Page 78 Challenge!

Page 78 Challenge Awards June 2004

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WHAT HAPPENED?! At a club meeting in early 2004, Lillian Furre asked who would like to accept her challenge. About 40 hands went up. Lillian put into each hand a glossy magazine. What about? landscaping, motoring, women's health, cinema, anything but patchwork! Next the audience was asked to call out a number under ten. Answer: Seven. The question was repeated. Answer: Eight. Everyone was asked to turn to page 78, and the challenge was: to create a quilt inspired by something on that page. The quilts were judged by Ann Alderslade and Jenny Armour, and the award winners were announced at the June meeting.

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Jane McMellon - 'Hedging My Bets' The Wittiest Explanation for her quilt inspired by a picture of a hedge
Jill Pummell - 'Winter Star' Most Magical Interpretation. Jill's quilt used individual words from an article to build a picture of a winter of glittering snow.
Sylvia Smith - Most Heartwarming Quilt. Sylvia's page 78 was a knitting pattern, fortunately including a picture of a puppy.

	Vibeke Hauge - The Most Tactile Quilt. An interpretation of square tiles from a landscaping magazine was turned into a table runner .
	Pat Isaacs - 'Movie Memories Most Ingenious Quilt. Pat's wordless advertisement from a cinema magazine was well received - Pat and her husband are avid cinema-goers. Pat persuaded her local cinema manager to donate a genuine film reel, which she mounted on a wooden base, and attached a quilt 3" wide and 2-3metres long, looking exactly like a reel of film, with film-related words appliqued to both sides.
	Jennifer Fisher - The Best Traditional Quilt. A colourful quilt with 3D stars in brilliant oranges and pinks.

Lyn Bates - 'The Melody Maker' A Celebration of Australian Heritage. Lyn's quilt is a colourful collage of photos and memorabilia relating to her mother who was a singer with her own band in Queensland in the 2nd world war.
Christine Garrett - The Most Imaginative Quilt. Christine had a historic picture of the British Royal Family waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Christine stripped away the red plush valance, and portrayed the wrought iron tracery as the Queen might see it from inside against a colourful sunset sky.
Kathi Lague - The Most Innovative Quilt. Kathi had the same picture as Christine, but reflected that times have not been so happy for the Royal Family of late and she created a quilt from fractured pictures of royal palaces.

	Meribeth Fletcher - Most Contemporary Quilt Based on an article about seductive lips artificially filled with silicon.
	Helen Wardill - The Most Creative Interpretation. Helen had the same Lip feature as Meribeth, but chose to create an abstract design in lipstick reds featuring parts of faces.

Judges Awards: Jill Pummell - Winter Star Lyn Bates - The Melody Maker Pat Isaacs - Movie Memories

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