I had such a fun time rooming with Faith and Lee, and we spent a good part of our time laughing (and instagramming). I love Kim, and it was fun to see her so much! Those three ladies had quite the Austin adventure Saturday night. My husband was right–part of the reason I wanted to go was for the girl’s weekend! I have been to a number of industry events over the last few years, and I love getting to hang out with people I only see at these events. I enjoyed making new friends, and am happy to report that I came home without a tattoo, although it seems I was in the minority here.
So, how did I spend my time at QuiltCon? I did a little bit of shopping (more on that another time), had fun walking through the booths, and I’m not sure I actually took the time to visit every booth. I walked the quilt exhibit a few times, but know I missed some quilts.
I enjoyed my only class, and learned different quilting patterns and technique from Angela Walters–she is a great teacher! I had a lecture pass, and these were the highlights for me: Kristen Leijniecks gave a fascinating lecture on copyright, I heard a rumor the powerpoint might be posted online–I’ll let you know if it is. Heather Ross read an essay from an upcoming book, and it was spellbinding. Anna Maria Horner was just as beautiful in her lecture as she is in her blog–I know I’m not the only one who cried when her daughter went to college! I took a yoga for quilters class, and should have ditched the tight jeans for yoga pants. Next time.
Craftsy videotaped a few of the lectures, which are available for free. They also have a “People of QuiltCon” video, which I am in twice. That was a fun surprise!
Thanks, QuiltCon! See you in 2015!
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Great post!!! So happy I was able to see you there!
I loved the pairing of your streetscape quilt and Julie’s right next to it.
I saw you in the exhibit hall and circled around a couple of times like a crazy stalker but didn’t work up the nerve to say hi. So, hi. I’m Jen.
I had such a great time with you!!! I feel so fortunate to have you and Lee as friends. xox
Okay, you are ADORABLE in that video!
Thanks for posting a pic of my quilt. It was so great to meet you, and to see your quilts. Long live the scrunchie!
Oh that looks like so much fun!! I’m loving the colors!
Hey you captured my quilt in the first photo!!! (second one back, yay!) Looks like you had an awesome time!!! I hope to be able to attend in a few years… sigh.
I loved your quilt and forgot to write down your name! I’m going back and editing it now. Thanks!
Congratulations on having your beautiful quilts featured and thank you for including a photo of the QuiltCon Charity quilt that your guild made – especially because it’s given me the only peak of the one next to it by our guild- I’m anxious to see them all together.
your two quilt submissions are gorgeous! and the guild quilt is still amazing. thank you for answering my question about how the quilts would be used by the charity.
It’s been so fun to see everyone’s perspectives from QuiltCon. That makes mine a richer experience! I’m so glad to have met you and was so sorry to hear you had gotten sick. Until next time
thank you so much for linking up to the lectures on craftsy. i’ve been enjoying them all morning and i still have quite a few to go. i think that should keep me inspired and motivated for some time to come. i hadn’t heard about that anywhere else (not that i take much time to read blogs these days…) so i really appreciate your link.
I’m still basking in the glow of QuiltCon! It was great to briefly meet you at the 80s Dance Party and I wish we’d had more time to chat! Here’s to 2015!
I love the colors in your Streetscape quilt! Congrats on having two quilts in the show. I hope next time to go…