And the Winners
Why, everyone, of course. Yes, all entrants and lovely visitors really were winners this year—it was such a multifarious and highly creative festival. But in the tough tea cosy world choices must, and the hard decisions are in, announced at our spangled gala, in no less than 11 categories.
All the entries deserve their day in the sun. Here, then, before the winners, all the entries.
2024 Fish Creek Tea Cosy Prize-winning Entries
Traditional Open First Prize No 117 Cottage Cosy Dorothy Smith $150 donated by Gibsons Café and Larder
Exuberant Whimsy Open First Prize No 159 The Turnip Julie Wallace $150 donated by Revelations
Celebrities & Celebrations First Prize No 106 King Charles III Coronation with supporting Queen John Reynolds $150 donated by Handmakers Store
Traditional Open Honourable Mention No 19 Pink Common Heath Laney Lavery $50 donated by Stefani Hilltop Gallery
Exuberant Whimsy Open Honourable mention No 108 Tutankhamen with supporting Queen John Reynolds $50 donated by Leongatha Sew and Knit
Celebrities & Celebrations Honourable Mention No 103 Catholic Nun Megan Macalpine $50 donated by Stefani Hilltop Gallery
Recycled Prize First Prize No 28 All Plastic and Rings Tracey Fairfoot Feeney $100 donated by Foster medical centre
Children’s Preschool (0 to 5 Years) First Prize No 195 Fluffy. Wren Answorth $50 donated by Alison Lester bookshop
Children’s Primary (6 to 12 Years) First Prize No 151 Hood Plover and Chick Bodhi Prosser $75 donated by Handmakers Store
Packers First Prize No 150 Quoll a Tea Anna Jones $100 donated by Anne Roussac Hoyne
The Denman’s Collective First Prize No 156 Lady Norrington Takes Tea Lisa Hocking $150
D’Cosy First Prize No 7 Love Monster Sally and Grace Schnackenberg $100 donated by Luke Dearlove
ackers Honourable Mention No 186 Where’s Me Nest Pam Odgers $50 donated by Sam’s Patch
Popular Choice First Prize No 129 Steampunk High Tea Karen Ann Jones $100 donated by Danny O’Brien
D’Cosy Honourable Mention No 93 Foxy Jenny Williams $50 donated by Luke Dearlove
Children’s Secondary (13 to 18 Years) First Prize No 120 Intergalactic Tea Tree Ellie Westerveld $100 donated by Wonthaggi Fabric & Yarn
Children’s Secondary (13 to 18 Years) Honourable Mention No 138 Oma’s Garden Audrey Lang $50 donated by Alison Lester bookshop
Popular Choice Honourable Mention No 59 Queen Elizabeth II Tania Sabatino $50 donated by Stefani Hilltop Gallery
