Craft & Quilt Fair Melbourne - Winners

Punch with Judy is attending the Craft & Quilt Fair this week at the Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre and thought you may like to see some of the winning quilts.
The Victorian Quilters Inc. have again excelled in a wonderful display of inspirational quilting by many talented quilters.

Best of Show was awarded to RAMONA RESURRECTION 

for her "BELLA ROUGE" quilt.

Ramona said she designed the quilt using digitised patterns and applied free motion quilting for the fillers, with the aid of rulers. Trapunto was applied with wool through the backing. Copper beads were stitched on top of the background fillers. The borders were enhanced with scalloped lace and cord.

Measures 154cm x 137cm - Also won First Prize in the Longarm Quilter section.

RUNNER UP TO BEST OF SHOW 

was awarded to LINDA STEELE 

who also won FIRST PLACE in Excellence in Embroidery and Embellishment 

for her quilt "A TIME FOR ALL SEASONS"

  

Linda said "Time marches on and the seasons change, but sometimes we are too busy to notice how beautiful nature is. Hand appliqued, hand embroidered and quilted on a standard stationary machine".

Quilt measures 191cm x 191cm 

Small Quilts Amateur Winner was ROBYN CUTHBERTSON 

for her quilt "BLUE MEDLEY"

Quilt Measures 90cm x 90cm

Robyn said "In creating this design, I began with Karen McTavish's 'Excalibur' motif and then used illustrator to edit and reflect elements of the design, creating an entirely new design.

Try to visit the Craft & Quilt Fair over the weekend, 

You won't be disappointed.

We are on Stand A11

SEW much to see!