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Praise for Cooroy Drapery

Cooroy Drapery of 2/20 Maple Street in Cooroy, Queensland is an Aladdin's Cave of crafty treasures. They're also a participating shop in the Margie's Quilts of Hope Challenge.

As a participating shop they encourage their customers to take part in the challenge, hand-out Starter Kits and can also help participants with the necessary fabric choices.

Margaret Kippen of Cooroy Drapery goes even further in actively promoting Margie's Quilts of Hope. They recently helped raise $1721.65 for the cause, with a quilt raffle and other activities. Joan Lyell (pictured with her prize) of Doonan in the Noosa area was the lucky winner of the beautiful MQH quilt raffle held at the shop. 

Congratulations to Joan on her win and kudos to Margaret for your support.

Margie's Quilts of Hope News - February 2009

Welcome to our first Margie’s Quilts of Hope Newsletter. No doubt you are saying, “this is a long time coming” and yes we couldn’t agree with you more. From the very beginning we should have used this valuable tool to keep you, our talented participants, informed on a range of important things. Where is my block?  How much money have we raised? Can I help piecing a quilt together?  We are confident that regular newsletters will be a great way to keep everyone up to date on the progress of the 2009 Challenge as well as what has been happening with your blocks and quilts from previous years.

What has happened to my entry?

Two of our very generous and tireless volunteers Fay and Buddy have done and will continue to do a remarkable job of collating entries for judging and then organising them into quilts, selecting fabric for sashing and borders and then finding groups that are willing to make the quilt tops.

Once these are returned they are put together with backing, wadding and binding and then the race is on to find willing quilters. These quilts are then sent on touring exhibitions, offered for sale and auction.

In 2008 sixty of the completed small quilts were given to Queensland Cancer Council Nurse of the Year entrants to raffle as part of their fund raising efforts.

To assist these two wonderful ladies we have now found them an admin person to help them with the mountain of paper work generated and to establish a data base for ease of tracking. Hopefully this will improve communication in the future. We will endeavour to back track, but this seems to be a very daunting prospect… can only promise that we will give it our best shot but the success rate comes with no guarantee.

How much money have we raised?

All funds raised by groups, on MQH’s behalf, were deposited directly into the bank account of the National Breast Cancer Fund. Unfortunately all donations are treated equally and not accredited to a particular organisation. We cannot say with any certainty the total amount of funds banked to date but we are lead to believe it is quite a considerable amount.

We now have as part of the team a CPA and an assistant with yet another mountain of paper work to sort. We are holding quite a number of copies of deposit forms so will work hard to try and collate these and come up with a figure that could give an indication as to the funds raised. This won’t be a true figure, as all groups may not have forwarded copies.

To better monitor funds in the future, we have set up an account with the National Australia Bank into which all money will be deposited. Donations to the National Breast Cancer Fund will be made from this account on a regular basis. A quarterly update will be posted plus an audited annual report.

Can I help to finish a quilt?

Because of the current economic climate sales and auctions are not seen as a viable option. The cost of shipping exhibitions is also getting to be too great of an expense, so we have decided to try a different approach in finding the completed quilts new homes while raising much needed funds.

We currently have quilt tops looking for groups or individuals who would like to give some of their valuable time to quilt them. We supply the top, batting, backing and binding, you supply the willing nimble fingers. We will supply official National Breast Cancer Fund tickets so you can raffle your completed quilt in your own community and deposit the funds raised into the NAB account.

If you are able to help us by quilting a top or doing both the top piecing & quilting please let us know. We will be forever grateful for this and it will certainly help the fund raising efforts.

2009 Challenge

Theme   Hope has Wings
Starting date   23rd March, 2009
Closing Date  10 August 2009

To receive your entry form and starter kit please send self-stamped addressed envelope to
        Margie’s Quilts of Hope
        P.O. Box 1720,
       Toowoomba. Qld. 4350 

Hats off to Lloyd Curzon Textiles

Once again Lloyd Curzon Textiles, along with Northcott fabrics is the major sponsor of Margie’s Quilts of Hope. Tim & Jim have been with us from the very beginning. As well as providing free of charge all the fabrics for the starter kits Lloyd Curzon also donates all the fabrics used for sashing, borders, bindings & backing. For their total dedication & support of this project we propose a huge vote of thanks. You all know they have the best fabrics and we are here to tell you they have the best people.

The way forward

We feel that with our expanded volunteer committee, a great enthusiasm to continue with Margie’s Quilts of Hope and with your support, much needed funds will be raised to fight the good fight against breast cancer.

We would like to thank you all for your support given in the past challenges. Your work has been greatly admired by many and appreciated by the whole of Australia. We know that we can count on your support for the 2009 .

Please contact us if you need any further information.

May your bobbin always be full

Pauline & your Margie’s Quilts of Hope team.

Hopes & Dreams 2008

2006 Challenge Winners

		Up to 10 years of age Sponsored by Stonestreets Coaches 1st Place Alise Heinzel, Cooroy QLD
		Up to 10 years of age Sponsored by Elah Group 2nd Place Jade Zaninni, Cooroy QLD
		Up to 14 years of age Sponsored by Kona Bay Hawaii 1st Place Annie Rendle-Scott, Toowoomba QLD
		Up to 14 years of age Sponsored by Hubbards Kaleidoscope SA 2nd Place Annabel Clancy, Orange NSW
		Up to 18 years of age Sponsored by Country Fabrics & Quilters Store 1st Place Ellen Versteegen, Benalla VIC
		Up to 18 years of age Sponsored by Keith Bradshaw 2nd Place Katarina Karre, Kingston QLD
		Pieced Block Machine or Hand Sponsored by Patty McCormick 1st Place Helen Wheeler, Busselton WA
		Pieced Block Machine or Hand Sponsored by Quilt Essentials 2nd Place Shelly Kelly, Millmerran QLD
		Traditional Hand Applique Block Sponsored by Bev McClune 1st Place Judith Costello, Toowoomba QLD
		Traditional Hand Applique Block Sponsored by Stonestreets Coaches 2nd Place Kathy Smith, Inverell NSW
		Naïve Hand Applique Block Sponsored by Nettie's Country Creations 1st Place Kathryn Saffery, Oxley QLD
		Naïve Hand Applique Block Sponsored by Patches Indooroopilly 2nd Place Ann Lillington, O'Halloran Hill SA
		Machine Applique Block Sponsored by Elah Group 1st Place Pauline Gordon, Stratham WA
		Machine Applique Block Sponsored by The Country Quilt Co 2nd Place Kerry Grose, Joyner QLD
		Hand Embroidered Block Sponsored by Van Cootens Howard Drapery 1st Place Julie Heath, Port Lincoln SA
		Hand Embroidered Block Sponsored by Van Cootens Howard Drapery & Nettie's Country Creations 2nd Place Judy Short, Geham QLD
		Non Professional Mini Quilt Sponsored by Ascot Lane & Clover Products Winner Jenny Fahlbusch, Plympton Park SA
		Professional Mini Quilt Sponsored by Universal Magazines Winner   Susan Renshaw, The Gap QLD
		Group Quilt Sponsored by Lloyd Curzon Textiles  Winner Johanna Siebels on behalf of the Wagga Wagga Patchwork & Quilters Inc NSW
		Encouragement Award - Individual Sponsored by Sydney Sewing Supplies  Winner   Ann Start, North Dandenong VIC
		Encouragement Award - Group Sponsored by Sydney Sewing Supplies and Lloyd Curzon Textiles  Winner Manmade Quilt, Eatons Hill QLD
		Judges Choice Sponsored by VSM Australia Pty Ltd,  Winner   Leanne Whyte, Alice Springs NT

 

2004 Challenge Winners

Theme:  Flowers of Hope

 

Childrens’ Block:
Up to 10 years of age - Thomas Rowe,  Macksville NSW
Up to 14 years of age - Alexander Rodrigues, Murrumba Downs Qld
Up to 18 years of age – Katarina Karre, Kingston Qld

Pieced traditional Block: 
First Prize - Jenny Dwyer, Herberton Qld
Second Prize – Michelle Adsett, Barcaldine Qld

Pieced Contemporary Block:
First Prize - Faye Offord, Meringandan West Qld
Second Prize - Meredith Fuller, Dysart Qld

Hand Applique Block:
First Prize – Bronwen Wheeldon, Toowoomba Qld
Carolyn Andersen, Sarina Qld

Machine Applique Block:
First Prize – Erica Krieg, Herberton Qld
Second Prize - Rita Raso, Atherton Qld

Machine Embroidery Block:
First Prize – Bev Atkinson, Nambucca Heads NSW
Second Prize - Lorraine McNamara, Eumundi Qld

Hand Embroidery Block:
First Prize – Sue Flohr, Dysart Qld
Second Prize - Kathryn Saffery, Oxley  Qld

Traditional Quilt
First Prize - Lorraine Carthew , Teneriffe  Qld
Second Prize - Margaret Ussher, Macksville NSW

Contemporary Quilt:
First Prize - Lesley Buckham, Toowoomba  Qld
Second Prize - Lesley Ellevsen, Warwick  Qld

Entrants for MQH 2006 Challenge

A special thanks goes to all who donated their entries:

 
New South Wales
Kate Anderson, Ann Archer, Bev Atkinson, Joan Bagnell, Libby Bailey, Diane Banks, Margaret Best, Lynne Brunker, Fran Bulmer, Lynette Christian, Annabel Clancy, Jodie Clancy, Laura Clancy, Sharn Clarke, Wendy Coleborn, Ruth Cotton, Sue Cowdroy, Craigieburn Quilters, Kerry Cuttle, Kathleen Davey, Joy Davies, Cherie Deegan, Sharon Dowling, Dorothy Evans, Janette Faulkner, Shirley Fraser, Jean Gall, Frankie Gatenby, Shirley Gerathy, Bernadette Gilbert, Penelope Gill, Ann Gillidette, Bronwyn Goldsmith, Adelaide Hearn, Michelle Huebner, Marie Hudson, Wendy Hunt, Jillian Hyslop, Fay Kelly, June Kelly, Beverley King, Gwen Lee, Lightning Creators, Jasmine Linton, Mary Mackenzie, Margaret Mahoney, Elizabeth Mahy-Bailey, Merron Marshall, Roma McAlister, Dianne McCosker, Kerrie McIntosh, Joyce McLellan, Lindy Messenger, Monique Messenger, Helen Mitchell, Carol Newman, Rainbow Patchworkers, Kerrie Penhall, Lynette Rodfield, Johanna Siebels, Lynette Seymour, Jane Sommerfield, Dorothy Smith, Joyce Smith, Kathy Smith, Celia Spencer, Betty Steain, Elizabeth Stride, Robyn Taylor, Maureen Thomas, Upper Orara Quliters, Margaret Ussher, Wagga Wagga Patchwork & Quilters Inc., Lydia Webber, Patricia White, Berris Wilson, Kaye Wood.

Queensland
Jill Adams, Elizabeth Allen, Veronica Allen-Jones, Beverley Anderson, Gloria Anderson, Kay Armous, Iris Armstrong, Sue Ashton, Judy Austin, Carol Back, Sandra Bailey, Janet Bange, Mary Barker, Janelle Barram, Shelia Bell, Courtney Bradford,Valerie Brighouse, Helen Brimingham, Helen Best, Irene Blakley, Vilma Blamires, Marilyn (Lyn) Bluhdorn, Barbara Boesten, Pauline Boike, Maureen Booth, Dao Borchardt, Jennifer Bryce, Nalda Brett, Patricia Bridge, Sandra Broadbent, Coleen Brown, Lillian Brown, Marelle Brown, Pamela Brumpton, Gay Burey, Joan Byrne, Leigh Ann Cadzow-Andreas, Valerie Caldwell, Suzanne Cash, Lynne Callaghan, Coralie Casford, Jenny Carrol, Ann Castle, Irene Clews, Dawn Clift, Jill Codd, Gloria Collard, Marilyn Cooper, Barbara ‘Ann’ Condon, Gloria Cooke, Judith Costello, Michelle Corcoran, Suzann Counsell, Cheryl Crack, Cheryl Craig, Kay Crapp, Joffre Creagh, Julie Daniel, Julie Darbey, Norma Dayes, Judith Davis, Sue Denham, Sue Dennis, Lorna Dingle, Jane Dix, Cheryl Doblo, Marilyn Duncan, Yvonne Duncan, Sylvia Duncan-Kemp, Judy Dunkley, Jeanette Dwyer, Sandra Eagle, Marcia Edmistone, Emu Creek Quilters of Indooroopilly, Val Evans, Norma Fallon, Joan Farrell, Pam Favier, Bev Forrest, Mia Francis, Laurel Fraser, Wendy Galvin, Loye Gardiner, Anne Garner, Pamela Gaskell, Lenore Gilshenan, Vivian Gollagher, Lorna Goodland, Carmel Goody, Denise Gordon, Beryl Gray, Sandy Gray, Jenny Grealy, Kerry Grose, Marion Grunsell, Margaret Kippen, Karen Halls, Kathryn Hamilton, Ethel Hardgrave, Janet Harrison, Gayle Hartigan, Alise Heinzel, Bronwyn Heinzel, Ja Heinzel, Luke Heinzel, Nathan Heinzel, Gloria Hill, Sharyn Hodges, Robyn Holloway, Barbara Humberston, Janice Humphreys, Gail Hunt, Rosemary Hunt, Meriel Huntington, Leanne Irvin, Joanne Jackson, Denise Jeffries, Mary Jibson, Lynda Jones, Katarina Karre, Kim Karre, Kym Kay, Shelly Kelly, Patricia Kenafake, Colleen Kerr, Robin Kerr, Merryn King, Shirley King, Judy Kirchner, Cathy Kleidon, Judy Kling, Jan Kraut, Erika Krieg, Paula Laird, Betty LeGros, Gail Lennox, June Lingard, Catherine Lyndon, Robyn Long, Julie Lisket, Lynne MacElroy, Robyn Mallett, Delma Marland, Dawn Marsh, Beverly Marshall, Evelyn McBride, Betty McDonell, Burnie McDougall, Elaine McLure, Marg McNamara, Moorna Mason, Diana Mendez, Lynda Miller, Madeleine Mionnet, Glyness Moore, Valda Morris, Margaret Muir, Kim Mundt, Rithy Murr, Sandra Musson, Irene Nash, Marnie Naumann, Robynn Nixon, Jan Norrie, Hilda Norrman, Barbara O’Malley, Carole Osborne, Maggie Owen-Jones, Trish Parker, Elizabeth Pascoe, Irene Pascoe, Tracey Pattie, Courtney Peach, Nicky Peberdy, Rosa Pfeiffer, Estelle Pick, Beryl Pickering, Tricia Pillinger, Karen Privett, Tania Ramke, Rita Raso, Annie Rendle-Short, Lynn Rendle-Short, Marion Roth, Helen Smart, Susan Renshaw, Esther Roberts, Rita Roberts, Maureen Robinson, Glenda Rohde, Joan Rollason, Lynn Rose, Vicki Ruge, Kathryn Saffery, Leonie Sanderson, Sarina Fibre Arts Group, Pam Scampton, Marilyn Schache, Marian Schulke, Dawn Semple, Judy Short, Janice Sinclair, Patricia Small, Elizabeth Smith, Leila Smith, Pene Smith, Sylvia Spletter, Marlene Strudwick, Stephanie Sturtz, Olga Sullivan, Jan Taylor, Dianne Tearle, Christine Titmarsh, Patricia Thomas, Em Titmarsh, Marilyn Tondelstrand, Adele Toft, Christine Torry, Sue Towner, Allison Trimble, s Anthea Twigg, Susan Uebergang, Lillian Urquhart, Annette Varnes, Ella Vasta, Wendy Verrall, Patricia Walker, Flora Wallace, P. Walton, Ruth Watson, Vicki Watson, Zoe Watson, Susan Webb, Margaret White, Heather Willett, June Willett, Lynn Williams, Thelma Williams, Kaye Wilson, Delma Winten, Jo Withers, Susan Wise, Jade Zaninni.

 
South Australia
Adelaide Sewing Centre - The Block Makers, Shirley Baker, Tracy Bald, Helen Ballard, Shirley Bierwirth, Marie Bezzina, Diane Borgo, Jennette Braun, Margaret Burgess, Christine Calderwood, Jan Carr, Margaret Cella, Gloria Challinger, Jane Charlton, Jill Clausen, Sylvia Clough, Elizabeth Cole, Heather Coombes, Kaye Dalgarno, Rosemary Day, Lois Dennes, Jenny Fahlbusch, Barbara Feid, Carolyn Flood, Margaret Finnis, Mary Ffrench, Veronica Foulstone, Luisa Gubiani, Lorna Harding, Michelle Harris, Julie Heath, Pauline Hermansson, Dianna Holland, Karolyn Holliday, Joanne Hughes, Anna Katris, Michelle Kelly, Roni Kirk, Anna-Marie Kleemann, Ada Kraulis, Mary Laucke, Margaret Lee, Ann Lillington, Patricia Low, Kathy Lusty, Fay Martel, Sally Mackenzie, Lyn McAruthur, Susan McGloin, Christine McKay, Mary McQueen, Sue Medlow, Daphne Menary, Lisa Menon, Amalia Morandin, Margaret Morony, Sue Morris, Debbie Neill, Pauline Nitschke, Sandy O’Donnell, Kerry Ann O’Meara-Robbins, Wendy Rowley, Jan Owens, Kim Peake, Kathy Pfeiffer, Eileen Phillips, Christine Phillis, Christine Pitcher, Marlene Poole, Shelia Prior, Gillian Raine, Raelene Rosenthal, Lynne Routley, Fairlie Sampson, Josephine Schlink, Carolyn Schulze, Julie Scott, Irene Shields, Delma Shooter, Jennie Short, Unetta Shugg, Jane Sommerfield, Judy Smith, Lorraine Smith, Margaret Smith, Alexis Southern, Lyn St Vincent, Valmai Webb, Heather Wilson, Rosemary Symon, Clare Talkington, Bev Taylor, Robyn Thompson, Jo Trafford, Jennifer Tully, Pauline Walsh, Betty Walters, Anne Waters, Kay Wilson, Jennifer Zeitz, .

Tasmania
Barbara Ashman, Margaret Street,

Victoria
Jill Addison, Elaine Apps, Freda Ashton, Helen Beaumont, Christine Barrett, Rosalynde Berry, Naomi Birkett, Dorothy Blakemore, Lyn Bloom, Klarissa Brann, Sue Brodie, Paula Buxton, Maria Byrne, Valerie Cameron, Tiki Charlton, Jan Coates, Nantje Cook, Judith Crute, Norah Dance, Wendy Desalvo, Jan Edmonds, Susie Foster, Jenni Frendo, Jenny Fuhrmann, Agnes Girdwood, Jacqueline Gould, Joanne Graham, Rosalind Gray, Di Green, Brenda Harrison, Mary Hay, Ramona Dianne Hendrie, Hermann, Sue Huckins, Margaret Jones, Nancy Kelly, Susan Lancaster, Judy Laurie, Kerrie Ludekens, Estelle Jeremiah, Lynette Mackey, Corrie Maddern, Megan Madgwick, Mary Maguire,Dianne McKeegan, Sandra McLay, Kaye McLean, Tanya McRae, Dianne Murcutt, Elaine Nagorcka, Helen Nelson, Pat O’Brien, Gwen Owen, Judy Pallares, Geraldine Peoples, Edith Perrett, Silvana Pironti, Florence Pola, Lee Pryor, Val Rentsch, Linda Robertson, Christine Sellar, Nessie Shand, Susan Shaw, Elaine Shepherd, Melanie Soon, Ann Start, Janet Taig, Janna Taylor, Sue Taylor, Dianne Thomas, Lynette Turner, Kathy Tyler, Lorraine Vardy, Bethany Vaughan, Ellen Versteegen, Ruth Wallace, Merilyn Watts, Susan Wild, Jenny Zerafa.

Western Australia
Dorothy Bodrogai, Isobel Campbell, Joan Conway, Jean Coxall, Laurel Eaton, Gloria Gaston, Pualine Gordon, Eileen Harrison, Sharon Hill, Irene Holland, Judy Italiano, Barbara Kennedy, Tracey Nicolson, Lynda Riley, Catherine Salmon, , Daphne Shearer, Gwen Slater, Audrey Smith, Joan Stewart, Ruth Thomas, Shelia Tuppen, Glenys Ujcich, Lyn Watson, Lois Whitney, Carlene Williams, Helen Wheeler .

Northern Territory
Di Bruce, Jillian Burgoyng, Maryanne Cooke, Doreen Dyer, Liz McAinsh, Valerie Mitchell, Lea Pearson, Carol Thomas, Leanne Whyte,

ACT
Helen Morris

Entrants for MQH 2007 Challenge

Thank you to all who have entered blocks, wallhangings and quilts in this year's Margies Quilts of Hope challenge. Your effort makes a difference in the fight against breast cancer and it is very much appreciated.

Queensland
Bev Anderson, Gloria Francis Anderson, Sue Ashton, Mereana Bainbridge, Wendy Baker, Jacqueline Black, Fay Brock, Lynne Callaghan, Rosemary Campbell, Rose Coote, Country Friends Craft Group, Margaret Crossan, Elizabeth Crowe, Judith Davis, Cheryl Doblo, Julie Dodds, Lesley Ellevsen, Elsie McFadden, Friends of Bronwyn, Wendy Galvin,
Wendy Gemmell, Karin Haldane, Andra Harrison, Alise Heinzel, Bronwyn Heinzel, Jo-Anne Jackson, Kim Karre, Shelly Kelly, Annette Lane, Julie Latcham, Betty LeGros, Julie Linsket, Christine Longton, Delphine Lowe, Robyn Mallett, Moorna Manson, Shirley McLaws, Susan McLaws, Barbara Meadows, Anne Meikle, Janice Meikle, Madeline Mionnet, Tracey Nettle, Faye Offord, Desley Carpenter Olde Show Bags, Trish Parker, Annie Rendle-Short, Lynne Rendle-Short, Susan Renshaw, Glenda Rohde, Marell Sartor, Carol Saunders, Mary Shepherd, Judy Short, Helen Smart
Lajla Systad, Sarah Taylor, Anthea Twigg, Madeline Vandenbroucke, Penny Wells, Susan Wild, Heather Willett, Jade Zaninni

 
Victoria
"Roses of Hope", Beverley Armistead, Helen Armstead, Judy Bennett, Judy Billing, Maria Blake, Blue Wren Stitchers, Pam Brebner, Pat Brown, Valerie Cameron, Janine Carson, Roslyn Chant, Diana Constable, Nantje Cook, Amanda Crombie, Angela Cunningham, Olivia Cunningham, Sue Currie, Sue deKam, Maggie Doolan, Megan Doolan, Patricia Dunse, Debra Ellis, Eye of the Needle Sewing Group, Wendy Gleeson, Brooke Hawtin, Linda Hawtin, Lyn Ilett, Karla Ingram, Linda Knight, Kristi Kuhne, Wendy Leersen, Kerrie Maloney, Glenys McCrae, Sandra McLay, Francee Oborne, Tiggy Oliver, Ouyen Quilters, Gillian Prime, Susan Purvis, Meg Pyburne, Dorothy Ramage, Elizabeth Scarrott, Alvena Shepherd, Lyn Stephen, Sue Taylor, Cherie Urbanski, Heather Vetter, Brittany Williams, Pam Wood

South Australia
Diane Borgo, Margaret Doecke, Jenni Fenton, Wendy Frankling, Mary Geister, Desiree Gould, Joanne Hughes, Shelley Iannella, Pam Kleinig, Ada Kraulis, Mary Laucke, Deadra Leditschke, Margaret Lee, Patricia Low, Kay Mondello, Amalia Morandin, Kim Peake, Lesley Penn, Jannette Pfeiffer, Joy Pfitzner, Gillian May Raine, Gillian May Raine, Melvina Smith, Lyn St. Vincent, Patricia Thyer, Jane Wagner

Western Australia
Kerry Bayley, Dorothy Bodrogai, Isobel Campbell, Jacqui Clark, Joy Cobb, Jean Coxall, Patricia Dutton, Laurel Eaton, Margaret Frost, Pauline Gordon, Ann Barbara Greenhill, Pam Hadden, Patsy Hills, Linda Kordt, Belinda Macri, Carol Martella, Edie May, Bethol Morrison, Judith Patterson, Lyn Pole, Dianne Ralston, Gwen Slater, Ruth Thomas, Shelia Tuppen, Helen Wheeler, Carlene Williams, Sal Winter

Northern Territory
Julie McShanag, Jenny Richter, Carol Thomas

2007 Challenge Winners

	Hand Embroidered 1st Place Cherie Urbanski
	Hand Embroidered 2nd Place Lynne Callaghan
	Machine Applique Block 1st Place Pauline Gordon
	Machine Applique Block Lesley Ellevsen
	Naïve Hand Applique Block 1st Place Beverley Armistead
	Naïve Hand Applique Block 2nd Place Gloria Anderson
	Pieced Block Machine or Hand 1st Place Ann Archer
	Pieced Block Machine or Hand 2nd Place Judy Short
	Traditional Hand Applique Block 1st Place Amanda Crombie
	Traditional Hand Applique Block 2nd Place Amanda Crombie
	Up to 10 Years 1st Place Alise Heinzel
	Up to 10 Years 2nd Place Jade Zaninni
	Up to 10 Years Encouragement - Brooke Hawtin
	Up to 14 Years 1st Place Maggie Doolan
	Up to 18 Years 1st Place Brittany Williams
	Up to 18 Years 2nd Place Gillian Prime
	Professional Mini Quilt 1st Place Susan Renshaw
	Non Professional Mini Quilt 1st Place Stars of Hope Lynne Callaghan
	Group Quilt 1st Place Wish Upon a Star Blue Wren Stitchers
	Group Quilt Encouragement Everything That is Done Olde Show Bags

2008 Challenge Winners

	10 to 14 Years 1st Place Jade Zarinni Cooroy, Queensland Sponsored by Keith Bradshaw
	10 to 14 Years 2nd Place Dylan Griffiths Mitchelton, Queensland Sponsored by Netty McGinty
	14 to 18 Years 1st Place Gillian Prime Colac, Victoria Sponsored by VSM/Pfaff
	Pieced Block 1st Place Jennifer McDonald Eliminyt, Victoria Sponsored by Quilters World
	Pieced Block 2nd Place Faye Offord Meringandan, Queensland Sponsored by Stonestreets Coaches
	Traditional Hand Applique 1st Place Sue Ashton Cooroy, Queensland Sponsored by Cooroy Drapery
	Traditional Hand Applique   2nd Place Gwen Humphrey Sebastopol, Victoria Sponsored by Patchwork Paradise
	Naïve Hand Applique    1st Place Cherie Urbanski West Geelong, Victoria Sponsored by Stonestreets Coaches
	Naïve Hand Applique   2nd Place Beverley Armistead Gellibrand, Victoria Sponsored by Patchwork Paradise
	Hand Embroidery   1st Place Jodie Trinder Traralgon, Victoria Sponsored by Patchwork Paradise
	2nd Place Shelley Kelly Barnawartha, Victoria Sponsored by Delightfully Sew
	Machine Applique / Machine Embroidery  1st Place Julie Dodds Cooroy, Queensland Sponsored by VSM / Pfaff
	Machine Applique / Machine Embroidery 2nd Place Pat Dunse Colac, Victoria Sponsored by VSM / Pfaff
	Best Mini Quilt Non-Professional Jocelyn Falkiner Belmont, New South Wales Sponsored by Quilters World, Delightfully Sew, The Quilters Store and Country Quilt Co
	Best Mini Quilt Professional    Susan Renshaw Brisbane, Queensland Sponsored by Lloyd Curzon Textiles and Universal Magazines (Homespun and Quilters Companion)
	Judges’ Special Award of Merit Shona Kelly Garnawartha, Victoria
	Judges’ Special Award of Merit Amanda Crombie Swan Reach, Victoria
	Best Group Quilt Blue Wren Stitchers Wagga Wagga, NSW Sponsored by Lloyd Curzon Textiles and Universal Magazines (Homespun and Quilters Companion)

Entrants for MQH 2008 Challenge

A big thank you to all those who have entered blocks, wallhangings and quilts in this year's Margies Quilts of Hope challenge "Hope and Dreams".  Your time and effort is so much appreciated and we thank you all.  The results of the challenge will be announced at Quiltfest on Friday 19 September and winners names posted on our website thereafter along with photos.

AUSTALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY:
Catherine Frankcom, Holt.  Anna Koziol, Deakin West.  Judy Thompston Holt.

NEW SOUTH WALES:
Blue Wren Stitchers, Wagga Wagga. Gwen Bono, Epping. Diane Bridge, Scone.  Enid Butcher, Eastwood.  Heather Buttenshaw, West Wyalong.  Helen Byrn,  Orange.  Jean Carden, Epping. Angela Collins,  Beecroft.  Heather Davie,  Marrickville.  Jacqueline De Vincenzo, Coffee Camp.
Karen Dearing, Heathcote.  Janice Drew, Tamworth.  Susan Dryza, Epping.  Jocelyn Falkiner, Belmont.
Patricia Freedman, Carlingford.  Luna Hawkins, Castle Hill.  Shirley Hildebrand, West Wyalong.
Kerrie Hobbs, Castle Hill.  Meiwan Angela Jaeggi, Baulkham Hills.  Isabella Klompe, Double Bay.
Sue Lewis, Scone.   Heather Madden, Beecroft.  Dorothy McCaskie, West Wyalong. Mary McHatton, West Wyalong.  Anne McRae, Lismore.  Hannelore Meisch, Marsfield. Helen Millen, Leichhardt.  Helen Millen, Five Dock.  Heulwen Moreton, Kiama Downs. Meryl Pannaci, Lilyfield.  Katalin Paszti, Eastwood.  Nicole Pickerin, West Wyalong.
Brenda Ray, Scone.  Shirley Reichel, Scone.  Mary Elizabeth Robertson,  Epping. Leonie Sanderson, West Wyalong.  Rosemary Scascighini, West Wyalong.  Janet Seufert, Lismore.  Susan Stead,  Rankin Park.  Jennifer Sullivan, Beecroft. Morag Sutton Parramatta Nth.  Joyce Sutton, Beecroft.
Diana Varcoe Hurst, Bowral.  Lavinia Wilkinson, West Wyalong.

QUEENSLAND:
Sue Ashton, Cooroy.  Carole Baker, Canungra.  Barbara Ann Boesten, Cooroy.  Mrs Brown, North Tamborine.  Paddie Dodds, Wonglepong.  Julie Dodds, Cooroy.  Alison Dougherty, Canungra.
Carolyn Flanagan, Wonglepong.  Wendy Galvin, Rockhampton.  Gemmy Quilters, Sapphire. Jean Gregory, Wongaling Beach.  Dylan Griffiths, Mitchelton.  Betty L. Harris, Noosa Heads.
Alise Heinzel, Cooroy.  Bronwyn Heinzel, Cooroy.  Jo-anne Jackson, Chapel Hill. Christine Longton, Newmarket.  Robyn Mahon, Canungra.  Robyn Mallette, Bellbowrie.  Marie Mat, Canungra.
Diana McClymont, Longreach.  Tricia McNamara,The Gap.  Faye Offord, Meringandan.  Maggie Owen-Jones, Cooran.  Trish Parke, Karana Downs.  Susan Renshaw, The Gap.  Brenda Shipp, Cooroy.
Elizabeth Smith, Cooroy.  Mary Watson, Mt. Isa.  Heather Willett, Runaway Bay.  Josephine Wilson, Canungra.  Diana Worlley, Canungra.  Jean Zammataro, Capalaba.
Jade Zaninni, Cooroy.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
Diane Borgo, Gawler.  Jenni Fenton, Gawler.  Janette Fuge, Salisbury East.  Joanne Genrich, Ceduna.  Stephanie James, Linden Park.  Gayle Jones, Gawler.  Kay Mondello, Willaston.  Kim Peake, Croydon.  Christoper Peake, Croydon.  Lynne Routley, Kadina.  Sharen Saliba,  Parafield Gardens.
Shelley Tannella, Evaston Park.  Jenni & Diane, Gawler.

TASMANIA:
Lynette Bell, St. Marys.  Ruth Spencer, St. Marys.

VICTORIA:
Barb Alford, Barongarook.  Beverley Armistead, Gellibrand.  Elizabeth Bayliss, Torquay.  Jane Bear, Barongarook.  Andrea Beckmann, Mentone.  Judy Bennett, Cororooke.  Patricia Breaks, Bethanga.  Helen Brooks, Colac.  Valerie Cameron, Apollo Bay.  Janine Carson, Irrewillipe East.
Carol Clayton, Irrewarra.  Jill Collins, Ferntree Gully.  Ruth Collis, Bright.  Amanda Crombie, Swan Reach.  Angela Cunningham, Camperdown.  Heather Dinse, Grovedale.  Pat Dunse, Colac.  Marlies Ellis, Kooweerup.  Dale Anne Gordon, Ballarat.  Rosalee Harper, Montmorency.  Gwen Humphrey, Sebastopol.  Shona Kelly, Barnawartha.  Shelley Kelly, Barnawartha. Barbara Kentler, Mitcham.  Shirley King, Portland.  Linda Knight, Colac.  Sarah Maclennan, Lorne.
Jennifer McDonald, Elliminyt.  Shirley McGibbon, Bright.  Moira Morris, Highton.   Ella Murnane, Lorne.
Trudy Murnane, Lorne.  Glenda Murrant, Grovedale.  Beverley Nicholson, Emerald.  Libby Nisbet, Larpent.  Libby Pooley, West Wodonga.  Marion Prime, Colac.  Gillian Prime, Colac.  Leanne Rhodes, Highton.  Elizabeth Scarrott, Colac.   Rhonda Shallcross, Bright. Lorraine Shennan, Bright.  Jan Spring, Lorne.  Janet Taig, Boronia.  Valda Tank, Lorne.
Pam Tank, Lorne.  Sue Taylo, Upwey.  Angeline Treacy, Creswick.  Jodie Trinder, Traralgon.
Cherie Urbanski, West Geelong.  Ellie Van Oirschott, Creswick.  Julie White, Lorne
Helen Williamson, Wandilgong.  Pam Wood, Ferntree Gully.

New Zealand:
Janis Brown, Maungatapere.

Margie's Quilts of Hope

 

Margie’s Quilts of Hope was launched in 2004 to raise funds for breast cancer research. The fundraiser was dedicated to Margie Bradshaw, wife, mother, grandmother and quilter, and the many women around Australia who have or are suffering from this disease.

Margie showed amazing courage to face and fight breast cancer, but lost the fight.

Margie’s Quilts of Hope is an innovative fundraising initiative which is named in her honour and is raising money to fund research into a cure. It is part of the effort which will ultimately provide all women with an unbeatable defence against breast cancer.

We know too many women feel the pain of this disease. Join with quilters nationwide to raise funds for research as it could make all the difference for the future. This is a way we, as quilters, can make a huge difference. Most of us know someone who is presently going through the trauma; or someone who has been there - who knows who is going to be next?