Celebration of My QuiltCon 2027 Entries

With QuiltCon submission behind us (whew!), I wanted to share a sneak peak of the five quilts I submitted to the show. While each quilt brought its own set of challenges, I am very proud of my work and want to celebrate my submissions!

From left to right:

• Welcome to Orbit City! was entered into Bee/Group Quilts. My prompt to my Quilts Unscripted bee mates was based on an animation cell from the Jetson's. You can read more about the process on this post from September. So much fun to assemble - the colors brought me joy.

• 1 1 2 3 5 8 was entered but not accepted into QC2026 in the fabric challenge. It is my first quilt that was entirely hand quilted so I decided to give another try at QuiltCon. Read more about the quilt here.

• Freestyle was entered into the Scrappy Color challenge. Inspiration for the quilt comes from my daily morning lap swim.  

• Happy Dance was entered but not accepted into Improv om QC2-26 and I thought it deserved another chance. This quilt was such fun to make. The bright colors make me happy. Read more about the quilt here.

• Event Horizon was entered into the Fabric Challenge. It features a mix of walking foot quilting and hand quilting. An event horizon is the boundary marking the outer limits of a black hole and is often depicted in images in shades of oranges and reds. Anything that crosses this boundary is trapped forever inside the black hole.

I'll post more information about these quilts soon. Until then, fingers crossed that some of my quilts will hang in the show in Atlanta. Congratulations and good luck to everyone who submitted!

Have a wonderful day! Patty

The Blue Wave

Much/all of my sewing time has been working on quilts for QuiltCon submission. With that behind me - more on that soon! - it is time to work on new projects and bring back a more frequent posting for my blog.

The Blue Wave is a free FPP pattern from quiltbynight. The pattern is FPP and took quite some time to assemble. I was able to use large scraps left over by one of the quilts I submitted to QuiltCon.

I will likely quilt it with a grid - one of my favorite ways to finish a quilt. It measures about 12" x 12".

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Getting Started on the Pick a Color Challenge

I love creating something for the QuiltCon challenges every year. For 2027 (Atlanta), the Pick a Color challenge is calling my name. The concept is to use a single hue in the creation of your quilt and make it scrappy. 

I decided to go with all solids and chose the following from Painters Palette: Azure, Pale Aqua, Aruba, Bright Aqua, Cyan, Aquarius, Artesian, Poseidon, Turquoise, Gulf Stream, and Marine. The colors look pretty amazing together in person.

My idea is to play around with blocks that look like bubbles or arches. I tried a couple of different techniques but got the best results using a technique I use for inset circles. I am placing just a dab of Elmer's clear school glue, placing the shape on top and then pressing. 

Now, to try out some other color combinations.

You can read more about the challenge here on the QuiltCon page.

Have a wonderful day! Patty