For Sew and Tell this week I thought I would share with you the quilts that I submitted for entry into QuiltCon. This was a scary step for me as I’ve never tried to enter a big show before. But it’s one of my quilting goals – so here’s hoping at least one of them gets in!
Charming Chevrons is the first quilt I knew I wanted to enter. After the time-consuming (but fun!) amount of quilting I did on it for my tutorial, I thought it deserves a shot. You can read the text I submitted with the entry below.
What is more traditional than a half square triangle? What is more modern than solid colored chevrons with irregular pebble quilting? My quilt, Charming Chevrons, is a marriage of both. Inspired by a couple of colorful Kona charm packs and the desire quilt the heck out of something, I experienced pure bliss in designing and making this quilt. I used 18 different colors of thread for the pebbles.
Next, I emailed them a picture of my Busy Hands quilt which I’ve already blogged about a few times before. But here it is in its entirety. (I didn’t even bother counting how long it took for the FMQ – I would probably need to declare myself insane if I did!!)
Although I’ve been a quilter for quite a few years, this is my first modern quilt. I discovered this eclectic style earlier this year and have been thoroughly smitten! “Busy Hands” embodies everything I love about modern quilts: bright clear colors, bold geometric shapes, and clean lines with lots of negative space for detailed quilting. Making modern quilts is a great way to keep my hands busy! I did all of the quilting my regular home sewing machine.
And finally, just for fun I included my Baby Bricks in pink. I was able to submit 3 quilts so I figured more quilts would increase my chance of at least one getting in! (Yes I will be sad if none make it into the show, but no matter what, it was an amazing experience to at least try.)
I designed Baby Bricks as a way to piece a quick modern quilt with simple shapes. I took a classic stacked bricks design and modernized it by adding negative space between the rows. This allowed me to showcase some fun fabrics while balancing the straight lines of the quilt with whimsical double loops. I love the way the batting poofs up in the areas that are not over-quilted. This gives some extra dimension to the piece.
Updated December 28th – I’m in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so thrilled I can hardly speak (or type). I just found out that my Charming Chevrons quilt above got juried into QuiltCon. This is so exciting!!!!!! I’ll post more later in a separate followup post. Yay for me (giving myself a big hug and pat on the back….)!!
Christa Quilts 
I just found your website. Tell us about QuiltCon, I’m dying to know!
Jane, I have lots of posts about it from last week – so just scroll back a few screens and you can read all about it. 🙂
congratulations!!!!!!
Your Charming Chevron quilt is fantastic! Congrats on the entry into QuiltCon! How exciting!
I love, love, love the quilting on the busy hands quilt. The chevron quilt is spectacular as well.
Congratulations! They all are wonderful.
I just found out my Charming Chevron Quilt just made it into QuiltCon. Whoo hoo! I’m sooo darn excited!!
All those little hands you fmq’ed?? That was an adventure I bet! Looks phenomenal!
Yes, I did – I marked them with stencils first though.
I love all three! Amazing quilting. Good Luck!
All your quilts are lovely! I especially love the first…the quilting is amazing.
Wow! What stunning projects. Love all of them. So, true about your first HTS quilt, traditional block made goes modern.
Awesome quilting on the hands quilt. Love it!
I love all of them. I hope I get to see at least one at Quiltcon.
Wow, love your modern quilts and your quilting is wonderful. Nice job.
The Chevrons are beautiful!!! and the Busy Hands Quilt is absolutely amazing! Good luck!
Love how you followed the V in those parts and pebbled in the other. Great FMQ contrast.
Your quilts are awesome! I can only hope and pray that I will quilt like that someday. I will be shocked if at least one of your quilts doesn’t make it. If not…they have all lost their minds, or maybe I should say eyeglasses! Good luck!
I hope they all get picked for the show.
Your Charming Chevrons just makes me so happy. I love LOVE solids!! And your quilting is phenomenal!
The best of luck to you, Christa! You inspire me to learn machine quilting on my home sewing machine.
Christa, your quilts are lovely! I like that you are taking the plunge into showing your quilts. The Charming Chevrons turned out beautiful.
They look great, and your quilting is wonderful – best wishes on getting selected!
Gorgeous! Yes, totally insane quiltING… Not quiltER! 🙂
Chevrons is my fav… I may have to put it on my to do list. Good luck!!!!