I’ll warn you on the fabric booth photos, I just didn’t take enough. Totally, completely, absolutely did not get one picture of anything at Moda. Do search out pics on Flickr to see the new lines by MoMo, French General and Sweetwater. Lots of fun stuff coming our way this year.
The following is a gallery of quilts that were hung along the Free Spirit aisle. Available for download on the Free Spirit website. The Jennifer Paganelli Pretty Please quilt pattern is not on that page but can be downloaded here.
I’m either carrying or will be carrying all the collections below.
5/20/09: I’m updating this post to mention that Scott Hansen of Blue Nickel Studios designed the Monaco and Christmas Snow Flower quilts. Very nice!
Monaco by Dena Designs. I just LOVE this quilt. The contrast is fantastic, a great way to show off the saturated colors in this line.
Pretty Please, Flower Power, and Dance with Me (coming soon), 3 new collections by Jennifer Paganelli. I had the pleasure of meeting Jennifer during my Free Spirit appointment. What a lovely person. She radiates pure joy.
Oh Boy! is a new fabric collection by David Walker (I sold out of Robots last December in about 10 minutes). I will say I think the individual fabrics are cuter than maybe this quilt shows off, I do like the way the animals were fussy cut and then quilted around in the blocks. The saturated red orange is fabulous.
Christmas Snow Flower by Dena Designs coming soon. Featuring a fantastic mixture of true red, green and sky blue. I’m really excited about the contemporary design of these traditional holiday motifs.
This sample quilt hits a home run in showcasing the Wildwood collection by Erin McMorris. This pattern is not on the Free Spirit website. Given it’s a great big Grandmother’s Flower Garden I did some searching for instructions on how you could machine piece hexagons. This Flickr discussion thread has links to some very good resources. As the discussion thread mentions at the bottom, there is a book called One Block Wonders which also came to mind when I saw this quilt. I think I’ll check that book out from the library to explore their piecing technique further. I want to go make this RIGHT NOW!
Love at first sight. The new Del Hi collection is fabulous. I always appreciate the beauty of Valori Wells’ sample quilts. They showcase her fabric collections perfectly. The detail of the quilting around the flowers in the design was amazing.
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So with you on the hexagon quilt. Gorgeous!
I love the fabrics in these quilts… they are so summery and uplifting to view.
Thanks!
omgosh beautiful HAPPY quilts!
and looking forward to a fabric shopping day when all these new lines come out! thanks so much for sharing the pictures with us.
Kathie
I really like Erin McMorris’ Wildwood line but haven’t seen them in person yet!
What eye candy! Thank you for sharing a bit of market with us who sit here and wet our computer monitors with drool.
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Love those hexagons!
Wow! Gorgeous quilts and colors! Thanks for the pics!
I can’t wait to see the new david walker line. Everything I made for my son this winter was from “robots”!
thanks for sharing so much from market! I am especially inspired by the giant grandmother’s flower garden- such a simple change w/such dramatic results!
I LOVE the giant hexagons quilt!!
Thanks for sharing so many pictures from Quilt Market!
Love the del Hi line, will definitly be using it this summer.
I just found a couple of months ago and love you site. You have a wonderful selection and the site is very organized and easy to find what you need quick! Thanks for your hard work!
Shannon
Love at first sight for the Del Hi too!! I might have to make that one!
The detailing is so amazing! I love the wildwood collection…and that quilt…”aaahhh”!!
Just beautiful! What a great show that must have been, I especially love Flower Power, the Del high, and the holiday red, green, and white one.
Mmmm, so yummy
Going to quily Market must be sensory overload!
Thanks for sharing all the photos! I wish I could have seen them in person. I love the Flower Power quilt!!!
Oh my. Such beautiful quilts. And they’d all look beautiful up here in lovely Wisconsin. Please pick me!!!!:) Flower Power, Del Hi, mmmmmmmmmm! Beauty.
Hmm, those hexagons are so enticing! And as always, I adore the Valori Wells signature look of bright colors and big flowers.
Such fun you must have!
Aw, the dinosaurs are adorable! I’m loving the Del Hi quilt, too!
I would LOVE to make a quilt this summer. Beautiful fabrics.
Hi, congratulations for your shop. I love to buy in Pink Chalk.
I can’t pick a favorite, all of those quilts are so wonderful! I love the Monaco !!
Hugs from Brazil
I love your blog and your website. You carry a great selection of fabric.
Thank you!
I can’t wait to see the indvidual fabrics from Erin McMorris’ Wildwood collection. They look yummy!
Wow, I wish I was there at the show. The pictures of the quilts are beautiful and I can’t wait for the new fabric to arrive at your store.
I love the big hexagons. I really want to make a Grandmother’s flower garden quilt, but I’m scared of all the little tiny pieces. This may be the answer.
Love those big hexagons – a doable project for even me! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, I bet quilt market is one of the best days of the year. Everything looks wonderful.
I really, really love the Del Hi Street quilt! The colors are so beautiful!! Both the Mediterranean and the High Desert Palettes. Just amazing!
oh – I’m excited about the Erin McMorris and the Valori Wells! beautiful!!!
Thank you for taking us along with you to Market by sharing so many wonderful pictures. So many beautiful fabrics and such amazing inspiration!
I’m just getting into Valerie Wells myself. I like her designing style. Guess we all gravitate towards some more than others.
I really like the christmas quilt! Very pretty!
I love, love, love the hexagonal pieced quilt! One day, I’d love to make something like that.
OK..if I don’t win anything, I hope I can buy from the site…or someone’s site. Gracias!
I just broke the bank buying the whole robots collection and now he comes out with a new one. Ack! *starts saving pennies*
Wow – those quilts are all amazing! I love the Erin McMorris one – so pretty!
Ohhh I love the new David Walker fabrics! Robots was just so adorable too! Can’t wait to see this one up close!
I LOVE THEM ALL!!! But I especially love ‘Oh Boy,’ (I’m a sucker for kids fabrics), ‘Wildwood’ (in all the colorways), and ‘Del-Hi’…can’t wait to get my hands on some!! Great pics.
I am always so inspired by your blog. I saw some of your patterns in Esther’s when I visited this last weekend with my girls, although they are only two and three they are already catching the crafting (sewing?) bug.
Thank you for all your hard work.
wow! All the gorgeous colors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What exciting fabrics and colors and patterns.
love the site!
Sharon
Thanks for sharing your stories and pictures from quilt market. It looks like you had a great time.
-Julie
Beautiful quilts! I wish I had been there… I’m sure that pictures don’t do these quilts justice!
I love the way the del hi line looks almost art nouveau…truly beautiful fabric!!
free spirit is my favorite texture of fabric, if that makes sense – just great to sew with. so i’m excited to see these new lines!
Free quilt patterns?!!!! YES! I’ve had a fun time looking at them and downloading them.
Those Del Hi fabrics are my favorites.
The pretty please quilt is just amazing–but we’re having our fourth baby and our FIRST boy in September so I’m hoping to get my hands on some of the Oh Boy! fabrics for a little quilt.
Wow! I can’t imagine…it must be theraputic and calming to quilt like that. The patience…I really need to take up quilting!
So gorgeous.