Quilt Market #15, more booths!

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Plaid Portico

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

Swirly Girl Designs

Violette Field Threads

Aardvark Quilts

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

More Quilts from Quilt Market 2012 Houston

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Plaid Portico

Here we go with more quilts from Quilt Market 2012 in Houston. Its a HUGE exhibition by the way. I am only covering quilts that catch my eye first time through each section as I only had a chance for one time through. Here goes, for a look through my curatorial eye, such as it is. And there are lots more to come in future postings..

Kaleidoscopic XXXIII: Shards by Paula Nadelstern, Bronx, New York

Close-up: Kaleidoscopic XXXIII: Shards by Paula Nadelstern, Bronx, New York

Temptation of Stripes by Keiko Ohno, Chiba, Japan, a prize winning quilt from International Quilt Week Yokohama 2011

Cold Winds by Takako Ishinami, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan, a prize winning quilt from the International Quilt Week Yokohama 2011

Green Blue Planet Under Siege by Marja Matiisen, Harjumaa, Estland, Second Place-Public’s Choice at the Open European Quilt Championships 2012

Aura by Annette Valtl, Remscheid, Germany, Colour Trophy at the Open European Quilt Championships 2012

Sun Glow by Barbara Riedemann, quilted by Claudia Pfeil, Krefeld, Germany, Third Place-Longarm Quilts at the Open European Quilt Championships 2012

Stokrozen by Ans Schipper-Vermeiren, Haaften, The Netherlands, Best of Show and First Place-Public’s Choice at the Open European Quilt Championships 2012

Mystery by Maya Chaimovich, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Creativity Trophy at the Open European Quilt Championships 2012

Zomerse Dag by Lilija Kostenko, Gouda, The Netherlands, Second Place-Novice at the Open European Quilt Championships 2012

Memory in My Heart by Kim Jung Hye, Yongin-Kyunggi, Republic of Korea, Third Place-Intermediate in the Open European Quilt Championships 2012

Quilt Market 2012 Report #3

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Plaid Portico

All right, I have so many photos it is going to take a long time to sort through them all, so I shall post in small groups at a time. So stay tuned, as we will have Quilt Market Houston 2012 content for at least a month here. First of all, let’s recap. Who attends Quilt Market? The intended buyer is the quilt store owner. The exhibitors therefore are anyone that wholesales to quilt stores including fabric companies, sewing equipment companies, notions and distributors, and pattern companies – of which there are many and varied!!

Some of the fabric designers from the fabric companies have a booth either on their own or connected with their company, and many of those also have their own pattern business. Many pattern companies later go on to design fabric. What is a pattern business? Someone who design original patterns for quilts, bags, apparel or anything that uses the fabrics that these store sells. So the pattern companies display projects made with their patterns, and the fabric companies display projects made with their fabric. So it all makes for a varied and colorful display all around.

First off is Green Bee Designs and Patterns out of Nashville with clean trendy booth design and very appealing, modern sewing patterns and fabric choices for quilts, clothes and bags. Alexia Marcelle Abegg is an artist, designer and seamstress, who also runs a sewing school. She is joined by Rob Bancroft who has his first fabric collection coming out with Cloud 9 fabrics in November, and Michelle Abegg, who has sewn since a child, and creates sewing patterns with Green Bee. They were super nice and I am in love with that quilt.

Green Bee Design & Patterns

Green Bee Designs and Patterns

Next up for today is Me and My Sister Designs. A corner booth with one of my favorite displays with mannequins wrapped in fabric, you can’t miss it and makes you look! Very friendly, just like their fun friendly patterns, these two sisters started by quilting, then bought a quilt shop, and then designed patterns, and also have designed fabrics for Moda. Phew! Take a peek…

Me and My Sister Designs

Modern Quilt Guild Exhibition at Quilt Market Houston 2012

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Plaid Portico

The Modern Quilt Guild Exhibition at Quilt Market 2012 in Houston

Yesterday I got a chance to look at the quilt exhibitions at Quilt Market 2012, and started out with the Modern Quilt Guild‘s exhibition. Gorgeous gorgeous, I took photos of the ones that really struck me, and since I take the photo first and then look and see who designed the quilt second, I got surprised a couple times to see I had chosen quilts people from my own East Bay Modern Guild. Hooray!

Without further ado, my picks and pics -keep in mind there are limitations photographing in this environment and there are at times things obstructing a view of the whole quilt, but enjoy anyway!