If you go to my Flickr page you’ll see that I’ve uploaded a couple more big batches of photos from QuiltCon 2023. I still have a couple more batches to upload, but you can see lots of beautiful Modern Quilts in the album already.
Today I am sharing one of the quilts that caught my eye at the show:
“Afterall Improv” by Catherine Bonnichsen
Quilted by Lane Hunter
“This quilt is such a joint collaboration. It started with all the blocks I had left over from a year of teaching improv techniques at my local quilt store. I spent a while working out how to put them all together…playing with layout and trying to get a pleasing flow to the colors. In the end the process became a rehab exercise for my brain as I had a stroke half way through finishing the top. This quilt ended up re-teaching me to do Y seams, quilt off grid and to let go. When the top was finished I handed it over to a colleague at the store, Lane Hunter, to quilt. I thought he would do a computerized all over pattern but instead he blew me away with the ‘It’s a Small World’ inspired free-motion quilting. He took my quilt top and made it magic”
Indeed he did Catherine, but I also see the magic of your healing process in this quilt. Perhaps it caught my eye because I’ve been a fan of the Disney ride (and yes, the earworm song) since I first went to Disneyland as a little girl right before we moved from So Cal to Colorado. I really appreciate that Catherine was willing to share her story about her healing process, and indeed that she finished the quilt and shared it with all of us at QuiltCon!
I’ve paired up the quilt image with a couple favorite fabrics that arrived in our warehouse in the last few days. These colors remind me of the brilliant colors of Springtime that are just around the corner. Some of you may already have these colors blooming in your early Spring gardens. I hope you enjoy the quilt photos, and watch for my essay about our 24th anniversary in Saturday’s e-newsletter.
Sharing your love of fabric,
Luana and Paul
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Mar 21-24 – Washington DC
April 18-26 – Pour l’Amour du Fil – Nantes, France
May 27 – Dairy Barn, Athens OH – Quilt National
June 8-10 – Quilt Canada – Halifax, Nova Scotia
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