Beyond The Festival of Quilts Judges Choice
The Judge’s Choice Awards are an opportunity for each judge to choose a quilt that speaks to them – that makes them smile, or tugs at their heart-strings or that simply stands out as “special” to them. The judges are asked not choose category winners, but otherwise they were free to choose any quilt in the show that they deemed as their favourite in the competition.
Beach Combing
Quilt Maker: Brenda Sanders
Category: Contemporary Quilts
Judge: Judith Barker
Judge’s Comment: This apparently simple arrangement of shapes draws the viewer in to notice more complex patterns in the stitching. A calm and meditative piece of work.
Pieces of Memories
Quilt Maker: Katarzyna Plesniak
Category: Art Quilts
Judge: Lisbet Borggreen
Judge’s Comment: Congratulations on your successful follow up on Memories
Mad Tea Party
Quilt Maker: Olena Pugach
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Fiona Brockie
Judge’s Comment: Movement, energy, gaiety and colour successfully capture the essence of Carroll’s characters in this captivating quilt. The depth and perspective created by the quilting of the appliqué elements are beautifully complemented by the subtly effective background quilting.
Blau de Colors El Tubo
Quilt Maker: Montserrat Forcadell Blasco
Category: Contemporary Quilts
Judge: Dawn Cameron-Dick
Judge’s Comment: A dramatic piece with depth and movement. It draws you into the piece with curves and colour chosen to perfection.
Just an Illusion
Quilt Maker: Verena Giavelli
Category: Miniature Quilts
Judge: Asun Cauhe
Judge’s Comment: Excellent design and execution creating a realistic optic illusion by playing with good geometric simplicity
and allowing proportions to create the 3D effect.Surface embellishment well chosen to add the volume which in the end is ….’just an illusion’
Orangeraie
Quilt Maker: Sophie Zaugg
Category: Modern Quilts
Judge: Sara Cook
Judge’s Comment: A clever design that holds your interest. Shows a confident use of colour with lots of exciting contrasting texture created with strip piecing and a bold printed fabric. Three circular machine quilted motifs float
across the surface breaking the frame adding a nice sense of movement. I found a lot here to keep me interested and enjoyed the overall balance of the design.
Sea Urchin Fragments
Quilt Maker: Pippa Wardman
Category: Art Quilts
Judge: Silvia Dell’Aere
Judge’s Comment: This is a masterly composed and executed piece of art. The disposition of the fragments, their bright colour and texture, along with the quilting design, create an engaging flowing effect that
catches the eyes and makes this piece intriguing.
Fabric Matters
Quilt Maker: Jenny Goss
Category: Novice Quilts
Judge: Janice Gunner
Judge’s Comment: Soft, carefully chosen placement of colours in naïve rounded shapes on backgrounds which complement the applique. Maybe inspiration was taken from Kandinsky here? Although it is difficult to see the stitching due to the quality of the image, the overall effect is of calm and consideration. Nicely finished off binding.
Rounded
Quilt Maker: Monika Huelsebusch
Category: Modern Quilts
Judge: Jenny Hall
Judge’s Comment: This is a peacful quilt that appealed to me as our lives are forced to change. The choice of colours and their
juxtaposition is balanced, as is the size of the repeated shapes in relation to the width of the surround. Even the edge of the qjilt reflects the internal shapes. Very calming and ordered.
Between Land and Sea
Quilt Maker: Janet McCallum
Category: Art Quilts
Judge: Jan Hassard
Judge’s Comment: These colours and the areas of distress remind me of what we are missing in our lives at the moment. Sunny climes and intriguing distant shores. A well thought out interesting piece.
Musical Manuscript
Quilt Maker: Jo Rednall
Category: Art Quilts
Judge: Jutta Hufnagel
Judge’s Comment: I love the way you have interpreted the rhythm and the sound qualities in a piece of music as an intriguing and engaging representative of textile art. Great shapes and great contrast!
Roots of the Past
Quilt Maker: Lorraine Rogers
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Unn Stahr Irgens
Judge’s Comment: This vigorous and picturesque quilt appealed to me with its whimsical use of shapes and colours. The more
I look at it I find details and colours of interest.
A lockdown Forage
Quilt Maker: Belinda Kempster
Category: Miniature Quilts
Judge: Birgit Kaller
Judge’s Comment: An eyecatching miniature shibori with beautiful colour combination.
Cyberindustrial-goth-scape
Quilt Maker: Vicky Grainger
Category: Novice Quilts
Judge: Judi Kirk
Judge’s Comment: Brilliantly designed and executed quilt, with so much atmosphere. Using a very traditional, but not often seen, knife-edge finish is masterful as it allows all those carefully created angles to travel all the way to the edge.
Water for All - maji kwa wote
Quilt Maker: Gabi Fischer
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Verena Lenzlinger
Judge’s Comment:The human right, “water for all” is expressed by varied, simple technique, well used, with wonderful material from places, where water must be earned. The quilt has an archaic touch and gives a strong
message.
Galapagos Land Iguana
Quilt Maker: Sue Sherman
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Annelize Littlefair
Judge’s Comment: An incredible image where the quilting has been used masterfully to highlight every nuance of the lizard’s skin. The background quilting cleverly supports and does not distract from the focus, so much so that it is hard to believe that there is any quilting at all. Stunning colour choices help to create this masterpiece.
Just an Illusion
Quilt Maker: Verena Giavelli
Category: Miniature Quilts
Judge: Steve Lockie
Judge’s Comment: Clever use of fabric, colour and shapes create the effective optical illusion of this piece.
Hidden People
Quilt Maker: Duffy Indeherberg
Category: Art Quilts
Judge: Sandie Lush
Judge’s Comment:This is such a clever and eyecatching quilt.The clear bright colours really sing.
Rhapsody Music
Quilt Maker: Rosa M Morales Rodríguez & Hornillos Justa
Category: Two Person Quilt
Judge: Jean Meyers
Judge’s Comment: I love the confident and unusual colouring which effectively adds depth and dimension to what could be a
very two-dimensional piece.
Anjale
Quilt Maker: Ms Chitra Mandanna
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Mary Munday
Judge’s Comment: This quilt depicts the emotion of a passing moment – a street flower seller’s gift to a child. Well observed
details such as the paving stones, toothy smile and folds of the sari are created in colour texture and fine quilting
Quilt Of Mysteries
Quilt Maker: Mihir Puranik
Category: YQE 5-9
Judge: Philippa Naylor
Judge’s Comment: So bright, happy and engaging. I love the mix of prints and great range of colours mixed with back and white to make a really dynamic composition. Lots of interesting shapes and fussy cutting. Great binding and super flowing quilting lines. Just invites you in to explore and enjoy. A delight!
The Dance
Quilt Maker: Giulia Molon
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Lorraine Parker
Judge’s Comment: The monochromatic colours give excellent cohesion and appeal. The space of the background supports and gives added texture to the main focus area.I love the feeling of movement and elegance created. Quilting and construction outstanding.
Wave
Quilt Maker: Bara Bartosova
Category: Art Quilts
Judge: Mari-Carmen Pujante
Judge’s Comment: A powerful and dynamic design with a strong visual impact very well executed. I particularly like the wide selection of threads used that contribute to an excellent monochromatic colour palette.
All techniques chosen support the maker’s intention in an impressive way.
Gentlemen on the Street
Quilt Maker: Marie Bergstedt
Category: Art Quilts
Judge: Paula Rafferty
Judge’s Comment: I particularly like the non-traditional shape of this piece, the interesting textures created by the application
of buttons and the clever use of clothing to create the figures.
Saoirse
Quilt Maker: Flavia Favaro
Category: Traditional Quilts
Judge: Diana Ridsell-Smith
Judge’s Comment: An eye catching quilt in its simplicity. A good balance between tall and broad triangles.Colour flows well, I
particularly enjoyed the flow of pale blues tumbling down in the top right hand quadrant. Patchwork at its best!
Off The Grid
Quilt Maker: Ann Harwell
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Jo Riou
Judge’s Comment: The fabulous use of printed fabrics creates depth and texture in this quilt. Interesting piecing really shows off the suberb scale in the design.
Spring Dance
Quilt Maker: Susan J Lapham
Category: Art Quilts
Judge: Roz Rossiter
Judge’s Comment: I really like the visual contrast and colour in this quilt, a strong repetitive element and a good use of space make this a very attractive quilt.
My Village
Quilt Maker: Nadia Hikmat
Category: Novice Quilts
Judge: Angela Seabrook
Judge’s Comment: A winter’s night well portrayed by a variety of dark/patterned background fabrics. The wonky houses are such fun with lots to look at and decipher. I love it! Well done.
Point Lonsdale Jetty
Quilt Maker: Gloria Loughman
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Linda Seward
Judge’s Comment: This quilt had me at hello. I love the realism of the wooden pier contrasted with the ethereal jewel-like colours of the water. The design is reminiscent of the simple Log Cabin block, but has been artistically interpreted into a very
pleasing composition.
Mad tea party
Quilt Maker: Mrs Olena Pugachova
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Frances Silverman
Judge’s Comment: Everyone’s cup of tea, a feast for the eyes and puts a smile on your face
The thread that never tears
Quilt Maker: Atelier de couture magique
Category: YQE Group
Judge: Anine Sluyterman
Judge’s Comment: A beautiful timestamp from your life. I’m sure you all enjoyed contributing to a happy group quilt. I especially love your personal embroideries and the frame of well balanced fabrics and an outer border like a stamp.
Trouble in Paradise 3
Quilt Maker: Kelly Cheesley
Category: Quilt Creations
Judge: Trudy Steer
Judge’s Comment: Clever use of faux chenille to mimic the wavy structure of coral. Great depth is achieved through various textures in the absence of colour. A most beautiful object and yet the whitening of coral is a stress response and as bad as seeing a seabird covered in black oil. Thanks to this entry I saw the film Chasing Coral on Netflix.
Anamika - We Too - The Faceless Unsung Bravehearts of India
Quilt Maker: Lalitha Rajan & Mary Eby Mathew
Category: Quilt Creations
Judge: Hilde van Schaardenburg
Judge’s Comment: A striking image with sensitive theme and colours makes this work a piece of art with tremendous impact.
Well done. Congratulations!
Fusion de culturas
Quilt Maker: Eva Garmendia Beristain
Category: Pictorial Quilts
Judge: Susan Vogel
Judge’s Comment: The minimalist but subtly complementary colour palette and careful colour placement of shadows create a
distinctive mood. It is thoughtful but simplistic. The opposites of a grand background and a daily life foreground make it interesting.
Broken China
Quilt Maker: Florence Knapp
Category: Miniature Quilts
Judge: Vera Walker
Judge’s Comment: Beautiful design making wonderful use of the patterned fabric with careful cutting. Good colour combination and very well put together.
Changing Seasons
Quilt Maker: Fabia Delise
Category: Miniature Quilts
Judge: Anne Wheeler
Judge’s Comment: An original and innovative adaptation of a traditional technique, showing subtlety in colour change, texture and movement. Well thought out. I would have liked to take this quilt home.
2 Degrees Celsius
Quilt Maker: BeeSewcial
Category: Group Quilts
Judge: Brenda Wroe
Judge’s Comment: An intriguing modern design with a chilly atmosphere conveyed through its composition and colour palette.
Some gentle quilting curves introduce a lovely contrast to the straight piecing and matchstick quilting. Congratulations on executing this group challenge so successfully!
