Lemon, sunshine, mustard, straw, saffron, gold, canary, butter, honey, and daffodil: every version of yellow you can imagine was represented at QuiltCon 2026.
Occasionally, we see distinct color trends emerge at the show, and this year, yellow was hot. It was a dominant color in many quilts, and an essential supporting color in even more. I actually found it challenging to limit this post to just 12 quilts that use yellow as a critical design element. You may even notice that yellow appears in many of the quilts I shared last week, which feature a black-and-white color scheme with bold color pairings.
How I Select the Quilts to Feature
As usual, I immediately eliminated award-winning quilts from these posts- they already get a lot of attention, including on the QuiltCon Winners website page. I like to focus on just a few of the hundreds of other quilts in the show that are also amazing, but you may have missed on social media.
I could have easily selected a dozen quilts where yellow was the dominant color, and this is the case for many of the quilts I did select. However, I wanted to include some quilts that use yellow as an effective focal point, even if it doesn’t cover the majority of the quilt’s surface.
Additionally, I tried to select quilts using a variety of design styles and construction techniques, from precision piecing to improv, handwork, abstract compositions, and pictorials.
If one maker had multiple yellow quilts that caught my eye, I selected one to feature, hoping to capture a more complete view of the overall trend by featuring more quilters. (There is even a youth quilt in this round-up that you won’t want to miss!)
The Quilts
Hive | Pulse
By Kathy Thorncraft
Beetlejuice
By Cindy Grisdela
Accidental Crossing
By Coleen Pokorny
Dancing in the Dark 4
By Susan Lapham
Mid Century Nights
By Cole Whitaker
Two Step
By Steph Skardal
Summertime
By Julie Reuben
Stepping Stones #6: Crop Circles
By Jan Soules
Stars: I Love You JWST
By Robert J Bosscher
Lemon & Blueberry
By Carl Brown
Hallucinations
By Lilah Briggs, age 9
Mirrored Lattice
By Betsy Vinegrad
Do You Want To See More Quilts?
Next week, I’ll share more quilts from QuiltCon, but until then:
- The winning QuiltCon quilts are available for everyone to see online.
- Last week, I shared quilts featuring a color scheme of Black & White with Bold Colors
- If you are a member of the Modern Quilt Guild, images of the entire show are available online until the end of March. Check the weekly MQG email for details.
- Search for QuiltCon on your favorite social media platform.
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