QuiltCon 2025 was a colorful blur of quilty fun, learning, shopping, and so much inspiration! I’m Kailee, the Content Writer at Fat Quarter Shop, and I got the opportunity to visit QuiltCon for the first time with another first-timer from the team, Marissa, our Social Media Manager. We had so much fun soaking up everything QuiltCon had to offer, and we hope you had just as much fun following along on our adventure through our posts and stories on Facebook and Instagram this weekend. Keep reading for highlights from this weekend, and enter to win a fabric giveaway!
Quilt Show
As you make your way into QuiltCon, you’re greeted by the winning quilts for the Quilt Show, and this year’s Best in Show Winner is the quilt “Dignity,” pieced and quilted by Veruschka Zarate. Based on the statue of the same name by Artist Laureate DC Lampher, Veruschka’s quilt captures the statue in stunning color using Bella Solids by Moda Fabrics. You can learn more about this piece and the rest of her incredible work by visiting her Instagram and website.
To see all the winning quilts in the 12 show categories, you can visit the QuiltCon website. It’s well worth a visit if you’re looking for inspiration for your next quilt!
QuiltCon Booths
The inspiration continued with all the stunning booths set up! At the top of our list of booths to visit were our friends at Moda Fabrics and Riley Blake Designs. We loved digging through all the chunky thread and playing with the gorgeous notions from Riley Blake Designs. Then, over at Moda Fabric’s booth, they were sewing a community quilt project, showing off all their stunning fabrics, and giving us a sweet tooth.
It’s always great to get a chance to chat with our quilty friends in real life, and Marissa had a wonderful time with pattern designer Robin Pickens at her booth.
The Art Gallery Fabrics booth was sew cute, and the decor was larger than life, literally! When we stopped by, I added to the community English Paper Piecing hexagon quilt that they had going. Taking a minute to do some hand quilting is a great way to take a break at QuiltCon.
FIGO had a fun button-drop giveaway, and Marissa won one of the big prizes! We can never have too much FIGO Fabric in our stash and everyone we met was sew nice.
We spotted our favorite sewing chair and sewing room furniture in the wild when we found the Arrow Sewing Furniture booth! We might need the Hydraulic Sewing Chair in all the different patterns now.
Aurifil’s booth was a dazzling display of all their amazing thread, and we couldn’t help getting a handful (or two!) of thread for our stash!
We fell in love with each and every one of the scents from Soak Wask Company, and the Minisoak Sampler Pack became a new staple in our travel bags! The rinse-free formula is perfect for keeping our quilty clothes fresh while on the go.
You can spot an Elizabeth Hartman pattern from a mile away, and her adorable booth had a certain siren call that we couldn’t ignore. We were excited to get a sneak peek at this Mermaids Pattern while we were there! You can see her other amazing patterns that we have available now.
Last but certainly not least was the Ruby Star Society booth! From cute make-and-take opportunities to their #RSSBlockBuddies block swap wall, you could find me there multiple times a day! I had so much fun making blocks to add to the wall, and I’m excited to share all the amazing blocks I picked out in a blog coming soon.
QuiltCon 2025 Giveaway
You can enter to win a Charm Pack and Mini Charm Pack from the new Carousel Collection by Melody Miller for Ruby Star Society! Share your favorite thing to see from our adventures at QuiltCon 2025 in the comments below to enter! We’ll pick one winner at random and notify them by email. Good luck!
- Leave a comment on THIS post sharing your favorite thing to see from our adventures at QuiltCon 2025
- The giveaway ends on Tuesday, March 8, 2025, at 11:59 CST
- One winner will be chosen at random on Wednesday, March 8, 2025
- Open to all – both US and international
- We will notify the winners by email and update this post
Thanks for coming along on this year’s QuiltCon adventure! To see more QuiltCon goodies, you can visit the highlight on our Instagram account!
Happy Quilting!
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85 comments
I too had SEW much fun at the Phoenix Quilt Con! The quilt displays were amazing. The vendors were fantastic and I did my part to stimulate the local economy! As a first time newbie I was gobsmacked at the wonderfulness of the whole event. Can’t wait for next year.
I am torn between the Dignity quilt by Veruschka Zarate and the fun chairs from Arrow.
The Dignity quilt is my favorite. Stunning!
Quilt con was amazing! So much creativity, excellence and inspiration! Veruscha’s winning quilt was so well deserved! There were so many more quilts that deserved awards too.
Oh my , sew much inspiration! It must have been overwhelming. I must say I love the sewing themed chairs.
Fun chairs! Would love to get one!
I have always, always loved Little Red Ridinghood and I did spy a set of the story’s characters…I must make a set for the grands. I spied a lot of what interests me…thank you for the tour and I’m so glad you enjoyed your first trip to Quiltcon!
Im a new quilter and cannot wait yo attend sonething like Quiltcon. How cool is that?! Inspiring and humbling..
My favorite thing to see from the quilt con would be all the quilts on display or just the winners ( if you can’t show that much). I wish I could go to all the quilt shows but have been really busy in the past, but hoping I will make it really soon.
Favorite thing was hands down the Dignity quilt. I am going to try and go next year.
Best in show-Dignity. I keep looking at it.
Everything looks amazing but my favourite would have to be the Elizabeth Hartman mermaids quit
I loved Quilt Con and did nearly everything that you posted about. The block swap was my favorite – sew much fun!!
Seeing the quilts would have been a highlight for me if I had gone. Also I love Robin Pickens’ fabric and patterns and also Elizabeth Hartman’s so those booths would be very interesting to me. Thanks for sharing the eye candy and inspiration!
I would love to see more about the Riley Blake Designs at Quiltcon.
I loved the mermaid quilt! Not sure I could do all those curves…but gorgeous!
The Best in Show Dignity quilt would have been amazing to see in person!
My favorite thing to see were the amazing quilts! Everyone’s quilt was a work of art! But, the most fun thing to do would be to go from booth to booth and see all the wonderful fabrics and products.
The Dignity quilt is amazing and now I want to go up to South Dakota to see the real statue. Also, so many beautiful fabrics and thread colors. I wish I could have attended. Thank you for your blog.
It’s hard to pick a favorite, I love it all! But, Riley Blake and Aurifill are among my top two picks!
Loved following along! I’ve always enjoyed the Ruby Star Society booth when I’ve been to QC in the past, so I’m sure that would have been a fave of mine to see if I had gone. Thanks for all the great info!
The quilts!! They were over the top this year ❤️
I had a wonderful time at Quiltcon in my hometown!
The quilts on display in the hall and the ones in vendor booths were simply stunning!!!
It was nice meeting these super talented designers of fabrics and quilts was so much fun. I was able to get some assistance with my new Little Rebel from the Grace Co booth…all in all, an excellent day!
I love seeing the amazing award winning quilts!
The dignity quilt for sure. I was able to see this in person 2 years ago and was amazed by the size and the meaning behind the art work.
I loved catching videos that people posted. My favorite part are the booths, so much inspiration.
Love the fabric from FIGO!
The Dignity quilt is absolutely mind blowing! What a fun adventure you had. Thank you for sharing with us.
The two sides quilt was amazing!
I love seeing the beautiful quilts nd seeing the designers!
Wow, so many amazing quilts, the skill is quite obvious. What impressed me the most were the quilts made by minors, if they stay with it can you imagine what they will create in the future. True artists in the making
That looks so fun! Years ago when I was working and just starting to quilt I was in Houston in October and there was a big quilt show across from our Hilton Hotel. It was a first peak into so many amazing quilts. I need to find a buddy to go sometime. I just loved all the booths you picked but my favs were Elizabeth Hartmans mermaids and Arrow Seeing Furniture chairs. Might have to invest! Thanks for sharing!
The dignity quilt was just so beautiful and inspiring!! Gorgeous! Love the Arrow chairs as well! Love to be able to see anything and everything especially when I live so far away and unable to attend! Thanks so much!
My favorite thing would be that stunning Dignity quilt! Also love the Ruby Star booth! Thanks for sharing these fun photos.
I loved the English Paper Piecing hexagon quilt! Looks like a lot of fun!
The mermaids!!!😍
I know a little girl who would love the Elizabeth Hartmann Mermaids pattern.
Looks like an amazing show; I need to put it on my bucket list!
The dignity quilt by Verushka is stunning !
I think my favorite thing about QuiltCon is the 1st Place Winning Quilt. A two-sided quilt! It is so creative and was made so beautifully. This quilt should be entered into other juried shows, a sure winner!
The Make & Take and Block Swap wall looked like a lot of fun! My favorite!
I am eyeing for Elizabeth Hartman’s Mermaids pattern. Thank you for sharing. I loved living vicariously in your experience.
I am eyeing for Elizabeth Hartman’s Mermaids pattern. Thank you for sharing. I loved living vicariously in your experience.
The quilt “Dignity” – WOW! I clicked on the link to her website and looked at her other projects. I am in awe of her work. Beautiful.
Wish I could have been at the QUILT-Con. Thanks for sharing images of the event.
Love the Mermaid pattern by Elizabeth Hartman-in the cart already
I loved seeing you two have fun and the Elizabeth Hartman patterns! The colors at Quiltcon look stunning. Thanks for the virtual tour.
Elizabeth Hartman patterns for sure – I have a few on my bucket list to get
Wish I could have seen “Dignity” in person!
I have never been able to go to quiltcon but I surely scour blogs and Instagram posts for all the posts and photos regarding it! I am a new lover of Ruby and Bee, so it’s my favorite for sure.
I am envious Quilt Con is on the opposite side of the country. However, I believe next year it will be in Raleigh, NC and that works for me. Went last year and it was so much fun and educational.
I also attended QuiltCon from Illinois along with my best friends from college who live in Virginia a Missouri. The Best in Show Dignity quilt was absolutely stunning in person! I did enjoy the Ruby Star booth as well. Really enjoyed some of the demos, lectures and hands on classes.
The Best in Show quilt “Dignity” stills awes me since I first saw your IG post. Looking forward to that Mermaid pattern. Adorable!
I am in the market for a new sewing chair and table, so the hydrolic chair looks awesome
Thank you for sharing your first quilt show journey with us. I was brought to tears by the Dignity quilt. My second favorite is Paloma. The entire quilting community their hearts and souls into each beautiful creation and we are fortunate to be able to see and enjoy them.
Blessings to the entire FQS family !
I liked checking out the MODA / Riley Blake fabrics.
I loved Elizabeth Hartman’s display and mermaid pattern. Maybe one day I’ll make it to Quilt Con. Thanks for sharing.
I love the new Arrow chairs!
I am in love with those hexagon flowers. I had to screenshot that one to try later.
I like the RSS block swap wall and wish I could have a better look at the blocks!
The ‘Dignity’ quilt from Verushka Zarate is phenominal, powerful, and awe-inspiring.
I wish I could have attended, but I’m glad you shared here! The Dignity quilt is amazing and I would love to see it in person!
The Dignity quilt is so mind blowing. What a beautiful way to honor both the sculpture and Native Americans.
It’s hard to choose just one thing that is my favorite, it all looks so wonderful! The Dignity quilt is amazing! I would love to see it in person.
I loved the Aurifil bins! I just wanted to grab those luscious colors!
I love the Dignity quilt! It’s just amazing! I was fortunate to see the sculpture last year during a road trip.
I now miss Arizona! I would have loved to go to QuiltCon. Looks sp inspiring and fun. I loved the button drop at Figo! I had to really make sure it was not a quilt!
Best in Show Winner quilt “Dignity” was my favorite thing to see from QuiltCon.
I love the mermaids pattern. I have a niece who is obsessed! It’s on my “to do” list this year.
QuiltCon 2025 was amazing! From the award winning quilts to the numerous vendors, I had a great time this year and can’t wait for next year. I really enjoyed the sew along at Moda, meeting the many designers, and reconnecting with friends.
As always, the quilts are just amazing! The ideas, the designs, fabric & ability to just gaze in wonder! The booth tour was fun, getting to see yummy displays & the make/take projects as well as games, block making. Wouldn’t you love to see a finished quilt with all this wonderful blocks!!!
So much color. So much inspiration.
Many thanks to Kailee and Marissa for the great pictures. I loved all the pictures but the one that really grabbed me was the picture of the Best in Show quilt, DIGNITY. That double sided quilt is incredibly beautiful. I’m at a loss for words. That quilter is an extremely talented artist. Thank you so much for sharing that picture.
That dignity quilt would have been absolutely awesome to see in person!! The front and the back!! It looks stunning in photos!!
I loved the Dignity Quilt. So thoughtful and beautifully done. I also loved “The Button Drop” very fun! Thankyou for sharing your adventure!
I love all things Eluzabeth Hartman, and the mermaids pattern looks fantastic. I have a granddaughter or two who will love it. Thanks for the sneak peak. The hydraulic chairs look awesome too.
I’ve long admired Elizabeth Hartman’s whimsical designs (and recently made a pillow from one of her patterns!) That said, much as I’d also love to visit her booth, the amazing best-in-show Dignity quilt absolutely captured my imagination and led me down a lengthy, wondrous rabbit-hole on Verushka Zarate’s website.
The winning quilts!
I love all things Eluzabeth Hartman, and the mermaids pattern looks fantastic. I have a granddaughter or two who will love it. Thanks for the sneak peak. The hydraulic chairs look awesome too.
The Dignity quilt was amazing and it was awesome to see it in person.
So much fun to see it all! The Dignity quilt is stunning!! What amazing work by Veruschka. I’ve visited the statue several times in our travels. Would have loved to have gotten to see the quilt in person.
Oh my goodness! I haven’t been able to attend the Quilt Con for awhile. Thanks for posting girls! Looks like you had an amazing time! So fortunate. I think my favorite is the new Carousal Collection fabric. Thank you for the opportunity.
I love the Dignity quilt and the Mermaid pattern.
The Dignity quilt was amazing. I am in love with Ruby Star Society fabric. They never fail to brighten my day.
I love seeing it all! I can’t wait to someday attend myself, so thank you for giving us a view. I have been tempted to get myself an Arrow chair – those new designs are FAB – thanks for sharing. (PS – are your dates right above? – I think March 8 is a Saturday this year :D)
I loved the Dignity quilt, but also the mermaids pattern. I may have to put that together for my granddaughter when she starts swim lessons! My new skill of EPP also made me look twice at the AGF post. Thanks for sharing.
I am very excited to see the latest Elizabeth Hartman designs.