Jacquie and Joe

Two of my favorite quilters are Jacquie Gering and Joe Cunningham. I've been following their work for a while now. Though their improvisational styles are different, their work is repeatedly beautiful. Below are two Stash Buster videos from Craftsy that show the creative process of both Jacquie and Joe as they tackle the same pile of scrap fabrics and make a quilt block in under and hour.

Jacquie Gering

Joe Cunningham

Mission Impossible

This mission, should you choose to accept it: Enter your quilt into Quiltcon 2017.

Well, maybe its not that serious, but it is my new goal. 

photo by www.freshlemonsquilts.com

I have decided that I will make and enter a quilt for consideration into the Quiltcon in 2017 show. Seeing one of my quilts hanging there at the convention would be a dream come true, But it is actually the process of getting there that I'm really excited about.

As the old saying goes, 'how do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.'. So how do you get to Quiltcon? Quilt, quilt, quilt.

photo by christaquilts.com 

Between now and the time for quilt entry in the 2017 show, I would hopefully have made several quilts and found my voice as a quilter. Now that I have a long-range goal, it's time for me to start breaking it down into monthly and maybe even weekly goals. These smaller goals will help me to learn new skills and fine-tune those skills that I already have.

I wonder who else out there has a goal for themselves to enter a quilt at the next Quiltcon? I would love to have others join me in this goal. Maybe we might all get a change to see our quilts hanging up for thousands to see. Who's with me?