{"product_id":"the-quilter-katherine-jones","title":"The Quilter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Quilter\" by Katherine Jones won First Place - Appliqué at QuiltCon 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist Statement\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003e\"Based on a self-portrait painted in 2021 of me working on my longarm, this quilt depicts me looking down with concentration on what I am making. My original painting emulated Chuck Close's later portraits, where an on-point grid is used to \"turn one big overwhelming problem\" of painting a portrait \"into thousands of little more solvable problems\", each square being a small abstract composition, a method that naturally lends itself to quilt making.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechniques Used\u003c\/strong\u003e: Machine Pieced, Hand Appliqué, Machine Quilted on a Frame (Longarm); Each block was hand appliquéd mimicking each abstract square in my original painting from lightly hand dyed fabrics then densely quilted in heavy contrasting threads.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials Used\u003c\/strong\u003e: Commercial cottons lightly hand dyed, Cotton and Polyester Threads\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign Credit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Original Design\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e(Main Quilt Photo from themodernquiltguild.com; All Other Photos from ziplinequilts Instagram Page)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Katherine Jones \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eQuilter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Katherine Jones \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear Made:\u003c\/strong\u003e NA \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOwned By:\u003c\/strong\u003e NA \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 58\" x 65\" inches \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eShows \u0026amp; Museums:\u003c\/strong\u003e QuiltCon 2026 \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAwards:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Place - Appliqué (Sponsored by Twin Essential Quilt Shop) at QuiltCon 2026 \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katherine Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54049683210515,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/4575\/5155\/files\/29125-the-quilter-katherine-jones-4-1773529655.jpg?v=1776191448","url":"https:\/\/gallery.thequiltshow.com\/products\/the-quilter-katherine-jones","provider":"The Quilt Show Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}