Yes, there is more and I will be posting even more all week of booth pics and quilts, quilts, lots of quilts from the exhibitions at Houston Quilt Market 2013.
Organic fabrics from Daisy Janie
Daisy Janie
Contempo
Contempo
Glitz from Michael Miller
Sarah Jane
the Cottage Mama
Kanvas
Kanvas
Kanvas
Amy Butler
Amy Butler
Amy Butler
Amy Butler
Green Bee
Green Bee
“Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”, an exhibition at Quilt Market 2013 in Houston, show quilts designed by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy from their book Shots and Stripes. The exhibition was sponsored by Rowan for Westminster Lifestyle Fabrics. The quilts use interesting palettes in shot cottons and stripes.
AFRICAN STRIPE, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
AFRICAN STRIPE, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
LADY OF THE LAKE, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
LADY OF THE LAKE, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
KOREAN LOG CABIN, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
KOREAN LOG CABIN, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
RAIL FENCE, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
X EFFECT, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
X EFFECT, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
AMISH NINE PATCH, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Donna Laing
AMISH NINE PATCH, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Donna Laing
CHIMNEY SWEEP, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
CHIMNEY SWEEP, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
OVERLAPPING TILES, by Kaffe Fassett, Liza Prior Lucy and Rebekah Lynch, quilted by Judy Irish
OVERLAPPING TILES, by Kaffe Fassett, Liza Prior Lucy and Rebekah Lynch, quilted by Judy Irish
AFRICAN COLLAGE, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
AFRICAN COLLAGE, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
LONG DIAMONDS, by Kaffe Fassett, Liza Prior Lucy, Sally Davis and Julie Stockler, quilted by Judy Irish
LONG DIAMONDS, by Kaffe Fassett, Liza Prior Lucy, Sally Davis and Julie Stockler, quilted by Judy Irish
SQUARE IN A SQUARE, by Kaffe Fassett and Pauline Smith, quilted by Pauline Smith
SQUARE IN A SQUARE, by Kaffe Fassett and Pauline Smith, quilted by Pauline Smith
STRIPED BASKETS, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
STRIPED BASKETS, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
TWO TONED BOXES, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
TWO TONED BOXES, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
TWINKLE, by Corienne Kramer and Judy Baldwin, quilted by Bobbi Penniman
TWINKLE, by Corienne Kramer and Judy Baldwin, quilted by Bobbi Penniman
STRIPED RICE BOWLS, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
STRIPED RICE BOWLS, by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, quilted by Judy Irish
Well I think I showed you all the quilt top when I first finished it. Here are photos of the finished piece, with the quilting and multi-colored binding done. It’s an improvisational quilt, and things are a little wonky, but it was a great learning experience especially working with some different weights of silk that I got in different places. It wasn’t meant to have curves in it, but I had to use my apparel tailoring skills to flatten it out, and I actually like how it created curved lines on things so when I quilted it I did it with big curves. Has to stop at some point in the fixin’ process, and in the end I kept it all wabi sabi for posterity. 
While I’m showing “bright colored things”, might as well show you a line of ten designs coming out on gift wrap with Studio-Seneca Fine Art, sold through gift stores. There are paisleys from my Paisley Sea and Woodland collections, and some designs from my holiday collection “merry, merry” and Patty-O. Will be selling these myself also in my Etsy store in a few weeks.
Got my second quilt back and after binding will be taking some photos, AND have my third quilt top about halfway finished. Moseying along on my “Sew Sundays”!
I found out about The Wise House since they carry the Lilly Loray line of kitchen textiles that I was involved in the design work for, and then I fell in love with their site and their products. They have a number of items they have custom made for their store that are simple and stylish that I find infinitely appealing, including lavender heart trios, funky peg bags, and superduper door stops, and my favorite –the hipster handbag! Love!
The Wise House has three styles of the reversible bag, the Hampton Hipster Handbag for the stylish woman on the go, the Midi Hipster and the Girl’s Hipster. The fabrics are sourced in the UK and the bags are made by hand by a local seamstress, Carla, who formerly owned a shop on Portobello Road. There are also future plans for seasonal collection using corduroy, wool and tartan.
The Hampton Hipster Handbag from The Wise House
Midi Hipster Bag from The Wise House
Girl’s Hipster Bag from The Wise House
The Wise House is a shop selling cheerful, original and mostly practical things for people and their homes. It is owned and run by Lucy, who is passionate about finding, designing and making things that are not found on every street (or web) corner.
SuperDuper Door Stops from The Wise House
Funky Peg Bags from The Wise House
Lavender Heart Trios by The Wise House
Lavender Heart Trios by The Wise House
The Wise House launched this ‘Bless This Home’ limited edition unframed Giclée art print, taken from an original pen and ink drawing by Kent artist Lydia Bevan, who made the design exclusively for The Wise House. Each art print is one of just 220 prints, hand signed and numbered by the artist.
Bless This Home art print from The Wise House
Well there is a pleasant bi product of having your art and design in the commercial marketplace–people who you used to know might see it and look you up!
My next door neighbor from childhood, Jeanne Gorton, contacted me after seeing my fabric through Andover Fabrics. What fun!! She has been a “hard core quilter for the last twenty years and is obsessed with fabric, fabric design and modern quilting design”. She belongs to the Genesee Valley Quilt Club which was founded in 1936!!
I sent her some Licorice Fizz to play with and LOVE what she came up with. This quilt was shown at the Genesee Valley Quilt Club’s “Magical Threads–Inspired Stitches” Biennial Quilt show in June at the RIT field house. There were 400 members involved in the show and 600 quilts on display. It was a three day show organized totally by volunteers. Yay Rochesterians! If you can make it through the winters, you can do anything.
She also sent me some photos of a couple of her other quilts. Love love. Take a look at Jeanne’s great quilts…
“Pi” Quilt Designed by Jeanne Gorton
“Pi” quilt top designed by Jeanne Gorton
Quilt by Jeanne Gorton
baby quilt by Jeanne Gorton
Stef from Blackberry Quilts has been working on a couple projects using Licorice Fizz. The first one, which I am in love with (like most everything else she does) is this chevron quilt, which I got to hold in my hot little hands this weekend. And check out her other patterns too–tons of baby quilts and simple patterns for beginners. And we are selling a kit for it on Etsy here.
Chevron Baby Quilt pattern by Blackberry Quilts using Licorice Fizz
Chevron Baby Quilt pattern by Blackberry Quilts using Licorice Fizz
Chevron Baby Quilt pattern by Blackberry Quilts using Licorice Fizz
Chevron Baby Quilt pattern by Blackberry Quilts using Licorice Fizz
Chevron Baby Quilt pattern by Blackberry Quilts using Licorice Fizz
Michelle Kitto of Urban Spools whipped up this bag in classic fashion before Quilt Market. Her workmanship is always amazing, and I would love to take some classes and hang at her Urban Spools Sewing Lounge if it was in my neck of the woods. Alas it is in Dallas–lucky for some of you! I met Michelle at the Fabric 2.0 party at Quilt Market 2011, and we met up again when she visited San Francisco, and of course this year again at Quilt Market 2012. She really took the plunge opening up the sewing Lounge, offering classes and long arm services, and its been fun hearing about its growth.
This media bag she made came from a pattern from Serendipity Studio‘s Media Frenzy Book. Cute!
Bag by Urban Spools with a Serendipity Studios pattern using Licorice Fizz fabric
Bag by Urban Spools with a Serendipity Studios pattern using Licorice Fizz fabric
Bag by Urban Spools with a Serendipity Studios pattern using Licorice Fizz fabric
OK, this week we are back to highlighting projects. We have both Licorice Fizz projects AND Tokyo Rococo projects to get caught up on and I hope to tell you a bit about the people who have designed and/or made them.
But first, I will show you what I have been doing. Not much! Having moved and renovated a new studio, sewing projects fell by the wayside. Plus, I sew for fun only. I have been inspired to start sewing again after I started designing fabric and getting to know some wonderful quilters, sewing pattern designers and sewists. I just had to get my hand back into it. And I am extremely rusty, so whatever comes out comes out and in time the quality will improve. I will sew a little with my own fabric, but also with my fabric stash. More on that later. (I have a great new storage place for my fabric stash!)
So here we have the last project I did with Tokyo Rococo, some placemats. I think I would use a thinner batting next time, or even a thick stiff interfacing instead. But it was a way to get my feet wet. I actually just started cutting trapezoidal strips and sewing them together and pressing until I had shapes larger than a placemat and then trimmed them and sewed them together with a single piece print backing. Yes, I got tangled up on the edges, and after resewing a couple sections, decided to keep them all rough and wabi sabi. Plus it will be fun to compare it to projects I make in the future, in hopes of steady quality improvement. Have to start somewhere and if I get stuck in pursuing perfection, nothing will ever get done!
Next up, I am dying to make something using my raw silks from Asia. I originally collected a ton of this fabric to make a large duvet cover using all squares. But now I want to make an art quilt or large wall hanging. I probably won’t add any prints, but want to add a little 3D element…stay tuned. I have a few drawings for inspiration, not sure if I will plan it further before I start sewing. But looks at these colors…..
AND, I am reading Kaffe Fassetts autobiography. It was passed on to me by Diana McClun who is working on an amazing book project of her own with Laura Nownes. I was lucky enough to see many of the new quilts going in there in person a couple weeks ago–absolutely BREATHTAKING. They were floating around in my mind’s eye for days. More about that when the time comes. 
Bleu Barn Studios is at it again. Highlighted in the Feb 2013 issue of Quilter’s World magazine is Summer Shores, a breeze contemporary quilt design using Tokyo Rococo (aren’t I lucky!). I love this because its simple and light and modern and classic at the same time. I was able to see the quilt at Blue Barn Studios and photo it before it was sent in to the magazine. So here are some shots of the quilt plus a preview of the magazine. Yes, I take a million shots–its the only way to get a good feel for the quilt! AND a kit of the fabric for the pattern in the magazine is available at The Plaid Portico etsy shop by clicking here.
More projects coming up in the next few weeks, stay tuned!
Quilter’s World Feb 2013 Magazine
Summer Shores by CJ Behling, Bleu Barn Studios using Tokyo Rococo
Summer Shores by CJ Behling, Bleu Barn Studios using Tokyo Rococo
Summer Shores by CJ Behling, Bleu Barn Studios using Tokyo Rococo
Summer Shores by CJ Behling, Bleu Barn Studios using Tokyo Rococo
Summer Shores by CJ Behling, Bleu Barn Studios using Tokyo Rococo
Summer Shores by CJ Behling, Bleu Barn Studios using Tokyo Rococo
Summer Shores by CJ Behling, Bleu Barn Studios using Tokyo Rococo
Summer Shores by CJ Behling, Bleu Barn Studios using Tokyo Rococo
Summer Shores by CJ Behling, Bleu Barn Studios using Tokyo Rococo
Well I promised I would be complete my Quilt Market Houston 2012 coverage in November, but surprise! There is still more. Probably because I took a bit of break to finish unpacking the new studio (excited!!) In a week or so, we should get the sewing table and workbench in and then it will feel really complete. The painting/drawing area is all set and its wonderful…More pics to come on that here and at a laughing gate.
In the meantime, here are more Quilt Market booth pics. There are links to websites if you click on the image. Enjoy!
Anything But Boring
Anything But Boring
Swirly Girl Designs
Violette Field Threads
Violette Field Threads
Aardvark Quilts
Aardvark Quilts
Sue Spargo
Sue Spargo
Sue Spargo
Sue Spargo
Liberty Art Fabrics–Liberty prints now on quilting cotton and other new materials
Liberty Art Fabrics
Seven Islands Fabric
Seven Islands
Seven Islands Fabrics
Michael Miller Fabrics
Michael Miller Fabrics
The Plaid Portico 