Monday, December 21, 2009

Members shine at the following shows!

 

Quilters Guild of SA Showcase – Nov 09

Tracey Browning – Excellence in Longarm Machine Quilting award for ‘Old is New Again’

Old is New again

Val Towill, SA – 3rd place Professional Traditional with ‘Not Full Circle”

Quilts Inc – Houston, USA Oct 09

Traditional Appliqué
Sponsored by Quilter’s Newsletter®

My challenge by Vicki Jenkin

Honorable Mention
My Challenge
by VICKI JENKIN
of HORSHAM, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

Queensland Quilters Show Sept 2009

Open Machine System Quilter

Sponsored by AMQA


16.11 Midnight Mariners by Jo Northcott

Victorian Quilters Guild Showcase – July 09

Matilda's Own Award - Excellence in Longarm Machine Quilting 108 Bed of Roses
Irene Stirling –Quilter Lyn King

Excellence in Domestic Machine Quilting – Professional 89 Blondie’s Choice Vicki Jenkin

Judges’ Award by Leesa Siegele 181 Reach for the Stars Vicki Jenkin

Mainly Appliqué – Professional
1st 89 Blondie’s Choice Vicki Jenkin

Open Innovative
H/C 145 Surf’s Up Anne Sushames

Small Quilt – Professional
1st 181 Reach for the Stars Vicki Jenkin

Australian Machine Quilting Exhibition – July 09
Master Quilter
- 162 Deluxe Michelle Turner
Category A
- 1st 162 Deluxe Michelle Turner
- R/U 164 Zigue Zague Karen Terrens

2
- H/C 151 Tuesday’s Folly Belinda Betts

2
Category B
- 1st 166 Double Delight Sharon French

2
First Time Entrant
- 1st 163 Cranes Jenny Carmichael

Monday, September 28, 2009

AMQAS 2009

Australian Machine Quilting Association - Show 2009

Are you interested in a CD of all the quilts on display at the show? There will be over 250 photos of the quilts which includes close ups of the quilting plus the name of the quilt, quilter and piecer. The resolution of the photos on the CD will be higher than those shown on this blog. Cost approx $15 Aust.

Expressions of interest to toni@onlyquilting.com.au

Photos below are the winning quilts at AMQAS 2009.

Section - Bread & Butter Quilting

Category – Edge to Edge

First


“Oma’s Garden” 

Karen Terrens

Quilts on Bastings

Vic

02

 

  02-a  

Second

“Double Delight” 

Sharon French of Morning Star Quilting, NSW

pieced by Jean Fotheringham

10-c

 

  10-b  

 

Third

“Earthy Squares”

Barb Cowan of The Quilt Connection, Qld

pieced by Kate Elliott

11

 

  11-a  

Highly Commended

“Hop, Skip & a Jump”

Barb Cowan of The Quilt Connection, Qld

pieced by Kate Elliott

12

 

  12-a  

 Section - Bread & Butter Quilting

Category – Functional Custom

First

“Zigue Zague”

Karen Terrens of Quilts on Bastings, Vic

23

 

  23-e  

Second

“Fussy Felines”

Heather Shanks of Heasha Quilting, Qld

17-a

 

  17-b  

Third

“Starburst”

Robyn Dall of Quality Quilting of WA, WA, pieced by Bobbie Deans

28-a

 

  28-c  

Highly Commended

“A Burning Desire”

Barb Cowan of The Quilt Connection, Qld

pieced by Debbie Morton

27

 

  27-a  

 Section – Showstopper Quilting

Category – Custom-Heirloom/Traditional

First

“Celebration”

Pam Hill, Qld

39-a

 

  39-c  

Second

“The Shimmering Lotus”

Rachelle Denneny of SA

 

 

50-a

 

  50-e  

Third

“Follow The Path”

Barb Cowan of The Quilt Connection, Qld

pieced by Lyndell McDonald

48-a

 

  48-b  

Highly Commended

“The Full Circle”

Pam Hill, Qld

38

 

  38-b  

Highly Commended

“Heirloom Lace”

Barb Cowan of The Quilt Connection, Qld

pieced by Rosa Mangano

 52

 

  52-c  

 Section – Showstopper Quilting

Category – Art/Pictorial

First

“Uluru”

Barb Cowan of The Quilt Connection, Qld

pieced with Kate Elliott

62

 

Second

“Acacia Bloom”

Brenda Gael Smith, NSW

63-a

 

Third

“Solutions 1”

Barb Cowan of The Quilt Connection, Qld

64-a

 

Highly Commended

“In God’s Garden”

Suzan Saliba of Sangina Quilting Services, Qld

60-a  
 

 Section – Showstopper Quilting

Category – Master Quilter

First

“Magnolia Magic”

Belinda Betts of Eucalypt Ridge Quilting, NSW

68

 

  68-e  

Second

“Tuesday’s Folly”

Belinda Betts of Eucalypt Ridge Quilting, NSW

66-a

 

  66-b  

Third

“Beaute Bronze”

Rachelle Denneny, SA

67-a

 

  67-d  

Highly Commended

“Silk in SLC”

Tracey Browning of Constantine Quilts ,SA

 65-a

 

  65b  

 Viewers Choice

 

“Celebration”

Pam Hill, Qld

39-a

Link to article about the show written by Judie Bellingham

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1119.asp 

Raffle:        

Quilts donated by Barb Cowan of The Quilt Connection - 

1st prize Beth Mussig 
2nd prize Marjorie Bowers

Lucky Door Prizes:
1st Prize of Book “Machine Quilting Solutions” donated by Sandi Pirozzo of Crafty Lady  was Yvonne Winter.

The five Australian Patchwork Directories were won, in no particular order, by:
                 - Patricia Lock
                 - Noelle Page
                 - Jo Bennett
                 - Linda Miskin
                 - Fran Coomer