Charity Quilts

Every year Guilds and Bees make charity quilts to be displayed at QuiltCon and then they donate them to a local charity either for use, display or as a fundraiser. These are often stunningly inventive pieces.
A theme is set to give a focus and some unity to the display. This year it was black and white and words.

I went on a special exhibit tour with Mary Fons which included a description of A Day in the Life of a Quilter

Reading from left to right: dawn, asleep, alarm, kiss husband and cup of coffee. R2 More coffee, good, another cup, not so good, private moment, good job done. R3 Breakfast, walk the dog, another good job done. R4 Time to sew, going well till oops, unpick. R5 School run and clubs: football, music followed by ice cream. R6 Time to sew again, cutter accident, oh dear, plaster but undeterred. R7 call for pizza, delivery, pay, eat pizza, greedy and more pizza and R8 chocolate and a glass of wine, sew and more wine, spill wine R9 Kiss husband twice, bed ...!

Small Quilts

I forgot to note the name

Pop Heart by Amanda Hancock

Two Red Stitches by Sarah Hibbert of the UK

Twist by Maria Shell

Detail of block

Define Gravity by Daniela O'Connell

Tara Glastonbury
Corporate Life

Tara Glastonbury
Off the Rails

Out and around on Friday

I absolutely relished the display of Victoria Findlay Wolfe's quilts. What a virtuoso!

And here are other selections from the first half of the quilt displays:

Convex Concave by Laura Ward

Amy Friend's Radiance Quilt, a MQG free to members quilt of the month pattern,

Quadrants by Jessica Levitt and friends is in the Group or Bee section. for quilts made by 3 people or more.

No apologies by Laura Loewen and Boulder MQG members

This is The View from here by Liz Moser in the Fabric Challenge section using the prescribed Indah batik selections.

Detail of the piecing and quilting

This is from the
Individual Youth Section
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This is the
accomplished winner
of this section

This is one of several quilts in the Youth Group section made using blocks made by members of the Social Justice sewing Academy

Show Day

Here is a small selection of the quilts I looked at yesterday. I went round the special exhibit of Amish quilts from the Esprit collection and The Applique and Minimalism sections spaced out throughout the day so as not to get visual overload. I haven't got pictures of the minimalist ones yet as I go round and look at all and select which ones to photograph.

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I also went to three lectures,one on the Amish quilts, one on the doyennes of Japanese quilting and the new breed

and finally a super technical talk on Ditch the Block with very professional graphics.

And finally an evening workshop on Siddi quilts a subject which has fascinated me since learning about South African versions at the Alsace Show. 

My evening's work

Shruti Dandekar

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