Anna Maria Horner’s new collection Little Folks is drop dead gorgeous. It features an amazing variety of textiles that has my creative brain whirling. The main collection is printed on Cotton Voile at 54″ wide. There was a lot of discussion all weekend about exactly what Voile (pronounced like Toile) is and why it’s different than the sheer silky voile my mother and many of her contemporaries remember (they also remember pronouncing that as ‘voil’ like ‘foil’). After seeing and touching it in person I would describe it as being very similar to cotton lawn, ala Liberty print quality cotton lawn. It is spectacular!
Another component of the collection, Folksy Flannels, features different yet coordinating designs on flannel. There are also new laminated cottons. The Cotton Voile collection includes solids in yummy colors to be used as underlinings and accents as shown in this zig zag dress (a new pattern). Anna Maria said the gathering on that dress was 3 times the width. Look at that drape!
This Schoolhouse photo shows everyone in clothing made from the Voile. Her daughter designed and made her own skirt (it also features a solid as an underskirt). Anna Maria shared that the back and forth process to find the ‘perfect’ base cloth involved over 40 samples. I think she landed on the ideal choice. It’s so incredibly fabulous that we have dedicated designers like this taking an active role in ensuring the final product meets their vision!
The curtain hanging over the bassinet is made from yet another textile in the collection, Cotton Dobby. The panel can be used as-is or cut into pieces for quilt blocks and other projects. The receiving blankets feature voile on one side and flannel on the second with a simple binding.
And yes, Roman (her new baby) most definitely stole the show!
Amy Butler’s booth featured endless inspiration for using her new collection Love. The quilting cottons arrived a couple of days before I left for market, still to come is home decor, laminated cottons and flannel! One trend I noticed was putting different designs into each of the base cloths. Amy’s home decor designs are bigger and bolder, something you wouldn’t necessarily want on a quilting cotton but work perfectly on the home decor weight cloth. A wide palette of materials that still coordinate as a collection is truly exciting.
Denyse Schmidt’s new collection Hope Valley is simple and stunning! I enjoyed seeing Denyse’s signature quilting pattern on the sample quilt.
Tanya Whelan’s new collection Dolce is absolutely beautiful. Delicious tangerine, candy pink, sky blue, grey and chartreuse. Lovely colors, lovely designs.
Heather Bailey’s booth was extremely cute, I loved the life sized photo backdrop. A laminated cotton creates a simple table cover.
I attended the Kaffe Fassett Schoolhouse. The quilt samples were spectacular. I’ve shared before that I purchased Glorious Color many years before I ever learned to quilt. Each book by Kaffe and Liza Prior Lucy is inspiration in its purest form. They announced a new title called ‘Simple Shapes, Spectacular Quilts, 23 Original Quilt Designs’, scheduled for a March, 2010 delivery. This will be their first book published by STC Craft/Melanie Falick Books. A fact that both Kaffe and Liza were extremely excited about. I can’t wait!!!
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A note on the Quilt Market schedule. ‘Schoolhouse’ takes place the day before Quilt Market begins. The sessions run between 15 and 30 minutes each. They are presented by the Quilt Market vendors. It includes a wide range of topics. For each time slot there are at least 15 sessions to choose from. It runs the gamut from designers presenting a new line to a website developer talking about SEO for quilt shops.
Quilt Market then runs for 3 days from 9 am to 6 pm. I stayed for Day 1 and 2. I definitely could have used a Day 3!
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OK, the swag. The prizes. The blog giveaway. This one is all about quality vs. quantity. Wait till you see the bag from Alexander Henry, definitely a ‘hmmmm, maybe I need to be keeping that one for myself’. Leave a comment on any of these Quilt Market posts and you’ll have an entry into the random drawing.
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I created a Quilt Market Fall 2009 set on Flickr to round up all the photos. Be sure to click over to see more detail. I tried to take a lot of up close photos of projects in the booths for inspiration. I’ll be adding to the set as I go along this week.
I’m so excited for all the new fabric. I can’t wait to get my hands on some of that new voile.
Love the photos. Wish I could have been there. It looks like so much fun.
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Oh my goodness! I’m loving the new Anna Maria Horner and I cannot wait to see what Denyse Schmidt has coming. Thanks for sharing the great pics!!!!!
Thank you for sharing the Quilt show with us. I wish I could of seen it myself. You must of had so much fun!
Inspiration galore! And all I keep thinking is….I want it now!
This is the next best thing to being there, Kathy. Thanks for the great pics and report! Now to go make some room for all the new stuff I so obviously will be *needing* this season. . ..
Thanks for sharing you pictures. Everything is so pretty- it looks like a ton of fun! It would be so hard not to get carried away!
Thanks for a chance to win some of your market goodies.
Thanks for doing the posts on quilt market. It’s so neat to be able to see what it’s like. I especially like seeing and reading about amh and amy butler.
Wow, I can’t wait to see all those Anna Maria fabrics for myself! I’m so excited for the possibilities with the voile and AMH is my absolute favorite! Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures
I love these Quilt Market posts. All that glorious fabric. And Anna Maria Horner makes beautiful kids too doesn’t she!
So many possibilities! Thank you for being such a great tour guide!
Thank you for being so detailed and putting so many pictures from the Quilt Market! It makes it so fun for those who couldn’t have gone and swooned over all the gorgeous items ourself!
I was having serious quilt market envy! Thank you for the photos – the collections are gorgeous!
Absolutely beautiful fabric!
Wow! All those great designers! I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on some of those fabrics. Thanks for the pics and the recaps!
I wish I could be there when your new orders start rolling in . . . it seems like that would be so much fun! I’m wondering if you still view it as exciting, or if you’re at the point that it’s just another day on the job. (As a fabric lover, I can’t imagine that bolts and bolts of new fabric would ever be mundane!)
here i am again! your blog is so wonderful. i met kaffe at quilt market in 1995 or 1996 in houston. he is amazing.
your friend in washington
BARBARA H
thank you for sharing these peeks… so much wonderful inspiration! i am really excited for the new cotton voiles and of course denyse schmidt’s new collection… i love the sample quilt!
Thanks for the wonderful wrap-up… those Anna Maria Horner fabrics look amazing.
AMH’s Good Folks line has been my constant favorite line since it came out….. then to hear and see an extension of it into voile and flannel???!!! I could weep with joy… then grief as I mentally tally how much it would cost me to aquire all that loveliness!
That Hope Valley quilt is great! Thanks for sharing all of this.
Thanks for all the wonderful photos! I hope you are going to be carrying the new Anna Maria line
And I just love the Denyse Schmidt quilt.
Wow! So much inspiration. How do I choose a fave? I ‘Love’ Amy Butler’s new range and also am going to have to have some of AnnaMaria Horner’s gorgeous new fabric. My saving up for a visit to Houston keeps getting robbed with each new great line from all of these amazing creators… Could be worse, could be spending it on something practical
Abbe
ohmygosh! can’t wait for these to start trickling into your shop! my pocketbook can
but i can’t! 
Thanks for the photos! The booths are lovely, and it’s so wonderful to be able to get a peek at what’s going on at the quilt festival.
I love the photos that you have included, especially Anna Maria Horner and Amy Butlers booths. I have loved every fabric line each of these designers have done and hope that my LQS will stock their new lines. Thanks for the blow by blow …
I would Love to purchase some of Amy Butler’s new fabric from the Love line and clicked through your shop to check it out. My favorite is definitely Love Water Bouquet Midnight. Is that truly a bluish color in the background, or more of a purple???? Thanks for including me in your contest. – Lauren
Wow, what an adventure in color and pattern and loveliness! I can’t wait to see and feel the new AMH and Amy Butler fabrics in person. And contest too… thank you!
Wow – lots of orange and pink! Not colors I usually put together, but I LOVE all the examples in your photos! Thanks for sharing!
I love the zigzag dress! And of course anything Amy Butler is beautiful! Thanks for this awesome tour through the quilt market!
The Hope Valley quilt is very stunning in its simplicity; the other booths look very colorful and fun and inspiring, but that quilt is it. Great pictures!
Wow! Wow! Wow! I think I’m the most excited about Denyse Schmidt’s new line. All of those booths are just beautiful!
i enjoyed your comments on the quilt market. especially talking about the differences in amy butler’s fabric between weights. i never would have thought of that or realized it since i purchase most of my fabric online.
What great pictures! Really looking forward to Hope Valley! It must be so inspiring to attend Quilt Market…
what great inspiration you have given us through these pictures!!
Wow, Anna Maria is too awesome. I just can’t wait to see the new Heather Bailey in person!
Doris
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All of that Anna Maria stuff needs to come out like NOW! That dress. I NEED THAT DRESS!
I’m looking forward to seeing the AMH flannels in person, and making them into a big blankie for me.
Wow, thanks for the great photos. Most I’ve seen circulating look like cell phone quality! I’m looking forward to AMH’s flannels…and all of the designers’ new goods. Westminster has their hands full.
I’ve just received a whole lot of Amy Butler’s new line.
And I am seriously eyeing off Anna Maria’s collection. Looks stunning.
Has Denyse Schmidt released her new collection yet? I’d love to see more detail.
Thanks,
Andi
I spent days stalking the new Anna Maria Horner fabric through twitter and flickr, thanks for the great views! I cannot wait to get my hands on it!
wow, would i ever love to be able to go and just ogle the booths. your postings sure make it come to life and seeing the big names in fabric & quilt design plus the blogging world is a treat too. Thanks for the tour.
Kathy, this is the best description of Quilt Market I have seen. While I want all that I see, I know that I need to pare down my wish list to make sure I am using my purchases to the upmost. I would much rather buy less and make sure that I love what I purchase, not just purchase because the price is right. These things that I am making are hopefully going to become heirlooms for my family and you can’t put a price on that.
Wonderful reporting, thanks for sharing!
These are the most beautiful quilts and bags I have seen in a very long time. The fabrics are just breathtaking!
Thank you for sharing them.
Vicki Bullen
I’m so excited for the new Anna Maria Horner fabrics. I’m especially looking forward to the voile for some cute top patterns!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS!
THE FABRICS ARE GORGEOUS!
MY FAVORITE OF ALL: TANYA WHELAN’S “DOLCE”!
Wow – that’s all I can say!!!!
Thanks for the great photos and reportage. It all looks just yummy, but the littte folks, oh, it’s gonna be hard to wait for.