More Pieced Quilts at QuiltCon

Yesterday we saw a bunch of my favorite pieced quilts from QuiltCon. Let’s keep going today!!

As I have written before, I love optical illusion quilts and this one is perfect!!

“Saturday Night Fever” bu Summer Rather

The quilting adds a lot as well…..

While the curved piecing in this next quilt is well done…..

“Cosmic Curves” by Ben Darby

….the quilt is MADE with the grid design quilting. Check them out…..

SOOO much wonderful texture!!

I wrote about a design similar to this a few weeks ago and it was fun to see it created….

“Forthcoming Quilt” by Holly Clarke

“I Grew Up in a Pink House” by Dawn Polomski

I love the “Flower Power” feel of this next quilt……

“Sparkling Clover” by Karen K. Stone

I appreciate the curved piecing…..

“Undulation” by Barbara Strick

….and love that the quilting isn’t just straight lines from top to bottom!!

And, last for today, the transparency of these circles is so appealing…..

“Brass Ring Quilt” by Holly Clarke

Come back tomorrow and we will keep working through the Pieced division of QuiltCon!!

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Pieced Division at Quiltcon

I LOVE a good pieced quilt and the winners at Quiltcon were excellent examples!!

You had to step away from this quilt to see it, but these log cabins…..

….turned into this amazing quilt…..

“Shadow” by Scott Culley

It certainly deserved the 1st place ribbon!!

Second place was awarded to…..

“Joy” by Cole Whitaker

I had seen this quilt at Houston as well and it is amazing!!

Third place went to this quilt…..

“Vortex Radial” by Audrey Esarey

I have seen many of Audrey’s quilts and they are all spectacular!!!

Other favorite quilts from the Pieced Division included…..

“Asteria” by Nancy Goff

This next quilt had a story behind it…..

“My 2020 Miles Quilt” by Kitty Wilkin

She added a strip of fabric per day, color coordinated to the mileage that she ran that day. She added a pieced person…..

after a certain number of miles. She said that it was a way to motivate her to continue running!

This next quilt was a drafting mistake that turned into a quilt…..

“Glitch” by Amy Friend

And look at the number of inset seams and partial seams in this next piece…..

“Spiraling Into Control” by Tighe Flanagan

All I can say is “oh my”!!!

This next quilt is based on question marks…..

“Too Many Questions” by Liz Kuny

There is a LOT of piecing in this next quilt…..

“Jagged Little Pill” by Amy Friend

One of the things that I love about it is how the quilting hides the way that it was pieced!

This quilt is pleasantly symmetrical….

“Melodeon” by Betsy Vinegrad

Come back tomorrow as we view more pieced quilts!!

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More Applique from QuiltCon

Yesterday we looked at the winners and some of the other applique quilts from QuiltCon. Today, let’s finish them up!!

I love the shapes in this quilt. I would NEVER have thought of making them like this!!

“Odd Man Out” by Andrew Love

The couplets of color are perfect in this next quilt…..

“Moon Pie Mood Ring” by Laura Henneberry

These rings of color are beautifully hand appliqued…..

“Drift” by Linda Branting

This quilt used the fabrics from last year’s Wyndham Fabric Challenge.

“Exposing My Truths” by Lori Tourschere

Lori pieced and quilted the background before the applique overlay was added.

I don’t know about you but I get some of my best ideas while in the shower and that is what happened to Tia Curtis……

“Ideas In The Shower” by Tia Curtis

This is what she wrote about it…..

I love large-scale applique, but sometimes basting the pieces to get them ready for needle-turn applique is a bit of a pain. I was thinking of how I could make this easier on myself while I was in the shower and it came to me! Why don’t I baste the pieces with my longarm? I tried this exact technique out as soon as I threw on some clothes. I still need to tweak some things but overall the experiment was a success. I can’t wait to try it again with an even BIGGER design!!

We all look forward to seeing the next quilt!!

This next quilt is another where the background was quilted first and then the appliques were added….

“Plinko” by Steph Skardal

This next quilt is about a cancer diagnosis and represents the “boulders” that she had to climb….

“What the Hill?” by Erin Kroeker

This is another example of how quilting has helped with physical healing!!

Come back tomorrow and we will look at the pieced division.

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Applique at QuiltCon…..

There were some wonderful Applique quilts at QuiltCon.

The first prize ribbon went to…..

“Big Hug” by Linda Leake

Second place went to this humorous quilt….

“Double Meat – Double Cheese” by Christine Fornell

The fabrics that she chose for the lettuce was perfect…..

Third place went to…….

“100 Days of Greenery” by Cassandra Beaver

Cassandrda said that she split the drawing into 100 sections and worked on one each day. This is needle-turned applique!! She also said that the gridded quilting is reminiscent of observing the world through a window screen. I agree!!

In EVERY show that I visit, I always find at least one quilt by Nancy Lambert, who used to be a member of my local guild.

“Patterns 2” by Nancy Lambert

She does amazing machine applique and this quilt is no exception……

I enjoyed the bright colors in this piece…..

“Ode to Mary Blair” by Corinne Sovey

….and the “blobs” of this quilt……

“Bloberella 2.0” by Hillary Goodwin

The “blobs” were improvisationally appliqued and quilted…..

There was a lot of humor in the applique quilts this year. I loved this one…..

“One is An Exclamation Point, 10 is a Crowd” by Natalya Sumner

….and this quilt was based on a young boy’s drawing…..

“Mornin’ M’Lady” by Patti Coppock

Her fabric choices were perfect for the quilt!!

Come back tomorrow and we will finish up the Applique division. There are lots more great quilts to come!!!

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Leaping around the Chartreuse

Since we have an extra day this month, let’s spend it doing something fun!!

Yesterday we looked at the quilts that explored the darker colors of the Wyndham fabric challenge. Today let’s head to the chartreuse!!

“Pentagon Pop” by Karin Rabe

This is what Karin wrote….

It was about halfway through piecing the individual pentagon pops that I realized that I would have 24 points coming together in one location, which turned my biggest challenge on this quilt into piecing that spot without having too much bulk. I had a blast making this and will be exploring 3d design challenges in the future.

I just wish that she had shared exactly HOW she accomplished it!!

“Power” by Brittany Hayes

Brittany’s inspiration was a power outage map following a storm in her area. She was struck by the randomness and confusion (of both the storm itself and the map), and wanted to translate that into her design.

She did that!!