2025 Member’s Exhibition Results

BERNINA Best of Show: No. 127 – Lyn Keogh – My Imaginary Garden

BERNINA Best of Show: No. 127 – Lyn Keogh – My Imaginary Garden

Appliqué Award

Mid-Arm Quilting Award

BERNINA Amateur Encouragement Award: No. 80 – Sarah Maslen – Red Lines

BERNINA School Student Encouragement Award: No. 149 – Aidan Sohi – By the Ocean

Thanks to BERNINA for Sponsoring these awards

Category 1 – Challenge Quilt (Open) – Crossing the Line

First Place: No 2. – Liz Bonner – Don’t Cross the Line Crossing the Line

No. 1 – Dell Armistead – What’s Left to Say

Second Place:  No. 1 – Dell Armistead – What’s Left to Say

No 8 – Jennifer Roberts – Your Line is My Line

Third Place:  No 8 – Jennifer Roberts – Your Line is My Line

Category 2 – Tiny Treasure Quilt (Open)

First Place:  No. 16 – Donna Russell – Central Chalice – Shellal Mosaic

No. 12 – Margaret Donaldson – Glitz and Glamour

Second Place:  No. 12 – Margaret Donaldson – Glitz and Glamour

No. 15 - Jennifer Roberts – Quiet as a Feather

Third Place:  No. 15 – Jennifer Roberts – Quiet as a Feather

Category 3 – Wearable Art (Open)

No. 21 – Jennifer Roberts – Cropped Jacket - Back

First Place:  No. 21 – Jennifer Roberts – Cropped Jacket

No. 18 – Miranda Gardiner – Batik Magic
No. 18 – Miranda Gardiner – Batik Magic - Back

Second Place:  No. 18 – Miranda Gardiner – Batik Magic

Third Place:  No. 19 – Miranda Gardiner – Dresden Retro

Category 5 – Group Quilt (Open)

First Place:  No.41 – SCQuilters at Hellenic – About Face

Best Use of Colour Award

Second Place:  No. 46 – Three Sixty Degrees – Echoes of the Past

Third Place:  No. 43 – Three Generations – Homecoming

Category 6 – Commercially Quilted Quilt)

First Place:  No. 56 – Margaret McDonald – Merlot, (Quilter – Susan Campbell, Rowdy Flat Quilting)

Second Place:  No. 57 – Maureen Tolley – Colour My World, (Quilter – : June Ey (Bluebell A1 Quilter)

Third Place:  No. 55 – Karen Kerr – Boho Heart, (Quilter – Monika McKinlay, Make IT Quilted)

Category 7 – Art Quilt (Open)

First Place:  No. 63 – Jennifer Bowker – Oh Holy Night

Second Place:  No. 64 – Diane Firth – View of the Molongolo

Third Place:  No. 71 – Merrie Pepper – Sundew

Batik Award

Category 8 – Modern Quilt (Open)

First Place:  No.82 – Therese Rankmore – Edge of the Storm

Domestic Machine Quilting Award

Second Place: No. 80 – Sarah Maslen – Red Lines

Third Place:  No. 78  – Mary Kennedy – Beams of Light

Category 9 – Large Quilt (Amateur)

First Place:  No. 85 – Collen Adair – QAYG Hexagon Quilt

Second Place:  No. 93 – Kerry Graf – Got Scraps?

Third Place:  No. 92 – Miranda Gardiner – Happy Hexies

Category 10 – Small Quilt (Amateur)

First Place: No. 112Margaret Donaldson – Scraps of Japanese Inspiration

Second Place: No. 91- Miranda Gardiner – Nights in Nagoya Castle

Third Place: No. 115 – Jan Hastings – Gosh I’m Happy with This

Category 11 – Large Quilt (Professional)

BERNINA Best of Show: No. 127 – Lyn Keogh – My Imaginary Garden

First Place: No. 127 – Lyn Keogh – My Imaginary Garden

Second Place: No. 128 – Johann Mawbey – Chapman

Third Place: No. 131 – Robyn Packham – Souvenirs

Retaining the Tradition Award

Category 12 – Small Quilt (Professional)

First Place: No. 134 – Lyn Keogh – Eternity

Mid-Arm Quilting Award – Highly Commended

Second Place: No. 137 – Beth and Trevor Reid – Inferno

Third Place: No. 139 – Wendy Saclier – Mottainai

Category 13 – Quilts by Children (up to Year 6)

First Place: No. 141 – Kasper – Wonky Square


Second Place: No. 145 – Genevive – Under the Sea

Third Place: No.142 – Juliette – Fluffy

Highly Commended: No. 143 – Juliette – My farm

Category 14 – Quilts by Youth (Years 7- 12)

First Place: No. 146 – Claudia Gardiner – Kaleidoscopic Diamonds

Second Place: No. 147 – Claudia Gardiner – Starburst

Third Place: No. 148 – Amy Reid – Golden Rays

AWARDS

Novice Award: No 66 – Sarah Maslen – We Will Feast on their Bones

Embellishment Award: No 74 – Anne Robinson – Lake Mungo

Excellence in Hand Quilting Award: No 88 – Leah Clark-Vial – Fresh Yule

Machine Embroidery Award: No. 129 – Marcia McKinnon – Butterflies Galore

No. 120 - – Raylee Bielenberg – Wedding Bouquet

Moveable Machine Quilting Award – No 120 – Raylee Bielenberg – Wedding Bouquet