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QUILT EVENT 2009 CAPS OFF ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR BRAIDWOOD QUILTERS Inc.
The fifteenth annual Braidwood Quilt Event and the iconic outdoor Airing of the Quilts lived up to expectations by providing a fitting end to another successful year for Braidwood Quilters Inc.
Once again a record number of quilts were exhibited over the weekend. Over 600 beautiful examples of the art of quilting were housed in fifteen venues, accompanied by complimentary exhibitions unique to the particular organisation participating in Braidwood’s flagship festival.
The Official Opening on Friday evening was an opportunity to introduce Lilli Roberts and her friends from the Taggerty/Buxton/Narbethong area of Victoria which was ravaged by bushfires in February 2009. Braidwood Quilters Inc had established a very special supportive relationship in April, collecting quilting and craft materials for the women of this region who had lost everything in the Black Saturday fires.
The main two-day exhibition in the historic National Theatre included guest appearances by Total Fabrications’ skilled original dollmakers, Australia New Zealand Art Quilters’ 135 Journal Quilts, “What Tickles Your Fancy” challenge from the Quilters Guild of NSW, the Braidwood Quilt Shop Challenge “Black & White” and a collection of the BQI 2009 Workshop Community Quilts. The Braidwood Servicemen’s Club was host to a major retrospective exhibition of the work of the Canberra group tACTile entitled “Rewound: Transition from the 80s to the Present”.
Cheryl Hannah, Director of FyreGallery, was thrilled at the response to the $1000 Acquisitive Award offered for a quilt inspired by the work of Australian printmaker and artist Hall Thorpe and is proud to have in her collection the beautiful work of Denise Sargo from Connells Point, NSW.
Additional exhibitions and activities were held at St Bedes Catholic Church, St Andrews Anglican Church, the Masonic Lodge, the Braidwood Hospital, garden parties at Long Barn and 6 Malone Street, Material Arts Studio Gallery, CWA Rooms, Braidwood Fire Station, Ryrie Park Markets, The Old Cheese Factory, four open gardens auspiced by Australia’s Open Garden Scheme, Suzanne Bellamy’s Open Studio and Jenny Burton’s antique and vintage quilts at Riffs & Rants. The drivers of the free loop bus earned their weight in gold transporting the hundreds of residents and visitors who attended this year’s event
Another year has gone by so quickly. Plans are already in train for 2010. The members of Braidwood Quilters Inc look forward to another successful year and hope you will join them once again to celebrate the art of quilting at the next very special Braidwood Quilt Event.
Prior to the official opening on Friday the indoor quilts were judged in their various categories.
The results were:
2009 QUILT EVENT REVIEW
Lilli Roberts and her friends at the official opening
Kathy Briggs, Lilli,
Alice Stinear, Delice Guscott & Alyson Hampton
June Weatherstone President of
Braidwood Quilters Inc.
At the official opening
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OFFICIAL OPENING
BRAIDWOOD QUILTERS INC.
What do we do?
- We organise the annual Braidwood Quilt Event and the famous Airing of the Quilts.
- We hold the Braidwood Quilters mid-year Country Luncheon.
- We plan monthly community quilt workshops and are currently working to produce 25 quilts for our local nursing home and aged care hostel.
- Our members support the “Quilts for Keeps” project at Westmead Children’s Hospital.
- We travel quilts to support other quilting organisations.
- We initiate and participate in “fusion events” which cross over into other areas of the arts – for example, our Women’s Words and Stitches exhibition at the 2007 Two Fires Festival.
The official opening of The Quilt Event will be on Friday evening, 26th Nov 2010 commencing at 6 pm. The venue is the National Theatre, Wallace Street, Braidwood. All entrants and other interested people are invited to attend. The cost is $10 per head. If you wish to join us, please fill in the form and post it to reach the committee by 24th November 2010 together with your payment to :–
The Quilt Event Committee
Braidwood Quilters Inc.
PO Box 135
BRAIDWOOD NSW 2622
BRAIDWOOD QUILT EVENT
The Braidwood Quilt Event came into being following conversation during a social occasion one afternoon sometime in 1995. The group of quilters became impatient with talk and decided to act. On the fourth weekend of November in that same year a small outdoor exhibition of twenty-five quilts mysteriously appeared hanging from the first floor verandah rails of Braidwood’s beautiful collection of 19th century buildings for which the town is famous.
The traffic stopped in the main street which is also the busy highway from Canberra to the NSW southcoast and the founders of the Braidwood Quilt Event knew that they had happened upon something very special and was worth continuing on an annual basis. The group formed themselves into Braidwood Quilters which became incorporated in 1997. Quilt Event 2009 is the 15th annual Airing of the Quilts and is now accompanied by a two-day Quilt Show and a fringe festival which has developed well beyond the association’s wildest dreams.
Last year over 500 quilts were displayed in the street and different venues in the town. Quilters from all over Australia are invited to join in the outdoor ‘airing’, the competitive section of the indoor exhibition and the fringe festival activities. We invite you to join Braidwood Quilters Inc. and the citizens of Braidwood again this year either as an entrant or as a visitor – you will have a great weekend.
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Long Arm Quilter Jenny Mathie Moonshine |
Quilt For a Child Gwen King The Garden Fairy
Photo courtesy of Braidwood Times |
Quilt By a Child Under 17 Lochie Ramm & Jenny Tozer Un-named |
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Bed Quilt Robyn Martin Quilting Begins at 60 |
1st Quilt By a New Quilter Robyn Martin This Year I Turned 60
Photo not available |
Quilt Made By More Than One Person Kathleen Hunt Indiana Shade Garden |
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Lap Quilt Gwen King Painted Fun No. 2 |
We Are Australia Jenny Cantrill Tree Of Life For Claudia |
Wall Hanging Louise Emmett Spanish Dancer |
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Quilt Using Recycled Material Meg Davidson Girls, Girls, Girls |
Indoor Viewer’s Choice Louise Emmett Celtic |
Outdoor Viewer’s Choice Kay White For Linda |
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Lynne Harlow A SPECIAL MEMORY OF LYNNE A DOUBLE WEDDING RING FOR DAMIEN This quilt was begun by our dear friend Lynne Harlow in Braidwood and the piecing was completed by Shirley Merriel of Sydney after Lynne’s death.
The machine quilting followed and this was done by Susan Campbell of Rowdey Flat Quilting, Yackandandah in Victoria. The quilt was finished in Canberra by Lynne’s friends
Two of Lynne’s friends delivered the quilt to Braidwood so that it could be exhibited during the Quilt Event |
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Braidwood Quilters Inc. Quilt Raffle Won By Catherine Levey |
The FyreGallery Hall Thorpe $1000 Acquisitive Award
Winner Denise Sargo
Denise Sargo of Connells Point NSW has been modestly hiding her light under a bushel. She is a prize-winning quilter who describes herself as a “fabricaholic”. When Denise was advised that she had won the FyreGallery $1000 Acquisitive Award for her quilt inspired by the work of Australian artist Hall Thorpe, no one would have known from her thrilled reaction that she had already carried off a $5000 prize at the Australasian Quilt Convention 2009 Challenge in Melbourne in February of this year.
Denise took a year to make her Australasian Quilt Convention entry entitled “When the Sun Goes Down”, a fantastical illustration of intricate woodland scenes including the images of fairies. Denise, a one-time teacher of embroidery, progressed to making quilts about fifteen years ago.
The beautiful quilt, inspired by the work of Hall Thorpe, which won the FyreGallery $1000 Award is entitled “The Gold Fish Bowl”.
For information on the 2010 FyreGallery Acquisitive award please check our Exhibiting page
