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Quilter by Katherine Jones
BERNINA Best of Show
1st Pictorial – Open
Based on a section of a self portrait painted in 2021, which was itself based on a photograph of me working on my longarm, this quilt depicts me looking down in concentration on what I am making. The original painting was executed in the style of Chuck Close’s later portraits, where an on-point grid of squares is used to turn one big overwhelming problem – of painting a portrait – into thousands of little more solvable problems, with each square being a small abstract composition. This method of creating a face from individual squares naturally lends itself to quilt making. After lightly hand dying commercial cottons to tone down their brightness each block was hand appliqued to mimic the corresponding abstract square in my original painting. To further tone down the colours dense quilting was completed in heavy contrasting thread resulting in shadow of the face being visible on the back of the quilt.
1st Pictorial – Open
Based on a section of a self portrait painted in 2021, which was itself based on a photograph of me working on my longarm, this quilt depicts me looking down in concentration on what I am making. The original painting was executed in the style of Chuck Close’s later portraits, where an on-point grid of squares is used to turn one big overwhelming problem – of painting a portrait – into thousands of little more solvable problems, with each square being a small abstract composition. This method of creating a face from individual squares naturally lends itself to quilt making. After lightly hand dying commercial cottons to tone down their brightness each block was hand appliqued to mimic the corresponding abstract square in my original painting. To further tone down the colours dense quilting was completed in heavy contrasting thread resulting in shadow of the face being visible on the back of the quilt.
Why White? by Judy Peel
BERNINA Amateur Encouragement Award
1st Other Techniques – Open
This whole cloth quilt uses FMQ, corded and embellished trapunto…hand embroidery enhances the flower centres. The cloth is white satin and the FMQ has been worked by me on a domestic machine. The binding has been stippled as I felt this needed to continue the theme and enclose the quilting within but not take centre stage with a solid colour. The little shisha mirror, if you notice in the lower part of the quilt, is for me to reflect on why I ever chose white! I live with dogs, cats and horses, consequently I spent 8 months in a clean apron and gloves when working on this piece…even my husband hesitated to approach me when I was near “ THAT white cloth”! This is how it got its name.
1st Other Techniques – Open
This whole cloth quilt uses FMQ, corded and embellished trapunto…hand embroidery enhances the flower centres. The cloth is white satin and the FMQ has been worked by me on a domestic machine. The binding has been stippled as I felt this needed to continue the theme and enclose the quilting within but not take centre stage with a solid colour. The little shisha mirror, if you notice in the lower part of the quilt, is for me to reflect on why I ever chose white! I live with dogs, cats and horses, consequently I spent 8 months in a clean apron and gloves when working on this piece…even my husband hesitated to approach me when I was near “ THAT white cloth”! This is how it got its name.
Mt Wellington by Zoe Ford
BERNINA Student Award
1st Student Textiles – Primary/Secondary
My quilt, Mt Wellington, is inspired by the beautiful sunrises on Mt Wellington which I see on the school bus early every morning. My hope was to capture the natural beauty I have become so familiar with in recent times, I look forward to reflecting upon my quilt in future years and being reminded of this chapter of my life. When constructing my quilt I used a variety of different techniques including machine applique, free motion quilting and free motion sketching. I worked on my quilt both at home and at my sewing classes which are at Frangipani Fabrics.
1st Student Textiles – Primary/Secondary
My quilt, Mt Wellington, is inspired by the beautiful sunrises on Mt Wellington which I see on the school bus early every morning. My hope was to capture the natural beauty I have become so familiar with in recent times, I look forward to reflecting upon my quilt in future years and being reminded of this chapter of my life. When constructing my quilt I used a variety of different techniques including machine applique, free motion quilting and free motion sketching. I worked on my quilt both at home and at my sewing classes which are at Frangipani Fabrics.
Argyle by Angela Holden
1st Pieced – Amateur
I found this amazing bargello quilt pattern while flicking through a good friends book collection. I said to myself WOW this would be so cool in black, white and red. So i set about finding the best colours to make it POP! Making a master sheet with all 20 different colours was definitely the easiest way to keep track of all colours and keep them in order. Sewing all the strips together, then cutting and unpicking then sewing them all back together was a massive challenge for me. This being my second quilt I have ever made, I really think I’ve executed it well.
I found this amazing bargello quilt pattern while flicking through a good friends book collection. I said to myself WOW this would be so cool in black, white and red. So i set about finding the best colours to make it POP! Making a master sheet with all 20 different colours was definitely the easiest way to keep track of all colours and keep them in order. Sewing all the strips together, then cutting and unpicking then sewing them all back together was a massive challenge for me. This being my second quilt I have ever made, I really think I’ve executed it well.
Midnight Mischief by Mandy Dodd
3rd Pieced – Amateur
Midnight Mischief’ began as a sampler quilt to bring together all my new found skills learned in quilt class. Watching on my computer with interest, the Moda Quilt-alongs, ‘Midnight Moon’ QAL appeared on my screen made with the beautiful ‘Midnight Magic’ fabric created by April Rosendal with high contrasting orange, white, black and grey – it caught my eye! The QAL was based on the book ‘Summer Moon’ by ‘It’s Sew Emma’. While I managed to get some of the ‘Midnight Magic’ fabric, I already had in my stash the colours needed using up lots of great scraps! Most of all, tucked away, I had a metre of Alexander Henry’s ‘Sebastian Ghastlie’ – black cats which features in the centre of most of the blocks. This quilt resonates so much because I have rescued mischievous black cats and who knows what their backgrounds may have been. I have to admit, it was quite the challenge to achieve but was determined not to give up!
Midnight Mischief’ began as a sampler quilt to bring together all my new found skills learned in quilt class. Watching on my computer with interest, the Moda Quilt-alongs, ‘Midnight Moon’ QAL appeared on my screen made with the beautiful ‘Midnight Magic’ fabric created by April Rosendal with high contrasting orange, white, black and grey – it caught my eye! The QAL was based on the book ‘Summer Moon’ by ‘It’s Sew Emma’. While I managed to get some of the ‘Midnight Magic’ fabric, I already had in my stash the colours needed using up lots of great scraps! Most of all, tucked away, I had a metre of Alexander Henry’s ‘Sebastian Ghastlie’ – black cats which features in the centre of most of the blocks. This quilt resonates so much because I have rescued mischievous black cats and who knows what their backgrounds may have been. I have to admit, it was quite the challenge to achieve but was determined not to give up!
Studio Lockdown by Robyn Thomas
2nd Pieced – Amateur
When COVID first came to our home, I had to isolate from my family in my sewing studio – what a shame!! I started just creating with the colours I loved, making random blocks. I have brought them all together in this quilt, in memory of my Studio Lockdown time.
When COVID first came to our home, I had to isolate from my family in my sewing studio – what a shame!! I started just creating with the colours I loved, making random blocks. I have brought them all together in this quilt, in memory of my Studio Lockdown time.
Black Ice by Barbara Mellor
1st Antarctic Challenge
Black ice, snow melts , lines of ice , rising sea levels, Antarctica in the future.
Black ice, snow melts , lines of ice , rising sea levels, Antarctica in the future.
Wandering Albatross by Robyn Thomas
3rd Antarctic Challenge
The most magnificent animals surround Antarctica and the Black-browed Albatross must be one of the most stunning. They are so efficient in the air that their heart rate barely rises above resting. Photograph by Pete Harmsen
The most magnificent animals surround Antarctica and the Black-browed Albatross must be one of the most stunning. They are so efficient in the air that their heart rate barely rises above resting. Photograph by Pete Harmsen
The Whale Tale by Pip Scholten
2nd Antarctic Challenge
The Whale/The King of the Southern Sea By Joseph Edwards Carpenter (1813-1885) Oh! the whale is free of the boundless sea, He lives for a thousand years; He sinks to rest in the billow’s breast, Nor the roughest tempest fears: The howling blast as it hurries past, Is music to lull him to sleep, And he scatters the spray in his boisterous play, As he dashes the king of the deep. Oh! the rare old whale, ‘mid storm and gale, In his ocean home shall be, A giant in might, where might is right, And king of the boundless sea!
The Whale/The King of the Southern Sea By Joseph Edwards Carpenter (1813-1885) Oh! the whale is free of the boundless sea, He lives for a thousand years; He sinks to rest in the billow’s breast, Nor the roughest tempest fears: The howling blast as it hurries past, Is music to lull him to sleep, And he scatters the spray in his boisterous play, As he dashes the king of the deep. Oh! the rare old whale, ‘mid storm and gale, In his ocean home shall be, A giant in might, where might is right, And king of the boundless sea!
Nuyina by Helen Dalgleish
Highly Commended – Antarctic Challenge
I have worked at sea and was in Hobart when the Nuyina arrived from Europe. It is a relatively small vessel with such a powerful role in Antarctica. I used applique techniques to achieve the image.
I have worked at sea and was in Hobart when the Nuyina arrived from Europe. It is a relatively small vessel with such a powerful role in Antarctica. I used applique techniques to achieve the image.
Connected by Johanna Williamson
Best Use of Colour
In 2023 the Tamanian Modern Quilt Group organised a Mystery Quilt over 6 months. You could pick your own colours and you received the instructions by email. It was amazing to see how different all these quilts looked after completion. The hand quilting with the different colours was an impulse that I would certainly use again.
In 2023 the Tamanian Modern Quilt Group organised a Mystery Quilt over 6 months. You could pick your own colours and you received the instructions by email. It was amazing to see how different all these quilts looked after completion. The hand quilting with the different colours was an impulse that I would certainly use again.
Boo by Ann Wiggins
1st Pieced – Advanced/Professional
I had lots of purple and green scraps, then I decided to add the orange to make it pop. Hand sewn, English Paper Pieced, including facing.
I had lots of purple and green scraps, then I decided to add the orange to make it pop. Hand sewn, English Paper Pieced, including facing.
Sixty Degrees of Separation by Helen Wadsley
Best Moveable Machine Quilting
2nd Pieced – Advanced/Professional
I fell in love with the original in Quiltmania. Also with a large stash of hexagon papers, I’m hooked on hexagons. So easy to play with special scraps and create something pretty and useful. Naming it was the hardest task. In sixty degrees are all sides really equal? Made as my younger daughter’s 50th birthday gift. Design Source: Shirley Loddington “Romance” Quiltmania #156
2nd Pieced – Advanced/Professional
I fell in love with the original in Quiltmania. Also with a large stash of hexagon papers, I’m hooked on hexagons. So easy to play with special scraps and create something pretty and useful. Naming it was the hardest task. In sixty degrees are all sides really equal? Made as my younger daughter’s 50th birthday gift. Design Source: Shirley Loddington “Romance” Quiltmania #156
Pieces of Strong too Small to Use by Helen Wadsley
Retaining the Tradition
With a large stash of long hexagons from past projects, I started grouping them with no clear idea how they would all come together. Quilt named after one of those reminiscing conversations with fellow quilters, ” things our grandmothers did”. The little bits come from that bottomless scraps basket and miss-cut pieces orphaned from other projects. This is my attempt to create some order in my world and work. Scraps stash no smaller on completion!
With a large stash of long hexagons from past projects, I started grouping them with no clear idea how they would all come together. Quilt named after one of those reminiscing conversations with fellow quilters, ” things our grandmothers did”. The little bits come from that bottomless scraps basket and miss-cut pieces orphaned from other projects. This is my attempt to create some order in my world and work. Scraps stash no smaller on completion!
Dearest by Helen Wadsley
3rd Pieced – Advanced/Professional
Made for 50th Birthday of Caroline Sharpen 0AM, long time music friend of my elder daughter who shared a 50th birthday celebration. Although the design source presumes a single fabric, I had not enough yardage of any one print to work with, so several different lots were required. Colours were selected to tone perfectly with a special painting in the destined room. There were many hours of play, pinning, photographing, dismissing, replacing, stitching, ripping and re-stitching…always with my printout of that special painting in hand to guide choices. Design Source: Adapted from One Fabric Wonders by Maxine Rosenthal
Made for 50th Birthday of Caroline Sharpen 0AM, long time music friend of my elder daughter who shared a 50th birthday celebration. Although the design source presumes a single fabric, I had not enough yardage of any one print to work with, so several different lots were required. Colours were selected to tone perfectly with a special painting in the destined room. There were many hours of play, pinning, photographing, dismissing, replacing, stitching, ripping and re-stitching…always with my printout of that special painting in hand to guide choices. Design Source: Adapted from One Fabric Wonders by Maxine Rosenthal
Love Birds by Tracey McConnon
1st Applique – Small – Amateur
This quilt hangs on our loungeroom wall. After 35 years married, I guess it is a good thing to be able to call a quilt by this name! It is my own design, put together from blocks from the book 101 Applique Blocks, by Nancy Brenan Daniel.
This quilt hangs on our loungeroom wall. After 35 years married, I guess it is a good thing to be able to call a quilt by this name! It is my own design, put together from blocks from the book 101 Applique Blocks, by Nancy Brenan Daniel.
Tasmanian Sea Glass by Joanna Green
Judge’s Commendation – Linda Steele
Batik fabric background with fused fabric, raw edge appliqued Sea Glass pieces. I moved from the UK to Tasmania in 2018 and immediately fell in love with the incredible colours of the sea around our beautiful island. Sea glass is a rare treasure these days on any beach, and sadly, more often than not, I find plastic and rubbish, even in our remote part of the world. As a quilter through, I made my own sea glass pieces from beautiful fabric and brought them to life in this art quilt which graces my home in southern Tasmania. Design Source: Allie McCathren (@exhaustedoctopus)
Batik fabric background with fused fabric, raw edge appliqued Sea Glass pieces. I moved from the UK to Tasmania in 2018 and immediately fell in love with the incredible colours of the sea around our beautiful island. Sea glass is a rare treasure these days on any beach, and sadly, more often than not, I find plastic and rubbish, even in our remote part of the world. As a quilter through, I made my own sea glass pieces from beautiful fabric and brought them to life in this art quilt which graces my home in southern Tasmania. Design Source: Allie McCathren (@exhaustedoctopus)
Mallow Yallow by Jeanette Leek
Best Hand Quilting
The yellow fabric was hand dyed by me. All applique was hand sewn and the quilting was hand worked. The applique patterns came from a book called 200 blocks from Quilter Magazine.
The yellow fabric was hand dyed by me. All applique was hand sewn and the quilting was hand worked. The applique patterns came from a book called 200 blocks from Quilter Magazine.
East meets West #3
1st Applique – Small – Advanced/Professional
Another quilt in the ongoing struggle to use up the oriental fabric stash! The small applique blocks are well travelled as a hand sewing project on “planes, trains and automobiles” as well as when watching (or is that listening?) to the television in the evening. The quilt uses a mixture of Japanese made fabrics (the background and some leaves) and American Oriental prints (the leaves).
Another quilt in the ongoing struggle to use up the oriental fabric stash! The small applique blocks are well travelled as a hand sewing project on “planes, trains and automobiles” as well as when watching (or is that listening?) to the television in the evening. The quilt uses a mixture of Japanese made fabrics (the background and some leaves) and American Oriental prints (the leaves).
Wisteria by Marita Crombie
Highly Commended – Combined Piecing & Applique – Open
This quilt has been quite a few years in the making: it’s suffered from procrastination and indecision; it’s been put down and picked up again; it’s been put away and refound; it’s travelled to Quilting Retreats and Quilting Friendship Days over time. It began as the garden trellis traditional setting, making use of the very pretty lavender and blue fabric and then, following indecision and procrastination, grew to include the appliqued wisteria and, once again following neglect and being put away, grew again to include the pieced border using Fibonacci number sequencing for the strip widths. Quilting decisions were made as the quilting progressed. i love 3/4 inch cross-hatching. But what to do in the Fibonacci border?
This quilt has been quite a few years in the making: it’s suffered from procrastination and indecision; it’s been put down and picked up again; it’s been put away and refound; it’s travelled to Quilting Retreats and Quilting Friendship Days over time. It began as the garden trellis traditional setting, making use of the very pretty lavender and blue fabric and then, following indecision and procrastination, grew to include the appliqued wisteria and, once again following neglect and being put away, grew again to include the pieced border using Fibonacci number sequencing for the strip widths. Quilting decisions were made as the quilting progressed. i love 3/4 inch cross-hatching. But what to do in the Fibonacci border?
Memories of Japan by Fran Bowden
Judge’s Commendation – Janelle Howell
I saw this quilt advertised and as I had previously made a block of the day quilt by the same designer, I decided to make this one as well. I have travelled to Japan several times, and this quilt pattern brought back memories of those visits. All the fabrics came from my stash and are mostly batiks. I used fusible webbing and raw edge applique, and facial features etc were done with Pigma pens. I quilted around each image and used the quilt as you go method of joining the quilt together. Designed by Susan Claire. The name of the quilt is Bento Block a Day Quilt, it came in weekly instalments of 7 applique blocks.
I saw this quilt advertised and as I had previously made a block of the day quilt by the same designer, I decided to make this one as well. I have travelled to Japan several times, and this quilt pattern brought back memories of those visits. All the fabrics came from my stash and are mostly batiks. I used fusible webbing and raw edge applique, and facial features etc were done with Pigma pens. I quilted around each image and used the quilt as you go method of joining the quilt together. Designed by Susan Claire. The name of the quilt is Bento Block a Day Quilt, it came in weekly instalments of 7 applique blocks.
Maaoupe Road by Helen Stubbings
Best Stationary Machine Quilting
1st Combined Piecing & Applique – Open
Maaoupe Road is a row by row style quilt featuring English Paper Piecing and turned edge applique. Each row features a different floral design with hexagon blocks bringing them all together. The applique has been turned over HNK Applique paper then basted to the background strips before stitching by hand and machine. The hexagons have all been pieced by hand over iron-on leave in papers. The stems are hand embroidered using Cosmo threads. The quilt is quilted using a Quilt as you go method with small peeper strips being used to delineate and give depth to the rows – to look like the flowers are growing out of the ground! I quilted it on a domestic Bernina, first outlining all applique, then background filling densely to make the applique pop. This is an original row by row design using Tilda Creating Memories Summer and Ocean Blues collection.
1st Combined Piecing & Applique – Open
Maaoupe Road is a row by row style quilt featuring English Paper Piecing and turned edge applique. Each row features a different floral design with hexagon blocks bringing them all together. The applique has been turned over HNK Applique paper then basted to the background strips before stitching by hand and machine. The hexagons have all been pieced by hand over iron-on leave in papers. The stems are hand embroidered using Cosmo threads. The quilt is quilted using a Quilt as you go method with small peeper strips being used to delineate and give depth to the rows – to look like the flowers are growing out of the ground! I quilted it on a domestic Bernina, first outlining all applique, then background filling densely to make the applique pop. This is an original row by row design using Tilda Creating Memories Summer and Ocean Blues collection.
Cinnamon by Pip Scholten
2nd Combined Piecing & Applique – Open
A pattern saved since 2006 in the hope of finally using it and a stash of reproduction fabrics finally came together in 2024 and produced “Cinnamon”. The pattern, “Winfred & Cloves”, is by Carolyn Konig and was in an APQ magazine from 2006; the fabric has been collected over a number of years! Design Source: Carolyn Konig, Wilfred and Cloves, APQ Vol 14 No 3 April 2006
A pattern saved since 2006 in the hope of finally using it and a stash of reproduction fabrics finally came together in 2024 and produced “Cinnamon”. The pattern, “Winfred & Cloves”, is by Carolyn Konig and was in an APQ magazine from 2006; the fabric has been collected over a number of years! Design Source: Carolyn Konig, Wilfred and Cloves, APQ Vol 14 No 3 April 2006
Seasons by Svetla Gula
Best Use of Mixed Media
The idea for my Seasons Bedrunner started as a Christmas challenge with the same name in our quilting group and slowly evolved to include fabric painting, customised two step machine quilting, couching and hand quilting.
The idea for my Seasons Bedrunner started as a Christmas challenge with the same name in our quilting group and slowly evolved to include fabric painting, customised two step machine quilting, couching and hand quilting.
Impressions by Svetla Gula
Judge’s Commendation – Rita Summers
The middle section of the bed runner was made of fabrics created in a workshop at my shop in January 2024. The methods used were sun printing with Solar Fast Film, fabric dye, modge podge, Transfer Art Paper, salt, leaves and other impressions. Flirtation range fabrics complete the impressions idea.
The middle section of the bed runner was made of fabrics created in a workshop at my shop in January 2024. The methods used were sun printing with Solar Fast Film, fabric dye, modge podge, Transfer Art Paper, salt, leaves and other impressions. Flirtation range fabrics complete the impressions idea.
Circle of Life by Angela Holden
Best Beginner (1st, 2nd or 3rd Quilt)
This quilt was certainly different using Foundation Paper Piecing, but so colourful and vibrant I just had to give it a go. Some of the techniques used were quite challenging. It took a considerable amount of hours/days to complete it but well worth it at the end. I just love the bright colours and the silver star background I used. Design Source: Jacqueline De Jonge
Quilted by Michelle de Groot
This quilt was certainly different using Foundation Paper Piecing, but so colourful and vibrant I just had to give it a go. Some of the techniques used were quite challenging. It took a considerable amount of hours/days to complete it but well worth it at the end. I just love the bright colours and the silver star background I used. Design Source: Jacqueline De Jonge
Quilted by Michelle de Groot
Glenbrook Star by Wendy Wilton
1st Commercially Quilted – Open
I made this quilt using reproduction fabric and a mixture of cream scrap pieces of material. I used foundation piecing and applique techniques to achieve the flower and foliage designs throughout this quilt. Design Source: Rhonda Pearce
Quilted by: Michelle de Groot
I made this quilt using reproduction fabric and a mixture of cream scrap pieces of material. I used foundation piecing and applique techniques to achieve the flower and foliage designs throughout this quilt. Design Source: Rhonda Pearce
Quilted by: Michelle de Groot
Val’s Quilt by Susan Friend
3rd Commercially Quilted – Open
Val’s Quilt, a form of traditional Quilt, is made from cotton of various ‘William Morris’ patterns, which I purchased at the 2022 Tasmanian Quilt Guild Island Quilt Exhibition and which I found in Quilt shops here in Hobart and in Canada when I visited my Sisters in Canada. They too are avid quilters! I had been searching for a pattern to use which was appropriate for the fabric and this was it. I found the ‘Peacock’ fabric in Hobart, loved it and used it for the centre squares. The extra blocks were used to surround the ‘Peacock” fabric on the back. Design Source: Katrina Hadjimichael Quilt Designs, “Holiday Stars”
Quilted by: Jess Dobson
Val’s Quilt, a form of traditional Quilt, is made from cotton of various ‘William Morris’ patterns, which I purchased at the 2022 Tasmanian Quilt Guild Island Quilt Exhibition and which I found in Quilt shops here in Hobart and in Canada when I visited my Sisters in Canada. They too are avid quilters! I had been searching for a pattern to use which was appropriate for the fabric and this was it. I found the ‘Peacock’ fabric in Hobart, loved it and used it for the centre squares. The extra blocks were used to surround the ‘Peacock” fabric on the back. Design Source: Katrina Hadjimichael Quilt Designs, “Holiday Stars”
Quilted by: Jess Dobson
Australian Animals by Betty Braithwaite
2nd Commercially Quilted – Open
I wanted to use Australian fabric for the native animals. Design Source: Monica Poole Designs
Quilted by: Danelle Griffin
I wanted to use Australian fabric for the native animals. Design Source: Monica Poole Designs
Quilted by: Danelle Griffin
Floral
1st Group/Collaborative Quilt
Faces by Break O’Day Stitchers
Highly Commended – Group/Collaborative Quilt
Staggered by Eiluned Wright
1st Modern – Amateur
This quilt is a rainbow of colours, front and back. It contains in excess or 2,500 pieces and required many hours of stitching spread over several months. I stitched it with much love for my favourite rainbow couple. It was a wedding gift to my youngest daughter and her wife, for their marriage in November, 2023. I machine pieced it and domestic machine quilted it. All fabrics are one hundred percent cotton. It was designed by Kent Williams of Kent Williams Designs.
This quilt is a rainbow of colours, front and back. It contains in excess or 2,500 pieces and required many hours of stitching spread over several months. I stitched it with much love for my favourite rainbow couple. It was a wedding gift to my youngest daughter and her wife, for their marriage in November, 2023. I machine pieced it and domestic machine quilted it. All fabrics are one hundred percent cotton. It was designed by Kent Williams of Kent Williams Designs.
Opal Essence by Michelle Vince
1st Modern – Advanced/Professional
This quilt was started in a class taught by the very talented Lorena Uriarte! It’s taken me quite a few years to finish it and finally work up the nerve to custom quilt it myself.
This quilt was started in a class taught by the very talented Lorena Uriarte! It’s taken me quite a few years to finish it and finally work up the nerve to custom quilt it myself.
Curves 2 – Wild & Orange by Belinda Betts
2nd Modern – Advanced/Professional
An exercise in combining plaids, black and white, and busy bits to create a zippered look with order surrounding the chaos in the centre. Original design, machine pieced and quilted. Cotton fabrics and wadding.
An exercise in combining plaids, black and white, and busy bits to create a zippered look with order surrounding the chaos in the centre. Original design, machine pieced and quilted. Cotton fabrics and wadding.
Of Cabbages & Kings by Lynne Hargreaves
3rd Pictorial – Open
Dad was a working man. With a large garden and three daughters to feed the veggie patch combined necessity with a welcome escape from a house full of growing women. Competitions were entered and prizes won. The portrait, a reworked family photograph framed by rows of improv-pieced veggies, celebrates these endeavours. A contemporary medallion quilt. Thread painting is paired with improv-piecing representing the rows of veggies. Free-motion and hand stitching pulls the two together. Patterns are worked in different scales to marry the two techniques.
Dad was a working man. With a large garden and three daughters to feed the veggie patch combined necessity with a welcome escape from a house full of growing women. Competitions were entered and prizes won. The portrait, a reworked family photograph framed by rows of improv-pieced veggies, celebrates these endeavours. A contemporary medallion quilt. Thread painting is paired with improv-piecing representing the rows of veggies. Free-motion and hand stitching pulls the two together. Patterns are worked in different scales to marry the two techniques.
Deep in the Forest by Barbara Mellor
2nd Pictorial – Open
In this Tasmanian forest scene, the importance of trees is recognised in helping fight climate change but also reveals a well kept secret. Locals know that the Tasmanian tiger or Thylacine still exists, they just don’t tell.
In this Tasmanian forest scene, the importance of trees is recognised in helping fight climate change but also reveals a well kept secret. Locals know that the Tasmanian tiger or Thylacine still exists, they just don’t tell.
Winter Weeping with Moon by Barbara Mellor
1st Art Quilt – Advanced/Professional
I wanted to portray the feeling of sadness in this empty frozen landscape. The loose threads as ˜weeping˜ tears fall from the trees as the ice melts perhaps signifying the end of winter. The negative space also gives mystery to the viewer. What else is out there?
I wanted to portray the feeling of sadness in this empty frozen landscape. The loose threads as ˜weeping˜ tears fall from the trees as the ice melts perhaps signifying the end of winter. The negative space also gives mystery to the viewer. What else is out there?
Feathers or Leaves? by Faye Harding
1st Tiny Quilt – Open
I bought this pattern from Jenny Hunter and it has been on my “to do” list. The feathers/leaves are ironed on using fusible webbing and it is matchstick quilted. Design Source: Jenny Hunter, Plume Art + Stitch – design is called “Fabulous Feathers”
I bought this pattern from Jenny Hunter and it has been on my “to do” list. The feathers/leaves are ironed on using fusible webbing and it is matchstick quilted. Design Source: Jenny Hunter, Plume Art + Stitch – design is called “Fabulous Feathers”
Alaskan Icons by Judy Peel
2nd Tiny Quilt – Open
Made from fabrics collected on a fabulous trip to Alaska I have incorporated iconic Alaskan themes. Apart from the obvious fussy cut pieces the reverse applique trapunto represents the mounds of frozen permafrost, called “pingos” which appear in the summer when the snow melts. The wavy binding gives the feeling of snow drifts, and the FMQ enhances the northern lights, snow, spring melt, rivers and summer grasses. The little shisha mirror represents the North Star which is a sign of direction and guidance… something I rely on in my quilting journey.
Made from fabrics collected on a fabulous trip to Alaska I have incorporated iconic Alaskan themes. Apart from the obvious fussy cut pieces the reverse applique trapunto represents the mounds of frozen permafrost, called “pingos” which appear in the summer when the snow melts. The wavy binding gives the feeling of snow drifts, and the FMQ enhances the northern lights, snow, spring melt, rivers and summer grasses. The little shisha mirror represents the North Star which is a sign of direction and guidance… something I rely on in my quilting journey.
Audrey Rocks by Audrey Vance
Highly Commended – Student Textiles – Primary/Secondary
I am making the quilt for me. I first got the idea from river rocks that I saw on the internet. But I changed the colours because I wanted it to be more colourful. A friend helped me choose the final colours.
I am making the quilt for me. I first got the idea from river rocks that I saw on the internet. But I changed the colours because I wanted it to be more colourful. A friend helped me choose the final colours.
By the Seaside by Grace Prior
2nd Student Textiles – Primary/Secondary
I enjoy sewing
I enjoy sewing
Lost in my Thoughts by Charlotte A.
2nd Student Textiles – College
I made this quilt in my Textiles class. The woman in the foreground of the quilt is Beverely from the horror movie IT. I chose her as the main part of the quilt because she is one of my favorite movie characters. Bev, throughout the movie, shows her past to do with her family and traumas behind it. In the school she had rumours made about her which made everyone not like her and treat her unfairly through the movie, until she met her group of friends. This brought a very meaningful message to the piece which is why I chose her. The flowers over her head and chest are representing her traumas and past caught up within her body always coming back to her in any way possible, representing the fact that no matter what happens, good or bad, she will always be stuck with them for the rest of her life. I used fabric paint to paint the woman and used free motion embroidery for the flowers to create the free kind of look to the piece. The colours in the background are from an outfit she wears in the film when things start to turn around for her in the film. She finds someone who she really loves and found a friend group that actually cares about her. This related to me because this year my life has turned around and I have finally gotten the person who I have wanted to be with and a friend group that treats me the way I want to be treated. This piece has been a really good experience and has made me be able to find new passions that I love.
I made this quilt in my Textiles class. The woman in the foreground of the quilt is Beverely from the horror movie IT. I chose her as the main part of the quilt because she is one of my favorite movie characters. Bev, throughout the movie, shows her past to do with her family and traumas behind it. In the school she had rumours made about her which made everyone not like her and treat her unfairly through the movie, until she met her group of friends. This brought a very meaningful message to the piece which is why I chose her. The flowers over her head and chest are representing her traumas and past caught up within her body always coming back to her in any way possible, representing the fact that no matter what happens, good or bad, she will always be stuck with them for the rest of her life. I used fabric paint to paint the woman and used free motion embroidery for the flowers to create the free kind of look to the piece. The colours in the background are from an outfit she wears in the film when things start to turn around for her in the film. She finds someone who she really loves and found a friend group that actually cares about her. This related to me because this year my life has turned around and I have finally gotten the person who I have wanted to be with and a friend group that treats me the way I want to be treated. This piece has been a really good experience and has made me be able to find new passions that I love.
The Mind of an Artist by Anthony M.
Highly Commended – Student Textiles – College
I made this for a school project in my Textiles class. The quilt’s primary material consists of a golden fabric and a dark blue fabric, with other fabrics fused on top of them. A grey fabric, a crimson fabric, a blue fabric, and a silver dotted fabric. Each of those second fabrics has a unique pattern or shape on it. I didn’t have a specific design in mind when I was planning the quilt, I just went with my gut.
I made this for a school project in my Textiles class. The quilt’s primary material consists of a golden fabric and a dark blue fabric, with other fabrics fused on top of them. A grey fabric, a crimson fabric, a blue fabric, and a silver dotted fabric. Each of those second fabrics has a unique pattern or shape on it. I didn’t have a specific design in mind when I was planning the quilt, I just went with my gut.
Spirit in the Mirror by Haylee R.
1st Student Textiles – College
I wanted the reflection in the mirror to represent a spirit animal, that there is more than just a face/body in the mirror, there’s more meaning. I also just wanted to push myself and see how far I can go with my embroidery skills.
I wanted the reflection in the mirror to represent a spirit animal, that there is more than just a face/body in the mirror, there’s more meaning. I also just wanted to push myself and see how far I can go with my embroidery skills.
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