Back To Reality!

Quilt Market came and went. It was an upbeat market and lots of new opportunites presented itself. Here I am with my spiral-bound copy of my book Sew Merry and Bright at the Martingale booth! 

Did you go? What did you find that excited you? I have posted some photos on Facebook and will be putting them up here. I came home and got sick with a cold that zapped my energy. Will be back with photos.

Just wanted to share this one of me and my friend, Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic.  She just debuted her first line of fabrics with Moda! Yay!

I love her modern aesthetic!

xo,

L

Where Did May Go?

I've been to and back from Quilt Market in Salt Lake City for a little while now. It seems as though May just got away from me. I came back to being thrown into the crunch of things. The week after the show is always a little crazy. Add family stuff on top of that! Ok, the kids need to eat. Aw, yes they do!

Henry Glass booth. Early morning before the show started. I then visited with Barb Jones of QuiltSoup. I'll try to get her pic loaded up here but right now it is not happening!

We're proud of this girl. Jill Finley of Jillily Studio won for her awesome booth. Wanna see it? Look below and she was handing out mini-cones of sherbet.

Cute! And look how she's got fabric in the loaf pans.

Buggy Barn and Jacquelynne Steves in the middle.

Lizzie B, the Beth half of the Lizzie B dynamic duo.

I adore this sign in her booth.

Quilt Market is nothing without visiting the Aurifil booth. See that display on the right? If it weren't for the fact that I was going home on an airplane, the thread may not have made it home. Don't tell Alex. [far left or Dario with his back to us in the gray suit.]

Hello, Miss Jodie! Always smiling and always working hard.

Monica [the Happy Zombie in blogland] was so happy to show me her fun new fabric line for Lecien. Congrats.

Patty Young was around for our chat too.

Oh, don't you adore these hats? They're actually pincushions from a Quilted Fish pattern and Amanda, you rock!

BariJ had a lovely booth too.

Brigitte of Zen Chic, you had an amazing booth. I'm so proud. I hope that you had a great flight back to Germany!

Phew, that's it for now. xo, L

More Quilt Market Fun

First, I'm so excited to tell you that I will be on the Quiltmaker Designer blog hop this Monday, November 8, 2010. Please stop by! It's going to be fun!

Let's get to some more Quilt Market news! I loved this booth. The ladies of Handbehg Felts were fun and their felted kits were gorgeous. I bought a few of their kits. Sorry, I can't divulge how many on account of the fact that it might incriminate me.

Oh, Riley Blake. I love your fabrics and trims. No words necessary.

Anna Griffin's booth was beautiful as usual. She had inspiration boards up everywhere showing different color ranges.

I love the folks at Alexander Henry. Their fabric is always to die for.

Adorn-It is another awesome fabric and trim company. You will have to check out their site. My photos were fuzzy. I'm sorry!

Kaffe Fassett's booth was full of gorgeous quilts.

I have been so blessed to have met some wonderful people in this industry. I must say that Barb and Alma of Blackbird Designs rank at the top.

Karla of Sweetwater Designs is another one at the top of the list. I met her at my very first market.

Melly & Me, your monkey fabric is so cute!

Look at the art that Meg Hannan of Rag Sky Art Studio makes. Check out her website. She explains the process there!

More Ty. We're on a first name basis now. [well, in my mind at least]

Lynette Anderson, who used to be a Henry Glass Designer is now with Lecien. She has a fabulous new line of fabric. 

That's all for now. I hope that you've enjoyed today's visuals!! Check out Henry Glass Fabric blog. They should have pics of the designer's booths there and we have a big announcement coming soon!

xo, L

Quilt Market! Fall 2010 Edition

Quilt Market Fall 2010 was a good time. I felt guilty all the way through because this is the first Halloween that I have missed and because my little one exclaimed, "What? You're going to miss Halloween?" as we dropped him off for school on the way to the airport. He knew but I think that the reality did not hit him until that moment. I did make it up to him and I will show you why further down the post.

Before I left, I did manage to take the boys to Haunted Halloween Hallway at school. It was a fun evening and the event raised money for the school. My Harry Potter and Ironman enjoyed themselves very much.

So, off I went and I almost didn't return home because it was so nice and warm there.

I ran into Mark's impression of Flat Stanley. He wasn't able to attend Quilt Market so I scouted around for interesting stuff for him.

I always meet with the great folks at Henry Glass Fabrics. They had an awesome show and I'm excited to tell you that for those of you who wear scrubs, I think that some of my fabric was purchased to make some by a manufacturing company. Look out for it!!

I stop off to visit with Barb of Quilt Soup. She's so fun and funny. I think that we sat around talking shop talk for two hours more after everyone had left after dinner. Karen, from Henry Glass, always takes care of the girls!

All of you need to buy this pattern when it's available!! Barb embroidered all of the lace parts of these blocks. To die for! The photos don't do it justice.

The Aurifil team, including the divine, Ms. Pat Sloan, are a treat to visit with. Yes, ladies, Alex and Davide are charming and handsome in person. Eleni is so wonderful too.

Their threads are to die for. I love color and their range of color is unmatched by anyone else.

Now, after all of that kissing up [it is genuine though], do you think that Alex will part with one of these huge and AWESOME cones?

Pat has introduced a new set of rulers and a cool cutting mat. Red on one side and mango on the other. I want a new mat!!!

Die cutting machines were popular. There's the new Baby Go! by Accucut.

The new Making Memories Fabrique. [pronounced fabrique even though there is an accent on that last "e" - couldn't figure out how to type it] They are licensing designs from Sandi Henderson, Bari J, and others. The new machine cuts more layers than the old one. 

More die cutting items at the Checker Booth. These designs were from the Westminster designers.

I LOVE this quilt. The simplicity of the design is so beautiful.

I always admire David's wall design for P&B. Remember this from last year? Ok, David, what's next?

My friend, Amy Butler, has a gorgeous booth, as usual.

Imaginisce has these really, really, really fun products. They have the i-top tool that makes buttons and brads. They also have the i-rock tool that will affix rhinestones, jewels and mirrors. What was so fun were the things that you can make with the button tops. They also sell magnetic attachments for the back, headbands with a snap-on attachment for your brad and loads of other little neat things. Check out their site.

Penguin & Fish is a cute embroidery company. She sells on etsy too.

Seven Islands had an adorable booth. Not only did they have the latest KOKKA fabrics but these adorable felt projects and needle felted desserts.

As I said earlier, I made it up to my little one. How? Well, I got Ty Pennington to autograph something for them! My kids love his Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

We were shown his fabrics while we waited for his return from the men's room.

Here I am with Brandon Mably, another Westminster designer, who's rockin' that skeleton shirt.

That's it for today! I hope that you enjoyed this brief visit to Quilt Market.

xo, L