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About mlwilkie

Software Developer, Mother, Wife with keen interest in art, design and crafts of all kinds.

QuiltCon: Quilt Show {Part I}

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I had the delight of attending QuiltCon last week. It was an amazing experience (as always). I was lucky enough to have a quilt in the show (San Francisco Bustle, QoM). My room-mate, Laura, made me a matching bag. How cute is that!! I love it.

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Over a couple of posts, I want to share with you all some of the quilts and trends I saw at the show. Let’s start with a common trend of QuiltCons past, which continued in this show. Here are some of my favorite quilts made with mostly solid fabrics.

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Splinter, Daniela O’Connell (@blockmquilts)

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Terrace, Violet Craft (@violetcraft)

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Chomp, Jacquie Gering (@jacquietps)

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Sirkel, Daisy Aschehoug (@warmfolk)

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Bending Petal, Karen Lee (@quiltaposy)

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In Sequence, Rayna Gillman (@rayna_gillman)

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Shine a Light, Hillary Goodwin (@entropyalwayswins)

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Neighbor, Melanie Tuazon (@melintheattic)

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Nests and Vessels #1: The House Protects the Dreamers, Leslie Tucker Jenison (@leslietuckerjenison)

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Rhythm of the Rails, Kristen Shields (@kristenshields)

This year, one of the trends I loved was the inclusion of more texture. I think it added more interest and dimensionality to the quilts.  If only you could touch them.
(Note: there is no handling of the quilts allowed, without white gloves to protect the quilts)

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SAQA Special Exhibit: SYO #67, Harue Konishi, Unburied threads and use of silk

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What’s your time worth?, Tara Glastonbury (@stitchandyarn)

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What’s your time worth? (close-up), Folded double raw edges

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Sydney Beauty, Laurelinda Carota (Youth category)

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Sydney Beauty (Close-up), Addition of crochet doilies

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Copper Quilt, Lesley Gold (@lesley.gold)

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Copper Quilt (close-up), made with silk velvet

Stay tuned for some more quilts and trends tomorrow.

Park Lamps {a finish}

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Photo Credit: Love Patchwork & Quilting #56

Park Lamps was one of my last finishes of 2017. I had a lot of fun with this quilt. Firstly, interpreting the original inspiration of old gas lamps at the Mannheimer Wasserturm in Germany. The gas lamp was used as one of the quilt design a day prompts (sparks) and included the original color palette. I loved the geometry of the triangles in the light.

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My interpretation of this spark, lead to this original Art Deco looking design.
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I was thinking about adding this design to my book but decided that it would be a better fit for a magazine submission. I submitted it to LPQ, and provided options for multiple color palettes to modernize the look of the quilt. This was fun playing with color. I really loved the final color palette (Kona Mint, Kiwi, Peach, Ice Peach and White – purchased from Stash Fabrics) and design (slightly simplified and re-scaled).

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I decided for accuracy, I would (foundation) paper piece this pattern. It involved a lot of repetitive but simple paper piecing. I loved how each of the blocks matched, as it was essential to the secondary design. For the quilting, I wanted to continue to highlight the secondary diamond shape the triangles made, so I used straight lines echoing that shape. I am very pleased with the finish.

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Photo Credit: Love Patchwork & Quilting #56

Details

Name (Original): Park Lamps
Name (LPQ): Fruit Punch
Design: Design by myself
Fabric: Kona Cotton (Mint, Kiwi, White, Peach, Ice Peach)
Backing: Carolyn Friedlander wideback – green
Binding: Lecien striped fabric
Dimensions:  60 x 60″
Quilted: Echoed Straight Lines (domestic sewing machine)

 

January {Plan}

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To stay on goal, I thought I would start a monthly plan to help keep things moving forward in various areas of my world. Each month should include any business activities, deadlines, book activities, and fun quilty projects (WiPs).

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Book Group Quilt Top

 

Category Project/Activity Target Date (day/month) Action
Business Quickbooks  6/1 Investigating for
purchase
Business Yearly Calendar
View		  7/1 In Process of
creating a yearly
view of main activities
Business Classes | Teaching  12/1 Updating Calendar
+ Classes ready for promotion
Book Planning  3/1 In progress – need to
move dates to fit 2018 new deadlines
Book Group Quilt  6/1 Complete Top &
send for quilting
Book Art Deco Medallion
Quilt		  8/1 Finish Border 2
Book Chapter: “Art Deco
Medallion” Project		 31/1 Work on 2nd
Review + Graphics
Deadline San Francisco
Bustle		 4/1 Add Sleeve, Label,
Send to QuiltCon
Deadline Article 31/1 Write and Submit
Content
Fun Monthly “Favorite
Things” Giveaway		  5/1 Photography + Post
to Instagram
Fun Hexie EPP Project  31/1 Finish Top
Fun Orange Creamsicle  31/1 Finish matchstick
quilting
Education InDesign  31/1 Take a few lessons
on InDesign.
Practice with
writing Phased
Circles Pattern
Blog Park Lamps Quilt  5/1 Finishing post about Park Lamps in LPQ #56
Blog Book Update  26/1 Decide on topic – Planning (??)
Blog A weekly Post  31/1 Work on having a weekly post of some relevant information
Balance Health 31/1 Loose between 5-10 pounds. 5 servings of vegetables; 8 glasses of water and exercise 3x a week by January end.

Sounds like a busy month, but nothing like starting off the year committed. Please note,  that this is my “guided” plan. Sometimes, life gets in the way, or something just takes longer…that’s ok, I will adjust and move on. I’ll share with you next month how things went.

What are your monthly goals? How are you working towards those?