{"id":5167,"date":"2019-02-25T10:04:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T17:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2019-02-25T10:04:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T17:04:28","slug":"quiltcon-in-nashville-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/quiltcon-in-nashville-2\/","title":{"rendered":"QuiltCon in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/125\/northwoods-camping-fishing-wildlife?fn=nl_20190223193440\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUANI4LF_MD-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"5168\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUANI4LF_MD-3.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUANI4LF_MD-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/3\/florals-large-scale-+-panels?fn=nl_20190223193440\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FOLOLADR_MD-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"5169\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FOLOLADR_MD-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FOLOLADR_MD-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/13\/fairies-+-fairytales?fn=nl_20190223193440\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUAIRXPW_MD-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"5170\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUAIRXPW_MD-2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RUAIRXPW_MD-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis morning I caught\na 6 am flight home from Nashville, after attending the Award Ceremonies and 2\ndays of QuiltCon. The weather was drizzly and cold but the colorful quilts and\nenthusiastic high spirits made up for the weather outside! Each year that I go\nto this event, I delight in seeing how the Modern Quilt movement, and this\nevent, continue to change and grow&#8230;often in unexpected ways. <br><br>\nThe Best of Show was a colorful and truly fantastic GROUP QUILT, which just\nunderlines my theory that if quilters ruled the world we could solve all of our\nproblems. This genius 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! <br><br>\nOne of the other top awards was the eQuilter Machine Quilting Award made by\nMarge Tucker from Massachusetts. My BERNINA Ambassador mentor Jeanne and I had\nfun admiring Marge&#8217;s machine work together. There was a lot of Kantha-style\nhandwork and stitching at the exhibit, but there was also a lot of masterful\nmachine quilting which filled up the ubiquitous Negative Spaces in many Modern\nQuilts. <br><br>\nOne of my favorite quilts in the show was a multicolor Group Quilt from Russia,\nwhich had a similar feel to the Best of Show quilt. You may recall several\nyears ago I talked about Group Quilts being a strong trend, after a\nparticularly inspiring Group Quilt exhibit at the Birmingham UK Festival of\nQuilts. The Charity Guild Group Quilts which are sent in to QuiltCon from all\nover the US, and indeed from all over the world, are a case in point. Now more\nthan ever, we need to come together to create beautiful synchronicity. <br><br>\nYou may also recall me mentioning a year ago about the activist quilts by the\nSocial Justice Sewing Academy. This year their quilts in the Youth category\nwere the talk 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 and\nQuiltCon on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luanarubin\/albums\">my photo\npage<\/a> this weekend. <br><br>\nNow I need to go get ready for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QuiltColorado\/posts\/1964861840279117?__xts__%5b0%5d=68.ARAxzDTdYSToACLH6v2DwYL_UId2S93dWMX-Ry47JKpvq7kqB9bHHzrkKpADKc8wdtP91ibhZB\">Lynn\nKoolish<\/a>&#8216;s CQC workshop in our eQuilter Classroom tomorrow morning. Hope to\nsee some of you there! <br><br>\nsharing your Passion for Fabric&#8230; <br>\nLuana and Paul <br><br><\/p>\n<strong>Share Post:<\/strong><br><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5167&#038;t=QuiltCon%20in%20Nashville&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5167&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F02%2FRUANI4LF_MD-3.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=QuiltCon%20in%20Nashville\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5167&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-pinterest nolightbox\" data-provider=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5167&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F02%2FRUANI4LF_MD-3.jpg&#038;description=QuiltCon%20in%20Nashville\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pinterest\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/pinterest.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5167&#038;title=QuiltCon%20in%20Nashville\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I caught a 6 am flight home from Nashville, after attending the Award Ceremonies and 2 days of QuiltCon. The weather was drizzly and cold but the colorful quilts and enthusiastic high spirits made up for the weather &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/quiltcon-in-nashville-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-quilts","category-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5171,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167\/revisions\/5171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}