A crafty bunch of talented quilters held an exhibition last month at the Lancefield Mechanics Institute Hall with the wow factor on display.
The bi-annual event gives the quilters time in between to produce their finest creations.
The esteemed Triz Barnett perpetual trophy is for the best hand-pieced quilt. Elizabeth Christine Barnett founded the Patch of Lancefield quilting group in 1995.
Sadly, Mrs Barnett passed away in 2006, and the trophy is to honour her commitment and long-standing involvement with the group.
Over nine quilters competed for the trophy at The Wicked Stitches exhibition.
Christine Treseder, with help from her husband, won first prize this year with ‘Joans Joy.’
The quilting style is known as Broderie Perse, and she commenced stitching in June 2023 and finished in February this year.
Mrs Treseder said the quilt is an original.
“I had a friend who was cutting up her mother’s outdoor furnishing coverings for bags,” she said.
“I said it’s too good for that, so she gave it to me and that’s why it’s called Joan’s Joy. Her Mother was Joan and she’d be overjoyed to see it in a quilt.”
Every stitch was made by hand, as per the entry requirements (excluding the quilts binding.) Mrs Treseder said she listened to 14 audio books and numerous TV shows while quilting.
A highlight of the show was the groups enchanting wild life challenge— inspired by nature.
A Patch of Lancefield members voted for the winner with entries received across any artistic medium.
Quilter, Dawn Hudd, won first prize for her quilted stag on a large canvas decorated with calligraphy and autumn tones and Maxine West was the runner up.
The Patch Cafe was a scone connoisseurs dream, and they also served soup and sausage rolls.
On Sunday afternoon, the raffle prize winner of Happy Days was drawn.
The coveted medium sized quilt featured a disappearing nine patch pattern and it was created by the group with members donating their own fabric and time to each complete a section.
The lucky winner was a resident from Bunbartha who had purchased a raffle ticket earlier in the year at the Lancefield Truck Show.
All profits raised at the event will be shared between the Lancefield Mens Shed, The Wildlings Woodend wildlife shelter and the Lancefield Mechanics Hall institute.
For those wishing to learn the ageless art of quilting, A Patch of Lancefield meet every Thursday at the Annex to the Mechanics Hall, in Lancefield from 10am.
For more information, email patchoflancefield@gmail.com or call Jo Marsh on 0407 362 789.
