Clamshell Jamboree
QuiltCon 2025 MQG Excellence Award winner
QuiltCon 2025 – Windham Ruby + Bee Fabric Challenge
Quilt in the show feature in QuiltCon 2025 Magazine – Quilting Daily and the MQG
Exhibition: Selections from QuiltCon 2025
Machine pieced using custom designed templates. Hand quilted with #8 perle cotton over straight line machine quilting .
43″ x 58″ – completed October 2024
I was feeling stuck in a design rut, so I decided to explore how far I could push the definition of the clamshell shape. Pulling, stretching, adding rows and stripes, putting them upside down: is it still a clamshell?! Well I don’t know the answer, but I do know that the result was a joyful and vibrant quilt. It taught me that on the other side of struggle and doubt there can be something special waiting if you just keep going.
Status: Traveling with the MQG’s Selections from QuiltCon 2025 exhibition until February 2026.
Making Clamshell Jamboree blog post
