I thoroughly enjoyed my time at QuiltCon 2024 last month in Raleigh, NC. The quilts below all caught my eye for one reason or another. I will at least write a sentence about each one. I have the photo of the quilts on the left side and the artist’s statement on the right. Click on the images to enlarge them.

The Quilts of Jacquie Gering

I am a huge fan of Jacquie Gering and had the opportunity to take a walking foot class from Jacquie in 2017 at the Hip Stitch quilt store in Albuquerque. It was hands down the best quilting class I’ve ever taken. I’m only including two of her quilts in this post, but every single one was memorable and thought-provoking. I had a very personal connection to the Missing Pieces quilt below as I have a family member who is currently suffering from memory issues.

The quilt below beautifully depicts how the COVID19 pandemic affected all of us.

Windham Artisan Cotton 2024 Challenge

In this category, I was very taken with David Owen Hasting’s Azami Thistle quilt. The quilting is phenomenal, and I loved the message, “when in doubt, take something out.” That’s wisdom I can apply to many areas of my life.

I really liked the organic quality of this Oysters quilt:

The last quilt that popped for me in the this category, is Pop! (pun intended 🙂

Improvisation

The front of the quilt below is awesome, but I was also taken with the back of the quilt.

Use of Negative Space

This Enough quilt is so elegant in its simplicity.

MQM Maximalism Exhibit

In stark contrast to the category above, this quilt had the most brilliant use of fabric selvedges that I have ever seen!

Group & Bee Quilts

I would have loved to gone to that quilt retreat in the Montana mountains!

Applique

I don’t think I will ever forget the quilt below.

Best Machine Quilting

I knew that Yvonne with Quilting Jetgirl had submitted her Cloudy Night Sky quilt to the QuiltCon Quilt Show, but I had no idea that it had won the award for Best Machine Quilting. Read her post about this wonderful award here. Below are four photos of the quilt. The first is the quilt itself, the second is Yvonne’s Artist Statement, the third is a shot taken with Yvonne, her best friend, Cheryl, with Meadow Mists Designs, Yvonne’s mom, and me. The last pic is of my friend, Laura, and me with this lovely quilt. Laura is not a quilter (though she is an artist who uses a variety of mediums), but she decided to join me in Raleigh for a nice long weekend visit. She lives in Philadelphia, which isn’t all that far from Raleigh and is much closer than New Mexico! It was so great getting caught up with her and being able to visit in a leisurely manner.