QuiltCon in Review: 5

Today's QuiltCon review is a look at quilts in the Small Quilts category. According to the QuiltCon app, 43 quilts were displayed in that category. 

Whenever possible, when I ran into a quilter whose quilt was hanging, I invited them to show me their quilt so I could take a picture. One of the first people I saw was Sarah Muslim Lefebve, a member of South Florida MQG.

Sarah's quilt is delightful, colorful, and well-suited to its name: Goodie Bag. Using a fabric charm pack from last year's QuiltCon swag bag/goodie bag, she made this 16" X 20" quilt. Love it!

Another maker I rounded-up for a quilt picture was Pip Porter @mizrini from Adelaide, Australia. Pip made this 60" X 60" Red and White Study 1 that was in the Use of Negative Space category.

From leftover bits, she then made 4 X 10 = 40 a 16" X 16" quilt in the small quilts category. Didn't she get lots of mileage from red and white improv piecing? 

Rachel Singh made The Chaos in My Head, a 28" X 26" quilt that demonstrates a great use of bias tape. I noticed a lot more quilts this year included use of bias tape. This one was domestic machine quilted.

Is Neon a Neutral? was made by Jessica Easterly @jesasterly

It's 29" X 20" and was improv pieced, domestic machine quilted, and hand embroidered and hand quilted. 

My friend, and a contributor to our Pot Luck group quilt, Patty Dudek @elmstreetquilts made this two-color quilt, Island in the Sky, using Irene Roderick's improv book as a guide. 

The quilt is 22" X 23" and was domestic machine and big stitch hand quilted. 

The Karman Line was made by Sue Erdreich, is 12" X 22", and was entirely machine pieced and domestic machine quilted.  

Such little pieces! Size-wise, these tiny triangles remind me of Jen Carlton-Bailey @bettycrockerass 's curvelets. 

I've never been one to use botanicals in my quilts, but this one could change my mind. Love the colors Rosell Crockett of Georgia used to make Boho Fiscus Elastica.

It's 25" X 34" and was machine pieced, and freezer paper appliquéd. Quilting is by domestic machine, and hand embroidery. 

A simple shape, but engaging with repetitive color, Liz Kuny made this 22" X 26" quilt named Back and Forth.

Its machine pieced and domestic machine quilted. 

Square Peg in a Round Hole was made by Dawn Johnson @positivedawn. It's 25" X 25" and was machine pieced and domestic machine quilted. I always marvel that a quilter can figure out how to hang a round quilt.

It's been quite a while since I've seen a pixelated quilt at QuiltCon. This is Paradise in a Can by Erynn Truex @true.threads.quilting. 

At 20" X 35", that's a lot of tiny pieces in a small quilt! Machine pieced and longarm quilted.

Small quilts is a category I've never entered, mostly because I don't make small quilts, unless it's necessary.

Over the years, I've found that wall-sized quilts are difficult to give away. No one wants them because the colors aren't right, or don't coordinate with their decor, or there's no place to hang them.

On the other hand, lap-sized or bed-sized quilts are always accepted with open arms. Colors don't matter. Looks don't matter! In the end, it can be used. Have you discovered that too? 

Linda