The Canberra Quilters Annual Exhibition opened today, in conjunction with the Quilt and Craft Fair at EPIC in Canberra. Lots of people out and about, with the exhibition being officially opened by Helen Maxwell.
The judging of quilts took place on Tuesday and here are the results (long list):
Bernina Best of Show
Phar Lap Phashion, Helen Godden
Bernina Amateur Encouragement Award
River of Grace, Bronwyn Hill
Bernina Excellence Award for a Junior Quilt Maker
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Ineka Voigt
Best Use of Colour
The Quiltmaker, Jenny Bowker
Chiatanya Designs Embellishment Award
A Little Bit Crazy, Margaret Barclay
Retaining the Tradition
Blackgate Interchange, Janelle Noack
Excellence in Hand Quilting
Under the Same Sky, Nobuko Miyake
Claire Ayling Batik Award
Six Part Harmony, Fiona Hammond
Modern Quilting Award
A Little Bird Told Me, Anieta Barendrecht
Margaret Armistead Award
Round the Garden Like a Jelly Bear, Joanne Barraclough
Allan Armistead Award
Mickey and Friends Help the Environment, Chloe Ann Reed
Category Awards
Category 1- Bed Quilt (non-professional)1 1- Round the Garden Like a Jelly Bear, Joanne Barraclough
1 72 – The Quiltmaker, Jenny Bowker
2 74 – Under the Same Sky, Nobuko Miyaki
3 73 –Feast Days and Festivals, Margaret Lamb
Highly Commended – 76 – A Year in the Land of Aus, Therese Rankmore
1 91 – Night Bloomers, Beth Miller
2 88 – River of Grace, Bronwyn Hill
Category 8- Commercially-Quilted Quilt (open)
1 110 – Blackgate Interchange, Janelle Noack
Quilted by Sarah Lennon – Piece by Piece Quilting
2 103 – Travelling the World, Louise Fredericks
Quilted by Fran Wilson – Willowpatch
3 99 – Star, Lynette Adams
Quilted by Kay White – Kay’s Quilts
Highly Commended – 106- Twisted Hexagons, Michelle Law
Quilted by Raylee Bielenberg – Sunflower Quilting
Highly Commended – 154 – Is it a Jug or a Vase?, Annabelle Sullivan
Category 10-Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)
1 167- Mandala, Colleen Reed
2 165 – Mini 30s, Julie Herring
3 170 – Faces in the Crowd, Wendy Saclier
Category 11-Creative Clothing – Classic
1 172 – Once Old, Now New, Louise Fredericks
2 175 – Japanese Garden, Donna Sunderland
3 177 – Think Japanese, Dawn Wilson
Category 14- Creative Clothing – Challenge
1 185 – Fuchsia Cape, Sandra Farley
2 184 – RE(a)Dy for Anything, Andrea Carew
3 187 – The Promise of Spring, Beres Senden
1 190 – Keyholes, William Bielenberg
Highly Commended – 193 – Beary Best Friends, Charlotte Jackson
2 195 – Flame Bird, Jonathan Bielenberg
Now it is back to my job as Exhibition Secretary and hopefully not such a large time gap between posts. I hope to post some images tomorrow evening.
I heard from a few friends yesterday that I had a highly commended and I didn’t want to believe them as I hadn’t heard the official word about the results. I’m ecstatic! Thank you for announcing the results. Can’t wait to see all the quilts on Saturday.
Thanks to the exhibition committee.