“Pathways” AQIPP 2025
Shibani Mishra, AQIPP Convenor
After months of hard work, AQIPP 2025 opened at the Whitehorse Art Space on Wednesday, 12th November.
The judges were award-winning art quilter Linden Lancaster and recently retired curator of the Art Space Jacqui Nichols Reeves. We even had a guest judge, Carolyn Scott from Brother International, our major sponsor.
I am very grateful for the STELLAR team with whom I worked. THANK YOU, Marina, Sally, Julie, Lisa and Elaine.
Please find below the list of all the winners. Congratulations to the AQA Art group members, Jacie Malseed, Heather Bingham, and Marina Holland.
On Saturdays from 12 pm-2 pm, we are running demonstration and “ Meet the maker” sessions. Our first session saw great interest from the general public. Please help spread the word.
The list of demonstrations can be found on the website :
www.creativewhitehorse.vic.gov.au/whats-on/meet-maker-art-quilt-demonstrations
A Viewer Choice Award will be given at the end of the show. People attending the show are being encouraged to cast their vote.
Shibani
AQIPP email enquiries to – aqipp@australianquiltersassociation.com
AQIPP 2025 Virtual Tour
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AQIPP 2025 Winners
Award Summary
Award Details
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AWARD: Brother International Award
Sponsor: Brother International
Quilt Title: Taking the High Ground
Artist: Zara Zannettino
Artist Statement:
Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest impression! Recently, I noticed the vibrant peeling bark of a rainbow gumtree. On closer inspection, a busy army of green tree ants were rapidly crossing paths as they foraged and returned to their nests of woven leaves, high in the canopy.
AWARD: AQA Award
Sponsor: Australian Quilters Association
Quilt Title: Some pathways to re-TIE-ment are not SUIT-able
Artist: Noelle Lyon
Artist Statement:Journeys along retirement pathways can be fraught with many barriers, causing you to change direction. You may even find yourself back where you started only to repeat the whole process but with reduced funds.
Men’s neck ties and suit fabric. Machine pieced & quilted with gold rayon thread.
AWARD: Curator’s Choice Award
Sponsor: Whitehorse Artspace and Kraftkolour
Quilt Title: Without Trees there would be no Pathways
Artist: Barbara Mellor
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Trees are essential for life. They provide shade on our pathways and a calming environment in our communities.
Cotton fabric, cotton batting, printable fabric, silk organza. Trees were painted on the pieced backgrounding and on the silk organza, before and after layering.
Free-motion quilting adds detail and dimension.
AWARD: Highly Commended 1
Sponsor: Victorian Textiles and Embroidery Source
Quilt Title: Migration Pathways
Artist: Heather Bingham
Artist Statement:
Over two million shorebirds migrate annually from breeding grounds in Siberia and Alaska to milder climates in Australasia. Here they recuperate and refuel in preparation for the return flight, a round trip of up to thirty thousand kilometres.
Cotton, silk, tulle, stenciling, machine applique, hand and machine quilting.
AWARD: High Commended 2
Sponsor: Nuno Nuno and Embroidery Source
Quilt Title: Just Rambling Along
Artist: Marina Holland
Artist Statement:
Freehand cutting gives the design a loose ‘hither and thither’ feel. This is accentuated by hand-quilting and embellishment which leads the eye a rambling, merry chase around the quilt.
Machine-pieced hand-dyed and commercial fabrics in cotton, linen, silk, vintage brocades. Hand-quilted and embellished with cotton threads and beads
AWARD: Highly Commended 3
Sponsor: Victorian Textiles and Embroidery Source
Quilt Title: Scribble Scribble
Artist: Judy Hooworth
Artist Statement:
Scribbly gums owe their calligraphic scribbles to a tiny moth that lays its eggs between layers of old and new bark on many species of eucalypts. Its larvae burrow into the bark leaving their feeding pathways. Bush graffiti!
Discharge, drawing with fabric ink on commercial cottons. Machine pieced and quilted.
AWARD: Janet Kidson Best use of Colour
Sponsor: Rhino Glass Beads
Quilt Title: Meanderings
Artist: Jacie Malseed
Artist Statement:
My love of fabric, stitch, colour and texture has led me down many pathways, giving me the opportunity to explore a variety of techniques, materials and ideas. Fun, challenging, comforting, rewarding and the opportunity to make many friends along the way.
Dyed, printed, painted cottons, silks, papers ,hand, machine stitched