'David' is a winner at Quilts UK

‘David’ is a winner at Quilts UK

Posted on May 16, 2015 by JuanitaBuchan

Juanita’s entry to Quilts UK in Malvern ‘A Portrait of David’ has won several awards:

The Christine Porter Quilts Award for Machine Quilting
2nd Prize in the Cotton Patch Award for Large Wall Hanging
The Art Quilt Award sponsored by Liz Jones
A Judges Choice Certificate awarded by Sylvia Critter

Quilts UK from 14-17th May 2015 at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern is a competitive quilt show run by Grosvenor Shows – http://www.grosvenorshows.co.uk/html/uk_malvern.html

The thread portrait is of Juanita’s husband David it measures 135 x 120cm, more details on the techniques used in this piece are detailed here.

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