The
Australian Quilt Convention is over for another year and as usual it was an exciting event with classes, shops and quilts on display.
On Sunday I was a quilt angel for
Lisa Walton, that means that I help her with setting up her room or getting supplies or tea or coffee or cleaning up afterwards. She was teaching a painting class so there was plenty of cleaning up to be done.
We had a two hour lunch break so I spent much of that time catching up with friends and looking at the fabulous quilt display.
The Best of Australia prize went to
Linda White for her quilt Elenor Jean.
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| Linda White with her quilt Elenor Jean |
This quilt was made with 22,500 quarter inch hexagons! Quite incredible really and the design stands out because of her very clever colour choices.
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| Detail of Linda White's quilt |
Every Year AQC runs a challenge and this year's theme was
True Blue, there was such a vast array of wonderful quilts exploring this theme. Here are some of my favourites.
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| True Blue Mates by Yvonne Chapman |
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| True Blue Mates detail |
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| Splendid Love by Bernadine Hine |
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| True Blue Raider of my Stash by Naomi Hynes |
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| Beginning True by Sue de Vanny |
There was a modern Quilt display and a quilt depicting Audrey Hepburn caught my eye. Up close you couldn't quite make it out.
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| Audrey detail |
But when you moved back you could clearly see the portrait of Audrey Hepburn.
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Audrey by Andi Herman, quilted by Kylie Cannon
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There was great interest in the Gallipoli quilt which was a 12 metre long work divided into panels by a young quilter,
Lucy Carroll. Lucy did a floor talk every day about her wonderful work and it was quite emotional. Here is a photo of her getting ready for her talk.
I can't remember how many panels were in the display but here are some photos of two of them.
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| The Gallipoli Quilt by Lucy Carroll |
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| The Gallipoli Quilt by Lucy Carroll |
There was another quilt on display that I enjoyed called Priscilla, I thought it was a fun quilt but very well done.
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| Priscilla by Bronwyn Hill |
I took a lot more photos than this but of course I can't show all of them.
I always enjoy AQC and as usual it did not disappoint. I feel so lucky that it is held in Melbourne and so I can go every year but quilters come from all over Australia to be there.
Bye for now,
Linda
6 comments:
Thanks for posting your photos of the convention, Linda - I have been hoping somebody would, as I didn't make it this year (again, sigh...) due to events beyond my control.
It's always such a good quilt show, Gina, maybe next year!
Absolute stunning array - thank you for sharing.
There were so many beautiful quilts this year, Lorraine
How on earth was it possible to choose between these fabulous quilts. Pity a first prize wasn't available for each one.
There were so many beautiful quilts on display this year, I think it may have been the best year ever.
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