Braidwood Quilt Event - $1,000 acquisitive art quilt prize

$1,000 acquisitive art quilt prize that's on offer at this year's Braidwood Quilt Event. 

Although Braidwood is in rural SE NSW, it is open to quilt entries from anywhere around the country. You'd just have to post your quilts there and pay for return postage if you can't deliver your items in person. 

In previous years, a local gallery in Braidwood has sponsored an acquisitive award for one category at the quilt event, but it has always been a fairly specialised category

But from this year, a local Braidwood business (Cortona Resources), has stepped in to offer an acquisitive award of $1,000 for an art quilt at the Braidwood Quilt Event.  This year the theme is one that Braidwood Quilt Event has had as a standard category for some time: "We are Australian".  

As well as this acquisitive award, there is the usual $200 prize for viewers' choice at the indoor exhibition (the main competition, which is open from the official opening on the Friday night, to the end of the day on the Sunday), plus an additional $200 prize for the viewers' choice winner of the outdoor exhibition (the Airing of the Quilts which is held on the Saturday only).  There are some other cash prizes on offer as well, plus the usual other kinds of prizes for various categories.

The deadline for receipt of entry forms is Monday October 24, 2011, and the quilts must be received by Monday November 14, 2011. The actual Braidwood Quilt Event runs from the evening of Friday November 25 (6 pm for the official opening, till about 7:30 pm), to Sunday November 27. If you'd like more info about categories, entry fees, etc. go to the website www.braidwoodquiltevent.org.au or email Jill (the Braidwood Quilters president) on dunvegan@activ8.net.au  You can also phone Jill on (02) 4842 2626, or June (vice president, and owner of the Braidwood Quilt Shop) on (02) 4842 2355.