In honor of National Quilting Day I am going to spend my day sharing about some quilting love! I exhibited at Quilt Market in Houston at the end of October with the Moda designers and it was tremendously fun! The view from registration on set up day... it is so exciting to see the booths going up. And my little corner of the world with space to show off Poppy Mae and my quilts. I loved meeting shop owners and quilters and other designers. Can you tell I'm excited to be there? I love being around other creative people. Barb from Coach House Designs created three patterns with Poppy Mae. This is her Poppy Garden quilt! Linda King made this splendid quilt with a block using each designer's line. I loved how they all worked together.
Mr. Mark Dunn and all the Moda folks were incredibly welcoming and warm. Exhibiting can be an adrenaline rush and its a great change from solitary work in my studio. And the quilts...the exhibits were gorgeous!
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It has been awhile and I must admit, I am shocked when I see we are at the end of April already! My head is still in 2015 and I guess I will fill you in on what all has been happening, but I’m warning you, this will take a couple of posts… I was thrilled, elated, joyous and so very very grateful to win the Fabric8 competition on spoonflower. I can’t say thank you enough to everyone who voted. I am especially honored because the other designers had fabulously beautiful collections and I know they are all deserving. I flew to Houston in October to meet with people from Moda after winning Fabric8 and they could not have been nicer! First off, the whole experience of Quilt Market was new for me and talk about eye candy! I saw so many gorgeous, I mean GORGEOUS quilts and fabrics! The quilts on display were stunning and I can only marvel at the hours and hours of work that went into them. I had a lovely meeting with the Moda’s Cheryl Freydberg and Jamie Chupik. We went over some of the other coordinates and options for my line and I left with a head full of new knowledge. I also met some other designers at Moda, like Sherri McConnell and Chelsi Stratton of A Quilting Life, Luke Haynes, Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic, and Deb Strain. I am looking forward to the next quilt market when I have a section in the designer booths as well. Lots to think about and prepare for. After taking in as much as I could in a short visit, I returned home to work on coordinates, resizing, revisions… And this all leaves me thinking about how I see Poppy Mae (my poppy-inspired collection) coming to life in quilts and other sewn goods. And knowing I needed to do more quilting research…which leads to my attending Quiltcon!
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