As mentioned previously, last week I went in to the Australasian Quilt Convention which was held in the beautiful Royal Exhibition Buildings and I had a great day wandering around checking out all the quilts and gadgets and of course fabrics. I was really good though, didn’t buy too much stuff. Living in a van is very good for curbing spending!
For all my craft friends, here a few photos. The AQC had a quilt challenge with the theme being Fantasy. There were so many quilts entered, all of them really gorgeous. I’m only showing the first prize and runner up winners but there were so many lovely quilts. It must have been a really difficult decision. There are very talented artists out there.
For those not interested in crafts or quilting, you might want to look away now!
This is the 1st Prize winner – unfortunately my photos don’t do justice to how beautiful this quilt is. (I forgot to take my camera so had to use my phone camera). The quilt, called “When the sun goes down” is in the form of a fairytale book and is by quilt artist Denise Sargo of NSW.
The Runner Up is Jocelyn Leath also from NSW and again my photo’s don’t do justice to the quilt.
Japan’s Brother Design Studio also had some quilts on display, made using a combination of hand and machine embroidery. Here are a couple of food themed ones:
However, the best of the Brother quilts (in my opinion anyway) is this one :
And here’s a random selection of some of other the quilts on display
And of course, because I love cows, here a photo of a quilt I just loved. It’s called The Girls of Tyrone Farm and was made by Beth Miller
Next week I’m of to the Stitches and Craft Show