{"id":5158,"date":"2019-02-23T19:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T02:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=5158"},"modified":"2020-09-20T01:58:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T07:58:34","slug":"quiltcon-in-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/quiltcon-in-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"QuiltCon in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FOLOLADR_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5159\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FOLOLADR_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FOLOLADR_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUAIRXPW_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5160\" class=\"wp-image-5160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUAIRXPW_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUAIRXPW_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUANI4LF_MD-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5164\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5164\" class=\"wp-image-5164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUANI4LF_MD-2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUANI4LF_MD-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\nThis morning I caught a 6 am flight home from Nashville, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltcon.com\/2019-winners?fbclid=IwAR3N3TocqEeZ2BEzeKsyEFSp_GxagnPJHd4vGQaSnuo4QChBUD7438TGGLQ\">attending the Award Ceremonies<\/a>\n  and 2 days of QuiltCon. The weather was drizzly and cold but the  \ncolorful quilts and enthusiastic high spirits made up for the weather  \noutside! Each year that I go to this event, I delight in seeing how the \n Modern Quilt movement, and this event, continue to change and  \ngrow&#8230;often in unexpected ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Best of Show was a colorful\n and truly fantastic GROUP QUILT,  which just underlines my theory that \nif quilters ruled the world we  could solve all of our problems. This \ngenius quilt is a study in how to  bring creatively independent \nspontaneous elements together into one  harmonious joyful expression. \nCongratulations to Leanne Lethbridge and  her group! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the \nother top awards was the eQuilter Machine Quilting Award  made by Marge \nTucker from Massachusetts. My BERNINA Ambassador mentor  Jeanne and I \nhad fun admiring Marge&#8217;s machine work together. There was a  lot of \nKantha-style handwork and stitching at the exhibit, but there  was also a\n lot of masterful machine quilting which filled up the  ubiquitous \nNegative Spaces in many Modern Quilts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my favorite quilts\n in the show was a multicolor Group Quilt  from Russia, which had a \nsimilar feel to the Best of Show quilt. You may  recall several years \nago I talked about Group Quilts being a strong  trend, after a \nparticularly inspiring Group Quilt exhibit at the  Birmingham UK \nFestival of Quilts. The Charity Guild Group Quilts which  are sent in to\n QuiltCon from all over the US, and indeed from all over  the world, are\n a case in point. Now more than ever, we need to come  together to \ncreate beautiful synchronicity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also recall me \nmentioning a year ago about the activist  quilts by the Social Justice \nSewing Academy. This year their quilts in  the Youth category were the \ntalk of the show, and I was lucky enough to  spend some time with their \norganizers. I&#8217;ll be sharing photos from the  Mexico City quilt festival \nand QuiltCon on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luanarubin\/albums\">my photo page<\/a> this weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I need to go get ready for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QuiltColorado\/posts\/1964861840279117?__xts__[0]=68.ARAxzDTdYSToACLH6v2DwYL_UId2S93dWMX-Ry47JKpvq7kqB9bHHzrkKpADKc8wdtP91ibhZB\">Lynn Koolish<\/a>&#8216;s CQC workshop in our eQuilter Classroom tomorrow morning. Hope to see some of you there! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>sharing your Passion for Fabric&#8230;  <br>Luana and Paul <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>******** <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>eQuilter Classroom &amp; Travel Calendar:  <br>Feb 24 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QuiltColorado\/posts\/1964861840279117?__xts__[0]=68.ARAxzDTdYSToACLH6v2DwYL_UId2S93dWMX-Ry47JKpvq7kqB9bHHzrkKpADKc8wdtP91ibhZB\">Lynn Koolish<\/a> for CQC &#8211; in eQuilter Classroom <br>Mar 9 &#8211; Charity Sewing Day &#8211; Please RSVP <br>Mar 14-17 &#8211; Carter Center &#8211; Atlanta <br>Mar 28-30 &#8211; &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/search?p_filter_keyword=RUMDL&amp;p_search_type=all&amp;p_func=live&amp;fn=nl\">Love Your Mother<\/a>&#8216; exhibit at Spring Quilt Festival in Chicago <br>Apr 1 &#8211; Quilting Arts TV, Cleveland <br>Apr 12-14 &#8211; Jean Wells for FRCQ workshop &#8211; in eQuilter Classroom <br>Apr 22-29 &#8211; Pour Lamour Du Fil &#8211; Nantes France (lecture Fri Apr 26) 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