I am just home from QuiltCon 2020 in Austin, Texas. What a great show!
Of course, the first thing I had to do upon arrival was walk by my quilt, Effervescence, in the pieced category of the juried show. That is it on the right:
I hung out with some really great friends:
And ate at some great restaurants. Threadgills is an Austin institution, home of Southern American food and live music. Janice Joplin got her start here:
And Voodoo Donuts has a downtown Austin location. We had to check it out. I had the Portland Cream, and it was worth every calorie:
When I registered for the conference, I was given the option of purchasing a lecture pass. Great idea! I attended eight lectures, and they were all very well presented and packed with useful information. I saw presentations by Teresa Duryea Wong, Marianne and Mary Fons, Heidi Parks, Maritza Soto, Dr. Sandra Sider, Victoria Pyle...every single one was fabulous.
Kerri and I went to the Texas Quilt Museum in LaGrange, Texas, to see the SAQA exhibit "Layered and Stitched." This is a quilt by Jane Burch Cochran. Jane was in the exhibit at the Oulu Museum of Art with me. Her work is folky and delightful:
"Layered and Stitched" is packed with iconic works. Here is a small piece by the wonderful Nancy Crow, who has taught me so much:
A kimono shaped quilt by Judith Content, one of my favorite quilt artists:
A really wonderful piece by my dear friend, Maria Shell:
An intriguing piece by Dianne Firth:
Dianne's piece was sheer and hung a couple of inches from the wall. I loved the shadow:
A whole cloth quilt by the Pixeladies:
And a striking piece by Lisa Kijak:
But of course the star of the QuiltCon show itself were the quilts. I took tons of pictures. I'll post about them next.
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