Happy Dance

Happy Dance was a joy to create from beginning to end. I sketched out the beginning of the design in Procreate one day when I was just playing around. It excited me so I decided to play with the design further but with fabric.

The quilting was a combination of both walking foot and hand quilting, both done in a very organic way - just playing around with thread.

This quilt is 49" wide x 32" tall.

Happy Dance was one of my 4 entries to the QuiltCon 2026 show. I am extremely happy and honored that 2 of my quilts will be in the show. However, this particular this quilt is a QuiltCon reject. (My second reject is 1 1 2 3 5 8.)

I would have loved to see this quilt hanging in Raleigh and will likely submit it again in the future for consideration by another jury.

Until then, more soon on the two quilts that were accepted.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

1 1 2 3 5 8

1 1 2 3 5 8 was my entry for the QuiltCon 2026 fabric challenge. Emails went out yesterday announcing which quilts were juried into the show. I am honored that 2 of my quilts will be in the show. However, this particular this quilt is a QuiltCon reject.

While this is an original design, this is not the first time I made this quilt. The original version was featured in Make Modern magazine. When I was trying to come up with a design for the fabric challenge, I kept coming back to this one and thought the design gave me a chance to explore how the fabrics worked together.

This was the first QuiltCon entry that I completely hand-quilted - that process was so fun and I hope to do it again.

In the show or not, I am really proud of how this quilt turned out!

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Bee Blocks - October and November

I am a member of the @unscriptedquiltsbee and have enjoyed the monthly challenges from fellow bee mates.

Sarah invited us to create blocks with simple improv wedges in a color way of pinks and greens for our October block. I really enjoyed working with this color combination.

The prompt for November from Isabelle was to create a block using improv curved piecing that captures movement and flow. The color palette was warm oranges and grays with a bit of teal. The block really took on a life of its own!

You can see the blocks from March through September here. There are a total of eleven members of the bee. My month was June - you can see all the blocks sent to me here.

We take the month of December off. I've been pleased that I've been able to get each block done on time and hope that this continues into next year!

Have a wonderful day! Patty