Each year QuiltNSW holds a challenge. The quilts are premiered at the Annual General Meeting and then form part of a travelling suitcase exhibition. Please contact the Challenge Coordinators if you would like to reserve the 2019 touring suitcase exhibition. Download Challenge Request Form
Suitcase challenge theme for 2020 – Our Environment – start planning your entries now! 40x40cm. Closing date 21 August 2020.
2019 Suitcase Challenge – From These Curtains
This year the suitcase challenge was a fabric challenge – the fabric being surplus fabric from curtains which previously hung at Government House, Sydney. Congratulations to all entrants for participating in the challenge this year – more entries than ever – with a collection of 81!
- FIRST PRIZE: Beauty Above: Louise Stuart – First place sponsored by BERNINA Australia
- SECOND PRIZE: For Governor and Mrs Hurley: Linda Butcher
- THIRD PRIZE: The Strawberry Thieves of Government House: Jessica Wheelahan
- JUDGES’ COMMENDATION + VIEWERS CHOICE: Love is in the Air: Kay Haerland
- JUDGES’ COMMENDATION: Seven Little Australians: Jennifer Kirkby
- JUDGES’ COMMENDATION: New View for the Birdy: Denise Fagan
QuiltNSW is pleased to advise that this wonderful collection of quilts is available as a travelling suitcase exhibit. Book Here
Challenge Galleries
Click on the links for quilt galleries of the following challenges:
- 2019 From these curtains
- 2018 Remember
- 2017 Remember
- 2016 Repurposed, Recycled, Reloved
- 2015 Colour Collision
- 2014 Mini Modern
- 2013 Hexagon Hype
- 2012 Pearl
- Fertile Imagination
- 2011 Purple & Yellow
- 2010 Spot the Spots
- 2009 What Tickles Your Fancy
- 2008 Coast and Country
- 2007 25th Anniversary Calendar Challenge