AWARDS

Awards and Exhibits:

• Born To Be Wild: Festival of Quilts, Birmingham 2026 – Mettler Artistry Award and 2nd in Pictorial

• Sweet Disposition: Victorian Quilters Showcase 2026 – Runner Up in Art Category

• Dream Weaver: Victorian Quilters Showcase 2026 – Runner Up in Pictorial

• Therefore I Am: Road to California 2026 – 1st in People Pictorial Category. AQC 2025 Australia Quilt Show – Highly Commended, Pictorial

• Eve of Destruction: Australian Quilt Show 2026 – Best Abstract. Victorian Quilters Showcase 2025 – Best of Show and 1st Innovative

• Run To Paradise: Victorian Quilters Showcase 2025 – First Prize Pictorial and Judges Choice

• Unguarded Moment: Golden Textures 2025 – First Prize (acquisitive). Now in the Central Goldfields Art Gallery permanent collection, Maryborough, Vic.

• She Matters: Festival of Quilts, Birmingham 2025 – 1st Master in Machinery Award and 1st Pictorial

• Sound of Silence: Victorian Quilters Showcase 2024 – Runner Up to Best of Show! 1st Place Pictorial & Best Use of Colour

• Diamond Dog: PIQF 2023 -Best Sewing Machine Workmanship. AQS at AQC 2024 – Highly Commended in Modern Quilts, Best Use of Colour & Best Machine Quilting with Mid/Longarm Machine

• Adore: Qld Quilters 2023 – 1st Pictorial

• Overboard: Self Portrait (Mixed Media) – Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2022 – Semi Finalist

• Born To Be Wild: 1st Prize Vic Quilters Showcase 2022 Pictorial, Major Award Winner (one of 6) 2022 Houston Quilt Festival. 1st Prize Pictorial AQS Branson.

• Creating Magic:  AQC challenge 2019, theme Magic. AQS Branson & Des Moines, USA – 1st First time entrant into Des Moines. QuiltNSW Exhibition 2022 – 1st Pictorial.

• Close to Me: Queensland Quilters 2021-4th Pictorial.

• Long Tall Sally: On Line Art Exhibition 2021 – received Special Mention. Victorian Quilters Showcase 2023 – Runner Up to Best of Show! IQF of Houston 2023 – Sold.

• Shape I’m In:  Quiltcon 2020 – 3rd place piecing. AQS Branson & Des Moines, USA, 2022. QuiltNSW Exhibition 2022 – Judges Commendation. 1st Innovative Victorian Quilters Showcase 2023. Online exhibit Vibrant Visions HMVC Gallery NY , showcasing in Times Square 2023

• Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Art Quilt Australia Exhibition 2021/2022.  Vic Quilters Showcase 2022 – Highly Commended Art Category. International quilt Festival, Houston 2022.

• Kiribu Binte Mflame (Princess): Invited and Exhibited as part of Golden Textures 2021, won Viewers Choice. QuiltNSW Show online 2021. Vic Quilters Showcase 2022 – Runner Up, Innovative Piecing. Quilts Unlimited 2022, View Art Center, NY, USA – Judges Choice.

• She Matters: Exhibited as part of Golden Textures 2019. Convenor’s Award – Vic Quilters Showcase 2019. Finalist World of Beauty, Houston Texas 2019. Currently part of the For the Love of Gaia exhibit virtual tour here from International Quilt Museum . QuiltNSW 2023 – 1st Pictorial, Excellence in Stationary Machine Quilting and Best of Show!,

• Cat Groove: Best Contemporary Quilt & Highly Commended Modern Category – Vic Quilters Showcase 2019. Second Place Modern Quilts Competition PQIF California USA 2019. View 2021 Quilts Unlimited, 2nd place Wall Quilt and Best Machine Quilting. Bernina Academy 2022.

• Foresight to Capture: Part of the Vision 2020 exhibition. QLD Quilters 2022.

• Deceptive Markings: First Prize Art Category – Vic Quilters Showcase 2018. Exhibited Best of the Best 2018 at AQC 2019. Third Prize Best Innovative Quilt 2019. Birmingham 2021

• Water’s Edge: Highly Commended – Coastal Threads 2018. Dare to Differ 2019 Sold

• Bordering Extinction: First Prize – AQC 2018 Challenge Borders and Bridges & Viewers Choice – AQC 2018. Third Prize – Pictorial Category, Sydney Quilt Show 2019, Birmingham 2021. Women Artists Making Their Mark 2022, Beasts Will Show Their Way Exhibition, O’Hanlon Center of the Arts, online.

• Abandoned – FJ Holden: Second Prize – One Red Thread 2018 ‘WeathRED’, Berry Retreat

• Reflection – Harbour Fenders, Cape Town: Highly Commended AQIPP 2017. Second Prize Pictorial – World of Beauty 2018 Houston Texas. Highly Commended – Vic Quilters Showcase 2019. Best Use of Colour – Pacific International Quilt Festival USA 2019 Currently traveling around Europe as part of special exhibition 2019 -22.

• Erte’s Bazaar II: Highly Commended – Victorian Quilters Showcase 2017. Finalist in World of Beauty 2017 Houston Texas. Finalist World Quilt Competition 2018.

• Swept Away: 3rd prize winner at Berry’s Kimberly Dreaming Challenge 2015

• Erte’s Bazaar: Finalist in World of Beauty 2015 Houston Texas and 2nd Prize Art Quilt Category in Dubai International Quilt Show 2016.

• Beginning True: Won Honorable Mention 2015 AQC challenge theme ‘True Blue’ Exhibited around the USA as a finalist World Quilt Competition 2017. Finalist in World of Beauty and in Birmingham Festival of Quilts 2018. Sold in private collection 2018

• Limelight: For challenge Berry’s A World of Colour 2014.

• Showgirl: 1st Prize winner for Berry’s One Red Thread theme Moulin Rouge 2014, Judges Choice in Dubai International Quilt Show 2016

• Sturt’s Stamp: Judges Commendation in Desert Threads challenge 2014,  toured Australia then Exhibiting in USA October 2015.

• Tram Route No.10: Won viewer’s choice in AQC challenge 2014 theme ‘Ten’ and Best Machine Workmanship, Innovative Category – World Quilt Competition 2015, 3rd in Pictorial section at Festival of Quilts Birmingham 2017. Was on display at 333 Safes in 333 Collins St. Melbourne from 2018 to 2020.

• Time: Finalist in 2011 special exhibit Text on Textiles in Houston toured around USA for 2 years. Won 1st prize Art Quilt category Vic Quilters showcase 2013. Exhibited in 2015 NSW quilters guild and Festival of Quilts Birmingham 2015.