First up, we do have a winner from the Kingdom giveaway: Janine Mahan. She works with a program called Dress a Girl Around the World that, as the name implies, sews dresses for girls around the world. Check it out.
I also decided to pick two more names. I'm sending each one fat quarter from their favorite and a bag of scraps. Those winners are: Jo of Sparkly Green Knickers (from my Busy Bees online quilting bee!) and HannahJ of Angel Babies, Paint and Cookies.
Congrats ladies!
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So the start of my quilt market recap will just focus on my little section of the Windham booth. I want to share it and some of the projects that were made for it.
This Sweet Pleat bag is by my good friend Becky Cobb. It's a smallish tote with a wide adjustable strap, magneic closure, and interior pocket. You might be seeing a pattern for this popping up soon, but for now, check out her etsy shop, Thread and Wire. She does lovely custom bags, pillows, bibs, aprons and more.
This quilt,titled Kingdom Courtyards, is by John Adams, aka Quilt Dad. He's also one of the founders of Fat Quarterly. I believe you will be seeing this in a magazine later this year?
This is the quilt I designed as the the free pattern to go with the line (available this summer). It's titled Prairie Glass Squared.
Can I tell you how thrilled I am with how this came out? I just totally dig the Mission-style stained glass feel. And the colors really pop. The gorgeous quilting, by the talented Angela Walters, echoes the fabric and just blows me away.
You can see it best here on the back. Speaking of which I think I like the back nearly as much as the front. But if you look at the picture closely you'll notice it's a lesson in making sure you use solids from the same bolt. Ugh. But it was last minute and I had no choice...
This is me and Angela in front of the quilt at market. She's as fun as she is talented and I'm thrilled to have met her in person. She did all the quilts for my book, Modern Mix, and just wait til you see them. And keep your eye out because she'll have her own book out on modern machine quilting with Stash next spring!
These guys are fun little pin cushions made from candle holders.
There are a couple of other projects there, like the banners for a babies' rooms, but I hope they'll be appearing in magazines, so I'll leave them be for now.
I'll be back soon with more giveaways and picture from all the other booths at market.
JT
Yay! All of the stuff looks amazing. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to make something with your beautiful fabric. Fingers crossed for the magazine thing!! ; )
Posted by: John | May 27, 2011 at 09:47 AM
Love it all! Your booth looks fantastic!
Posted by: Becky M | May 27, 2011 at 01:30 PM
Whahoooo! So excited to win! thank you so much! I Can't wait to see the beautiful fabric in person!
Posted by: HannahJ | May 28, 2011 at 08:49 AM
Those pincushions are ADORABLE!!!! Where'd you find those candleholders?? (The fabric is pretty darn fabulous too, the stained glass quilt is my favorite-far beyond my abilities but it's amazing!)
Posted by: Mika | May 28, 2011 at 06:50 PM
Prairie Glass Squared is stunningly beautiful. I loved it, the color looks really great. :)
Posted by: denver accident attorney | May 31, 2011 at 10:05 PM
lovely colour schemes on all the items... especially that quilt - I love how Prairie Glass Squared very much looks inspired by stained glass.
Posted by: sara | June 03, 2011 at 08:28 PM