I’m going to wrap things up with photos of the other big thing that happens at Quilt Market: meet ups with online friends.
Yippeee! I finally got to meet Linda of CraftApple. Linda and I began our pattern publishing adventures at the same time. We each tested the other’s first pattern. No cell phones were needed, we ran right into each other on Saturday morning. I could have stayed and visited all day long.
Late on Sunday I got lucky and found Pokey Bolton in the Quilting Arts booth. Her boundless energy and creative passion is infectious!
My best friend in the whole world Jone Hallmark. Jone and her mother drove up from Austin for the day and we sure had a good time. We’re standing in front of a sample quilt (on the left) made with Jone’s Baby Toiles collection for Free Spirit. Jone has a blog now so be sure to say hello!
Susan Brubaker Knapp had lots to celebrate at market. She did a signing in the C&T booth for her new book Applique Petal Party. She also has TWO pieces featured in the Quilting Arts 2010 calendar including the cover.
Back to that Sunday night dinner. There were seven of us total including Windham designers Jessica Levitt and Paige Stanley Miller, Susan Brubaker Knapp, quilt artist Sarah Vedeler, Kim Kight of True Up (another long time e-mail friend, it was so fabulous to finally meet in person!), and my mom and me. You’d think with all those bloggers at the same table someone would have thought to take a picture! I really enjoyed the opportunity to spend a fun evening with all these creative women. It was a great way to spend our final evening in Houston.
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The blog giveaway. Leave a comment on any of these Quilt Market posts and you’ll have an entry into the random drawing. I plan to do all that late tomorrow (Monday, October 19).
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I created a Quilt Market Fall 2009 set on Flickr to round up all the photos.
Kathy-
looks like another great market. thanks for all of the photos and info!
Those quilts look so cool. How fabulous that you got to meet up with so many or your friends and colleagues! Martha
I wish I was there, it looks beautiful. Stephanie
Thanks so much for the beautiful photos and the insight into Quilt Market.
How wonderful to get to see all your online friends!
So glad you had such a wonderfully inspiring and fun time!
So fun how creativity brings people together! Thanks for sharing the trip with us!
Looks like it was so much fun!
Awwww, I’m sorry to see the fun end, but I’m glad you got to meet some of your online friends, and had a good time with them and your mom. I will be sure to check out the links and am looking forward to the arrival of all of the new goodies into the shop.
Hi Kathy:
thanks for the quilt market photos – looks like a great time-full of inspiration!
Thanks for taking all of us along with you to Market. I enjoyed seeing everything, can’t wait until my local quilt shop gets all the new stuff.
wow, I can’t believe I logged on and saw Jone Hallmark in a photo!! I miss Jone- she was always my Surtex neighbor !! I just left a message on her blog. Love all the Quilt Market photos and looking forward to finally going next Oct!
Looks like you had a lovely market time. Thanks for sharing all your pictures with all of us who didn’t get to go : )
Thanks so much for all the beautiful pictures! It is all absolutely breathtaking…I can’t imagine actually being there & taking it in!
I think that would be one of the greatest things about attending Quilt Market – getting to see friends! Thanks for all the wonderful updates!
looks like a lovely time – thanks for sharing all the pics!
Thanks for the lovely trip through quiltmarket.
Thanks so much for sharing all these great pics! I’ve enjoyed living vicariously through you!
It looks like you had a wonderful time!
Looks like you’ve had a fabulous time at Quilt Market.
I so hope to make it there sometime in the next couple of years!!
Andi
thanks for a great roundup!
Thanks again for all your posts with all the news from market for all
of us non attenders. Love the sneak peek at what is new and soon
to come. Also thanks for a chance to win some surprises too.
Looks like you had a wonderful time! I went to Festival yesterday and met Susan Brubaker Knapp and Melanie Testa. Yay! Thanks for posting the great photos!
Patty Young’s booth is so pretty! Such happy fabrics living there!
I just returned from 4 days at Festival and I am unpacking and discovering all the great things that had to come home with me! Fun days with friends and quilters from all over the world.
So fun to hear all about Quilt Market. I’m in the middle of making four mini Mail-Sacks! Love, love, love that pattern.
How fun – that was probably the best part of Quilt Market…meeting up with friends! Thanks so much for doing all these posts for us – I’ve loved them!!
I hope you are going to carry the Baby Toiles collection = it’s beautiful!!
so much goodness – almost too much to take it all in!
Your tour of the market has been so fun. Thanks!
hi kathy – thanks so much for sharing quilt market with us! i just got back from quilt festival and am so, sew, inspired. seeing your posts of quilt market really makes me wish i could’ve attended that too…!!! i also enjoyed reading that your mom was able to go with you this time. i can say the same thing, as this was the first year my mom was able to go, and what fun we had together… stitch on…
I LOVE that little lime green dress behind you and your pattern-designing friend Linda. I’ve never attended a market like the one you’re sharing–it looks like something that would make it hard to sleep at night (with all the ideas and creative mojo humming through your veins…) Enjoy! And get some rest eventually.
I’ve had the best time strolling through your blog and photos–thanks so much for sharing them with us!
this last post was cool ‘cos i found a couple of new-to-me blogs. thanks so much for all your posts about Mkt–i really look forward to reading about Mkt twice a year!
Will have to look for that Applique book, thanks so much for sharing your experience with us! What a treat.
That sounds like so much fun. Thanks for the peek into quilt market!
Thank you for all your quilt market coverage!
All of them are amazing artists. I can’t even imagine how much time and hard work are needed to achieve these beautiful quilts.
It was fun to see all the market pictures!
Thank you for the posts about the market!
nice that you had time to visit with friends a bit.
Loved seeing the booths and quilts
thanks for all the pictures !
Kathie
I really love your quilt market wrap-ups – so much detail and lovely photos! It makes me feel a little like I’ve shared the experience each time. And it’s exciting to catch a glimpse of what’s coming!
Thanks for the great wrap-up of Quilt Market! Looks like you had a fabulous time!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful time a Quilt Market.
This was a great series of Quilt Market posts, thank you Kathy!
Am so glad that you took the time out of what must be an insane schedule to keep us informed and drooling over what is coming soon to the quilt/fabric world. Thanks!
Glad ytou got to meet up with so many fun people. Thanks again for sharing a week’s worth of your fun adventures at market. It was enjoyable to see everyone/everything!
I know it’s “work” but how fun is this?! Thanks for sharing all you have. I can tell you love it and it’s truely infectious.
Your posts make me wish I was there …. quilt market looks so fun! Thanks for all the pictures in these posts!
Thank you so much for all the pictures and reports on Quilt Market. I so wish I could have been there.
Oh my word! How could you ever decide which fabrics to buy?? I would have been completely overwhelmed by it all! LOVED the Tula Pink fabrics–can’t wait to see it in person!