Quilt Market Memories

-- Portland Quilt Market -- 

seems like forever ago. 

Well, I know you don't come here

 for the latest breaking news,

yeah, I've read a couple of blogs

 to see what really happened,

but to prove we went.  

Here are my selective 

Quilt Market Memories...

 

Thoroughly enjoyed talking with Jodie of Ric Rac,

 designer of these darling softies.

I really want that masked monkey.

Her patterns are in our shop.

This is Deanne.  

We made the Portland road trip together. 

She is a magnet for 

interesting comments from strangers.

We had a lot of funny encounters.

One of our encounters was with 

Heather Bailey.   

She has 6 new 

embroidery patterns coming out.

She gave us a personal demo of how 

she did the amazing bird stitchery.

She just offered. 

I'm going to assume she only offered that to us.

I was reading Sew Mama Sews recap of market

and here WE are on their blog.  haha

 

She's chain-stitching with a 

large curved needle 

from the front of the piece.

 Are you familiar with Mo Willems? 

His Pigeon or Elephant and Piggie books?

At our house, we love them.

Cloud 9 is coming out with fabric of 

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

We'll have all of the prints when released.

There was lots of stitchery.

These are from Penguin and Fish

and Aneela Hoey journals

already stitched for you.

Smart.

I know this doesn't look like much, but

it was darling.

Little tulle pom pom balls with 

lace bows spaced every so often,

crisscrossing above our heads.

Just so pretty. 

I think it was at the AE Nathan booth??? 

Couldn't find any pics on their site.

 

 Lori Holt's Bake Sale fabric.

So retro and colorful.

 We were invited to a little sewing session

with Bari J.

She taught us to embroider 

on her new line of fabric, Bijoux.

Yes, I did stitch it to my pants, 

but no harm done.

For you Ghastlie fans,

there's a new line coming out --

A Ghastlie Holiday!

 Here we are eavesdropping on

 Tula Pink and her friends.

I know it was TP, because her name

is tattooed on her fingers.

Oh Moustaches...everywhere.

And here our ride comes to an end

 in the Michael Miller swan.

Please disembark,

get all of your belongings

and go home!