I was so happy to see the color back at QuiltCon this year! In 2022 one of the trends I noticed was a lot of neutral quilts and dark, monochromatic quilts. You can read more about my thoughts on QuiltCon 2022 HERE. I shared a lot of colorful quilts in my QuiltCon 2023 review post…
I had never visited Atlanta before, outside of layovers at the airport, so I had no idea how hilly the area around the convention center is! From now on, I will forever think of the massive number of escalators when I think of Atlanta. Fortunately, there was only one instance when I came to an…
It’s hard going into this review because I made a grand total of 2 quilts this year. There wasn’t a ton of sewing happening here at the Quilt Fort because life happened, and got in the way of quilty time. My year kicked off strong with Quarantine Improv hanging at a local show, Maker Made.…
It was so good to be back to in person QuiltCon! After a virtual event in 2021 we were all ready for some live interactions with our quilty friends. I was honored to receive second place in Modern Traditionalism for my quilt, Mended Mountains. It is always a wonderful surprise and honor to get a…
I had been in a sewing rut, as many of us found ourselves mid-pandemic, and I knew I needed a splash of color and playing with fabric to get back into sewing. I decided on a simple bear paw quilt block but wanted to put a modern spin on it with improv piecing. I pulled…
