No. 81 – Johann Mawbey – Drummoyne
BERNINA BEST IN SHOW
First Place: Large Quilt (Amateur)
Mid-Arm Quilting Award
No. 106 – Jen Roberts – Wonky
First Place: Small Quilt (Amateur)
Highly Commended – Mid-Arm Machine Quilting Award
Category 1 – Challenge Quilt (Open)
First Place: No. 20 – Margaret Donaldson – Dreaming of Flight
Second Place: No. 18 – Rosemary Butt – Some Jacobs are still dreaming
Third Place: No. 17 – Dell Armistead – Where is Peace
Highly Commended: No. 23 – Anne Robinson – Penguin Dreaming
Category 2 – Tiny Treasure Quilt (Open)
First Place: No. 27 – Liz Bonner – Spiaggia Su Barone
Second Place: No. 31 – Valerie Merritt –Woodland Moths
Third Place: No. 28 – Rosemary Butt – Cockatoo Crossing
Highly Commended: No. 32 – Merrie Pepper – A Clutter of Cats
Category 3 – Wearable Art (Open)
First Place: No. 37 – Valerie Merritt – Recycled and Revamped
Second Place: No. 40 – Nicole Shipway – Quilt Block Vomit
Third Place: No. 39 – Jen Roberts – Polygon Vest
Category 4 – Art or Mixed Media and Art Quilt (Open)
First Place: No. 42 – Laraine Culnane – My Imaginary Trade Route
Embellishment Award
Second Place: No. 47 – Valerie Merritt – A Flutter of Butterflies
Third Place: No. 43 – Laraine Culnane – School’s out in Hoi An
Highly Commended: No. 44 – Margaret Donaldson – The Cat’s Meow
Highly Commended: No. 45 – Sarah Maslen – Tiles No. 5
Margaret Armistead Award
Category 5 – Group Quilt
First Place: No. 53 – CQ Modern Group – Blue Haze
Second Place: No. 51 – The Frayed Ladies – Houses
Highly Commended: No. 52 – The Frayed Ladies – Flowers Still Life – After Ambrosius Bosschaert, The Elder. 1614
Category 6 – Commercially Quilted Quilt
First Place: No. 66 – Libby Williams – ‘Spoondrift for Sam’ (Quilter – Robyn Cawdron, Robyn’s Plain ‘n Fancy)
Second Place: No. 61 – Elizabeth Scroope – What Was I Thinking. (Quilter – June Ey, Bluebell A1 Quilting)
Retaining the Tradition
Third Place: No. 63 – Julia Torney – Lake (Quilter – Monika McKinlay, Make IT Quilted)
Highly Commended: No. 64 – Elaine White – Singing the Blues (Quilter – Robyn Cawdron, Robyn’s Plain ‘n Fancy)
Category 7 – Large Quilt (Amateur)
Second Place: No. 80 – Johann Mawbey – Ann’s Garden
Third Place: No. 87 – Helen Rose – Pink Deco
Domestic Machine Quilting Award
Highly Commended: No. 90 – Julie Ward – It’s Magic
Category 8 – Small Quilt (Amateur)
Second Place: No. 104 – Julie Murray – Geraldine Giraffe
Highly Commended Applique
Third Place: No. 96 – Janet Gahan – Going giddy with circles
Applique Award
Highly Commended: No. 92 – Virginia Buring – Peekaboo Portals
Category 9 – Large Quilt (Professional)
First Place: No. 113 – Robyn Cawdron – Medailles d’amitie
Movable Machine Quilting Award
Second Place: No. 114 – Robyn Cawdron – Scrap Quilt
Third Place: No. 122 – Judy Robinson Whitty – A Stitch in Time
Category 10 – Small Quilt (Professional)
First Place: No. 130 – Beth Miller – The Kangaroos from Tidbinbilla
Second Place: No. 129 – Marcia McKinnon – Lingering Lone Star
Third Place: No. 132 – Alison Zanchetto – Rose
Highly Commended: No. 127 – Wilma Cawley – Bloom Cycle
Highly Commended Hand Quilting
Category 11 – Quilts by Children (up to Year 6)
First Place: No. 134 – Genevieve Gairey – Sunset
School Student Encouragement Award
Second Place: No. 135 – Juliette Gairey – Shooting Star
Third Place: No. 137 – Marilyn Mewett – Butterflies for Peace
Highly Commended: No. 133 – Genevieve Gairey – Our House is Filled with Lovely Things
Highly Commended: No.138 – Aimee O’Sullivan – Jelly Roll Quilt
Category 12 – Quilts by Youth (Years 7-12)
First Place: No. 141 – Dakota Thorne – Boo 2
Second Place: No. 139 – Amy Reid – Stirring Silence
Highly Commended: No. 140 – Dakota Thorne – Boo 1
OTHER AWARDS
Novice Award: No. 108 – Justin Smith – Echoing Return
Modern Award: No. 123 – Yvonne Williams – Missing Triangles, Wedges and Squares
Highly Commended Modern Award: No. 103 – Sarah Maslen – Yes, and …
Batik Award: No. 117 – Monika McKinlay – Spellbound Sunrise
Best Use of Colour: No. 116 – Mary Kennedy – Dazzling Fusion
Excellence in Hand Quilting Award: No. 79 – Katie Ley – Bigger than the whole sky
Highly Commended Domestic Machine Quilting Award: No. 93 – Virginia Buring – Scraps of Colour and Light
Highly Commended Movable Machine Quilting Award: No. 46 – Monika McKinlay – We are going
Alan Armistead Award: No. 136 – Juliette Gairey – My House
Hangers’ Choice: No. 38 – Cornelia Reppin – Long Time Gone Jacket
Viewers’ Choice
Viewers’ Choice – Challenge/Tiny Treasure Quilts, No. 21 – Kerry Graf – Angkerle Atwatye
Viewers’ Choice – Junior Quilts, No. 137 – Marilyn Mewett – Butterflies for Peace
Viewers’ Choice – Quilts, No. 106 – Jen Roberts – Wonky
Viewers’ Choice – Wearable Art, No. 37 – Valerie Merritt – Recycled and Revamp