QuiltCon 2015

In my excitement over getting ready for the Houston International Quilt Festival coming up at the end of October, I suddenly remembered that I had never posted my pictures from the Modern Quilt Guild's QuiltCon from earlier this year.

Here are a few of my favorite quilts from that show.

33 by Gabriella Kirst

Citrus Wedge by Jen Carlton Bailey

Citrus Wedge - detail

CPU by Katherine Jones

Squaring the Circle by Jo Avery

Steal This Quilt by Chawne Kimber

Little Brother by Stacey Murton

Tessellation 3 by Nydia Kehnle

Tessellation 3 - detail

Moving Target by Christine Perrigo

The American Context 16 - Christina's World
by Luke Haynes

The American Context 16 - Christina's World - detail

Barb Knoblock, me, and Lynn Douglass in back row,
Betty Baker and Sharon Dixon in front.
(FMLC Plus One!)
We are all longarm quilters, and long-time friends.

Quilt Auction!

My friend Liz Broussard alerted me to the live auction of some fabulous quilts, to be held at the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston Show (at the Stafford Center) on July 12 and 13, 2013. 

 

"Round Peg in a Square Hole"

The quilt shown above boasts Modern blocks created and donated for the auction by the Beyond the Sunset bee, which were arranged and quilted by Liz Broussard.  (I would love to have this quilt myself!)


They are expecting over 20 quilts in the Live Auction ... including the one pictured above, plus a quilt using Kaffe Fassett fabrics, an Edyta Sitar basket quilt, a Texas quilt, a "house" quilt, an applique quilt of historical missions, and traditional quilts ... there should be something for everyone! Sizes range from throw/ lap size to bed size. 

They will also have three different services for professional quilting available for auction, so if you aren’t in the market for a quilt, you might consider getting one of your own quilt tops professionally quilted.

According to Theresa Dodson of the QGGH, they will also have a basket raffle (roughly 25-30), which you need not be present to win. Some raffles will include fabric, some may be holiday items, and even possibly a sewing machine (to be discovered)!

Make your plans to be there, see the wonderful show that they always exhibit, and scarf up on the goodies!

QuiltCon 2013, Part 2

Here are the rest of the photos of quilts that were juried into the first QuiltCon, held in Austin, Texas.  It was a beautiful show, with exciting quilts and many great vendors.  Please let me know if you enjoy seeing this little slice of the event, and how you feel about the Modern Quilt Movement.

Impracticality
Angela Walters

Impracticality (detail 1)

 

Impracticality (detail 2)

In Defense of Manmade
Thomas Knauer

Is There a Court Jester in the House
Lynn Douglass

Kelsey's Crosses
Modern Quilting Bee
quilted by Mary Workman

Log Pyramids
Liz Harvatine

Overgrown
Alison Glass

Paper Shredder
Pamela Johnson

Pods
Heather Grant
quilted by Angela Walters

Pods (detail)

Rainbow Rocks
Kathleen Baden

Red Concentrate
Lavialle Campbell

RonQuilt: The Ron Swanson Quilt
Monica Solorio-Snow

RonQuilt (reduced for viewing purposes)

Self Image I
Chawne Kimber

Spin Dr
Angela Walters

Spin Dr (detail)

Sunrise I
Erika Mulvenna

Time Travel
Barb Forrister

Trajectory #2
Megan E. Dye

You Rule
Brigitte Heitland

You Rule (detail)

QuiltCon 2013 - Modern Quilts, Part 1

I finally finished processing the photos I took at QuiltCon last week in Austin.  It was a wonderful (if short) road-trip with my friends Sharon Dixon, Barb Knoblock, and Betty Baker, who drove in from Houston.  Only TWO people-pictures, I promise!  The rest are quilts.

Standing in front of the QuiltCon quilt:
Me, Betty, Barb, and Sharon

Lynn Douglass, Sharon, Barb, Betty

 Here are some of the modern quilts that were on display ...alphabetically by title.  I tried to include the quilter's names when possible, but didn't realize until too late how many were quilted by long-armers, and neglected to get all of the names.  If you have information on the names of the quilters (as opposed to the quilt top makers), I will be most happy to add them here.

A Very Long Conversation
Rossie Hutchinson

Add It Up
Jacquie Gering, Katie Pedersen and Angela Walters

Bang! You're Dead
Jacquie Gering
quilted by Anne Christopher

Broken Cogs
Jacquie Gering and Angela Walters

Broken Cogs (detail)

Broken Diamonds
Kati Spencer

Cancer Sucks
Austin Modern Quilt Guild
gift for Cindy Crowell

Coded Paragraph
Joel Ignacio

Coded Paragraph (detail)

Connected to Jon
Sew Connected (group); quilted by Angela Walters

Couldn't Keep it to Myself
Denyse Schmidt

Curried Plums
Debbie Grifka

Don't Blink
Caro Sheridan

Don't Blink
(reduced in size for viewing)

Double Edged Love
(Best In Show)
Victoria Findlay Wolfe
quilted by Lisa Sipes

Double Edged Love (detail)

Fifty Shades of Groovy
Leslie Tucker Jenison

Fifty Shades of Groovy (detail)

Flying Saucer
Lisa Alexakis

Hope as the Anchor of the Soul #3
Denyse Schmidt

Hope as the Anchor of the Soul #3 (detail)

Hope as the Anchor of the Soul #4
Denyse Schneider

Hope as the Anchor of the Soul #4 (detail)

Hurle Burle Marx
Daniel Rouse

What do YOU think, so far?  I must admit that I wasn't in love with the Modern Quilt Movement when it first emerged a couple of years ago, but I was surprised and pleased at how many of them at the show that I did like.  It's definitely a different take, although there still seems to be some confusion and disagreement over what constitutes a "Modern" quilt.

MORE pictures tomorrow ... please check back ... and please leave me a Comment on your opinion of the Modern Quilt Movement.