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2021 Ruby

2021 Ruby Challenge

The finished size of each quilt is 40cm x 40cm. Congratulations to the prize winners. First prize is a BERNINA sewing machine supported by BERNINA Australia.

  • FIRST PRIZE: Star Ruby by Judith Docksey
  • SECOND PRIZE: Wishful Thinking by Wendy Nutt
  • THIRD PRIZE: About Ruby by Suzanne Aubrun
  • VIEWERS CHOICE: Untitled by Grace Widders
  • JUDGES’ COMMENDATION: Ruby Resilience by Di Jobbins
Bernina Australia
Judy Docksey Star Ruby
STAR RUBY
Judy Docksey

FIRST PRIZE: a BERNINA sewing machine sponsored by BERNINA Australia.

Statement: The ruby is a red stone. a variety of the mineral corundum. The colour of a stone can vary when viewed from different directions. Some rubies display stars caused by fine needle-like inclusions of rutile. This star ruby is based on the Rosser Reeves ruby, which belongs to the Smithsonian Institution in the USA.

Wendy Nutt Wishful Thinking
WISHFUL THINKING
Wendy Nutt

SECOND PRIZE

Statement: If only this could be tangible. With every traveller having a pair of ruby slippers, just three clicks and they’d be home safe and sound out of COVID mayhem, places of political unrest and natural disasters. In 2022 may we celebrate our 40th anniversary with fewer complications and allow ourselves to take delight in the moment.

Suzanne Aubrun About Ruby
ABOUT RUBY
Suzanne Aubrun

THIRD PRIZE

Statement: Patchwork faceted gemstone on a black background (the Ruby). The perimeter of the quilt is decorated with silver lines. Hand embroidered dark grey writing give facts and fancies about rubies. The quilting echoes the shape of the ruby.

Ruby Resilience Di Jobbins
RUBY RESILIENCE
Di Jobbins

JUDGE'S COMMENDATION

Statement:The ruby has been called the stone of courage and is said to preserve mental and physical health. An apt gemstone for our times! My quilt, glowing with multi-faceted quarter square triangles in many shades of red, conveys the ruby's powerful message of strength and resilience.

Grace Widders
UNTITLED
Grace Widders

VIEWERS' CHOICE

Statement: Congratulations QuiltNSW on 40 years of celebrating quilting. The ruby is a perfect geometric design for creative piecing.

Ruby 1 Evelyn Gray
GRANDMA RUBY
Evelyn Gray

Statement: My grandmother would go to the Army disposal store to purchase warm garments for quilts. Grandma was a real gem - her name was Ruby.

Ruby Jane Rundle
RUBY LOGS
Jane Rundle

Statement: Freeform log cabin. Ruby and white fabrics. Reminiscent of a sparkling ruby ring.

Louise Smith
I SEE (RUBY) RED
Louise Smith

Statement: The central square is Ruby Red fabric, and is quilted in a gemstone pattern. It is an illusion quilt, drawing your eyes to the Ruby centre.

Ruby Jenny Rofe
RUBYL
Jenny Rofe

Statement: Made as a challenge quilt to celebrate Quilt NSW 40th birthday. Ruby crystals are a tubular hexagonal shape prism, pink to blood red in colour. To me, Ruby is a girl's name. Ruby is precious, rich red in colour and many things come to mind when I think of ruby. Some of these things are represented in my project.

Jennifer Ramsay
STAR RUBY 40
Jennifer Ramsey

Statement: My quilt is machine sewn with machine quilting .I have a ring with a star ruby and so my title. I used 38 ruby geometrical shapes added to the 2 stars to celebrate our 40 years.

Jennifer Stringer
TELOPEA
Jennifer Stringer

Statement: Waratah (Telopea Speciosissima) is the state floral emblem of New South Wales. Telopea (from the Greek ‘telepos’) means ‘seen from afar’, and are a brilliant red or ruby colour. Hence, to celebrate QuiltNSW’s ruby anniversary, a waratah is a most suitable flower! .

Ruby Claire Ross
MAGICAL MOMENTS
Claire Ross

Statement: The center reflects the possible cut shape of ruby & showing possible shades, angles that might appear when turning a ruby. The star material & the batik sparkle represents the wonderment of 40yrs running of QuiltNSW alongside the multi-coloured strips represents the magical moments of sewing thru quilting. Colour and material are my choice.

Ruby Carolynne Gordon
HEART STRINGS
Carolynne Gordon

Statement: The variation of different shades of ruby reflect the complexities of the heart, the central image which has been created by manipulating leftover thread.

Kim Gray
RED ON BLACK
Kim Gray

Statement: Faceted Ruby on black/grey ombre pieced background

Linda Butcher
THIS IS RUBY
Linda Butcher

Statement: This is Ruby, my neighbours' alpaca. I have the pleasure of caring for her when they are away. She is a beautiful, if aloof creature, who wears a jaunty red ear tag. The background triangles represent the hills where Ruby lives and the Peruvian Andes where her ancestors originated. The pattern is adapted from an internet image (nicepng.com)

Kaye Jamieson
RUBY PASSION
Kaye Jamieson

Statement: Ruby is the gem of passion, with the gem representing the flames of passion. With this thought I have representing my passion for quilting with 1,415 ¼ inch hexagons, with the quilting done to represent a faceted jewel.

Marianne Roberts 13 Ruby in the Sky with Diamonds
RUBY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
Marianne Roberts

Statement: The inspiration of the ruby gemstone led me to use part of the Carpenter’s Star design, with parallelogram ‘diamonds’ featured in ruby red fabrics.

Rosina Perrin 14 Precious
CELEBRATORY DANE
Rosina Perrin

Statement: Ruby shoes to dance the night away to celebrate and remember forty fabulous years. The Guild has brought together quilters from far and wide supporting them to build and share their skills based on solid connections and developing friendships and assisting the community through donations. Don your ruby shoes, kick up your heels and celebrate.

Precious Rosalind Farrugia
PRECIOUS
Rosalind Farrugia

Statement: Rubies are always red, representing happiness, passion, wealth and prosperity and a protection from misfortune and illness, so perhaps a fitting gem for our current times. My quilt is a ruby ring I owned that came down to me from a great uncle. It is very precious to me and represents my place in my precious family.

Beryl Colley
RUBY CELEBRATIONS
Beryl Colley

Statement: The Ruby coloured street bunting symbolises the celebration of joy, love and passion that stitching and quilting brings when creating my own sparkling jewel. The bunting blows freely like the ideas. I saw the fabric and it shouted celebrate sewing with me, something I still enjoy after 40years. So happy Ruby Celebrations.

Sheila Beer Fire in Ice
FIRE IN ICE
Sheila Beer

Statement: The colour in a faceted ruby are frozen forever.

Stephanie Knudsen
RUBY RINGS
Stephanie Knudsen

Statement: Pieced red rings on a red and white background

Ruby Tuesday Melissa Cooke
RUBY TUESDAY
Melissa Cooke

Statement: IThe quilt displays music and notes in ruby red coming from an old radio. The background has a fused copy of sheet music for the song Ruby Tuesday. The theme immediately brought to mind this Rolling Stones song. Whilst more than 40 years old, the song is emblematic of the 1960's when handicrafts like quilting flourished.

Kate Cosgrove
THE HEART OF THE RUBY
Kate Cosgrove

Statement: Ruby crystals have an octahedral stucture made up of equilateral triangles hence the use of triangles as the basis of the design. Although defined as red, a ruby can exhibit a range of secondary hues from orange to pink. This quilt explores the heart of the ruby structure.

Helen Tait
RUBY PRINCESS
Helen Tait

Statement: A simplified interpretation of the faces and colours that make up a square ruby gemstone. The symmetry and the variations of the colour red make for striking design.

Cath Babbidge
RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY
Catherine Babidge

Statement:"""Due to lack of interest Tomorrow is cancelled Let the clocks be reset.."" from the song by the Kaiser Chiefs 2009 which to me aptly describes the present covid situation. Many red coloured scraps holding on for dear life"

Donna Boland
RUBIES FOR RINA
Donna Boland

Statement: "A collection of ruby gemstones in the rough form as they are found in nature. My wish is that this quilt shares with the viewer all the qualities attributed to rubies - happiness, energy, love, passion, success, wisdom, beauty, protection, good luck and fortune. Created for Rina who loved all things that sparkled even when they weren't perfect."

Jill Rumble Abstract Sunset
ABSTRACT RUBY SUNSET
Jill Rumble

Statement: Streaks across the sky and patches on the land, these are what make up my version of an abstracted ruby sunset.

Elizabeth Newton
QUILTERS R XLENT
Elizabeth Newton

Statement: Rubies occur in a range of colours and these are reflected in the fabrics chosen. Quilters excel in so many ways: artistically and creatively, as well as in their generosity and warmth as people.

30 Ruby Eye Denise Badovinatz
RUBY EYE
Denise Badovinatz

Statement: I used the pattern for the God’s Eye medallion from the Make Your Own Medallion by Erin Burke Harris to make my quilt. I felt the simplicity of the pattern showed off the beautiful ruby red shot cottons.

31 Ruby Liz Aitken
RUBY
Liz Aitken

Statement: I wanted my piece to reflect the creation of the ruby from within the earth. I wanted to show the power of the earth and its movement in creating the ruby as it is thrust to the surface. The colours I have used reflect the ruby and it's many shades and facets. I want the piece to suggest passion, power, beauty and strength.

32 Ruby Callistemon Brenda Gael Smith
RUBY CALLISTEMON
Brenda Gael Smith

Statement: In my neighbourhood, the arrival of spring is heralded by a ruby cascade of bottlebrush in full bloom.

33 Ruby Rose Catherine Woodward
RUBY RED ROSE
Catherine Woodward

Statement: "Foundation pieced rose. Mostly cotton Machine pieced and quilted. The theme of Ruby brought memories of a ruby red rose seen in a garden in Perth."

34 Family Jewel Denise Fagan
FAMILY JEWEL
Denise Fagan

Statement: The “Asscher”” gem cut reminds me of a pineapple block. When the gem is natural, it has flaws, which makes the cut precious stone look like a funky modern quilt. A tiny ruby is the only precious stone I wear all the time. It has great family and sentimental value for me. So rubies, family and quilting are all connected.

35 Ruby Therese Rankmore
RUBY
Therese Rankmore

Statement: Ruby is the traditional gemstone representing a 40th anniversary. Here it is used to celebrate the gem, 40 years in the making, which is QuiltNSW.

36 There's No Place Like Home Louise Stuart
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Louise Stuart

Statement: Those Ruby slippers will take you home. ‘ Just close your eyes, tap your heels together 3 times and tell yourself ‘There’s No place like home, there’s no place like home ‘The Wizard of Oz 1939. Home is my special place. But home for many can sadly be non existent, a place of hardship or long confinement in these pandemic times.

37 Many WIlling Hands=40 Years Carmen Dettino
MANY WILLING HANDS = 40 YEARS
Carmen Dettino

Statement: 40 years is not achieved by a guild without the efforts of many willing hands. This quilt recognises volunteers past and present, whose selfless work has made this birthday achievable. The layered hands, in shades of ruby, show the continuity of volunteer effort that has kept QuiltNSW viable, productive and inspiring during this time.

38 Ruby Jessica Wheelahan
RUBY
Jessica Wheelahan

Statement: Celebrating 40 years of our guild my quilt was inspired by a ruby gemstone.

39 Ruth Buchanan
QR: QUILTNSW RUBY 2022
Ruth Buchanan

Statement:The quilt is pieced in the manner of a QR code - currently a ubiquitous part of everyday life. The code (also printed on the quilt) reads: QuiltNSW Ruby 2022. QR codes have a patchwork quality. This code is pieced from a multitude of red fabrics, reflecting the ruby theme, while the background fabric represents patchwork/quilts/the guild.

Carolynne Gordon 40 WHo Can Hang a Name on You
WHO CAN HANG A NAME ON YOU
Carolynne Gordon

Statement:Abstract imagery created through liberated, intuitive quilt making and open to interpretation. To gaze with an open heart and mind allows the viewer to feel the spirit of the maker in the work. Viewing with empathy allows the work to be appreciated for what it is rather than judged for what it is not.

41 Ruby Storm Helen Tait
RUBY STORM
Helen Tait

Statement: The variety of red colors along with a storm of triangles in various shapes and sizes represent the sparkling quality of a ruby gemstone. The quilt is named after a Paralympian currently competing in Tokyo.

42 Miss M with Ruby Earring Isabella Klompe
MISS 'M' WITH RUBY EARRING
Isabella Klompe

Statement: The base of the quilt was an old silk blouse that had a rip up the sleeve, that left the back and two fronts, I then cut out the motifs of Marilyn's head and raw edge appliqued them on top of each other. I made the earrings and sewed them onto the faces. It felt good to be able to recycle a 20 year old silk shirt. As my mother used to say, waste not want not.

43 Flowers for M'Lady Julie Ann Evans
FLOWERS FOR M'LADY
Julie Ann Evans

Statement: Upholstery fabric stencilled background. Appliqued and free motion stitched



Judy Docksey Star Ruby
Ruth Docksey
Wendy Nutt Wishful Thinking
Wendy Nutt
Suzanne Aubrun About Ruby
Suzanne Aubrun
Grace Widders
Grace Widders
Ruby Resilience Di Jobbins
Di Jobbins
Ruby Jane Rundle
Jane Rundle
Louise Smith
Louise Smith
Ruby Jenny Rofe
Jenny Rofe
Jennifer Ramsay
Jennifer Ramsay
Jennifer Stringer
Jennifer Stringer
Ruby Claire Ross
Claire Ross
Ruby Carolynne Gordon
Carolynne Gordon
Kim Gray
Kim Gray
Linda Butcher
Linda Butcher
Kaye Jamieson
Kaye Jamieson
Marianne Roberts 13 Ruby in the Sky with Diamonds
Marianne Roberts
Rosina Perrin 14 Celebratory Dance
Rossina Perin
Precious Rosalind Farrugia
Rosalind Farrugia
Beryl Colley
Beryl Colley
Sheila Beer Fire in Ice
Sheila Beer
Stephanie Knudsen
Stephanie Knudsen
Ruby Tuesday Melissa Cooke
Melissa Cooke
Kate Cosgrove
Kate Cosgrove
Helen Tait
Helen Tait
Cath Babbidge
Catherine Babidge
Donna Boland
Jill Rumble Abstract Sunset
Donna Boland
Elizabeth Newton
Jill Rumble
30 Ruby Eye Denise Badovinatz
Denise Badovinatz
31 Ruby Liz Aitken
Liz Aitken
32 Ruby Callistemon
Brenda Smith
33 Ruby Rose Catherine Woodward
Catherine Woodward
34 Family Jewel Denise Fagan
Denise Fagon
35 Ruby Therese Rankmore
Therese Rankmore
36 There's No Place Like Home Louise Stuart
Louise Stuart
37 Many WIlling Hands=40 Years Carmen Dettino
Carmen Dettino
38 Ruby Jessica Wheelahan
Jessica Wheelahan
39 Ruth Buchanan
Ruth Buchanan
Carolynne Gordon 40 WHo Can Hang a Name on You
Carolynne Gordon
41 Ruby Storm Helen Tait
Helen Tait
42 Miss M with Ruby Earring Isabella Klompe
Isabella Klompe
43 Flowers for M'Lady Julie Ann Evans
Julie Ann Evans
Ruby 1 Evelyn Gray
Evelyn Gray

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Pop Up Sewing days are back! the first one of the Pop Up Sewing days are back! the first one of the year!
Venue: Patchwork on Pittwater – 1 Mona Vale Road, Mona Vale
Date: 4th March, 2023 – Saturday
Time: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
Robyn will be providing morning tea for members and lunch options are available at nearby shops and cafes.
Parking – the best option is next door in the Council Carpark of which the top few levels are free for 8 hours. Just check spaces are not marked 3 hours.

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QuiltNSW General Meeting, February 18th 2023 Memb QuiltNSW General Meeting, February 18th 2023

Members and Guests Welcome. 

We are pleased to announce that QuiltNSW is returning to 

Club Burwood RSL, 96 Shaftesbury Road Burwood, 
18th February 2023 General Meeting.

We are also returning to our regular meeting format, with the rooms being open just before 10.am.
Our February meeting is a great chance to reconnect with everyone, meet the new committee and find out what QuiltNSW has in store for 2023. Remember to bring along some hand sewing and your Show and Tell to share.
The formal meeting will start at 10.30am, then the Southern Quilters share the 2023 Raffle quilt with everyone. After lunch we will hear from our Guest Speaker, the talented Trish Bowdler ahead of the Lucky Door prize draw, our Show and Tell and other announcements with time to sit and sew while enjoying the company of other members or more shopping before we wrap up for the day.
February’s visiting shop is True Blue Stitches, a relatively new quilting business that is located in North Richmond. There is sure to be something that takes your fancy, that you need or that just has to go home with you. Robyn is planning to bring a wide range of products, fabrics and notions for you to shop. There will be some exciting newly arrived stock and useful notions that we all love. 
You can expect some By Annnie products, rulers, wool mats, applique mats, bags and patterns, lights and some lovely scissor sets. There will also be fabric, fat quarters, by the metre and maybe some widebacks, plus a bunch of other simply ‘must have’ products that make our patchwork and quilting so enjoyable. 

You will be able to see the 2023 Raffle Quilt that was made by Southern Quilters. 
The wonderful Southern Quilters will be on hand to talk about the quilt, the process and making of the quilt. 

The 2022 Celebration Challenge will also be at February’s meeting for everyone to see first hand. 

The Library will be available, please contact Roslyn Millier if there is a book you would like to borrow and remember that you can return books at the meeting.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at our first meeting for 2023.

Kathy Lester
Meeting Coordinator
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Do you have a favourite song? Is there one that in Do you have a favourite song? Is there one that inspires you to create a challenge quilt? It's time to go through your catalogue of memories, sing some tunes and start thinking about your entry for the 2023 Suitcase Challenge. The theme is Song Title!
The conditions of entry will be released in early 2023 but for now you should know that quilts are to be the standard challenge size of 40cm x 40cm and should be made of three layers. 
Entries will close on Friday 6 October. The quilts will be judged, and awards announced at the Annual General Meeting in November.
#Quiltnsw #SuitcaseChallenge #quilting #quiltlove
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