Exhibition Update
June 6, 2020 | Posted in CQ Exhibition | By Liz Rose
From the June CQ Bulletin:
We are continuing with preparation for our annual exhibition, the current dates are:
- Exhibition: 10th – 13th September 2020
- Entries close: Friday 17th July
- Delivery Day: Saturday August 29th
- Photography day: Sunday August 30th
- Judging Day: Saturday September 5th
- Exhibition space and Sales room set up: afternoon of Tuesday September 8th
- Quilt hanging day: Wednesday September 9th
- Exhibition opens: Thursday September 10th
These dates are of course still open to change with changing circumstances but we will have decided we should open entries on June 5th. At this stage we are NOT asking you to pay the entry fee, for this year only we will be collecting the entry fee on August 29th at quilt delivery day. This means that if the exhibition has to be cancelled or postponed again we will not have to re-imburse all the entry fees. On-line entry will be available here: Exhibition Entry This year it is ppossible to save a partial entry and return to complete it later, although it must be completed by the closing date of 17 July. If you have any problems with the on-line entry please contact Janet Cruise on communications@canberraquilters.org.au or by ringing 0422 086 209.
Exhibition Raffle Results
August 23, 2019 | Posted in CQ Exhibition, raffle | By Liz Rose
Canberra Quilters’ Raffle was drawn at the exhibition on Sunday afternoon. The first and second drawn ticket holders get to choose their prize, with the third drawn ticket taking the remaining prize. Here are the results:
1st – Eveline Ngan, Ticket number: 1061, Prize: Quilt
2nd – Anna Myvalt, Ticket number: 1561, Prize: Hamper
3rd – Margaret Vinning, Ticket number: 0510, Prize: Sewing Machine
Thank you to all who purchased a ticket.
The quilt in the banner is the raffle quilt, made by Kay Provins, quilted by Chris Gould of The Machine Quilter.
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Exhibition 2019: Viewers’ Choice results
August 19, 2019 | Posted in CQ Exhibition | By Liz Rose
The Viewers’ Choice votes from our Annual Members’ Exhibition have been tallied and here are the results:
Quilts: #86 Beth Miller, Bird Talk;
Challenge: #130 Maureen Tolley, Wool Prices are Falling;
Creative clothing: # 140 Wendy Saclier, To Live Another Day;
Children: #143 Timothy Bielenberg, Release the Kraken
The Hangers’ Award went to #69 Sunbury by Wendy Saclier and Jenny Cook
Quilt in banner is #137 Flowers I by Jenny White
All images courtesy of Janet Cruise
Quilt Show opens today – 15 August
August 15, 2019 | Posted in CQ Exhibition | By Liz Rose
The Canberra Quilters Members’ Exhibition opens today, as part of the Craft and Quilt Fair. It runs until 18 August, 10am until 4.30pm each day at EPIC, Flemington Road, Mitchell ACT.
Don’t forget the revised traffic arrangements because of the light rail.
Please come along to check out all the quilts and clothing exhibited, the sales room and also the craft fair. From 11am today on this website there will be images of quilts that have won their categories, as well as all the special awards.
At the main desk at the quilt show you can purchase a USB stick with images of all the entries in the show.
Don’t forget you can buy a ticket in the CQ raffle. Prizes include a quilt by Kay Provins (pictured), a Bernina sewing machine (value $699) or a hamper of sewing goodies.
Challenge Theme 2018 – Blue and White
May 9, 2018 | Posted in CQ Exhibition | By Liz Rose
Challenge 2018: 
Every year Canberra Quilters has a quilt challenge theme category at the exhibition. For 2018 the theme chosen by the main committee is ‘Blue & White’.
Members can choose to respond to the theme any way they like in their quilt as long as it meets the size requirements of 70cm x 50cm, portrait or landscape orientation. The challenge quilts generally travel as a group to other quilt groups during the subsequent year.
You are invited to make a quilt in the challenge format, incorporating the idea of ‘Blue & White’. You may choose to make it from all the shades and tones of blue, and white. Or you may focus on-
- the sea /ocean / sky
- something in the garden
- blue and white china (Blue Willow, Delftware)
- gemstones (blue diamond, sapphire)
- bluesy music
- choose an appropriate block or
- play on the words
You have many paths you could follow in making your quilt.
Enter your items in the Annual Members Exhibition, held in August 2018. You have until June to submit an entry. The entry pack will be available in mid 2018 with Connecting Threads and online.
The challenge theme for 2019 has also been selected: “Off the Sheep’s Back”. So get ready for August 2019!
Exhibition Raffle and Viewers’ Choice Results
August 14, 2017 | Posted in CQ Exhibition, raffle | By Liz Rose
The CQ Exhibition Raffle was drawn yesterday at 4pm. Here are the results:
First drawn ticket 4255, Kris Banks. Kris chose the quilt
Second drawn ticket 965, Sue Robinson. Sue chose the Bernina sewing machine
Third drawn ticket 1858, Anne Duffy. Anne receives the hamper of quilters tools and supplies.
The Viewers’ Choice votes have been tallied and here are the results:
Quilts – number 66 Walled Garden by Dorothy Clee
Challenge/ Tiny Treasure – number 129 Seventeen by Carolyn Sullivan
Creative Clothing – number 138 Jeans East by Wendy Saclier
Quilt show is open & results of judging
August 10, 2017 | Posted in CQ Exhibition | By Liz Rose
The Canberra Quilters Members’ Exhibition is now open, as part of the Craft and Quilt Fair. It runs 10-13 August, 10am until 4.30pm each day at EPIC, Flemington Road, Mitchell ACT.
Don’t forget there are revised traffic arrangements because of the light rail construction. Here is a link to the Craft Fair website showing the changes. There is a map you can download.
Please come along to check out all the quilts and clothing exhibited, the sales room and also the craft fair.
Here are the results of the judging (long post):
SPECIAL AWARDS
Bernina Best of Show
80 – Iggy, Bronwyn Hill (glimpse in banner)
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
CATEGORY AWARDS
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
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
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
Small Quilt (professional)
1st– 60, Wheat Fields, Dianne Firth
2nd– 62, Oh my Dahlia, Lynda Nikolovski
3rd– 64, Square Dance Variation, Alison Zanchetto
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
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
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
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
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
Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)
1st– 133, No Matter what the Weather, Wendy Saclier
2nd– 132, Whatever Happens…Happens, Andrea McMillan
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
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
Quilts by youth (secondary)
1st– 145, El Cactus, Kristina Butron
Quilt show opens tomorrow
August 9, 2017 | Posted in CQ Exhibition | By Liz Rose
The Canberra Quilters Members’ Exhibition opens tomorrow, as part of the Craft and Quilt Fair. It runs 10-13 August, 10am until 4.30pm each day at EPIC, Flemington Road, Mitchell ACT.
Don’t forget there are revised traffic arrangements because of the light rail construction. Here is a link to the Craft Fair website showing the changes. There is a map you can download.
Please come along to check out all the quilts and clothing exhibited, the sales room and also the craft fair.
Here is a glimpse of what you will see…
Star Link by Pamela Brockwell
Sandstorm by Cassandra Philpot
All Squared Away by Mary Kennedy
You can purchase a DVD or CD showing all the entries in the show at the main desk at the quilt show.
Images courtesy of Janet Cruise
Quilt show opens in two days…10 August
August 8, 2017 | Posted in CQ Exhibition | By Liz Rose
The Canberra Quilters Members’ Exhibition opens in two days, as part of the Craft and Quilt Fair. It runs 10-13 August, 10am until 4.30pm each day at EPIC, Flemington Road, Mitchell ACT.
Don’t forget there are revised traffic arrangements because of the light rail construction. Here is a link to the Craft Fair website showing the changes. There is a map you can download.
Please come along to check out all the quilts and clothing exhibited, the sales room and also the craft fair.
Here is a glimpse of what you will see…
Watching by Dorothy Clee
Can you see what I see? by Laraine Culnane
What’s up Pussy Cat? by Lynda Nikolovski
Quilt in banner is Desert Retreat by Kerry Graf
You can purchase a DVD or CD showing all the entries in the show at the main desk at the quilt show.
Images courtesy of Janet Cruise
Exhibition Delivery Day coming up on Saturday 29 July
July 27, 2017 | Posted in Cook premises, CQ Exhibition | By Liz Rose
This Saturday, 29 July, is the day members deliver the items entered in the annual members’ exhibition. The delivery venue is the CQ room at the Cook Community Hub, between 9am and 4.30pm.
Please be aware there is some maintenance going on at the site starting this week, but it is not close to our building:
- Thursday 27th pm Install Temporary Fencing – Pollution set up- mark out saw cutting
- Friday 28th am Saw cutting of all concrete / pavers areas / concrete pathways / UST area
- Monday 31st start exploration and removal of oil / vent / boiler room feed lines / UST pump out and removal
- Tuesday 1st finish UST removal
- Wait for test results before remediation works commence
