quilt & craft spectacular

NON-PROFESSIONAL

1 WINNER, CATEGORY 1
Pieced Quilt, LargeRainbow Road by Pam Quinn
Foundation Paper piecing and curved piecing techniques. Hand quilted. I love working with solid colours.

2 WINNER, CATEGORY 2
VIEWERS CHOICE: RUNNER UP
Predominantly Appliqué Quilt and/or Mixed Technique Quilt, Large
Australian Pollinators by Michelle Hutton
Curiosity about native bees in my garden led me to discover 24 commonly found in Queensland. Based on artwork by Gina Cranston, the design of this original quilt was to showcase their diverse varieties by rending them in freemotion thread paint stitching. The quilting on the indigo woven strips symbolises the bee flight lines weaving their way through nature and our lives. The Shibori boarder represents the life giving. To keep the frame dark, the indigo was dipped 20 times.

3 WINNER, CATEGORY 3
Art Quilt / Wall Hanging – Any Technique, Small
My Baby Octogon by Lyn Midgley
This quilt was a response to a challenge entitled “In Full Bloom” set by the Australasian Quilt Convention. From drawings and photographs of our bauhina flowers I created this composition reflecting their intense colour and flowering shapes. It took six months to complete this art quilt.

4 WINNER, CATEGORY 4
Any Technique & Size – Commercially Quilted
The Coming of Spring by Sharon Fitzgibbon
I loved this quilt as the design and  colours brought back memories of my Grandmother’s beautiful garden.

PROFESSIONAL

5 BEST OF SHOW
VIEWERS CHOICE: 4th RUNNER UP
WINNER, CATEGORY 5 Pieced Quilt, Large “Pathways” by Chris Harvey –
This Quilt was designed to show the pathways open to us – often there are different paths leading us in another direction.

6 WINNER, CATEGORY 6
Predominantly Appliqué Quilt and/or Mixed Technique Quilt, Large
Autumn Song by Margaret Shingles

7 WINNER, CATEGORY 7
Art Quilt / Wall Hanging – Any Technique, Small
Bauhina by Jeannie Henry  This quilt was a response to a challenge entitled “In Full Bloom” set by the Australasian Quilt Convention. From drawings and photographs of our bauhina flowers I created this composition reflecting their intense colour and flowering shapes. It took six months to complete this art quilt.

8 WINNER, CATEGORY 8
Any Technique & Size – Commercially Quilted
Indigo Way Memories by Lyn Saxby
A pieced scrap quilt designed by Bonnie Hunter as a mystery quilt. All machine pieced and quilted at “Make it Sew” with an edge to edge pattern.

OTHER CATEGORIES

9 WINNER, CATEGORY 9
Sustainable
A Thousand Stories by Sandra White
Queensland and Mary Valley Quilt.

10 WINNER, CATEGORY 10
Collaborative (3 or more)
Anything Dresden by Pumicestone Piecers
With Dresden Plate design in mind the Pumicestone Piecers went to work with our own design for this quilt. Assembled and quilted by Margaret Shingles using hand quilted custom designs.

11 WINNER, CATEGORY 11
Collaborative (2)
Contemplation by Chris and Jennifer Harvey
As a psychologist I work with clients to help them find glimmers of hope during difficult times. Accepting that even the darkest moments can have shades of lightness celebrating those moments of joy as they are experienced.

WINNER, VIEWERS CHOICE
Two Ponies and a Dog by Jocelyn Trembath
I was inspired to make a horse quilt after viewing the draught horses on the silos in Victoria. This quilt is my own design and uses fabric collage as the main technique. The background is painted. I quilted it on a domestic sewing machine.

VIEWERS CHOICE: 3RD RUNNER UP
Hiding in Plain Sight by Bernadine Hine