Thursday, February 27, 2025

QuiltCon Phoenix | Classes, Tour, and Lectures

For my own sake as well as yours, I thought I'd share about the classes, tour, and lectures I attended. As far as classes, there were two:

1. Off the Grid Improv Design with Allie McCathren @exhaustedoctopus. In this class, Allie shared about letting quilt blocks speak, and using non-grid methods to piece blocks of a variety of shapes and sizes into a cohesive whole. A special treat was seeing her sashiko quilt in person!


2. Fundamentals of Hand Quilting with Tara Faughnan @tarafaughnan. Rachel and I had taken a class from Tara at a previous QuiltCon, so we were excited to take another. I was especially pleased to learn about Tara's preferred thread for hand-quilting, and will be experimenting with that in my own work. We were reminded that not only are Tara's classes very informative, they are a lot of fun!



Something I had also done at a previous QuiltCon was to take a Special Exhibit Tour with Mary Fons @yomaryfons. Even though it began at 8 AM(!) it was totally worth it. This time, Mary focused on two exhibits: The Works of Tara Faughnan and Quilts of the Southwest, joined by National Heritage Fellow Susan Hudson @navajoms. It was definitely an hour well spent.




Then I was able to attend three lectures, all of which were excellent. 

1. Pushing Boundaries with Robert Bosscher @rjbosscher.

2. Unlocking Mexican Textiles & Embroideries Secrets with Lilia Jimenez Meza and Lina Owen. 

3. Keynote - Quilts as Art: Valuing Our Work with Tara Faughnan @tarafaughnan.


Right after the keynote, the Seattle MQG gathered for a group photo! I heard there were over 40 of us in attendance in Phoenix, so glad we could get at least a good number of us gathered together!

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4 comments:

  1. JuliannFebruary 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM

    My classes were so fun and I quickly realized that it was so much more of an experience than anything I have ever experienced. I hope I will be able to attend another QuiltCon someday.

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  2. NannFebruary 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM

    Oh, what fun. I've been to two QuiltCons and based on all these glowing reports I must go again. And take a class or two.

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  3. Yvonne from Quilting JetgirlFebruary 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM

    I have found the sweet spot for me over the past few years is attending lectures, but your classes make me wonder if maybe considering a class next time would be wise, too!

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  4. FlourishingPalmsMarch 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM

    Oh my gosh! More than 40 from the Seattle MQG?! That's amazing. And gosh, for Central Florida MQG, that would mean our whole chapter would have to attend QuiltCon! As it was, we had six members attend. It's interesting to see the workshop and lectures you attended. There's always someone more knowledgeable and skilled to learn from.

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