd– 35, The Dress, Jan Smith
3rd– 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)
1st– 49, Blurring the Edges, Beth and Trevor Reid
2nd– 190, Sister, Therese Rankmore
3rd – 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)
1st– 58, Moonlight Sonata, Michelle Ford
2nd– 57, Elephants on Parade, Patrise Dowling
3rd– 53, Music for Lovebirds, Barbara Brown
Highly Commended- 62, Hinamatsuri, Jan Hastings
Highly Commended- 56, Golden Sun, Margaret Donaldson
Category 4
Small Quilt (professional)
1st– 86, Subtle Japan, Lyn Keogh
2nd– 83, Feathered Friends, Helen Godden
3rd– 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)
1st– 93, Stairs within the Tower, Beth Miller
2nd– 92 Arboretum, Valerie Merritt
Category 6
Art Quilt (open)
1st– 99, Appreciation: Ineka, Helen Godden
2nd– 100, Down the Rabbit Hole, Beth Miller
3rd– 103, Under the Bridge, Kris Rollag
Highly Commended- 95, Abstract #1 – a Journey, Laraine Culnane
Category 7
Group Quilt (open)
1st– 114, Around we go Together, Angie Wilson
2nd– 113, It Takes a Village, Wendy Whitby
3rd– 108, Go Dockers, Meg Cowey
Category 8
Commercially-Quilted Quilt (open)
1st– 116, Ode to Gran, Jenny Cook
Quilted by Raylee Bielenberg of Sunflower Quilting
2nd– 192, Highlight of Stars in Circle, Jo-anne Micenko
Quilted by Julie Lorimer of The Chook Shed, Tumut
3rd– 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
1st– 150, Boro Sampler, Wendy Hirst
2nd– 157, There is Life Beyond Blue, Valerie Merritt
3rd– 143, White on Blue, Rosemary Butt
Highly Commended- 168, Garden Sampler, Elizabeth Rose
Category 10
Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)
1st– 178, Celebration, Wendy Saclier
2nd– 172, Weedy Sea Dragon, Rosemary Butt
3rd– 173, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife, Patrise Dowling
Highly Commended- 175, Life’s Meaning, Colleen Reed
Category 11
Creative Clothing (open)
1st– 179, Boro Jacket, Anne Laffan
2nd– 181, Come Fly with Me, Donna Sunderland
3rd– 180, Soccer Mum’s Spectator Coat, Wendy Saclier
Category 15
Quilts by children (primary)
1st– 183, Nick’s Rainbow, Nicholas Meszes
2nd– 182, My Life’s Adventure, Annabella McNamara
3rd– 188, Fox and Tracks, Dakota Thorne
Highly Commended- 185, Fluffy, Amy Reid
Highly Commended- 186, Chickens, Lucy Reid
Category 16
Quilts by youth (secondary)
1st– 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.