Anna Maria Horner and Heather Bailey…*be still my heart*

Man, us girls had a blast at Market…..Just imagine a ton of people together sharing a common love for something.  Ahh, wouldn’t the world be a better place if we all quilted? (and loved fabric??)  Teeheeheh, I know not that funny….but really.  It was pretty cool to get to be with so many in the industry, hoping beyond hope that some of their creativity would rub off on you!  (that was me anyway.)

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We had so much fun talking with the designers and hearing about all the things that inspire them…..the new fabric.  Oh, the new fabric.  It was Heaven I tell you.  Heather Bailey, literally made my heart skip a beat.  Her booth was amazing.  Her fabric line was AMAZING….shoot, she is just one creative power house! I had to buy her line.  It is called Nicey Jane.  (named after her husbands Great Aunt (?) I think) She has a few new patterns coming out as well!  (So cute)  And we are making a big order of her felt.  The colors are delicious!  Not sure if you know this, but Westminster is going to be selling their stuff in the pre-cuts.  SO exciting!  Don’t worry…  I stocked up on it, so you will be sure to get what you need!

Oh, and Anna Maria Horner…..can I just say WOW.  She is gorgeous.  I mean, beyond beautiful….her baby is a sweetie too! 🙂  Her fabric this time was beautiful Voile’s and Dobby Dots.  More for dresses and things, but it is gorgeous.  If you are a seamstress it will be divine to work with!  It is so soft and light….It would also make a gorgeous lighter quilt.  Really, you just have to touch this stuff.

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I have so much more to tell you about.  I have pictures and videos (like a million)  and I can’t wait to show you everything!

Market, Market….

Oh man, we had so much fun.  So much amazing ‘eye’ candy and great new things coming out this year!  We are excited about so many new lines of fabric that we could literally scream!  🙂

I have a ton of pictures still to share with you (and some video) but have had a computer malfunction…..(dang computers! )  So the pics will have to wait….only for a while. 🙂

I just wanted to get on here to let you know that some of the ‘good’ stuff will be coming later today!  Have a good morning all, and I will see you later!

Quilt Market Chronicles – Episode 7 – Walking the aisles

So more market fun.  There are seriously tons of vendors here.  We just wonder from booth to booth to booth looking for new fun stuff you all will love and meeting the brilliant minds behind the creativity that we all love!  So a few more photos –

Patty Young :-)
Patty Young 🙂

And then some new Michael Miller designers, Pillow & Maxfield

Pillow Maxfield
Pillow & Maxfield

And one of my favorite parts of market!! –

Ordering the Heather Bailey line!!
Ordering the Heather Bailey line!!

More pics as I can, I got a few more posts just like this, hope you’re enjoying them! 😀

Quilt Market Chronicles – Episode 6 – More Sightings

Well we’re on our way home, we couldn’t make it another day.  Too much quilting for our weak hearts! 😀  We had a blast and saw all we came to see so we’ll count this trip a huge success!  I’ll try and finish sharing the photos I’ve snagged throughout, so here’s a few more –

Born to Quilt Tattoo
Born to Quilt Tattoo

That’s right.  You’re not hardcore unless you live hardcore, and let me tell you, this lady was not messing around!  I about died laughing.  How funny!

Further along, we found the so very cute Sandi Henderson in her booth –

Sandi's Booth
Sandi’s Booth

and I’d be lying to you if I didn’t say we had a blast!!

Natalie, Jenny, and Hillary
Natalie, Jenny, and Hillary

Need I say more? … but I will!  More later! 😀

Quilt Market Chronicles – Episode 5 – Sample Spree Loot!!

Let me tell you about sample spree here at the International Quilt Market.  The idea is that all the designers give away their upcoming fabric so people can get a jump on it and make some samples and get their customers excited about the fabrics and patterns so when it hits the stores, it will fly off the shelf.  Well naturally they only have a limited amount of free deeply discounted and some free stuff to give away, so it creates a very ‘jungle law’ atmosphere among these otherwise very dignified people. 😀  Here’s a picture (a better one after the jump) of our loot from when we got back to the hotel, imagine what YOU would turn into if this was free available to whoever could claw their way to the front!  Seriously right! 😀

Sample Spree Loot!
Sample Spree Loot!

Now I’m not joking, they will wait for hours in line so they can be first in the door and get the stuff they are looking for.  Well we don’t take it quite so seriously, but we did have a blast running from booth to booth to collect goodies and thinking about all the possibilities!!

So take a look at the goodies we got, see if you spot anything you love!  I can’t wait to show you everything in more detail, but grainy phone pics will have to suffice for now! 😀

Sample Spree!!
Sample Spree!!