2024 Quilt NSW Junior and Youth Block Challenge - Fabric Garden winners!
When QuiltNSW announced this challenge, I spoke with the kids I teach and asked them whether they wanted to enter the challenge. The lure of cash prizes was definitely a motivator.
We started with understanding the 'brief' - everyone got a copy of the rules and we read through and them to understand what we needed to do to enter.
The girls then did a bit of research on the internet, took fabric or nature for inspiration. A couple of them then drew up a mock up of what they wanted to make and I helped design foundation blocks using EQ8.
Then the fun was selecting fabrics and sewing the blocks together. We all went quiet on social media until the show.
4 of the kids I teach entered into the competition and all 4 won prizes. I couldn't be prouder of them!
Junior Category (Year 7 - 12)
- Georgia - First Prize
- Mia - Third Prize
Youth Category (Year 1 - 6)
- Nicole - Judges Commendation
- Ayla - Judges Commendation