Collection of Annual Members Exhibition Certificates and/or Prizes

The Annual Members Exhibition Awards Night was held in September and it was a wonderful evening. It was so great to see the winning quilts again and see the big smiles on the faces of all the children that entered.

If you were a place getter or prize winner and were unable to attend the Awards Night to collect your certification and/or prize(s) never fear.

I will have the certificates/prize(s) with me at the following meetings for collection:

Modern Quilting Group Meeting - Thursday 12 September
Members Meeting - Thursday 3 October

If you're unable to attend these meetings and would like your certificate/prize mailed to you please drop me an email at angiewilson[at]iinet[dot]net[au] and I will organize collection or delivery with you.

2013 Exhibition Awards Ceremony Tonight

Tonight's monthly meeting is the Awards Ceremony for the 2013 Annual Members Exhibition.  It's a great way to revisit the quilts of the Exhibition and maybe even see some of them for the first time if you missed seeing the Exhibition.

The meeting starts at 7:30pm and is at the Cook Hall.

If you're thinking about joining Canberra Quilters the monthly meetings are a great way to get a sample of the work being done by the Guild, inspired and meet some lovely people.  Do come along!

Viewers' Choice results

At the annual exhibition we have three categories for Viewers' Choice. Here are the results:

Quilts:  35, Cinzia White's "Raconteur- The Storyteller's Collection".

Other (Challenge & TT):136,  Colleen Reed's Challenge - "Night D'lite"

Creative Clothing: 157 Dell Armistead's "These Boots are Made for Walking"

All these exhibits were award-winners in their respective categories, so you can see images in the Exhibition album - here

Canberra Quilters Exhibition - raffle results

At 4.00 pm Sunday we drew our Exhibition raffle.
We don't nominate first, second and third prizes, but allow the first-drawn ticket buyer to choose their prize. The second drawn ticket-buyer chooses between the remaining prizes and the third-drawn ticket buyer get the remaining prize.

1. M. Christopherson,#623, of Nicholls, chose the quilt

2. J. Green, #1000,  of North Lyneham, chose the 'Kingfisher Design Wall' from Brindabella Quilting Systems

3. P. Matthews, #1486, of Goulburn, wins the Bernina 700D overlocker.

Exhibition images available on website

The images of the quilts that won awards are now available on the website, in the album on the home page.
Here is a link.

Did you see the exhibition on ABC TV news, Saturday night?

On ABC TV news last night in Canberra there was an item about our quilt show. President Michelle Law and Best of Show Winner Jenny Bowker, were both interviewed.
You can watch it here

Exhibition opened today, results of the judged portion of the exhibition

The Canberra Quilters Members' Exhibition opened today, in conjunction with the Craft and Quilt Fair, at EPIC in Canberra.
The judging portion of the show was held on Tuesday, 6 August. Images of these quilts and clothing will be on the website soon. Here are the results (long):

Category 1

Bed Quilt (non-professional)

1          23- Snowflake, Lynda Nikolovski

2          2- Big Blue, Joanne Barraclough

3          20- Spinning Tops, Gwen Leonard

Highly Commended -24- Cooper's ABC, Robyn Oats

Category 2

Bed Quilt (professional)

1          35- Raconteur- The Storyteller's Collection,

Cinzia White

2          34- Summer Trails, Anne Haddad

3          97- Fond of Flora, Cindy Watkins

Category 3

Wall Quilt (non-professional)

1          43- Street Art #1, Laraine Culnane

2          36- Canberra Warmth, Dell Armistead

3          38- 17-5641 Colour of the Year, Joanne Barraclough

Highly Commended -54 -Tree of Delight, Kathryn Labour

Category 4

Wall Quilt (professional)

1          70- Bottles, Nobuko Miyake

2          69- Baltimore or Less! The Stately Eight, Helen Godden

3          72- Blue Wren, Cindy Watkins

Highly Commended- 68- Wind Over Katatjuta, Jenny Bowker

Category 5

Mixed Media Quilt (open)

1          81- Silent Killer, Robyn McPherson

2          82- Meadow Argus, Stephanie Newman

3          79- Disappearing, Annette Horvath

Highly Commended -77- Waterway Warfare, Patrise Dowling

Category 6

Art Quilt (open)

1          86- Earth, Air and a Memory of Water, Jenny Bowker

2          96- Flying Colours: Eclectus Parrots- An Eclectic Pair, Brenda Gael Smith

3          90- Canberra, Helen Godden

Highly Commended- 95- Riparian Zone, Judy Robinson Whitty

Category 7

Group Quilt (open)

1          100- Only Way We are Going to Get There, Ann-Maree Jacobs

2          101- Barrier Reef, Beth Miller

3          98- Serengeti, June Browne

Category 8

Commercially-Quilted Quilt (open)

1          126- The Feather Beast: Slayed, Angie Wilson

Quilted by Sunflower Quilting - Raylee Bielenberg

2          113- Flying Free, Robyn McPherson

Quilted by Kay's Quilting - Kay White

3          125- Santa and Friends, Margaret Vinning

Quilted by Altogether Quilting - Helen Smith

Category 9

Challenge Quilt (open)

1          130- Canberra Narrative - Celebrating a Century, Frances Buscombe

2          136 - Night D'lite, Colleen Reed

3          138- Celebrating the Canberra Way, Elizabeth Rose

Highly Commended- 135- Moonlit Backyard, Kay Provins

Category 10

Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)

1          146- Colour Swirl, Patricia Butron

2          156 - Snails in the Storm, Sue Wood

3          151- Tako Bowl, Wendy Saclier

Highly Commended- 155-Triangle Tangle, Sandy ThompsonCategory 11

Creative Clothing - Classic

1          157- These Boots are Made for Walking, Dell Armistead

2          161 - Poppy Parade, Kay Provins

3          158 - East Becomes West, Louise Fredericks

Category 12

Creative Clothing – Art to Wear

1          163- Remembering Virginia Avery, Sandra Farley

2          166- Cleo's Collar, Helen Rose

3          167- Garden Border, Dawn Wilson

Category 13

Creative Clothing - Accessories

No awards made

Category 14

Creative Clothing - Challenge

1          176- My Centenary Garden, Donna Sunderland

2          174- Canberra- It Takes All Kinds to Make This City, Elizabeth Rose

3          172- Celebration, Sandra Farley

Highly Commended- 170 -Time is Something Money Cannot Buy, Dell Armistead

Category 15

Quilts by children in primary school

1          178- Autumn Breeze, Kristina Butron

2          181- Owls Are in the Air, Caylin Thompson

3          180- Brick Path, Hamish Newman

Highly Commended- 179- In the Garden, Gabbi Ciacia

Category 16

Quilts by youths in secondary school

1          183 - Sunrise Birds, Emma Hodgkinson

2          184 - My Dream Beach, Talitha Thompson

3          182- Mother Nature, Maddy Ciacia

SPECIAL AWARDS

Bernina Best of Show

86-  Earth, Air and a Memory of Water, Jenny Bowker

Bernina Amateur Encouragement Award

43- Street Art #1, Laraine Culnane

Best Use of Colour

126- The Feather Beast: Slayed, Angie Wilson

Chiatanya Designs Embellishment Award

138- Celebrating the Canberra Way, Elizabeth Rose

Retaining the Tradition

115- Retreat Station, Janelle Noack

Excellence in Hand Quilting

70 - Bottles, Nobuko Miyake

Claire Ayling Batik Award

8- Not Quite a Rainbow, Janet Cruise

Modern Quilting Award

19 - Across the Universe, Michelle Law

Bernina Excellence Award for a Junior Quilt Maker

183 - Sunrise Birds, Emma Hodgkinson

Margaret Armistead Award (for a first-time exhibitor)

43 - Street Art #1, Laraine Culnane

Allan Armistead Award (for a first-time junior exhibitor)

182- Mother Nature, Maddy Ciacia

A Quilt for All the Senses

"Celebrating the Canberra Way" - Liz Rose
Image source: Melinda Coupland Thorne

Only 7 sleeps until The Canberra Quilt and Craft Fair! Are you as excited about it as I am?

If you want to get a little bit of a preview of the amazing work that's going to be on display you can read about Liz Rose's quilt, "Celebrating the Canberra Way", that has been featured in the Canberra Times.  (You can read the article by clicking on this link.)

The quilt in question makes great use of an unusual embellishment; condoms.  It's an inventive way to add some excitement and colour to a quilt that's for sure.

Early bird tickets will be available at this evenings meeting for $11.  Tickets are valid for entry on any day of the Fair.

Raffle tickets need to be returned by 10 August and can be returned at this evening meeting (or at the Exhibition) to the Raffle Coordinator, Melinda Coupland Thorne.

If you're available on Wednesday to help with the set up of the Exhibition we'd love to hear from you.  Please let Raylee Bielenberg know.

Last Monthly Meeting before Annual Exhibition

Hello Everyone, your friendly Exhibition Coordinator here with a couple of reminders for the August meeting this Thursday.

Can you believe it's just over a week to go before the Exhibition is officially opened?

Now's the time to make that final push on selling your raffle tickets as the books need to be returned to the Raffle Coordinator, Melinda Coupland Thorne, at the August meeting.  (If you can't make the meeting books can be returned to Melinda over the course of the Exhibition however all books need to be returned by Saturday 10 August!)

If you're wanting to get an early bird ticket to the Canberra Quilt and Craft Fair the August meeting will be your last opportunity.  You can purchases tickets from myself (Angie Wilson) or Liz Rose.  Tickets are $11 (that's a saving of $3 which is the price of some of those fabulous Fat Quarters that will be available in the trade hall!) and valid for use on any of the 4 days of the Fair.

We're still looking for able bodied men and woman to help with the assembly of quilting frames and quilt hanging on Wednesday 7 August.  If you're able to help (or wish to volunteer your partner to help out) please let Raylee Bielenberg know.  (It's a great way to see the quilts before the general public!)

This years Exhibition is shaping up to be a great one.  The quilts and creative clothing that has been submitted is so wonderful, varied and sublime that I hope you can all get a chance to see them displayed in all their glory at the Exhibition.

If there's any information you'd like, or anything that I can help with, please feel free to drop me an email (angie[at]gnomeangel.com) and I'll do my best to help you out.

See you all at the August Meeting!!!

Exhibition Flyer Competition Entries

The Exhibition is less than 2 weeks away and entries for the Flyer Competition are still coming in.  (Have you got an entry to send in?)

Today we'll be sharing with you the entries from 4 of our wonderful members; Tracy Houston, Lisa Teasdale, Kathryn Hailey and Helen Rose.

Tracy has submitted an entry for the weirdest place to see one of our Exhibition flyers; Eurovision! Eurovision was held in Malmo, Sweden.

Tracy's second photo is for the furtherest location from Canberra. It's a sign on the Norway and Sweden border. The frozen lake in the background is Krutvatnet.

The next entries we have are from Helen Rose. Helen sent these 2 photos from Italica, which is a Roman city that was established in Spain in about 206BC. It's the birth place of Emporers Trajan and Hadrian. The flyer is sitting beside 2 of the many (almost) intact mosaics in the city.

This next photo from Helen is from the Renaissance palace, Casa Pilatos and, according to Helen, looks like a quilt. (Can't argue with her on that one!)

Helen has also sent in this amazing photo of the flyer next to the tiles from the Alhambra in Grenada, Spain. (Isn't it amazing!)

Kathryn was lucky enough to visit the New York and sent some amazing photos of a quilt store called "The Brooklyn General Store".

Kathryn wrote:

"Last week I visited a beautiful quilt shop here in Brooklyn called "The Brooklyn General Store" It was wonderful - a very old building with oak floor boards (which creaked delightfully), original fittings, etc. And the fabrics were really different. Not the usual run of things I've seen - lots of stuff from the fifties, and reproductions from earlier days! And not to mention the knitting wools!!!

Anyway the lady who waited on me was really lovely - so I asked her if she would agree to put a Canberra Quilters flyer in the shop and she agreed and did so while I was there. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to give her a coloured flyer but the black and white one was fine! (didn't have access to a colour printer)!

One fun thing though - as I was looking through the fabrics she had a beautiful one there from Australia with Fairy Wrens on it! That was great fun to see." 

And rounding out our jet setting quilters is Lisa's entry. While Lisa didn't actually traverse the globe, her friend Nancy did and she was kind enough to take a Canberra Quilters flyer with her.

Nancy took our flyer to Arizona, Niagara Falls and Toronto. Thank you ladies for your entries, they're all fabulous and make me long for a holiday.

If you'd like to enter our flyer competition there's still time. There are 3 categories you could enter:

- the furthest geographical (as the crow flies) place from Canberra,

- the weirdest place possible, and

- with a celebrity.

There will be a prize offered for each category. The competition is open to all Canberra Quilters Inc members. Prizes will be awarded at the September Canberra Quilters Meeting. Entries to be emailed to angie@gnomeangel.com

Small print: Winners will be decided by the Exhibition Committee. Judges decision is final and discussion will not be entered into. Closing date is 7 August 2013.

Delivery Day for exhibition approaches- 27 July

Delivery Day for items to be exhibited this year is from 9 am until 6 pm on Saturday 27 July, at our premises in Cook. That is just over a week for those of you counting down-or counting the stitching hours to get your items finished.

The exhibition roster has been finalised and a copy will be available for checking on delivery day. Everyone who is on roster should have received a copy via email, or notification of your roster shift.

Some entries in the Exhibition Flyer competition- look where they have been spotted.

Entries have started to come in for the Exhibition Flyer Competition and they're brilliant.
Today we're sharing with you the entries from Irene Hine. Irene has been traveling and sending in photos from every port

Emirates Palace Hotel Abu Dhabi

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Taken in the female toilet of the Emirates palace Hotel Abu Dhabi

The picture was one of four on the wall and thought they would be good idea for a quilt one day." - Irene. (Proving that you can take the quilter out of Australia, but they're still looking for quilt inspiration!)

Mallorca

Barcelona

Athens (& Helen)

Katakolo, Greece

Kusadasi, Turkey

Vogel, Slovenia

Vogel, Slovenia

Thanks Irene for sending these in, it's been great to see your adventures!
If you'd like to enter the Exhibition Flyer Competition entry is open until 7 August 2013. There are 3 categories you could enter:

- the furthest geographical (as the crow flies) place from Canberra,

- the weirdest place possible, and

- with a celebrity.

There will be a prize offered for each category. The competition is open to all Canberra Quilters Inc members. Prizes will be awarded at the September Canberra Quilters Meeting. Entries to be emailed to angie@gnomeangel.com
Small print: Winners will be decided by the Exhibition Committee. Judges decision is final and discussion will not be entered into. Closing date is 7 August 2013.

Pre-paid Craft and Quilt Fair entry tickets available at 6 June meeting

Here is a message from our Exhibition Co-ordinator Angie Wilson:

The Canberra Quilters Member's Exhibition is rapidly approaching and to help you avoid the long queues for tickets Canberra Quilters will be selling prepaid entry tickets at the June Meeting.

Tickets cost $11 and will be available from Angie Wilson and Janet Gahan (Treasurer) on the night.  

If you are unable to make the meeting but would like to secure your prepaid ticket please email Angie at gnomeangel@iinet.net.au 

Exhibition flyer competition

 The Canberra Quilters Member's Exhibition is rapidly approaching and we'd love for you to help us promote the event. This year we're offering a prize to the person (or persons) who can get a photo of their flyer (pictured above) in one of the following categories:

- the furthest geographical (as the crow flies) place from Canberra,

- the weirdest place possible, and

- with a celebrity.

There will be a prize offered for each category. The competition is open to all Canberra Quilters Inc members. Prizes will be awarded at the September Canberra Quilters Meeting. So get your thinking caps on and get out there and start snapping photos of your flyer! Entries to be emailed to angie@gnomeangel.com

Small print: Winners will be decided by the Exhibition Committee. Judges decision is final and discussion will not be entered into. Closing date is 7 August 2013.

Canberra Quilters 2013 Raffle tickets available now

This is the raffle quilt for 2013, Pantone Premonition. It was made by Barbara Cutmore and Raylee Bielenberg. It was quilted by Raylee Bielenberg of Sunflower Quilting. It is based on the Robbing Peter to Pay Paul block and using white and variations of the Pantone Colour of the Year for 2013 - Emerald Green. The quilt is 251cm square.



Detail

The winner of the Canberra Quilters Inc Members Exhibition raffle gets to choose from three prizes:
The quilt "Pantone Premonition" valued at $2700, or
a Bernina 700D overlocker, valued at $699, kindly donated by Bernina Australia, or
a Kingfisher 65"x 65" Design Wall valued at $240, kindly donated by Jackie McNab of Brindabella Quilting.
The remaining prizes will go to the second and third drawn tickets.
The raffle will be drawn at 4.00pm on Sunday 11 August 2013 at the close of the Canberra Quilters Inc Members’ Exhibition.

This year (until 1 August and within Australia only) you can buy books of 10 tickets by post for $10 each, paid by cheque or money order made out to Canberra Quilters Inc – NO CASH PLEASE!

Send a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope* (for return of the tickets) with your cheque or money order to Canberra Quilters Inc, PO Box 935, JAMISON CENTRE, ACT 2614.

Single tickets will be available at Canberra Quilters Inc regular meetings from 4 April:
Evening Meeting, 7.30 pm 1st Thursday of the month;
ROWmakers Day Meeting, 10.00am on 2nd Wednesday of the month;
Wonderful Wednesdays Day Meeting, 9.30 am 3rd Wednesday of the month;
Friendly Fridays Day Meeting, 10.00am 4th Friday of every month;
and at participating shops.

* Please note that if no SASE is included then only 9 tickets will be sent as $1 will be deducted for post and handling.

Viewers Choice Awards from Exhibition

These are the details of the items that won their respective Viewers' Choice Awards:

Quilts: Beth Miller, Night Bloomers 
Challenge and Tiny Treasure: Pam Malone, Red Poppy
Creative Clothing: Donna Sunderland, Japanese Garden

Hangers' Award: Jenny Cook, The Eyes of the Allfather

Link to Canberra Times article about exhibition

For those who missed the Canberra Times on Saturday here is a link to an article by Ian Warden about the Exhibition and the Craft Fair. There are additional images attached to the online version of the article than appeared in the paper.

This is an earlier article by Ian Warden about some of our junior exhibitors, Jonathan and William Bielenberg.

Results of judging - Canberra Quilters Exhibition - Long post

Judging for the exhibition took place on Tuesday, 9 August, and the results have been embargoed until now.

The exhibition was opened by Pamela Tawton, long-standing, award- winning quilter, today.
Below is a long post detailing the places awarded in each category and the special awards. Images of these quilts and clothing items will appear soon on the Canberra Quilters website. http://www.canberraquilters.org.au/

Pamela chose the recipients of the Margaret Amistead and Allan Armistead (junior quiltmaker) awards - for a first time exhibitor.
These went to Silvia Foira for Tropical Flower (Margaret Armistead) and Charlotte Jackson (Allan Armistead) for Paradise Playground.

Judging Results:
Category 1: Bed Quilt (non-professional)

1 Elaine Niit, Floral Windows
2 Karin Malmberg, Karin’s Saffron Sari
3 Beth Mackay, Timeless Blessings

Category 2: Bed Quilt (professional)
No awards made due to insufficient entries

Category 3: Wall Quilt (non-professional)

1 Jenny Houston, Red Centre
2 Silvia Foira, Cottage in the Cotswolds
3 Helen Rose, Kamon and Kimono – Fat Quarters Challenge
Highly Commended - Christine Gainey, Chinese Coins for Christmas

Category 4: Wall Quilt (professional)
1 Nobuko Miyake, Tea Bowls
2 Beth Miller, The Elephant
3 Dianne Firth, Field
Highly Commended - Beth Reid, Penny Rug

Category 5:Mixed Media Quilt (open)
1 Helen Godden, Lilli Marlene
2 Dianne Firth, Rain
3 Yvonne Williams, Poppy Stages
Highly Commended - Susan Blood, Unfashionable

Category 6: Art Quilt (open)
1 Helen Godden, Freedom
2 Beth Miller, Emu
3 Elizabeth Rose, Pathways

Category 7: Group Quilt (open)
1 Helen Godden, Seasonal Sisters
2 Robyn McPherson, Connecting Threads- Line of Design – Red
3 Elizabeth Rose, Gourmet Rows

Category 8: Commercially-Quilted Quilt (open)
1 Pat Godden, Japanese Windows
Quilted by Fran Wilson-Willowpatch
2 Sylvia Frazer, Journey of a Quilter
Quilted by Robyn Cawdron – Plain and Fancy
3 Katy Ciacia, Beach Days for Lotte
Quilted by Fran Wilson - Willowpatch
Highly Commended - Elaine Niit, Moondance
Quilted by Kay White – Kay’s Quilts

Category 9: Challenge Quilt (open)
Theme: Home
1 Helen Godden, At Home in his Arms
2 Anieta Barandrecht, Fragile: Handle with Care
3 Elizabeth Rose, Living on the Crescent
Highly Commended - Janet Cruise, Home is where the heart is

Category 10: Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)
1 Brenda Gael Smith, Dreamline #4: Lorikeet
2 Patricia Butron, Turning Triangles – Revisited
3 Lyn Steel, Memories of Japan
Highly Commended - Dianne Firth, Erosion

Category 11:Creative Clothing - Classic
1 Donna Sunderland, Dragonfly II
2 Irma Armytage, Japonesque Top
3 Jacquie Rogers, Asymmetrical Vest

Category 12: Creative Clothing – Art to Wear
1 Dell Armistead, Everything Old is New Again
2 Sandra Farley, Falling Leaves
3 Dawn Wilson, Fern Fronds

Category 13: Creative Clothing – Accessories
1 Patricia Butron, Fold, twist, stitch and shout
2 Louise Fredericks, Denim Bag
3 Lynn Steel, Scrappy Bag
Highly Commended - Andrea Carew, Am I ever at Home?!

Category 14: Creative Clothing – Challenge
1 Andrea Carew, Home is Where you Hang Your Hat
2 Dell Armistead, Black and White and Read All Over
3 Louise Fredericks, Granny’s Home

Category 15: Quilts by children(up to 12)
1 Ineka Voigt, Apple
2 Talitha Thompson, My Secret Garden
3 Charlotte Jackson, Paradise Playground
Highly Commended - Kristina Butron, LKKB, that’s me

Category 16: Quilts by youth (13-17)
1 Stacey Waring, Desire

SPECIAL AWARDS
Bernina Best of Show
Helen Godden, Freedom

Best Use of Colour
Helen Godden, Lilli Marlene

Chiatanya Designs Embellishment Award
Helen Godden, Seasonal Sisters

Retaining the Tradition
Elaine Niit, Floral Windows

Excellence in Hand Quilting

Nobuko Miyake, Tea Bowls

Bernina Excellence Award for a Junior Quilt Maker
Ineka Voigt, Apple

Canberra Quilters Exhibition Opens Tomorrow

Tomorrow (Thursday) the Canberra Quilters Exhibition opens at 10.00 until 4.30pm. It continues each day through until 4.30pm on Sunday.
As well as the exhibition, don't miss the famous Sales Room of handmade goods by Caberra Quilters members. Good qulaity fabric related items - including many quilts.
Demonstrations by Quilts For Others watch quilts being made for charity. Buy a raffle ticket. You can also visit the Craft Fair attached to the exhibition.

Quilt Delivery Day - Saturday 30 July 2011

This Saturday is delivery day for items entered in our Annual Members Exhibition. Items can be dropped off at Canberra Quilters headquarters at Cook, between 9am and 6pm. If you can't deliver personally then get a friend or family member to drop off your items.
All quilts must have a sleeve attached to the back of the quilt for hanging and/or security. Please refer to the latest issue (June) of Connecting Threads for the details.
Liz Rose
Exhibition Secretary