Sydney Quilt Show 2008
Category
Information
Entry forms containing a full listing
of awards, categories and conditions of entry will be posted out to all
current financial members of the Guild at the end of January 2008.
In the meantime, here is a list of categories to assist in planning your
entry. (Download 50KB
pdf version)
AMATEUR
1.
Traditional
Includes whole
cloth, crazy, partial appliqué, hand and/or machine pieced and quilted.
Minimum size 120
x 120cm. Maximum size 290 x 290cm.
2. Predominantly
Appliqué
Hand and/or machine
pieced and quilted. More than 75% must be appliquéd.
Minimum size 140
x 140cm. Maximum size 290 x 290cm.
3. Mixed
Techniques - Anything Goes
Includes embroidery,
crazy quilting, embellishment, painting & trapunto
Maximum size 290
x 290cm.
4.
SMALL or WALL QUILT
Minimum size 50
x 50cm. Maximum size 150 x 150cm.
5. Commercially
Machine Quilted Quilt
The amateur entrant’s
top, commercially machine quilted by another.
Maximum size
290 x 290cm.
6. First Time
Entrant Award
First entry into
The Quilters’ Guild of NSW Inc. Members Show.
Maximum size 290cm
x 290cm
PROFESSIONAL*
7. Traditional
Includes Whole
cloth, Crazy, partial appliqué, hand and/or machine pieced and quilted.
Minimum size 120
x 120cm. Maximum size 290 x 290cm.
8. Predominantly
Appliqué
Hand and/or machine
pieced and quilted. More than 75% must be appliquéd.
Minimum size 140
x 140cm. Maximum size 290 x 290cm.
9. Mixed Techniques
- Anything Goes
Includes embroidery,
crazy quilting, embellishment, painting & trapunto.
Maximum size 290
x 290cm.
10. Small
or Wall Quilt
Minimum size 50
x 50cm. Maximum size 150 x 150cm.
11. Commercially
Machine Quilted Quilt
The professional
entrant’s top, commercially machine quilted by another.
Maximum size 290
x 290cm.
OPEN
12. Miniature
May be either scaled
down patterns or your own original design, including postcards
Maximum perimeter
200cm.
13. Art Quilt
To be of an original
design with no similarity to the works of another artist.
Maximum size 290cm
any one side.
14. Pictorial
Quilt
To be of an original
design and a representation of a person, place or thing with no similarity
to the
works of another
artist.
Maximum size 290cm
any one side.
15. Group/Collaborative
Quilt
To be made by 3
or more people. Maximum size 290 x 290cm.
16. Machine Embroidered
Quilt
Embroidered quilt
made using computer embroidery design software or designs created for
computerised embroidery
systems including original, digitised design cards or discs.
At least 25% of
the surface must be embroidered.
Minimum size 150cm
x 150cm. Maximum size 290 x 290cm.
SPECIAL CATEGORIES
17. Junior Member
A (up to 12 years old)
Maximum size
290 x 290cm. Free Entry.
18. Junior Member
B (13 to 18 years old)
Maximum size 290
x 290cm. Free Entry.
19. Beginner
Quiltmaker
First quilt, completed
since January 2007.
Maximum size 290
x 290cm
*A professional quilter is defined
as some who teaches or publishes in the field of quilting; sells, designs
or participates in making quilts for financial gain; and/or has won Best
of Show or two blue ribbons in any major judged competition, excluding
Viewers’ Choice. Having exhibited as a professional, amateur status
cannot be resumed.
“Financial gain” is defined as any
amount above the cost of: creating the quilt; creating any article, design,
or teaching aids including samples and notes; and traveling expenses.
A major show is a State or Territory
guild judged exhibition or competition, a national or international competition
or exhibition.
Please direct any queries to the
Exhibition
Secretary
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