Thursday, August 26, 2010

Gather Ye Rosebuds quilt design wins award at Canberra quilt show

Gather Ye Rosebuds which is Kathy's Art Nouveau quilt pattern design inspired by a stained glass design by Alex Gascoyne, has won third place in the commercially quilted section at the 2010 Canberra Quilters Inc. annual exhibition.  Congratulations to the quilt maker Jo Jesser and the machine quilter Helen Smith of Altogether Quilting.  The quilt was hand-appliqued and took 13 months to make (thanks Leah for the extra info.).  You can see more of the exhibition at
http://www.canberraquilters.org.au/exhibitions.html