Canberra Quilters has an exciting new Challenge for you

Happy New Year!  Please see details of our birthday challenge below – we would love to see lots of quilts from around the region so please pass the message below on to all quilters.

Canberra Quilters Inc invites all Australian and New Zealand quilters to join us in celebrating our 40th anniversary in 2016 by entering a quilt in our Celebrate 40 challenge.

From Art quilts to Traditional quilts – we’d like to see as many interpretations of the theme as possible.   We all know how creative quilters are!!  You have till 16 May 2016 to make and enter your celebration creation. The quilt must be portrait orientation 40 x 100 cms. 

There are three prizes: 1^st place $400, 2^nd place $200 and 3^rd place $100.  Initial entry is free and from the photos submitted we will select up to 43 finalists.  Finalists will be asked to submit their quilt and pay $20 to cover costs

Full details are on our website. You might like to do a traditional quilt with forty 10cm blocks or do an ‘off the wall’ art quilt using your favourite arty techniques.

http://canberraquilters.org.au/celebrate-40-challenge/