Building community at QuiltCon

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 Balance Sheet” by Jacksonville MQG

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…..

“Mythic Symmetry” by Cincinnati MQG

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…..

“LMQG Community Together” by Lincoln MQG

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……

“Get To The Point” by South Sarasota MQG

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….

“Mountain Evening” by Roanoke MQG

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…

“Chained” by Ann Arbor MQG

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.

“X&X” by Boston MQG

And last for today…..

“Woven Together” by Fort Collins MQG

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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Last of The Piecing – QuiltCon

Well, it has taken four days, but today we will finish up the “Pieced” division at QuiltCon-24. Come walk the aisles with me.

There was SO much going on in this next quilt, from circles to skinny lines….

“Tropic of Capricorn” by Catherine Beemer

Just look at the piecing AND quilting in it…..

Isn’t this wonderful grid quilting….

This next quilt is made from scraps. The maker calls it a “stone soup of leftovers”…..

“Stone Soup” by Jennifer Candon

I was particularly drawn to this one fabric…..

I love the “tweed” appearance!

This quilt was made as a “Pantone Color of the Year” challenge…..

“Sock Hop” by Lee Zuk

….a quilter after my own heart!!

I would love to meet the woman in this next quilt…..

“Represent” by Carrie Stout

I feel sure that she would have some stories to tell!

And the final pieced quilt for QuiltCon 24…..

“Alien Jungle” by Lenny VanEijk

It reminds me that I STILL want to play with curved piecing!!!

Oh if there were more hours in the day!!

There are TONS more quilts to see…..keep coming back!!

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Piecing perfection

For the last two days, we have been strolling through the Pieced Division at QuiltCon. Let’s keep going…..

As I have said before, I am enamored with color transparency and this quilt is an amazing example of how it works….

“Color Transparency Study” by Erika Mulvenna

This was based on an exercise from Josef Albers book, “Interaction of Color“…..

It does look interesting!!

My enjoyment was equally high for this next quilt…..

“Intersectionality” by Heather Akerberg

There is just something about the precision of piecing the strips with the slight curve that makes me want to learn to do it!! How about you?

This next quilt was improvisational pieced and the depth obtained was outstanding (probably more so in person than in the photo)…..

“Escape Room” by Hillary Goodwin

The quilting in this next one surprised me…..

“Only In Milan” by Robert Lowe

At first glance, I thought that the quilting mirrored the shape of the buildings but after looking harder, I realized that it is just straight lines flowing from one side of the quilt to the other!

More improvisational piecing in this next one, but what a great rendition of a Coleus…..

“Coleus” by Cathy Calloway

Now, have a look at this next quilt…..

“YMCA T-Shirt Quilt” by Mac Barnes

Did you realize that it was a Tee-Shirt quilt?

This is a MARVELOUS example that Tee shirt quilts don’t have to be boring!!

Come back tomorrow and we will finish the Pieced Division……

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