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Tonight is the start of QuiltCon, the Modern Quilt Guild's yearly quilt show + workshops/lectures/panels (~20K people go). This year it's happening virtually.
I'm going to be watching the awards ceremony tonight and figured I'd share a thread of winning modern quilts for y'all.
I'm going to be watching the awards ceremony tonight and figured I'd share a thread of winning modern quilts for y'all.
The awards ceremony starts in 15 minutes, so feel free to mute this thread now if you don't want to see award winning quilts and my random thoughts about this year's quilts.
I was invited to judge the show a couple of years ago, and I learned a LOT doing it. There are generally 3 judges: a certified quilt judge, a celebrity judge from a design field other than quilting (it was Mondo Guerra from Project Runway the year I judged), and a modern quilter.
It's the 3 judges, 3 days, 800+ quilts, and a slew of support staff. Two people taking notes, one person with the info on each quilt, groups of people holding up quilts (and taking turns, it's exhausting work), and generally judges are the only ones who are allowed to talk.
By the end of the 3 days I had completely lost my voice but came away with a lot of knowledge about how quilt judging works! Also Mondo and I got into a lot of heated, passionate debates about quilt design and it was the most fun I'd had in a while!
Ahhh starting the show with relatable chat about broadcasting from the basement and also all the hashtags! #quiltcontogetherchat #quiltcontogether #quiltcon
Our lovely judges!
Starting out, first category: Quilting Challenge!
The challenge this year was to work with wedges.
3rd place - Ellen Meeker - Angle of Repose:
2nd place - Azulejos by Betsy Vinegrad
1st place - Crimped by Amy Friend
Next Category - Applique!
3rd place - Naive Melody by Lucy Engels
They are going very quickly so no time for comments at the moment :)
2nd place - When Life Gives you Lemons by Tighe Flannagan (this is reverse applique)
1st place - Dresden Coffins by Andrea Salisbury - all the black and white shapes are using the same fabric, just cut in different areas.
They're showing videos of the 1st place winners hearing that they won, and Andrea could barely speak. So sweet!! 
Next category: Fabric Challenge - people had to make a quilt from a specified fabric.
3rd place - Seasons by Annmarie Cowley
2nd place - Aster by Heather Akerberg
awww, Heather posted on instagram this was her first quilt entered and just wanted to learn the process.
1st place - Shark Bite by Debra Milkavich (another 1st time entry)
awwww video with Debra talking about having to ask how to even fill out the form to submit her quilt, and also she's in Hawaii and it's GORGEOUS.
Next category: Group & Bee Quilts!
3rd place - Social Distancing Quilt by Laura Loewen (and others)
The "fence" is 1/4" bias tape. (holy crap)
47 people worked on this quilt from multiple countries.
2nd place - Being Human by Susan Santistevan (and others from the Denver Metro MQG)
Heather (the presenter) is talking about how all the group quilts were heavily influenced by the pandemic.
