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Monday, June 17, 2013

Spring 2013 Quilt Market - Recap #2

My photos from Day #1 of the show floor of Quilt Market

I had to start my day by visiting Tula Pink's booth & take some photos. Her booth was amazing as always.

Acacia by Tula Pink

Tula Pink's new ribbons with Renaissance Ribbons.

Two of my quilts were featured in the Freespirit booth. I made Northern Lights from Tula Pink's new Acacia fabric. It was quilted by Teresa just days before Market!

I haven't had a chance to take a finished photo yet... but here is one Teresa took right after she quilted it.

Here you can see Science Fair. It was also quilted by Teresa last minute!

You can see the detail in the quilting in this photo that Teresa took.

I made "Kit Cards" for the two quilts. This way interested shops could get all the information they needed to make the two quilts exactly the way that I did.

My Biscuit Pincushions in "Studio Stash" by Jennifer Sampou for Robert Kaufman.

Dear Stella's finished booth

Nordika by Jeni Baker

Ordering some fabric from Moda. This is Kate Spain's new line called Sunnyside.

My Tasty Table Runner in Artisan Batiks: Color Source 2 by Lunn Studios for Robert Kaufman. It was on display in the Checker booth.

My Snack Time quilt in Kona Solids Robert Kaufman. It was also on display in the Robert Kaufman booth.

Here I am acting silly in Dear Stella's booth. I'm pointing to my triangle pillow. Tutorial coming soon!

Wish by Valori Wells

Tula Pink's booth was packed while she signed copies of her new book, Tula Pink's City Sampler: 100 Modern Quilt Blocks.

Teresa - Me - Angela

My love my quilters!! We are hanging out in Angela's booth.

Angela's "Legacy" wall

Sketches that led to Angela's fabric designs.

Angela's feature quilt for her new fabric line Legacy.

Here is Angela's entire booth.

I caught the Dear Stella team busy posting to social media.

My Snack Time quilt in Artisan Batiks: Color Source 2 by Lunn Studios for Robert Kaufman. It was on display in the Robert Kaufman booth.

Allison of Cluck Cluck Sew

Fig Tree & Co.

Simply Style by Vanessa of V&Co.

My Snack Time quilt in Simply Style by Vanessa of V&Co. It was on display in the United Notions booth. It was quilted by Teresa just days before Market!

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Spring 2013 Quilt Market - Recap #1

Quilt Market.... came & went!! So much work and preparation and then it's over in a flash!

Now that I've been home for a couple of weeks I've had a minute to organize all my photos. This post has setup & schoolhouse.

I usually make a last minute bag the night before Quilt Market. This year I decided to make a last minute dress. I made a Maxi Version of the Staple Dress by April Rhodes.

Waiting at the airport.

After delivering the quilts I brought to their respective booths... it was time to help. It seems like there is always a quilt or two that needs a sleeve... good thing I brought my hand sewing supplies!

The Robert Kaufman booth starting to come together.

I was really excited to spot my Tiny Dancer quilt in the top center of Dear Stella's booth. I also made the triangle pillow to the left of the "S" in Stella... tutorial coming soon!

Joan of Lazy Girl made this adorable pillow from Piper by Dear Stella.

My Lotus quilt in Piper by Dear Stella! Pardon the bad lighting... as it was still set up day with very few overhead lights.

Schoohouse day!

The first schoolhouse I attended was Tula Pink's for her new fabric line Acacia.

I ended up helping her mom hold quilts during the session. Thank you to Scott of Blue Nickel for snapping these photos.

This awesome quilt will be in an issue of American Patchwork & Quilting this fall.

I think this one is going to be free download on Freespirit's site... but I may be wrong.

This Butterfly beauty was quite a hit at the show. Tula will be releasing this as a pattern later this summer. (Side note... I wasn't tall enough to hold it so Scott & I switched places for a moment!)

This quilt is an English paper piecing kit that comes packaged with the fabrics already cut and the papers needed.

Tula also showed off her new ribbons with Renaissance Ribbons.

Next up was Vanessa's schoolhouse for Aurifil threads. I didn't know if she'd hate me for posting this photo... but apparently she loved it so much she has re-posted it a few times. Classic Vanessa!!

A simple big block quilt that shows off her Ombre fabrics.

Her new Kaleidoscope Pattern.

She showed off a few small projects too & explained how her thread collection works perfect with both of her fabric lines.

Next up was Tula to talk about her Aurifil threads.

I love that she had a giant version of the photo from the thread box cover printed on fabric & hung it behind her!! (I was tempted to steal it... but I didn't.)

Here is the amazing butterfly quilt again.

Me - Tula Pink - Teresa Silva

Teresa did some amazing last minute quilting for me on some Acacia quilts for quilt market.

The last schoolhouse I attended was Angela's for her new fabric line called Legacy.

It was really cool to hear the story behind the line. You can read more about it on Angela's blog.

Sorry for the bad lighting... it was low in the room because of the projector.

After schoolhouse I headed back to the show floor to see how my quilts were being displayed.

My Snack Time quilt in Artisan Batiks: Color Source 2 by Lunn Studios for Robert Kaufman. It was on display in the Robert Kaufman booth.

My Snack Time quilt in Kona Solids Robert Kaufman. It was also on display in the Robert Kaufman booth.

While there I spotted Rachel Griffith's Curiosity quilt in the Robert Kaufman booth.

Here is an adorable new line from Robert Kaufman called Hello Tokyo. I didn't make the quilt... but I did sew the sleeve on it!! (4th photo in this post)

Next I went over to Dear Stella. You can see my Tiny Dancer quilt and my Lotus quilt both in this photo.

My Lotus quilt with Natalie of Beyond the Reef's Kapa Ohana quilt. It was fun to discover that our quilts were hanging out together on the endcap of Dear Stella's booth!