Juicy Bits

238: a booth for Cascade

I did it!  I sucessfully designed and constructed a gorgeous booth for Quilt Market.  And what do I have to say about that?  Phew!

I knew if I was going to do a booth, I was going to do it "right".  So hard walls were a given.  Figuring out how to make them = not so easy.

In the end they are hinged 4'x4' panels of thin hardboard with a frame of 1"x2"s on the back.  They were then bolted together on site.  If I had it to do again I would probably use actual 1/4" plywood because the hardboard really isn't meant to be finished and it chipped a lot.  And I'd probably use 2"x3"s for the frame. 

But they arrived in tact, so there really are miracles.

The centerpiece of my booth was the waterfall.  Yes I built it.  It had just the right simple, modern, calm feel to draw people in to the booth and to show off the quilts.  Honestly I knew from the start of designing the collection that it would be called Cascade and that if I had a booth it would have a working waterfall of some kind.

The ladder of quilts was screwed to the walls and I can't really see it standing like that at home, but it has definitely made me determined to built a few quilt ladders so I can get some of mine out storage and on display.

I'm so pleased with the overall look of the booth.  In fact, I kinda want to set it up in a corner of my house so I can step into it whenever I want.

  

I can't thank all the people that helped me make samples enough.  It was just bursting with creative goodness.  And I had such a blast being booth neighbors with Heather and her Succulents line.

 

Since I was mostly standing in my booth, I didn't really see much of market this time.  So sadly, I can give you much of a report, but I can tell you that good times were had.  :) 

Now that some time has passed and I've recovered, maybe I'll even be able to do a halloween post before Xmas gets here...

JT

237: Cascade blog tour

Today we kick of the blog tour for my fabric collection, Cascade.  It's going to be 8 days full of inspiring projects with a giveaway at every stop! If you haven't already looked, check out the Look Book to see most of the great projects.

I'm starting it here with three amazing quilts that I'm excited to share.

The first is called Zen Bubble.  I designed and made this quilt.  It's mostly hand applique, which you might know is generally not my thing.  I'm all about machine sewing.  But this design just needed to be done by hand. There is something about the softness of handwork that I felt was needed to compliment the simple design.

The design comes straight from one of the fabric prints, Bubble.  This will be the free pattern offered with the collection and will be available here around the time the fabric hits stores (February).

I quilted this on my longarm.  The background is randomly spaced straight lines with a top and bottom border.  Since the background fabric of the bubble is raindrops, I thought little rainbows was an appropriate fill. :)

Next up is Somewhere Under.  It's one of my patterns with Empty Bobbin Sewing Studio, done in Cascade fabrics.  My friend Neva from the Central Jersey MQG made and quilted this one. 

I love how pretty the colors all look together.  And I'm so happy I got to choose 4 solids to coordinate with the collection.  This light grey is going to get plenty of use in my quilting.

And look at the amazing raindrop quilting that Neva did...

And finally, my friend Robin (also from CJMQG) made a version of the Diamond Strands quilt from my book in the Glacier colorway.  The soft icy blues and greys look just as I pictured when I first imagined the collection.  And I think this pattern has a "cascade-y" feel (yes, I'm aware that's not a word) that goes perfect with the collection.

Robin did such a great job piecing it that the whole thing is crisp and pure.

I also quilted this one on my long arm.  It was fun to use the fabric as inspiration.  And in the solid diamonds I did a deco styled motif.

These three gorgeous quilts are just the tip of the iceberg.  Check out the following blogs to see what others have made and stop back here to see what else I share.

Monday October 13th - Jessica Levitt - Juicy Bits / Windham Fabrics

Tuesday October 14th - Julie Herman - Jaybird Quilts / Jenn Nevitt -knit ’n lit

Wednesday October 15th - Amanda Kattner - What the Bobbin / Andy Knowlton - a bright corner

Thursday October 16th - Marci Debataz - Marci Girl Designs / Jennifer Auh Chon - Sunny in Cal

Friday October 17th - Angela Walters - Quilting is my Therapy / Rachel Gander - Imagine Gnats

Saturday October 18th - Elizabeth Timmons - and pins / Andrea Taddicken - knitty bitties

Sunday October 19th - Erin Erickson - Dog Under my Desk / Jessica Skultety - Quilty Habit

 

Monday October 20th  - Caroline Press - Trillium Design / Karin Jordan - Leigh Laurel Studios

 

At each stop Windham has graciously agreed to give away a fat quarter bundle of Cascade fabrics, so don't miss your chance to win.

 

To enter in my giveaway please follow me on instagram (@jtlevitt) AND leave a comment here.  You can either tell me something you'd make with the prize or something you love about water (i.e. you love the sound of rolling waves, or the heavy feeling of morning mist in the air, or catching snowflakes or your tongue, or whatever...)

 

I will leave the contest open until 11:59 pm EST Oct. 22.

 

JT 

236: introducing Cascade!

Hey there!  Guess what?  I can finally reveal my latest fabric collection for Windham Fabrics, Cascade.

I'm so excited about how this line came out.  I've already been sewing with it and had lots of awesome sewists making projects and I'm thrilled with the results.  You can check out the projects in the Look Book and I'll be sharing more with you in the next week.

Cascade is inspired by the many colors and forms of water all around us.  It’s a graphic snapshot of just a few of things that water does.  It drips down a window pane or cascades down a waterfall.  It glistens as morning dew or floats flowers and leaves on it’s surface.  It splashes in a puddle or bubbles into the air.  I was influenced by Art Nouveau style and saw patterns everywhere, from an elevator door, to the weave of a sweater.  

 

The Glacier color way uses icy blues and greys with just hint of pink to create calm, pretty mood.  

 

The Pond color way has the more earthy feel of all the many green, lush layers of that environment.  

 

 

After an invigorating hike, I love breathing in the pure, crisp energy in the air from the mist at the bottom of a cascade.  I hope this collection captures at least a little of that beauty and clarity.

 

 

This is all 23 designs, including the 4 coordinating solids:

 

The whole collection can also be seen on Windham's site.

 

Stay tuned for a the Blog Hop Tour coming this Monday.  Eight days of awesome projects, complete with fabric giveaways!  AND I have my own booth at Quilt Market this month.  It's been an insane process of building and designing and I can't wait to share it with you all. 

 

JT

234: belated quilt market wrap-up

I'm not THAT far behind.  It's been less than 2 months since Quilt Market.

Spring Market was in Pittsburg this year.  It was a bit nostalgic for me since 5 years ago I went to Quilt Market for the first time in Pittsburg.  You can read about it here.

This time was a totally different experience.  A lot less stress and a lot more fun. :)  I didn't have many specific responsibilites this time so I got to walk the floor and socialize.

As always, it was a visual feast.  I can't possibly do it justice in my pictures mostly because I missed a lot.  

Cotton and Steel's release of their first collections was the big talk of the show.  No doubt about: those ladies have got some style.

 The radiant Carrie Bloomston and I with her new collection Paint for Windham Fabrics.

 Alison Glass and all that lucious color.

Angela Walters' new collection Athena for Art Gallery Fabrics.  Look at that insane quilting on the quilted dress.

Angela is my Market roomie and BFF.  I love her to death!

Geometric Bliss by Jeni Baker

Julie Herman who makde some goodies for Sara Lawson with her collection Urban Jungle.

Indelible by Katarina Roccella

Heather Jones sharing one of her quilts made with American Made Brand.

Carolyn Friedlander's booth won best single booth.  She is as sweet as she is talented.

I had the chance to hang out with Valori Wells this market and she is tons of fun.  And I love that she painted her booth walls freehand when she set up. I could never do that.

 Color:Full by Jennifer Sampou

 Jen Fox has a collection coming out with P&B Textiles.

 Cristy from Sew Much Like Mom and Purple Daisies.

Zen Chic's new collection: Numbers.  LOVE.

Anna Maria Horner didn't have a full booth, but still some beautiful goods on display.

I really loved Trisch Price's quilting.  It is modern with just a touch of quirky.  Really resonates with me.  I'll be picking up her book for sure, even though it's about using negative space and not quilting.

Emily Herrick matches the vibrant color of her booth.

I love how the lighting casts an ethereal glow on Violet Craft's booth.

 Just like my first time in Pittsburg, I had the chance to hang out in the lobby bar of the Omni with some pretty amazing folks.  Not to name drop or anything, but that's: Violet, Deborah, Kristen, Scott, Monica, Patty, and Carolyn.  I sometimes wish Quilt Market came around more than twice a year so I could hang with people like these (and many more that were either not there or are just missing from the picture) more often.

JT

194: last stop

If you read the crafty/sewing blogs and you hadn't heard of my book before, you probably have by now.  A wonderful group of bloggers have helped me host a blog tour for Modern Mix and it has been all over the web.  It's been a whole lot of fun.  There are plenty of thoughtful and amusing interview questions about me out there, so if you're interested, have a look at the schedule. (Also a few of the giveaways are still open so check it out...)

Today is the last stop and obviously it's here.  I won't toot my own horn, but let you go back and read all the reviews and interviews to learn more about the book.

But I do get to give away a final copy of the book and the winner at this stop will also receive a bundle of fat quarters from my latest collection of fabric called Kingdom. (Shown here in some shops...yay!)

To win all you have to do is leave a comment here and tell me either your favorite project in the book that you've seen so far, or the one you would make first.  (And really folks, I'm dying to see what you make so PLEASE share pictures when you do sew something...)  I will keep the contest open until Oct 26th.

JT

189: Kingdom in da house

Yes, the time has come to blog again.  Over a month is a bit too long, don't you think?  Even with summer as my excuse.

Well, while I've been gone we've checked off quite a few item on that summer to-do list.  Including fireworks, the beach on Cape Cod, and 5 nights of glamping in the beautiful Thousand Islands area of New York.  Great trip.  Beautiful weather (finally, not rained out!), interesting sights, yummy food, and lots of smiles on the kids faces.  This year we tried "hobo eclairs".  Yum!

These pix were taken at the Heritage Museum in Sandwich, MA.  If you are a bit of a hippie mom like me, you MUST visit. They have this new area called Hidden Hollow (below) that it one of the most amazing places for kids I've ever been to.  Everything is wooden and natural (most right from the grounds) and it has art, storytelling, blocks, sand, play house, theater, musical instruments, a tree house, and so much more wholesome goodness for the kids.  It was just MAGICAL and I totally want it in my back yard.

And now Kingdom is hitting the shops.  Woot!

I don't really have a comprehensive list of shops that are carrying it, so if you are one, let me know and I'll add you.  But here are a few places to pick it up:

Hawthorne Threads

Venezie Designs

Sew Mama Sew

You can get the free pattern for the Prairie Glass Squared quilt here.

Before I know it I'll have an advance copy of my book in my hands...eek!

I'd better get back to party prep.  This year, for Theo, it's a puppy party and I've got quite a bit left to do.

JT 

 

185: spring 2011 quilt market recap part 3

OK so since I might be the very last person to finish posting about Quilt Market, I give you permission to skip ahead to the giveaway...

But if you're looking for more eye candy, enjoy!

Jillily Studio served actual cones of sorbet! How cute is that booth?

I couldn't get over this puppy embroidery by Penguin and Fish.

Tula Pink's new Prince Charming.

I'm loving Summersault by Erin McMorris...

Wrenly by Valorie Wells.

Michelle and Gina at Cloud 9.

Lots of Kokka fun.

Joel Dewberry chatting on the phone in his booth.  Heirloom and the new patterns by his wife might be my favorite things from market.

Moda land was like a country fair.

Sweetwater.

Fig Tree and Co.

I think this is my fav picture from market. This vignette is from the Basic Grey booth, so is the picture below.

Zen Chic had a very distinctive modern aesthetic and won a booth award.

I love this new dress pattern by Sew Serendipity.

Notice the bathrobe in the Indygo Junction booth is made in my Gingko fabric? Sweet!

Quilt Story.

Now for the giveaways:

 

1. A copy of the adorable Moda Bake Shop book, Fresh Fabric Treats, signed by several of the authors, a copy of Fabric Trends, and a mini tote from the Sweet Hot Yams party.

2. A Kona color card, signed copy of Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter, a 1001 peeps notebook and bookmark, and a pack of charm squares.

To enter simply leave a comment here by Tues June 14th. I can't think of anything to ask you except I'd love travel destination suggestions.  I've just been toying with where we might want to go in the next few years. I'm open to anywhere in the world, family vacation or just me and the hubby. I like to dream about these things for a long time in advance...

JT

184: spring 2011 quilt market recap part 2

Now for the rest of the quilt market recap, I'm going to try to make it brief. I have a ton of pictures but most have been posted everywhere already.  I'm just going to go in the order I took them and let the pix speak for themselves. I'm mostly just showing the booths since I think you guys care more about that than the people. (maybe I'm wrong?)

But as for my actual experience, what a blast!  It is a crazy experience in general with highs and lows and all that, but really this time around I wasn't too stressed.  I didn't have a booth and had some awesomely talented people helped make samples, so mostly I just hung out with fun people who share my passions.  I talked so much I completely lost my voice on saturday night.  It was only my 3rd time there and I did get to meet tons of twitter friends (do you follow me? You should.) etc. that I hadn't the chance to meet in person before.

So without further ado, Spring Quilt Market 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah:

**HINT: Keep scrolling down if you want in on the giveaways...

 

This was Julie's booth that I got to help set up.

  Julie and I in front of her quilt she made out of my new line Kingdom.

Lizzy House in her posh booth.

I loved meeting Sarah Jane and could get over how adorable that family tree panel is. It has blank spots for you to embroider in the names. So sweet.

Violet Craft and her first line, Peacock Lane.

Sandi's Secret Garden is my favorite of her lines so far, and that's saying lots...

Me and Patty.

Only a couple of picture's of Anna Maria Horner's gorgeous booth.

I only took this one photo of Amy Butler's Organic Soul.

Kona solids on display with amazing quilting by Angela.

Riley Blake land won a ribbon.

It had adorable little alcoves for all the lines.

And Lila Tueller brought in a real tree!

This is terrible picture of Monica and Bari J's quilts. Can you believe I didn't get any pix of Bari's beautiful booth? How can that be? Look elsewhere cause it was great.

Izzy and Ivy with ruffles everywhere!

And for a giveaway I've got two prizes of fun stuff I snagged at market:

1. Where Women Create magazine, signed copy of Inspired to Sew by Bari J, and Bari J and Sis Boom buttons.

2. Quilter's Home magazine, sign copy of Cut the Scraps by Joan Ford, cute embroidery kit from the Sweet Hot Yams, and a charm pack of 30s repros.

To enter leave a comment here and tell me if there is a particular trend in quilting fabrics that you enjoy (i.e. solids, certain colors, large scale prints, different substrates, or whatever you think of).  I will draw a winner in one week on Fri June 10th.

Come back soon for one more giveaway.

JT

183: spring 2011 quilt market recap part 1

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.  

Isn't it pretty?

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

 

182: a Kingdom giveaway

Well, I'm back from quilt market.  What a blast!  I met so many more amazing people in the industry and reconnected with old friends.  I promise to share all the details and lots of photos soon, but I need a few days to catch my breath.

I'm in drastic need of some catch-up time.  I hate apologizing on here, but I feel terrible that I haven't even replied to all the well wishes I got on the book.  I promise I'll get to it soon...

But, meanwhile, I talked so much while I was gone that I lost my voice and when I got home I promptly got sick.  ugh.  If only I could sleep 24 hours straight.

Anyway, Kingdom was well-received at market.  I know it doesn't hit stores until August, but I'm dying to see what you all make with it. 

But, while I get my act together to show you all about market, I'm giving away one of the first fat quarter packs of the whole collection.  Be among the first to own some!

What I'd like you to do is leave a comment here with your favorite print.  You can refer to this post to see them all. I do realize it's annoying to some people to have to jump through hoops for a giveaway, so if you don't want to, fine.  Just leave any old comment. But I am curious about what your favs are...

Contest closes next Wednesday the 25th.

And check back soon. I have a bunch of other stuff from market to giveway, including books etc, so you don't want to miss out.

JT

 

178: introducing...Kingdom

Well, here it is, my second fabric collection.

I don't think it's up on their website yet, but it will be available from Windham Fabrics this spring.  If you have a shop, speak to your rep now to order it.

As the name implies, it is inspired by elements you'd find in and around an imaginary royal kingdom.  I kept with my favorite Art Nouveau influences, but this time it's a bit more playful and bright.

These swatches are not to scale, but they do give you a decent look at the designs and colors.

The prints and color names are as follows, clockwise from top left: Tapestry in Deep Amethyst, Moat in Pewter, Moat in Amethyst, Garden Gems in Deep Amethyst, Tuffet in Opal, Posy in Deep Amethyst, Crowns in Amethyst, Castle Wall in Pewter, and (center) Tuffet in Deep Amethyst.

Clockwise from top left: Moat in Peridot, Moat in Aquamarine, Tapestry in Pewter, Castle Wall in Topaz, Posy in Peridot, Posy in Opal, Crowns in Pewter, Tuffet in Peridot, Garden Gems in Peridot, Moat in Topaz, and (center) Tuffet in Topaz.

And this is a look at the planned free quilt pattern in two colorways.  I still don't have any sample yardage, so you know things might change when I get my hands on actual fabric....

 

Yes, it took me a long time. I was busy with other soon-to-be-named projects, but, can I just say, it is hard to follow-up a first successful collection.  I feel like people have developed their own image of my style and I'm destined to let them down. So here's hoping you all like it!

JT

149: perched in the soul

Just popping in to mention the promised giveaway.  It's over at True Up.  Mary Beth did an interview with me on the process behind Timber which you can enjoy, or you can skip to the end and enter the giveaway.

Sadly I was away for a few days so you only have till tomorrow to enter, unless I can get her to extend it a bit.

I'm supplying 3 sets of fat quarters, one in each colorway.

And so this post isn't pictureless, here's my favorite quilt from the NJ Quilt Fest I went to a few weeks ago. 

 By Cindy Cooksey.

This is totally one I would buy if I knew how.

JT

146: stunning samples

Hi all.  

Can you believe I forgot to post lately?  Not like "Oh, I'm such a bad blogger I really must post more" (which I've vowed not to continually repeat) but like it's just been slipping my mind.  Blogging has been such second nature (and yes a little bit of a chore sometimes) that I'm just kinda surprised it hasn't worked it's way onto my to-do list until now.

And here's the fun thing: recently I hit 1000 subscribers on google reader!  I was waiting for that occasion so now I'll have to come up with a giveaway.  Check back for more details soon.

 

Anyway, these pictures are some gorgeous samples made with Timber.  They are courtesy of Pacific Fabric and Crafts for a regional show in California.  

 

The pillows are Amy Butler's Midwest Mod Pillows and the bag is the Marlo Bloom Handbag by Heather Bailey.  The tunic is Amy Buler's Liverpool Tunic and the quilt is the my free pattern, Balance of Nature.

 

So wonderful to see beautiful things sewn up with my fabric.  A few more have shown up in the Flickr pool, but I'm dying to see more...

JT

139: in the house

That's right, Timber is in the house!  Or rather, shops.  But it could be in your house if you bought some, and now you can.

These photos are from Mary's blog showing Timber on the shelves of Tumbleweed Quilts. 

It does seem to go nicely with the Hope Valley.  Definitely great company to be in.

So I don't know everyone who's got it on the web.  If you're a shop owner carrying the whole line and want me to add your name here, I'll update once in awhile.

I do know the following have/had most or all of it:

Hawthorne Threads

Fabritopia

Fabric Worm

JCaroline

Venezie Designs

Sew Mama Sew

Hart's Fabric

Calico House - Lincoln, NE (402)489-1067

I shall attempt to get a flikr group up soon so you can show me when you start sewing...

JT

137: a christmas bloom

Just dropping in to say a quick hello.  

Thanks so much for all your kind words about my magazine ad.  I'm anxious to see what you guys make with Timber once it's in stores.  Speaking of which, it should be shipping soon and I promised to post a list of those of you shop owners carrying the whole line so people know where to go.  So once you get your stock in, let me know and I'll link away.

And so this post isn't picture-less, I thought I'd share this little christmas flower that I made to adorn Aurora's Holiday attire.

It comes from the book Kanzashi in Bloom.

I think these flowers are gorgeous and so easy to make.  The book gives basic techniques and then a bunch of sample projects.  To be honest, I doubt I'd really do any of the actual projects, and the basic techniques are really very simple, but the book is still worth it as an easy reference and a good guide to which kinds of glue to use and stuff like that.

The holly leaves are made from wool felt.

JT

136: in print

So, if you happen to be perusing the pages of Fon's and Porter's Love of Quilting this month,

 You'll come across this on page 63:

 

That's my very own magazine ad for Timber.  Aw yah.

I'm getting so excited, it won't be long now until it hits stores.

And, yes folks, my husband and I did carry our couch into a field so I could take pictures.  

JT

124: quilt market round-up part 3: all the rest

Happy Halloween.  I know I'm very behind the game here, but I'll share the adorable halloween pix next, for now I have to wrap the loose ends of quilt market.

 Basically this is everyone I remembered to get photos of.  I don't know why, but I'm so paranoid that someone will be offended that I didn't mention them or post a photo of them.  I guess because I met plenty of new amazing talented artists and shop owners.  There is so much out there I could never hope to capture it all.  

So in the spirit of brevity (and so I can just get on with "regular" posts already) here they all are:

Echino/ Seven Islands - I think this is my favorite picture from market.

Patricia Bravo of Art Gallery fabrics being interviewed by Bari J.

 

Fig Tree Quilts

 

Lila Tueller

Pink Fig Patterns

Angela Yosten at Moda Bake Shop

Patty Young

Paula Prass

Michelle Engel Bencsko at Cloud 9

A gang at Serendipity Studio including designer Kay Whit, Caroline, Myrinda, and Traci.

Some Free Spirit quilts - Heather Bailey's (designed by Scott Hansen)

Jenean Morrison's new line.

Anna Maria Horner's new flannels (also designed/sewn by Scott)

Tanya Whelan

Brandon Mably with his and Kaffe Fasset's fabric.

Kati Cupcake

Melanie and Rosalie of Melly and Me

123: quilt market round-up part 2: windham

Back again with some more Quilt Market goodness for you.

Today it’s all about Windham.  I mean, if I don’t toot my own horn, who will?

So here’s the sad thing: I didn’t take a picture of the whole booth.  Totally snubbed the reproduction fabric lines, which Windham does so well.  Oops.  And that means you don’t see the overall theme of the one room schoolhouse that won us 2^nd prize.  But you can go see it on the Windham blog.

Here’s Laura accepting the ribbon.

 

But I did get photos of the designer’s stuff.

Here they are from left to right:

 Allison Jane Smith. 

 

Flutter is her 3^rd line with Windham.  She also has 4 books she’s published.  Wow.

 

The quilt was hard to photograph with the lighting.

 

Paige Stanley Miller

 

This sweet, timeless collection is called Juliet.  Pretty, right?

Bari J. Ackerman

 

You all know Full Bloom, right?  Well, this is her latest and greatest called Art Journal.  Her signature hand-painted look. 

 

And see that quilt?  That’s gonna make an awesome kit, right?

 

Me!  (Jessica Levitt)

 

Well, if you’re a regular reader, you already know what the collection looks like.  It was fun to see it all together like this.

 

(shown is the Buttercup Bag by Made by Rae)

I’ll try to do some posts with each project I made at a later date.

 

(shown is the Black Forest Bag by Melly and Me)

Genevieve Gail

 

She’s back with a beautiful new collection called, Gypsy Garden.  The colors are amazing, and I love the “weathered” finish to the designs.

And let's not forget Anna Griffin's amazing booth.  A beautiful, sophisticated Christmas line.

We each had to do a block from our collection for the blackboard.  You’ll notice there’s one from Rosemarie Lavin’s new Feelin Groovy.  Sadly she didn’t have a quilt there…

 

Here’s a closer look at mine:

 

And I’ll leave you with our resident “Fabric Pimp”, Mickey Krueger.

 

Next up is basically "everyone else" that I managed to get photos of.

 Ciao.

JT

122: quilt market round-up part 1: some of the stars

Well, I­’ve made it back from Quilt Market.  Of course it was a blast and totally got the creative juices flowing, but at the same time, I’m sort of tuned out to work right now.  Just can’t quite get back in to the swing of “regular” life, if you know what I mean?  Except I'm totally enjoying family time, these last few days.

 

Anyhow, I will give you all a “market report”, as I know that’s what you want.  That’s what I’m all about.  Giving ‘em what they want.

So today we’ll start with some of the stars of or fabric and sewing world.  You know, the household names.  

 

I took a ton of pictures, but not nearly as many as last time.  It turned out I didn’t have as much time to walk around as I did then.  In fact, I didn’t see everything!  How can that be?  So if I don’t have pictures of your booth it may be I never saw it or I forgot to take pictures.  Oops.

 So these are some of the bigger names.  Not all, mind you.  I mean, I didn't even know Jay McCarroll was there.  

These first ones are the lovely Amy Butler and her new collection Love.

 I got to meet her this time around.  So sweet and humble as everyone says.

 

Next up is Heather Bailey.  Oh boy, did her booth impress.  She won first place.  Obviously.  

Seriously, I just wanted to move right in.  

I love the new collection and I’m excited some is coming in oilcloth.  I’ll be buying some of that up, before it’s gone in 5 seconds.

 

 

And now we have Anna Maria Horner.  Yes, she pulled this off with a 5 month old baby.  Is she human?  I think not.

 

No really, she was super-sweet and her baby Roman, was just adorable.  This fabrics looks pretty, but wait til you feel it.  So luscious.

 

And even a shot of the infamous Allie and Juliana:

I’ll include Sandi Henderson’s booth here too since she won Best Merchandising.  Another gorgeous line I’ll have to add to my stash.  And patterns too!

 

I’ll include the other Michael Miller designers in another post.

Next up is a close look at the Windham booth (we won 2^nd place for multiple booth!) and my section in it.

JT

121: consider this

your official invite.  If you'll at Quilt Market, come meet me.  I mean it.  I'll be hanging at the Windham booths.

Life's crazy with all the prep, but I had a little fun today.  I actually got to drive out and visit the Windham offices and warehouse.  I guess I'm a total fabric geek, but it was thrilling for me.  Seeing all those bolts stacked up, and inside seeing all the different storyboards and swatches...

I can't wait to see stacks of my own fabric. 

JT

***Notes: 

The bag hanging on the chair is made from the Catalina Sling pattern by Pink Sand Beach Designs.

The Dress is the Gracie pattern from Sandi Henderson.

The larger bag is Black Forest by Melly & Me.