The recent QuiltCon show was filled with beautifully designed and made quilts. "Best Use of Color" was not a specific entry category, but these beauties stood out - not only for design and technique, but also for their color. (For PART 1 of this series, CLICK HERE!)
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Blooming Star by Daphné Parthoens (Belgium) @octopurse
Blooming Star is made out of 6144 half-inch diamonds (!) arranged in a flower-like shape. It is beautifully machine pieced and hand quilted! Its bold and contrasting colors form a harmonious gradient and give the quilt the impression of being three-dimensional. Daphne explains that the quilt is an ode to nature and its everlasting beauty. All the little hand quilted pieces are meant to represent seeds planted in the ground to later bloom into luxurious flowers.
The 95 by Vicki Ruebel (Nevada) @OrchidOwlQuilts (Additional piecer: Judy Dale).
The cool analogous color scheme provides a lovely backdrop for the expert longarm quilting on this piece. Vicki Ruebel says, "This quilt was a team effort between my mom and I. I designed the quilt in EQ8, my mom pieced it and I quilted it. We used vinyl to create the circles. I explored using soft and stable as the base layer of batting with wool on top to pop the quiltng. The intricate [longarm]quilting is my favorite part of this quilt."
The Pointy Beast by Susan Braverman (Texas) @wildpoppyquilts
Winner of 1st Place in the Modern Traditionalism category, The Pointy Beast updates the classic New York Beauty block with large scale and striking high-contrast colors. It says "look at me" from across the room. Dense grid quilting anchors the design's structured form, as shown below. A variety of thread colors were used to create nuanced value shifts throughout.
Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 QuiltCon show in Phoenix, Arizona.
Awesome quilts!!!! Thanks for posting!
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