This year the competiton was Open and although there were only a limited number of entries, those who did enter has pieces of extremely high standard making it difficult for members to choose who to cast their vote for. The winner of the Dorothy Carbonell Award 2016 went to Jenny Carter for her beautiful length of jumbo Christmas bunting, each piece beautiful appliqued and stitched with a Christmas theme. The runner up was Liz Frampton. Congratulations to these two members and thank you to all of those who entered pieces and to our members for voting.