A Friday Finish!

     I came back from Quilt Con full of ideas and energy!  It was just what I needed.  But I came back to the news that things are not going so well for my friend with cancer.  I pretty much dropped all the work I was putting in to quilt alongs to finish her quilt.  Here it is on the front porch.  It's much too windy out and dirty out to risk hanging it anywhere.

     

     I chose the Pixellated heart pattern which is a free pattern from Robert Kaufman because I knew it would be a quick make and I needed to make it quickly.  I cut the heart fabrics which are two peach and two gold ombre confetti dots before going on our two week trip.  I chose colours that remind me of the clothes my friend likes to wear.  She's a red head.

     For the backing I chose this wild Kafe Fasset print of Feathers, also because I thought she would like it.  If nothing else it adds some brightness.  I used a light coral Aurifil thread that I picked up at a thread event at my local sewing machine shop.  If you ever get to go to an Aurifil event at a shop go.  It was really worth it.

     I used my walking foot on my domestic machine for this.  I did straighish line quilting diagonally through the blocks first then used the intersections of those lines to quilt horizontal and vertical lines with no marking on the quilt at all.  Thanks to Jaquie Gering for this technique.  

     I have continued to work on my longer term quilt alongs but I'm not concerned with keeping up with them, just enjoying the process.  And speaking of quilt alongs here's the prize I won for the Fireburst Mystery QAL which was hosted my Tish of Tish in Wonderland.

     

     Totally awesome, isn't it.  It's Shari Butler's collection "wistful winds of colour" from Aurifil thread.  It's 12 large spools of 50 weight.  Three of them a varigated.  It came with that thread chart which is also exciting.

I'm linking my finish to TGIFF which is hosted this week at Kathy's Kwilts and More , and to Brag about your Beauties link up with Michelle of From Bolt to Beauty  This is my first finish of the 2019 FAL first quarter list.  The original some what lengthy list is here.  I just may squeeze in one more finish before the end of this quarter.  We will see.

Goal for March

     I came back from Quilt Con with my head full of ideas and plans and I'm really hoping that I will find time to work on the design ideas and quilting ideas that I learned about there. But I came home to find out that a friend of mine is not in good health so this quilt has made it's way to the top of the list.

      I came home on Friday and  pretty much had the quilt top together by Sunday night.  Getting it quilted is the goal for March, although I'm hoping to get it done in a week or so.  
It's my OMG for March.  I'm also hoping to get a quilt done for the Curated Quilts challenge this month.  Wish me luck and maybe more hours in the day.  I'll link this intention up to the OMG link up for March and I'll link it with the Lets Bee Social  link up as well.
    

Canadian Quilts at Quilt Con

     Dwight and I are back from our two week trip to and from Quilt Con.  We are rested up and I'm ready to share some of the Canadian Quilts that were hanging in the show.
       I'm sure you have all seen the quilts that won ribbons.  If not you can go here  to see them.  It was exciting to see that the Best of Show ribbon was won by a Canadian Leanne Chahley @shecanquilt.  It was also exciting that Kathryn Upitis @kupitis won a  Judges Choice Ribbon for her moving Quilt " Some Things Are Not Easily Seen".  Both of are from Alberta.  Mathew Wheeler of the Vancouver Modern Guild won the third place in theMichael Miller challenge for his quilt "Delta Eclipse".    I'll share some other quilts here that you may or may not have seen in social media.
     The first three quilts were all made by my Guild Mate Jennifer Johnson, @jenniferjohnson80.
      These first two where her entries into the two colour challenge.

Here's her third quilt, Amethyst in the piecing category.  Jennifer is a super talented quilter and has had quilts in several other Quilt Con shows.

Here's a quilt by a friend from the Toronto Modern Guild.  I was happy to see that Laura Henneberry, @commonwealthquilts had a quilt "The Mighty Hok" hanging in the show.

     Erin Suliak @sulicat_north  from the North west Territories had this fun quilt hanging in the show.  Erin has had work in previous shows. She likes to work with reclaimed fabrics.

     Quarter Turn Medallion was made by Nicole Skinner @natalieskinnerquilts of Victoria B.C.  I love the precision and simplicity in the quilt.  She also did an outstanding job with her quilting.

And here is a quilt made by Bill Stearman @bill_stearman of Ontario who I met at Quilt Con two years ago.  It's called "For the Oppression of the LGBTQ2 Communities, We apologize.  Bill based this quilt on an apology made by Prime Minister Trudeau on November 28 2017 to LGBTQ2 Canadians.  The words of the speech are embedded in the quilt.

     I was familiar with the work of all these quilters, but a really fun part of the show for me was the discovery of beautiful work by Canadians whose work was new to me.  This minimalist quilt  " karella" was made by Susan Lukachko from Ontario

Hanna Farquharson @h_farquharson_studio is from Saskatchewan and she had two wonderful quilts at Quilt Con.  These were both beautiful and well made.  The first is called Breathing.  I just love the colour  green in this quilt.

Here's the second quilt with a close up shot of the detail.

     I hope you enjoyed this mini show of some of the quilts at quilt con.  In addition to seeing the quilts I gained great insight and inspiration from Yvonne Fuchs, Cheryl Brickey and Christina Camelli, in the workshops that I attended. I also had fun connecting with some of the folks I have met on line.  In addition to Yvonne and Cheryl, I met Patty of Elm Street Quilts, Paige of Quilted Blooms, Carole Lyles Shaw and Kim of Leland Avenue Studio as well as  some folks I follow on instagram. 
     I have been to two Quilt Con shows and each time I think it is my last for financial reasons.  But who knows  in two years Quilt Con will be in Atlanta and rumour has it that flights to Atlanta are cheap so you just never know.