"[...] The theme of this international contest "Keeping the world sewing", resumes the new slogan of the company, chosen to celebrate the recent union of their two names : Husqvarna and Viking.
As a trademark, the size of the works, a square of 130 x 130 cm, has been maintained, just as the first contest, giving the harmony of the exhibition ; a size that seems to be perfect, not too small for a machine made quilt, and not too large for a machine embroidery work.
For this contest, we received 176 entries from 22 countries. Finally 80 works from 17 countries were selected by the jurors, to be part of this international touring exhibition. A final jury had had to select 6 winners.
"Keeping the world sewing" means that the pleasure to sew for people will go on increasing all over the world, through years, centuries, milleniums. [...]"

Jacqueline GOVIN
extract from the catalogue of the exhibition

Australia - Dijanne CEVAAL - Dianne FIRTH - Jette FORD - Julie HADDRICK - Austria - Sara LECHNER - Belgium - Thylda JAUMIN-CHAMPLUVIER - Inge MARDAL - Canada - Andrée FREDETTE - Agnete KAY - Monic PILOTE - Estonia - Sune TEEMAA - Finland - Tuula MAKINEN - Sara PUPPUTI - Germany - Klara ATALLA - Ursula BAUMUNG - Christa BIALEK - Margit BOLL - Christa EBERT - Pascale GOLDENBERG - Gisela HAFER - Jacqueline HEINZ - Ursula MELHER - Gabrielle METT - Elsbeth NUSSER-LAMPE 6 Anita WELTY - Annelise WILKE - Hungary - Eszter BORNEMIZSZA - Ireland - Helen Mc ALLISTER - Israel - Batia EICHENHOLZ - Italy - Donata GERVASI - France - Geneviève ATTINGER - Annie BAPTISTA - Agnès BOCKEL - France BRECHIGNAC - Yvette CAMPOS-GUILLOT - Denise CANDAL - Monique CLARAC - Maryvonne DEVILLE-GUILLOT - Brigitte DIDIER - Anne DOUSTIN - Ildiko FRANCAIS - Isabelle GARAUD - Elisabeth GEVREY - Stanislana LAUNAY - Marie-Louise LEROUX - Nadine LEROY - Léna MESZAROS - Georgette PASTORET - Léa STANSAL - Ina-Georgeta STATESCU - Elisabeth STRAUBHAAR - Anne WORINGER - Japan - Ryoko FUJIMOTO - Hiroko GONOME - Akemi HAYASAKA - Keiko IKE - Yuko KOSHIKAWA - Reiko NAGANUMA - Mutsuko NISHIMURA - Latvia - Jurate PETRUSKEVICIENE - Pays-Bas - Alie DYK-HARTLIEF - Ineke DAVELAAR - Olga PRINS-LUKOWSKI - Mary-Helen ROOSENSCHOON - Dirkje van der HORST-BEETSMA - Ankie VYTOPIL - United-Kingdom - Sarah BREIMER - Alicia MERRET - Dieuwke PHILPOTT - Christine RESTALL - Eileen ROBINSON - Marie ROPER - Switzerland - Jacqueline WERREN