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QuiltCon Atlanta 2023

March 16, 2023 by carolyn friedlander 3 Comments

It’s been almost a month since QuiltCon Atlanta 2023–what a rush! For the first time I had a booth and it was a ton of fun. Here are some highlights from the show.

QuiltCon 2023 Atlanta Carolyn Friedlander booth

Booth Building

There’s always a lot of excitement as you get onto the show floor for the first time and find your space. Then it quickly gets messy as you unload all of the stuff, start assembling furniture and then try to get everything sorted.

QuiltCon 2023 Booth set up

It’s nice that QuiltCon setup is just one day. We got to work quickly and used every minute we had available to us. It’s always such a rush that I forget to take pictures, so I’m glad I have these two showing you a little bit of how it came together.

QuiltCon 2023 Booth set up Carolyn Friedlander

The Booth

I’ve taught at nearly every QuiltCon since 2015, and so having a booth this time was a big change of pace. I loved being able to connect with more folks and chat with them about what they’ve made.

We used every last minute getting the booth in order before the show opened. Here’s a look from just before the show opened.

QuiltCon 2023 Atlanta Carolyn Friedlander booth

One of my favorite parts of the booth was incorporating bits and pieces from past Quilt Market booths. This “Make Your Mark” piece was a personal favorite and made for a good backdrop behind my Hearts quilt pattern and kits plus acrylic template board.

Hearts quilt patterns and templates

I put together quite a few kits for projects like Hearts, Bow, Wildabon and Slash. I have a very few left that I am able to put in my online shop. If you are interested and act fast–you can find them here.

quilt kits in Carolyn Friedlander booth at QuiltCon 2023

We did some mini Hearts quilt kits that were so much fun. They were a big seller and I hope to put more together soon to add to the shop.

hearts quilt kits by Carolyn Friedlander

Each day we changed the quilts out that were on the wall. It kept things interesting for anyone stopping by. Pictured here are Olive, Wildabon, Long Leaf, Arlo, Hunt and Eads.

QuiltCon 2023 Atlanta Carolyn Friedlander booth

(Russell, Slash, Bow, Long Leaf and Spools)

QuiltCon 2023 Atlanta Carolyn Friedlander booth

We also made good use of this column that bordered our booth. It was a great space to hang up some minis! Seen here are Davie, Mini Eads, Pine, Outhouse and Grove (mini blocks).

QuiltCon 2023 Atlanta Carolyn Friedlander booth

I released 5 new scents with Sew Fine Thread Gloss at the show! The Sew Fine Thread Gloss went really fast, and there are just some left. Hopefully I can get a restock before too long!

QuiltCon 2023 Atlanta Carolyn Friedlander booth

The newest scents are Honeysuckle Pear, Rooibos Saffron, Lemon Basil, Sea Salt and Rosemary Mint. This was such a lovely batch of new scents.

Sew Fine Thread Gloss and Carolyn Friedlander collaboration
QuiltCon 2023 Atlanta Carolyn Friedlander booth
QuiltCon 2023 Atlanta Carolyn Friedlander booth

The Show

QuiltCon is usually a jam-packed experience, and I’ve always managed to cruise through the quilt show at some point–until this year. Wow, the booth was so busy that I barely got away, which was good, except for the part where I didn’t really get to see the quilt show. Big Bummer! I did rush up one morning to check out my Frond quilt that was hanging. Yay!

Frond Quilt by carolyn friedlander

Other Highlights

We did daily raffles in the booth, which was a lot of fun, and I appreciate Soak and Aurifil for donating prizes. I love their products and have enjoyed good collaborations with both over the years.

booth giveaways

I currently have a thread set with Aurifil, and all of the Pineapple Grove scented items from Soak have my artwork on the bottles.

aurifil thread set with carolyn friedlander
pineapple grove soak wash

While I went looking for my quilt, I came across my Creative Habits co-teacher Heidi Parkes’s quilt, Magical Thinking Attempt no. 8. I didn’t see the show, but I’m so glad I stumbled upon her work.

Heidi Parkes
Heidi Parkes

I also managed to get a picture with Youngmin Lee who I had the pleasure of teaching with at the Slow Stitching Retreat in Maine last summer.

Carolyn Friedlander and Youngmin Lee

This also happened. My name appeared on some special MQG socks commemorating all of their Keynote speakers throughout the years. What company to be included in!

MQG keynote speakers socks

More to check out

Nothing short of a miracle, we went live on instagram everyday of the show. Here’s a look at Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4.

Check out QuiltCons past on the blog.

Next Year?

Next year the show will be in Raleigh, North Carolina. Will you be there? I’m still sorting through that myself, but since I had such a great show this year, I’m pretty sure I’ll give it another go next year as well.

That’s a wrap!

QuiltCon booth breakdown carolyn friedlander

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. rebeca says

    March 16, 2023 at 10:14 pm

    thanks for the photos and post.

    Reply
  2. Gayle says

    March 18, 2023 at 8:08 am

    Loved meeting you there, and this post just brings back all the joy of the show.

    Reply
  3. Melanie says

    March 19, 2023 at 11:51 am

    Congratulations! Looks and sounds like it was a wonderful success!

    Reply

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