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Who did we see at Quilt Market?

Carolyn — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:33:04 +0000

June and I spent 3 days visiting designers, fabric manufacturers, publishers, notions companies—you name it, we tried to see them all—at Quilt Market in Minneapolis. We took along a little photo prop so our friends could share some messages with you. Here are some of the people we saw.

Joni Pike, Sew Special Designs

Lisa, Susan and Karla, Sweetwater

Joanna Figueroa, Fig Tree Quilts

Jo Morton

Lissa Alexander, Director of Marketing for Moda Fabrics

Carrie Nelson, Miss Rosie's Quilt Company

Kathy Brown, Teacher's Pet

Sue Marsh, Whistlepig Creek Productions

Check back tomorrow for more.

Quilt Market Report – Friendship Triangles

Carolyn — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:37:54 +0000

Edyta Sitar (Laundry Basket Quilts), fabric designer for Moda Fabrics and author of the new book Friendship Triangles, organized a fun exchange with other Moda designers. Each of the different designers made triangle-squares that they shared with each other plus more to give away at market. I collected autographed triangle-squares from the different designers along with a copy of Edyta’s book, published by Landauer Publishing that we’ll be giving away.

autographed triangle-squares

Here are a few of the designers whose triangle-squares we’ll be giving away.

Edyta Sitar

Karla Eisenach of Sweetwater

Sandy Klop

Jan Patek

Just leave a comment and tell us your favorite way to make triangle-squares and we’ll randomly draw a winner on Friday, October 16th.

Update 10/15/09: Carolyn won’t be in the office on 10/16 to pick a winner–she’s extending this giveaway to next Friday 10/23. Leave your comment by noon MST!

Greetings from Quilt Market 2009

Carolyn — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:15:55 +0000

The first day of Quilt Market and we are meeting with fabric companies. Before our meeting with Lissa Alexander of Moda Fabrics, we stopped by the booth of one of their designers, Barb and Mary of Me and My Sister Designs. They know how to have fun.

The weather is cloudy and rainy in Houston, but warm and sunny in their booth.

We’ll show you more from the floor at Quilt Market later.

IQA Quilt: A World of Beauty Preview: Whimsical

June — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:44:03 +0000

One of the fun things I get to do in Houston each year is present the awards to the winners of the Whimsical category in the quilt show because Quiltmaker sponsors this category. The presentations are held Tuesday night. When I have a little spare time from being on the Market floor, I always make sure that I’ve seen the Whimsical category–I hope to have time to see the whole show before the awards ceremony.

I thought I’d share my first brief glimpse on Saturday afternoon of the Whimsical quilts. I hope to get back soon to see more details in this category and to see the remaining quilts–such inspiration!

10/12/09 Update: Today I discovered that I missed a whole section of whimsical quilts–10 more of them. I got pictures and I’ll add them to the post as soon as I get a chance to edit them.