Travelling Quilt Challenge – GROWTH
Aotearoa Quilters have a travelling exhibition where we select 20 quilts to travel for 12 months. All quilts are for sale.
Bernina Aotearoa Quilters challenge 2014
“GROWTH”
A huge thank you to Bernina for sponsoring this challenge including a Bernina 550 PE (valued at over $4000) for the winning quilt.
Twenty quilts based on the theme GROWTH will be selected to tour New Zealand for the following 12 months.
Mother Earth
Congratulations to Kathleen Burford, Christchurch, the winner of the GROWTH challenge with Mother Earth.
Other winners were:
Merit: Natalie Murdoch, Thames – Darling Buds of May
Merit: Jennifer Patterson, Stratford – An Abundance of Gum Blossoms
Merit: Debby Williams, Timaru – Prognosis; Hope
Judges choice – Fyvie Murray, Wellington – Waste and Renewal, Valda Sutton, Thames – Seasonal Changes
Others selected to travel
Ruth Wheeler, Whakatane – Martin Family Tree
Kathleen Burford, Christchurch – City Skyline
Anne Groufsky, Whangarei – In a city
Mary Transom, Ohope – Algae Blooms
Maria Van Buel, Auckland – Letting Go
Helen Beaven, Wellington – Increasingly Modern
Melanie Martin, Tauranga – Under Construction
Nancy Neilson, Whakatane – How does a quilters stash grow? Piece by piece.
Merin Davis, Morrinsville – Regeneration
Sophie Wood, Christchurch – Crystal Cave
Di Partington, Orewa – Urban Sprawl
Catherine McDonald, Christchurch – Strength
Debra DeLorenzo, Wellington – Help! My blocks are growing and growing!
Shirley Sparks, Pauanui – Rural Invasion
Congratulations to those who were selected to travel and thank you to all who entered and supported the Aotearoa Quilters challenge.
See Calendar for dates and venues where these quilts will be exhibited.
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Thank you to all of our sponsors:
Bernina
Stitch
NZ Quilter
Resene
Tulis Textiles
Patch and Quilt
Wonderfil Threads
Please support these wonderful sponsors who enable us to put on challenges and exhibitions.
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