San Francisco Challenge - Quilts Across the Pacific

The Challenge

The AQA's Challenge quilts from 2002, in an exchange with the Pajero Valley Quilt Association entitled Quilts Across the Pacific, were on display at the Pajaro Valley Quilt Association Quilt Fair on February 22 and 23, 2003, and then at the Back Porch Fabric Gallery, Pacific Grove, California from April 4 until June 6, 2003. You can check out the Pajaro Valley Quilt Association's website at: http://www.pvqa.org/. Quilts Across the Pacific will next be displayed in the lower level of the Box Hill Town Hall as part of our Biennial Members' Exhibition, September 18 - 21, 2003.

PQVA Show

PVQA Show setup

The Australian Challenge 25 quilters from Australia 20 quilters from California Can you guess which quilters are from here and which are from Oz?

More quilts hung during setup

Challenge Quilts

Colours of Australia - Pat Lailey (AQA) Among the Kangaroo Paw - Coni Hendry (PVQA)

Diamonds Galore - Carol McCrea (PVQA) Dave's World - Pat James (PVQA) In an Octopus' Garden - Pam Andrews (PVQA)

Southern Cross - Tracey Brookshier (PVQA) Dragons Down Under - Eileen Campbell (AQA)

World Peace, Fractured and Fraying - Evelyn Pepper (AQA) Come Into My Garden - Helen Wilkinson (AQA)

I Love Her Jewel-Sea - Robyn Samin (AQA)