Today I want to share quilts from the featured exhibit at QuiltCon 2024, entitled: belonging—the quilts of Jacquie Gering. Reflecting on Jacquie’s impact on my own quilting journey fills me with nostalgia and gratitude. I started quilting a few years after Jacquie did herself. Shortly there after, I remember attending QuiltCon for the first time […]
Being a vendor/exhibitor at QuiltCon 2024 (more above that here), I didn’t have a lot of time to check out this year’s juried quilt show. This was probably the only disappointing thing for me about the entire experience. I did have about an hour to get view the show on Day 4 before the floor […]
Hey there, fellow quilters! I’m still basking in the afterglow of an amazing experience Jason and I had at QuiltCon 2024 in Raleigh, NC. It was a whirlwind of joy, inspiration, and connections! If you were part of the crowd and stopped by our booth, shared a quilt, or made a purchase (or couldn’t be […]
Hello y’all! Final preparations for QuiltCon are in full gear but I wanted to take a moment to share some of what I’ve been working on and give a booth preview. If you’ve been following my quilting journey, you know QuiltCon has been a special part of my life since 2015. I’ve not only attended, […]
No matter what style of quilting you enjoy — be it traditional, art, modern, or something else — quilting is quilting and we can all learn and be motivated from one another. Enjoy 15 of just some of my favorite modern quilts (plus a few bonus quilts) from QuiltCon 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. All descriptions […]
Enjoy 24 of just some of my favorite modern quilts (plus a few bonus quilts) from QuiltCon 2020 in Austin, Texas. All descriptions were written by the makers. Prepare to be inspired! Quilts incorporating typography Quilts incorporating curves Quilts incorporating a rainbow color palette Speaking of rainbow quilts—I was delighted to be reunited with the […]
Enjoy 20 of (just some of) my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. All descriptions were written by the makers. Prepare to be inspired! Want more quilts? Check out the 2018 Modern Quilt Showcase here. Check out the 2018 Best of QuiltCon traveling exhibit here. Check out 15 quilts from QuiltCon 2018 here. Check […]
Enjoy 15 of some of my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2018 in Pasadena, California. All descriptions were written by the makers. Do you have a favorite quilt you saw at QuiltCon (or online from QuiltCon)? If so, which one was it and why? Let me know in the comments below!
The QuiltCon Charity Challenge is one of the Modern Quilt Guild‘s largest-scale charity projects. This year, guilds and individual members were challenged to create modern traditional quilts using a pre-defined color palette. All charity quilts were returned to the makers and will be donated to benefit a local charity. Here are just a few of […]
photo: QuiltCon Souvenir Embroidery Sampler by French General Were you at QuiltCon? If so, I hope we said hello! If we didn’t, it’s easy to understand why we didn’t see each other — so many people and things to do! For those of you who couldn’t attend QuiltCon or didn’t see everything, I’ll be giving […]