QuiltCon - Winners & Jacquie Gering

[@Debora-l7p]

I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos from QuiltCon. Very well done. I am so happy for you that your quilt was accepted. That in and of itself is an honor when you see all the quilts from all over the world. Thank you so much for taking us along!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Debora! And you're welcome! ❤️

[@caw3258]

Not the same as being there, but for people who can't be there at all it is a real treat. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video and saying just the right amount for each quilt. You and Paul are a fabulous team, as usual.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Ca! Paul is the real MVP--he gets the shots and sets the pace and knows how to edit to get the best out of me AND the quilts! ❤️

[@LakesideQuiltmakingArts]

Very well said. My thoughts exactly!

[@shannoneaster9311]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful quilts ❤️

[@sistersister2999]

Thank you for acknowledging the controversy and conversation around the "political" quilts. I believe it's an important conversation to have. Art is often political or controversial in some way. Art often can speak and communicate better or from a different perspective than words. Art is the artist's language and method of processing the world. That doesn't mean I always like what art has to say or that I'm comfortable with it. The Best in Show quilt by Ginny Robinson has another side and the quilting itself completes the story she's telling and speaking to. Uncomfortable and powerful. Many of Jacquie Gering's quilts would be considered "political". The Uvalde, Texas quilt left me ugly crying in front of it for several minutes. I have a close connection to the place and the people there. Two kind and gentle women stood with me and handed me tissues. The next day one of them said to me, "Watching you cry made me realize those quilts aren't talking about issues. They're talking about people." Yes, indeed. "Political" is at it's heart about people.

[@Cassandra-..-]

Well said. Thank you.

[@maegpye]

yes, well put. I went to search for the reverse image on that quilt and when I saw it and realized what it was conveying, tears came to my eyes. Thanks for speaking about political statements in art but also, thanks for sending me to see the complete message of that quilt. I love and value the comment from those women: "Watching you cry made me realize those quilts aren't talking about issues. They're talking about people."

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

My thoughts exactly. ❤️

[@ReneeCS82]

I saw the best in show quilt from behind first - the huge red gun - and much later saw the front. It was emotionally intense when I realized it was the same quilt! As a mom of 2 elementary aged kids, this quilt hit a little too close to home for me.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I think it hit pretty close for a lot of us! (and if this is Renee with the EPP project--it was great meeting you!❤️)

[@ReneeCS82]

Yes ma'am! It was lovely to meet you too! 😊

[@ann-mariejensen2623]

What a treat! Oh, the talent. Thank you for your intelligent commentary.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you! ❤️

[@sistersister2999]

I visited Candy Pop by Kelly Spell multiple times before I realized that there is ONE long curved piece of fabric that moves around each of those circles, down the left column, up the middle and then down the right column. Amazing skill with curved cutting and seaming! Also, I heard Jacquie Gering say to a small group of us viewing her quilts that she often uses a different color of binding on the corner of a quilt so the viewer's eye moves around the quilt and she oftten directs those eyes with the binding. I've done the same for years, but never with that deep thought of directing the viewer's eyes. I'll think about that now!

[@kelly-spell]

Thank you! 🥰

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I saw that, too, Sister---and only after looking at it for a long time! That red binding caught my eye and so her strategy worked!! 🤓🤩😍 Oh and for the record, it was Lotta Jansdotter (not Marimekko) that it reminded me of!

[@christinahall3318]

Thank you for this! Both you and Paul have done an excellent job of showing all the quilts.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks Christina! I do wish we could show ALL the quilts (or even all the CATEGORIES of quilts!) but we eventually just ran out of time! 😱

[@marticote3442]

I’ve enjoyed all of your Quilt Con videos, Cathy! Thanks for sharing. I hope to attend next year since it will be closer to where I live in the West. Hope to see you there too!

[@Sylvie_M]

Thank you Cathy! It is so great to have a personalized tour with your artistic comments and presentation! Well done!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Sylvie! ❤️

[@ladyjane3660]

I really appreciate how you show a quilt, have a few words, and then move on to the next one. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Jane! ❤️

[@kelly-spell]

Thank you for sharing my work!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

You're welcome, Kelly!!❤️

[@jeanettewithrow9641]

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness. Such talent and visions. Thanks for sharing

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Jeanette---right?! Just amazing.

[@ms.booklover2676]

I thoroughly enjoyed viewing the quilts through your eyes. I always considered myself a traditionalist in my quilting taste, but honestly, I enjoy these beautiful, contemporary masterpieces.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Donna!❤️

[@debranorris4331]

Thank you so much for sharing these videos of your trip to Quilt Con!! It is so wonderful to be able to see these beautiful works of art with you!!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

You're welcome, Debra! ❤️ Thanks for watching!

[@svs1551]

Thank you! I really enjoyed seeing these beautiful quilts.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

You're welcome!

[@meghoffman5060]

Thanks for these videos! I know it's a lot harder to film out "in the wild" but you do such a fantastic job.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Meg! You got to see it firsthand--it's not as easy as it looks!

[@cassieplayford634]

I appreciate you taking the time to do this video for those of us who didn’t get to attend. Beautiful quilts! 💕

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Cassie! ❤️

[@maegpye]

Anechoic: free from echoes. I think the patches resemble the 3D cones of foam that line some anechoic chambers to reduce (or eliminate) any echo effect. (See "Anechoic Test Lab" for an example). We have one of these chambers in my city although it doesn't use the cone shaped foam. This is a kind of brilliant interpretation of the chamber foam. I'm curious if the chambers inspired the quilt or if her doodles reminded her of the chambers' foam shapes. (Word Nerd! I was compelled to look it up.)

[@maegpye]

"What We Will Use As Weapons" broke my heart.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

me too. Gut-wrenching.😭

[@lisastewart2861]

So many of these I didn't see up-close as there were crowds around them. So glad you and Paul captured them for us!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Lisa! ❤️

[@RebeccaStokes-g6t]

Thank you so much for sharing these amazing quilts! I know you must have had an AMAZING time and now all excited about new project possibilities! Can't wait to see what happens next💕. Have a wonderful day☺️

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Rebecca, it was wonderful and exhausting! And yes, my cup is now full to the brim with ideas and inspiration! ❤️ Thank you so much! (and if this is the Rebecca that I met at the show, it was nice to meet you!)

[@RebeccaStokes-g6t]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts No, unfortunately, I was not at the show. One reason so very

[@RebeccaStokes-g6t]

Appreciative that you are sharing☺️

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Well then I'm definitely glad you could come along to our video showing of the conference!

[@Ldsks7591]

Thanks for sharing. I especially liked the Jacqueline Goering quilts. I have both of the WALK books and have been working on incorporating the designs as I try to move forward with my quilting. My quilts do not begin to look like hers! HaHa... maybe some day.😊😊

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Mine either! I guess I should invest in her books, and maybe also some time practicing! 😱

[@Ldsks7591]

Practicing is the key, I'm sure. I find the books helpful.

[@nancymathisen9707]

Great video! Thanks.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Nancy!

[@nicolab2081]

I am a great admirer of Jacquie Gering. I have tried free motion quilting and just didn't enjoy it so her walking foot quilting books have been immensely useful and inspirational.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Nicola, I need to check out Jacquie's Walking foot book then! Because I don't really enjoy free motion quilting either!

[@annerankin1191]

I was fortunate enough to take a walking foot course from Jacquie during a lockdown. It kept me sane(ish) to focus on something outside of myself. She is an AMAZING teacher. If you ever get a chance, run don’t walk! Thanks for your QuiltCon series Cathy! (And Paul - of course). XOX

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I was so impressed with her work---I think it's time I check out her books and see if I can up my quilting game!

[@betsymiller587]

Thanks so much for these QuiltCon videos. We would all like to go but this is the next best thing. I would have liked a better description and photos of your own quilt. You should be very proud of it

[@abigailthompson4456]

What a wonderful viewing. Thank you Cathy. It is interesting that I can LOVE one Gering quilt, and 'not so much another - all from one artist. That teaches me to explore more perhaps. But I can't put out that volume!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Abigail, right?!? And also that art is subjective and that Jacquie has a really big artistic range (which I think of as an attribute not a flaw!) I wish I had that many quilts to hang in a show! ❤️

[@Stacy-iu6ch]

Thank you both for the in depth view into Jacquie’s quilts. I’m glad you had a lot to say. If QuiltCon moves west I am hoping to make it. I’m in Alaska so, yeah.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Stacy! And yeah....Alaska. Not really central to anything, is it?!😫

[@kathleendepew1683]

More please!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

More coming!❤️

[@maryzoss608]

Thank you but, I wanted more!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

There are more videos coming! 👍🏻

[@IsaiahThirtyTwenty]

❤

[@micheleh4016]

School violence is not a political issue. It is a mental health issue.

[@barbjs2000]

Shootings in a classroom. Political issue!! Are you serious.!’

[@EOgma]

I don't know. I'm having a hard time seeing why quilting must accommodate politics. Anyway, thank you Cathy for this tour.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

You're welcome for the tour!! ❤️

[@janetveres3316]

Nothing there that appeals to me.