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QuiltCon returned to Raleigh this year. I was able to attend all 4 days of the show plus I volunteered to hang the show, worked registration on Wednesday and then helped package up and mail all the quilts.
Was I exhausted by the end? Most certainly! But the week long event was so much fun, it was quite worth it!
As I have in past years, I am going to spread my thoughts about QuiltCon over a series of blog posts - this is the first in the series.
Play Time! hung in the Group and Bee category. I so enjoyed watching people react to the stick figures all over the quilt.
The prompt for my bee mates was Balance. I asked everyone to give color and shape to everything they were dealing with on a daily basis. A common theme was finding enough time to create and play. As the blocks came together, they took the shape of a giant playground structure. There are 37 stick figures scattered around the play structure. How many can you find? (Be warned, one guy blends right into the background.)
I was able to grab a photo with 8 of the 10 friends who contributed to the quilt. Such a wonderful group of people!
Standing: Emily @emilylangquilts, Ellyn @ellynz, Me! @elmstreetquilts, E.A. @eacox24, Elizabeth @elizabethkray and Charles @feltlikesweets
Kneeling: Chris @scarf.mama, Isabell @southbaybella, and Jenn @jenngeorgeburt
Not pictured: Sarah @sarahgoerquilts and Sara @bysarahruiz
Lavender Marmalade hung in the Diamonds Quilting Challenge category. Of particular excitement for me is that the quilt and pattern was featured in QuiltCon magazine!
While making this quilt, I kept (softly) singing the first verse and chorus of the Beatles song 'Diamonds in the Sky'. The line "tangerine trees and marmalade skies" inspired the quilt name. Creatively, the biggest challenge was using my walking foot to create the detailed quilting while trying not to focus on the overwhelming task of burying over 1,000 threads!
In addition to the walking foot quilting, I added some hand quilting.
I feel both honored and fortunate to have 2 quilts juried into the show.
Back soon with my next recap - the show quilts!
