Take-aways from QuiltCon 2023 (1)

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Chatting in front of my quilt

I'm still absorbing all the wonderful work that I saw in Atlanta last week at QuiltCon, and I thought I would share a few things that spoke to me.

The first thing that I want to celebrate is the "Modern X" challenge. This year was the 10th QuiltCon, so one of the challenges was to create a quilt based on "X", the Roman numeral for ten.  I love prompts that cause us to think and create in our own individual way. It's always amazing to see the different ways people tackle the same problem. 

Here are a few examples. 

Some quilters focused on the individual symbol:


From left to right 

Row 1: Marie Costelloe, Laura Bryant, Dianne McCarthy

Row 2: Natalie Skinner, Amanda Hines, Pat Fortser

Row 3: Nikki Woolsey, Claudia Banks, Cordelia Nance

Row 4: Jessica Plunkett, Marisa Wilhelmi, Jane Taylor 


Other makers multiplied the "X" for a more complex design: 



From left to right

Row 1: Carol Breaux, Laure Mabry, Kate Gawler

Row 2: Allie McCathren, Abigail Vargas, Julie Burton

Row 3: Alia Sheikh, Augusto Garcia, Amy Morris


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