QuiltCon 2017 Follow Up

Quilt at the Riley Blake Booth

I finally got the chance to go to QuiltCon this year in Savannah, Georgia! I went with my mom and had a great time. I took a bunch of photos of some of my favorite quilts. Most of these were my favorites because they were interesting or inspiring, not always because they were beautiful. For example, the one above was actually from a vendor, Riley Blake, booth but I just thought it was so fun.

First up are my favorites. These are quilts that I was just super inspired by.

Sunset Dreamin’ by Louise Wackerman

If I read the description correctly, this was actually a group quilt. Not sure, but I love the simplicity.

Flame by Patty Simmons

Super neat.

Handcrafted by Jennifer Johnston

One of the absolute coolest quilts at the festival.

Vertigo Pieced and quilted by Elaine Poplin

Probably my favorite quilt. It makes my eyes feel funny 🙂

Highline by Katie Larson

Again, really liked the simplicity and the way the quilting reflected the colors.

Highline by Katie Larson

Smoke by Katherine Jones

Another favorite. Hard to see from this photo, but the threads were of various weights as well which added even more interest.

Dimension Quilt by Nydia Kehnle

Enjoyed the perspective in this one. The quilting really added to it.

Sea Horizon, West by Lucinda Walker

I found the calming nature of this one very soothing. Would love to hang something like this on my wall.

Twelve Constellations by Amber Corcoran

I love astronomy so this one was close to home.

Gotham Transit Authority by Catherine Jarett

I also love comics, superheroes, etc. which made this one super awesome.

Gotham Transit Authority by Catherine Jarett

Tartan Tattoo by Linzi Upton

The detail on this one blew my mind. I loved that they blew up a portion of a tartan. But the detail. And the way it almost made a second quilt on the back. So very cool and so much skill.

Tartan Tattoo by Linzi Upton

Infused Plaid pieced and quilted by Cassandra Beaver

I was really impressed which how much was achieved with simple straight stitches in different colors.

Infused Plaid pieced and quilted by Cassandra Beaver

There was a whole section of just quilts quilted by Angela Walters, an amazing quilter:

Reject Quilt by Tula Pink, quilted by Angela Walters

Wholecloth by Angela Walters

Scrollburst pieced and quilted by Angela Walters

Gothic Arches by Tula Pink and Angela Walters

Inspire by Angela Walters

I also enjoyed many of the vendor booths both for purchasing things (I picked up some doodads) and for checking out the samples. Some fabric vendors which were new to me that I plan to revisit are Sew Stitching Happy (adorable fabrics), Adorn It (some really beautiful fabrics, especially with metallics), Cotton Cuts (they have a really cool mystery quilt I’m thinking of doing), and Urban Sew (great selection of apparel and Japanese fabrics).

One of my favorite new vendors that I learned about was Northcott fabrics. They gave away some of their fabrics which I’ve already used (post coming soon). I love the bright colors. I also really enjoyed man of the quilts in their booth. Both of these were great. I really love the bottom one, Fault Line, but the top one is fun too and would be great for a quilt class.

From the Handiquilter booth, I really liked the detail in the quilting on this quilt.

It was great to get a chance to try out a bunch of different longarm machines. They all feel really different. I do most of my quilting on a Handiquilter Avanté which was one of the better machines there. The Gammill was probably my favorite. It was really smooth. But the Gammill’s are also pretty expensive where as the Handiquilters are more affordable and still a really good machine.