This week I am going to show my favorites in the “Community Quilt” division at QuiltCon. These are always some of my favorite quilts so get ready!!
Community Quilts are designed to do good and are raffled off to support various causes. There are a few rules…
You must use this color palette….
…or at least a portion of it. You can use ANY fabrics as long as they are in this color range.
The quilts are to be made by groups of MQG members….either a guild or a group of individual members.
There is always a theme for the quilts and this year it is “SYMMETRY”.
With those rules in mind, let’s get started!!
This first was designed by an accountant so you KNOW that I was drawn to it……
The group members used this next quilt to hone their technique for making circles, having classes and get-togethers designed to help everyone to learn…..
Doesn’t that sound fun!!
And, as you might guess, I was drawn to the quilting!!
This next group of 10 members certainly achieved the required symmetry, even though it was the bilateral type…..
This quilt left lots of negative space for quilting….
But the quilting in the actual design was wonderful too…..
The South Sarasota MQG seemed to have fun making this quilt……
They spent one day creating the blocks and a second day constructing the final layout.
Again….lots of fun quilting….
The color palette reminded the next guild of summer evenings in the Blue Ridge Mountains….
More than 15 people worked on this quilt!!
The artist statement for this next quilt says…. “Chained is a work of Improv symmetry, depicting decaying chains that descend into reflecting water…
And you guessed it….more amazing quilting….
Apparently this quilt was designed by accident! When the completed blocks had a chance encounter with a fall to the floor, an alternate layout emerged.
And last for today…..
This quilt is a wonderful mixture of many different techniques including Improv Piecing, applique, curves and fabric weaving.
I bet the had fun making it!!
Okay….come back tomorrow for more….
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