{"id":31301,"date":"2016-02-20T00:09:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T07:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=31301"},"modified":"2016-02-24T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T19:00:17","slug":"quiltcon-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/quiltcon-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Checked Out Quilts &#038; Vendors (Quiltcon Day 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another quick post to keep you in the QuiltCon loop.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31315\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455950072237-jpeg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950072237-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Skyline Pasadena\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950072237-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950072237-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950072237-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950072237-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950072237.jpeg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skyline Pasadena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today was our day to look at the rest of the quilts and vendors. There weren&#8217;t a ton of vendors (PIQF has more), but the vendors did have interesting stuff and there was lots of free stuff &#8211; fat quarters and charm squares. It was kind of fun, but also somewhat overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>First, we looked at quilts. As usual there was a lack of understanding of what the judges were thinking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31304\" style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455949059953-jpeg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31304\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31304\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949059953-264x300.jpeg\" alt=\"hoenix by Anne Sullivan of Gaithersburg, Maryland (@playcrafts)\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949059953-264x300.jpeg 264w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949059953-768x874.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949059953-900x1024.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949059953-1200x1365.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 85vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">hoenix by Anne Sullivan of Gaithersburg, Maryland (@playcrafts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One I liked was Phoenix by Anne Sullivan of Gaithersburg, Maryland (@playcrafts). Anne gave a lecture to BAMQG at some point in the not too distant past about color.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-31301 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455949120593-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949120593-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Colorfall by Timna Tarr of South Hadley, MA (@timnatarr)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31305\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31305'>\n\t\t\t\tColorfall by Timna Tarr of South Hadley, MA (@timnatarr)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455949203042-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949203042-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Colorfall by Timna Tarr of South Hadley, MA (@timnatarr)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31306\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31306'>\n\t\t\t\tColorfall by Timna Tarr of South Hadley, MA (@timnatarr)-detail\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Colorfall by Timna Tarr of South Hadley, MA (@timnatarr) was very interesting. I really liked the quilting on this piece. It did not distract from the overall design and fit in very well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31308\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455949472999-jpeg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31308\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949472999-294x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Drip by Suzy Williams, Chicago, IL, (@suzyquilts)\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949472999-294x300.jpeg 294w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949472999-768x783.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949472999-1005x1024.jpeg 1005w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949472999-1200x1223.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 85vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drip by Suzy Williams, Chicago, IL, (@suzyquilts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Drip by Suzy Williams, Chicago, IL, (@suzyquilts) was one of my favorites. I think it was because of the colors. I saw it from across the room and it caught my attention. I am dying to make a quilt that invokes such a sense of calm.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-31301 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455949709191-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949709191-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Falling by Kathy York of Austin, TX and the Austin Modern Quilt Guild (@kakiyark)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-31310\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-31310'>\n\t\t\t\tFalling by Kathy York of Austin, TX and the Austin Modern Quilt Guild (@kakiyark)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455949761955-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949761955-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Falling by Kathy York of Austin, TX and the Austin Modern Quilt Guild (@kakiyark)- detail\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-31311\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-31311'>\n\t\t\t\tFalling by Kathy York of Austin, TX and the Austin Modern Quilt Guild (@kakiyark)- detail\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455949823275-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455949823275-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Falling by Kathy York of Austin, TX and the Austin Modern Quilt Guild (@kakiyark)- detail\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-31312\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-31312'>\n\t\t\t\tFalling by Kathy York of Austin, TX and the Austin Modern Quilt Guild (@kakiyark)- detail\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Falling by Kathy York of Austin, TX and the Austin Modern Quilt Guild (@kakiyark) was another favorite. The balance is good. The colors work well together. The design isn&#8217;t too fussy or complicated. There is also repetition with variety. That little bit of handwork adds something, but not a lot. I love it and am inspired to make something just as fantastic.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-31301 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455950537114-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950537114-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cog by Emily Cier (@cpatchwork)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-31321\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-31321'>\n\t\t\t\tCog by Emily Cier (@cpatchwork)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455950667346-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950667346-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cog by Emily Cier (@cpatchwork)-detail\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-31322\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-31322'>\n\t\t\t\tCog by Emily Cier (@cpatchwork)-detail\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I also really liked Cog by Emily Cier (@cpatchwork). I have always wanted to make a Jack&#8217;s Chain quilt. This is the same pattern except in Jack&#8217;s Chain the squares are replaced by 9 patches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31324\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455950966958-jpeg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31324\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950966958-291x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Putting on the Glitz by Tami Levin of Sunnyvale, Calif. (@lemontreetami)\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950966958-291x300.jpeg 291w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950966958-768x791.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950966958-995x1024.jpeg 995w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950966958-1200x1235.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 85vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Putting on the Glitz by Tami Levin of Sunnyvale, Calif. (@lemontreetami)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I love the addition of the trees in Putting on the Glitz by Tami Levin of Sunnyvale, Calif. (@lemontreetami). The colors used to imply the trees are perfect on top of the Michael Miller challenge quilts.<\/p>\n<p>There were some quilts I wondered about, but there were many, many more quilts that wee really interesting in some way. I did wonder about the size of some of the quilts. I thought modern quilts were supposed to be utilitarian? The small quilts, unless they were large mug rugs, did not seem to be utilitarian to me.<\/p>\n<p>One of the good things about the show is that it wasn&#8217;t just about looking at quilts and buying stuff. There were manufacturers there who were <em>not<\/em> there to sell, but to market their newest lines and concepts. A couple of the manufacturers were also working with attendees to make donation quilts.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-31301 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455950192149-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950192149-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Kona&#039;s new Color of the Year activitiy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-31318\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-31318'>\n\t\t\t\tKona&#8217;s new Color of the Year activitiy\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455950109541-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950109541-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Kona&#039;s new Color of the Year\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-31316\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-31316'>\n\t\t\t\tKona&#8217;s new Color of the Year\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Kona&#8217;s new Color of the Year, Highlight, was the theme of the booth. In addition to all the Highlight quilts being shown, they had a color activity where you could design your own palette around Kona&#8217;s new Color of the Year. Julie created her own palette and we both received FQs for her trouble. \ud83d\ude09 It might be interesting to work with.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31319\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455950295669-jpeg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950295669-300x207.jpeg\" alt=\"Dear Stella Selfie\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950295669-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950295669-768x531.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950295669-1024x708.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950295669-1200x830.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455950295669.jpeg 1562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dear Stella Selfie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Timeless Treasures was making a donation quilt in their Dear Stella booth. We didn&#8217;t have a chance to stop and make a block, but we did take some time to post a selfie so we could possibly win a pack of FQs. I posted the goofy selfie above!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31297\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455947843067-jpeg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31297\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31297\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455947843067-232x300.jpeg\" alt=\"ALS Donation Blocks\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455947843067-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455947843067-768x993.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455947843067-792x1024.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455947843067-1200x1552.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455947843067.jpeg 1966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 85vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ALS Donation Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Victoria Findlay Wolfe told us about the donation quilt that Marcus Fabrics was making to provide additional funds for ALS research. We needed to sit down for a minute, so we stopped there and made some blocks. We met a fellow class member from yesterday and chatted with her about her guild, the Omaha Modern Quilt Guild.<\/p>\n<p>I made two blocks and we have some pieces from the class that we can use to make more. The blocks are hand pieced and I have stuff to make more with me. I hope to find the time to do it. You know how much I support efforts make donation quilts. The fabric is the new Victoria Findlay Wolfe Manor House line. Julie and I bought a layer cake and will share it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31328\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/quiltcon-day-3\/img_1025sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31328\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1025sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jaye &amp; Julie with donation blocks\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1025sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1025sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1025sm.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaye &amp; Julie with donation blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finally we took some time to look at the vendors. There weren&#8217;t as many vendors as I expected, though others have said that there are twice as many vendors as last year. I loved seeing new and interesting fabrics (not the old stuff vendors bring to PIQF) and fun prints. I was also pleased to see Sizzix, Accuquilt, several machine manufacturers and small fabric stores like Crimson Tate.<\/p>\n<p>I was thrilled when Coral messaged me asking to meet up. We met at the Marcus booth, because we were still working on our donation blocks. She was a sport in that she was willing to meet us there so we could finish. Coral is a lovely person who is a Bay Area native, but now lives in Canberra. We chatted for a few minutes, then she needed coffee and we needed to get back to our vendors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31333\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/quiltcon-day-3\/cbnq8fhviaeqenb\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CbnQ8FhVIAEQenb-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Coral &amp; Jaye\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CbnQ8FhVIAEQenb-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CbnQ8FhVIAEQenb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CbnQ8FhVIAEQenb-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CbnQ8FhVIAEQenb-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CbnQ8FhVIAEQenb.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coral &amp; Jaye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is fun to meet people I know from Instagram and Twitter.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-31301 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455948285239-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455948285239-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Moda Bella\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-31299\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-31299'>\n\t\t\t\tModa Bella\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455947713218-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455947713218-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Moda Grunge\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-31296\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-31296'>\n\t\t\t\tModa Grunge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I decided to look for some fabrics that I could mix in with my Timeless Treasures background for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/quiltcon-day-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">VFW quilt<\/a>. I won&#8217;t have enough of the original background and I want to make the design more interesting and the quilt larger. I took a piece of my fabric with me and compared it to various solids that were available. The above were some of the good choices. I also want to take a look at Moda Bella Seafoam and Moda Bella Big Chill. They look like they will work. I want the solids to blend, though, and not to stick out too much. It is a difficult problem because the TT fabric I used has a lighter fabric overlaid with a darker fabric.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31300\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1455948423040-jpeg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455948423040-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Visiting QuiltCon\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455948423040-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455948423040-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455948423040-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wp-1455948423040.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 85vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visiting QuiltCon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All in all we had a fun time, met some nice people, saw some great products and quilts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another quick post to keep you in the QuiltCon loop. Today was our day to look at the rest of the quilts and vendors. There weren&#8217;t a ton of vendors (PIQF has more), but the vendors did have interesting stuff and there was lots of free stuff &#8211; fat quarters and charm squares. It was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/quiltcon-day-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Checked Out Quilts &#038; Vendors (Quiltcon Day 3)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[374],"tags":[335,392,346],"class_list":["post-31301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-374","tag-quilt-show","tag-quiltcon","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}