Quilt Market was 3 weeks early this year. It generally crosses over with Halloween at the end of October. The Alexander Henry booth had this wonderfully creative and creepy display at the center. Details like the thread rack with all black, brown and grey spools.The witch sewing the quilt on an old black & grey…
A sneak photo of Rosalie Quinlan showing off Grandmother’s Flower Garden in the Lecien booth. Jen McLean (Tula Pink) on the far right. Rosie has lots of inspired creations using the new fabrics on her blog. Rosie gave me a personal tour of the new collection. I have to mention that she radiated a kindness…
Japanese designer Etsuko Furuya surrounded by her new Echino collection. Wow. The new designs (all on the heavier weight linen) are spectacular. Lots of birds and quite a few coordinating smaller scale designs like the medallions. The colors are absolutely amazing: fresh, new, exciting yet they all coordinate with past collections. I still use the…
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…
Home again, home again. Wow, what a whirlwind trip to Quilt Market. Susan and I cut fabric ALL day, blogging will definitely be a nighttime activity this week! The photos tell the story. I’m going to start with the pearls: meet ups with friends, both by chance and by plan. I had the pleasure of…
1,773 comments later the winners have been drawn! Thank goodness I wrote SQL for 10 years. You just never know when you’ll need those skills to manage a blog giveaway. I’m sending Jan Richards a ticket to meet me in Las Vegas. In the first round of random numbers she won 3 different prizes! After…
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…
I went through the quilt market photos last night in an attempt to somehow organize this series of posts. I decided to split it out between Patterns, Fabric and Friends. There is a lot of cross over with the final category which makes being in this industry just about the most fun thing I could…
I arrived home last night from Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. Quite the whirlwind trip. I’ll be sharing pictures all week of the fabulous booths and wonderful people I had the opportunity to meet. I also brought back a ton of incredible new patterns and fabric samples which I’ll be giving away. A single drawing next…
