February 2013 - Fresh Sewing Day

February was fun. However, I have not really told you all about it. And mostly the things I worked on were not finished so they are not in this mosaic. Oh well, I am still linking up to Fresh Sewing Day hosted by Lynne from Lily's Quilts - you can visit the bloggers and link up yourself too.

I did finish two quilts, and my scrappy trip along quilt deserves its own post so I will try to do that tomorrow. Both of those quilts are also on my Finish-a-Long list too.



The pillow was made for the X-Factor Pillow swap. I just love this one, and it was really hard to give it up. It is about 17.5" square and fits really nicely over a slightly larger pillow. I wanted to keep this pillow so much that I mailed it off immediately so I could not change my mind. But I still might make another similar one for me.



The front is a creamy white linen with with a selection of 1.5" squares of different cotton prints. I added batting and a white lining fabric and quilted a straight line cross hatch.



I put an invisible zipper into the edge of this pillow. I used the excellent tutorial by Katie from Sew Katie Did. This is the easiest zipper I have ever installed - you should try it sometime too.



The back is three prints from Bella by Lotta Jansdotter cut in squares as that was the challenge, to use squares. I quilted the back in a not at all perfect spiral. I expected to dislike the not perfectness of the spiral, but was surprised to find that it seemed just right for the fabrics.

My other big activity for February was a week in Texas, taking in Austin and also QuiltCon. I loved QuiltCon, it was an amazing feat for the barely established Modern Quilt Guild to undertake, and they did an excellent job. I can hardly wait till the next one, which will be in two years - 2015.

And I have to say, it was just so overwhelming to see my two quilts hanging in the show. People looked at them and took their pictures, they seemed to like them. I got ribbons for just having them in the show, which was an unexpected and lovely touch. Then when Shattered won the Honorable Mention in the Small Quilts Use of Negative Space category as well, that was just so much more than I ever hoped for, and so much fun.

Now I am going to get back to sewing, although I loved Texas, I missed the sewing. I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Best,

Leanne

QuiltCon - the winning quilts, part 2

Photos of the rest of the winning quilts from QuiltCon continue. I blogged about some of the winners in my last post - here. And I missed taking photos of a couple of the winners, and I apologize for that - it was simply my oversight in trying to keep track and get photos of them all.

Next weekend, I will try to add blog or flickr links to the quilters, I just don't have time to do that until I am back home and caught up at work. And, as I said last post, if you quilt is posted here and you would prefer it was not, just let me know and I will take it down.

So enjoy the rest of the wonderful winning quilts from QuiltCon:



Bohemian Confetti by Felicity Ronaghan - Honorable Mention, Handwork, Small Quilts.



Modern Mini by Carolyn D. Braun - 1st Place, Handwork, Small Quilts.



Dark Star by Maura G. Ambrose - 3rd Place, Handwork, Large Quilts.



untitled by Lindsay Stead - 2nd Place, Handwork, Large Quilts. This one was also one of the Judge's Choice quilts.



Log Cabin Improv by Sherri Lynn Wood - 1st Place, Handwork, Large Quilts.



Sea Glass on Sand by Felicity Ronaghan - Honorable Mention, Improvisation, Small Quilts.



Red Concentrate by Lavialle Campbell - 1st Place, Improvisation, Small Quilts.



Unraveled by Kati Spencer - 2nd Place, Improvisational, Large Quilts.



Pantone Circles by Elizabeth Brandt - 1st Place, Improvisational, Large Quilts.



Needless by Laura Bisagna - Honorable Mention, Applique, Small Quilts.

 

Self Study by Chawne M. Kimber - 1st Place, Applique, Small Quilts.



Retro Modern Shapes by Heather Davidson - 3rd Place, Applique, Large Quilts.



Rainbow Blocks by Kathleen K. Baden - 2nd Place, Applique, Large Quilts.



Flying Saucer by Lisa A. Alexakis - 1st Place, Applique, Large Quilts.



Helix, Nicole G. Neblett - Honorable Mention - Minimalist Design, Small Quilts.



Pua Kua by Donna Morales-Oemig - 1st Place, Minimalist Design, Small Quilts.



2 + 2 by Colleen Wootton - 2nd Place, Minimalist Design, Large Quilts.



Untitled, Lindsay Stead - 1st Place, Minimalist Design, Large Quilts.



A Modern Day Mystery by Lisa Haik (? spelling last name) - 3rd Place, Maasi Mara Collection Challenge.



Not Quite a Shadow by Susan Shore, 2nd Place, Maasi Mara Collection Challenge.

 

Dear Stella as Charm Squares Baby Quilt by Melody Baker - 1st Place, Maasi Mara Collection Challenge.



Confetti Amongst Friends by Kristy L. Daum - 3rd Place, Group and Bee Quilts.

 

Off the B.O.W. by Krista Fleckenstein - 1st Place, Group and Bee Quilts.



Shirts by Carolyn Friedlander - 3rd Place, Modern Miniature Challenge.



Analysis of Variance by Charlotte Newland - 2nd Place, Modern Miniature Challenge.



Modern Challenge by Catherine A Redford - 1st Place Modern Miniature Challenge.



Sing it Out Loud by Karen L. Anderson-Abraham - Coats & Clark Quilting Excellence Award.



Double Edged Love by Victoria Findlay Wolfe - Best in Show.

Again, apologies for the missing few quilts. It was fun to photograph all these quilts. I can tell you all that people were stopping to look at the quilts. They were taking photos. They were oohing and ahhhing over them. They were truly interested in these quilts.

It felt so good to have my quilts in this show, it was so wonderful to see the show, and I only wish you all could have come too.

Best,

Leanne

QuiltCon - the winning quilts, part 1

I am going to share with you the photos I took of the winning quilts at quilt show at QuiltCon 2013. I am not sure I got them all, and I am going to put them up here in more than one part.

Each quilt in this show was wonderful, I am so glad I was not a judge - but it is fun to celebrate the stunning winners.

And if one of these is your quilt and you would rather I did not show it off, just comment or email me (shecanquilt [at] gmail [dot] com) and I will take the photo down.

That one up there is mine, Shattered, Honourable Mention, Use of Negative Space, Small Quilts.



Mobile, Elizabeth Brandt, 1st Place, Use of Negative Space, Small Quilts.



Rhythm & Blues, Anne Diester, 3rd Place, Use of Negative Space, Large Quilts.



Broken Diamonds, Kati Spencer, 2nd Place, Use of Negative Space, Large Quilts.



Trajectory #2 by Megan E. Dye, 1st Place, Use of Negative Space, Large Quilts.




Fresh Plus by Kathy York, Honourable Mention, Modern Traditionalism, Small Quilts.



Lifesavers, Lee Heinrich, 1st Place, Modern Traditionalism, Small Quilts.



Hannah by Katie Scairrino, 3rd Place, Modern Traditionalism, Large Quilts.



Doppleganger by Thomas Knauer, 2nd Place, Modern Traditionalism, Large Quilts.



New Star Rising by Ben Darby, 1st Place, Modern Traditionalism, Large Quilts.



Flock of Starlings by Terri Carpenter, 1st Place, Piecing, Small Quilts



Don't Blink by Caro Sheridan, 3rd Place, Piecing, Large Quilts.



Autumn Jewels by Krista Fleckenstein, 2nd Place, Piecing, Large Quilts.



RonQuilt, The Ron Swanson Quilt, by Monica Solario-Snow, 1st Place, Piecing.

I will post some more later, aren't they wonderful! I have one more day in Austin so I am off shopping and sight seeing for now.

edited: Part 2 is now posted here.

Best,

Leanne

I'm so excited

Shattered is going to QuiltCon! When I started quilting I did not set out to enter shows, but then I entered some challenges on the internet and that was not so bad. So when QuiltCon had a call for entries into a modern quilt show, I decided that it would not hurt to just give it a try.

I entered Shattered, and she has been accepted. She will get to hang in Austin, Texas where modern quilters will see her. Maybe some of my quilting heros might give her a glance too, as many of them will be there. It is so exciting.



And remember Noise? Well she got accepted too. I really am over the moon. I have to figure out how to make some hanging sleeves and labels and such.

You can count on a lot of pictures. I am going too. I will get to see them hanging there. Can't wait.

Thank you to everyone who has supported and encouraged me in this quilting thing, it really is all of you who give me the inspiration and motivation to make quilts and the encouragement to be so brazen as to enter them in things like this.

Best,

Leanne