Last month, I attended my first-ever Quilt National opening at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. It was a whirlwind weekend full of gorgeous quilts and great conversations with friends new and old.

A design based on a traditional quilt block has a permanent home on a local basketball court.

Exhibiting my work in new spaces and relishing the cherries on top!

Over the past five years, my quilts have hung in museums, galleries, and convention centers around the world. Now I’m sharing what I learned about various submission processes so you can feel confident as you explore the big, wide world of exhibition opportunities.

A couple weeks ago, I took a trip to see the 2022 installment of Schweinfurth Art Center’s annual Quilts=Art=Quilts exhibition, as well as Judy Kirpich’s solo show Emotional Constructs.

Quilt by Carolina Oneto.

My joint exhibition with Audrey Esarey is now open! Complementary Curves is on view at the McLean Textile Gallery in McLean, Virginia through July 28, 2022.

Submitting your quilts to shows? Some are free to enter, others quite costly. Some need your quilts months in advance, others only keep them on hand for a couple weeks. Learn how I keep track of all the details.

It’s the QuiltCon 2020 recap you didn’t know you needed: heavy on numbers, light on pics. What started out as a simple goal to document the number of quilts hung in each category this year turned into a deep dive into submission, selection, and attendance numbers.

When Plan A turns into Plan B and then into Plan C… sometimes you just gotta roll with it. That was the case with this piece, which I call Print Study: When Plans Fall Apart.