Quilt Market Crazy
Edit: #18 Lynne McFern you are the winner of the fat quarter bundle! Please contact me by 8:48 pm Sunday the 26th to claim your prize!
It is Monday and I am home from a whirlwind trip to Spring Quilt Market in Portland OR. I left out on Friday morning before dawn had even had time to show it’s crack and then cooled my heels in the airport for a delayed flight. This was ok since I used the time to chill and soon I was on my way.
Pre-nap
I even had time for an amazing 4 hour nap on the plane!
Soon enough I was in Portland and I was even greeted by a bit of blue sky! I think it was the only blue sky the whole weekend but I took it as a good sign!
Portland Airport
Next was a quick hop onto Portland’s amazing MAX light rail transit system. People this city knows how to do public transportation right! The rail took me from the airport right to the convention center easy as pie!
light rail love!
By about 1:30 on Friday I was walking in the doors of Quilt Market to the already steady humm of 1000’s of people ooohing and ahhing over some of the most stunning fabrics, booth displays and products there are available to today’s quilter.
My first stop Was Bari J. Ackerman’s booth to see the work I did for her.. what an adorable booth!
Her booth was the perfect balance that highlighted the fabric but gave you room to move and gave your eyes a visual place to rest. It was easy to know why you were there and easy to visit with this adorable lady that I am thrilled to call my friend. Alas in all the crazy we did not get a photo together! poo! Her collection is in stores now as well as online in places such as Hawthorne Threads You are going to love Bijoux .
I met so many wonderful people that I had only known online.. this was THE very best part of the show.
I made a quick dash to grab a hug from the ever so wonderful Ms. Ebony Love of Love Bug Studio fame. Then for good measure I gave her my pants! ( You know there is a story there!). People this girl is the best bundle of energy and sweetness I know.. you must go like her page and learn for yourself why she is a real LOVE!
And this one… NOTHING but trouble.. really.. Capital T which rhymes with B…. Flaun Cline of I Plead Quilty I would not think twice about giving this woman my kidney.. she is that cool!! She might look sweet… but don’t let that million dollar smile fool you- pure trouble this one!
Not much later I ran into Judy of Quiltopia Studio… in fact she spotted me before I even saw her! I swear that being in Quilt Market is rather a lot for a girl with ADD.. I did not know where to look first.. so i am glad Judy shouted out to me!
Next was a quick visit with Natalie Barnes of Beyond the Reef
The colors in Natalie’s booth were swoon worthy.. such a fresh updated take on the beach look.. I really like it!
Next was a chat with the people at Cloud Nine fabrics. Can I just say.. ADORABLE?.. and Organic. And really if you are sewing for a sweet newborn that is the time when you want fabric that has been created with care since it will be up next to baby’s sensitive skin! Melissa From Generation Q magazine and I had a wonderful visit with these folks and hint hint… you will be seeing more of this fabric very soon {que the suspenseful music!}
My landing pad for the weekend was the super comfy booth of the Generation Q Magazine people. Do you know the Gen Q people?.. if not I highly suggest checking them out. They are a wonderful quilting lifestyle magazine that brings the newest and best fabrics, products and designers to you in a way that feels as relaxed and easy as a summer picnic. By-passing the hype and getting down to why quilters do what they do and not to mention how they have fun! Make sure to check the Gen Q FB page for even more amazing Market pics!
Tomorrow I will put up part 2 where I find a huge swan, feel virtuous for eating a power bar and not an amazing Voodoo Dounut and see so much more eye candy that my head is still spinning!
Until then maybe you would like to take a chance at a delicious Fat quarter stack from the Fine folks at Generation Q magazine and Michael Miller?? This collection is called Sorbet and it is as fresh as Summer. If you would like to be part of the giveaway please leave a comment about what you plan to sew this summer and I will be drawing for a winner on Friday! (Giveaway open in the US and Canada only)
You made me laugh out loud, Miss Maddie. <3 you! Of course this beautiful bundle is in my current colorway of obsession, so I must have it. Pick me!
Thanks for the pics and notes, Maddie. I truly enjoy your perspective!
The sorbet makes me drool – yum! Well, I’m working on a baby quilt this summer…loving it, too.
I will be finishing 4 ufo’s. Then to play around with some art quilts!
cool!! I am SOOO jealous!! i miss market… AND Portland…Lots of sewing to do… using several of Jaybird’s patterns… toes in the sand has been calling my name…how about toes in the sherbert…?? 😉
Holly has two t-shirt quilts in progress at the moment and a Monet’s Wedding Ring and a star/nind patch (Aloha Fall is her name) to complete. Would live to win a pack of fat quarters…. Trying to work out of stash….
I want to start another big storm at sea for me. Even got the fabric on my birthday last Saturday. 🙂
LOVE LOVE the line. Such fresh colors!!
Lovely fabric that would be great as a throw! I have a wall quilt waiting to be quilted and two quilts to be cut out for my granddaughter and niece.
A scrap quilt. I think I will be making a summer scrap quilt. The colors in that stack are GORGEOUS!!!! 🙂
OMG! What YUMMO fabric, I say in my best Rachael Ray voice. Love looking at all your pics and reading about Market, I feel like I was there!
Love all your pictures…how fun to meet online friend’s. I plan to work on a christmas quilt this summer and some handwork that I can take with me.
I have promised myself that one project I will complete is a summer weight quilt JUST FOR ME! I spend so much time making things for others and enjoying everything about it, but never have anything to show for it. *lol*
I am going to finish my “Bob Marley” quilt! It is a thank you gift for a good friend!
Those fabric look edible!!!
I am planning on sewing a baby quilt, a flannel quilt, and a couple of sundresses for my granddaughters.
I need to make 5 baby quilts this summer and I hope to finish a few WIPs too. I enjoyed watching quilt market via your Intagram feed! Glad you had a great time 🙂
I plan to sew some kids clothes and also get a coin quilt finished, and a quilt for my son made. 🙂 This fabric looks fabulous! Thanks for a chance to win! 🙂
I think this will be a UFO summer for me .. there are a couple calling my name. I have a card trick quilt and a beautiful pinwheelish quilt that I started way too long ago. Thanks for the tour! Almost felt like I was right in the middle of the hustle and bustle!
Gorgeous colors! I need to finish my daughter’s college quilt. She just finished her freshman year! 🙁
Proxy entry for Annie Miller Romero who can’t get the site to take her comment.
I plan to sew a lot of things! I want to get a few things finished like my New York Beauty quilt, and another paper pieced tree quilt. I have an Elaine Quehl tree project to finish from a workshop I took.
So many things to sew 🙂
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What a great report. Hope to get to quilt mkt next year.
Yummy colors in the fabric.
This summer I plan to make a big effort to quilt lots of my quilt tops that are lying around the house. Also work on a quilt design of my own
Lee
I plan on FINALLY finishing the quilts for my daughters- one of them City Bank from the book City Quilts by Cherri House, and one a Lasagna Quilt by Terry Atkinson- and a surprise quilt I need to finish for a quilt show in October! Then I have too many ideas flying through my head to decide which to do next!
OOOH, love the bright citrusy colors…I’m thinkin’ a summery quilt…hey, maybe even for me!! LOL Thanks for the chance! xx xx (fingers crossed)
Wow! I love the bright colors and can see a really cute quilt for my sunroom and placemats for the table. Thanks for the giveaways! Glad you had fun!
Oh what a great collection! I’m seeing a wonderful new quilt design just for that fab collection!
I would love to use it on flowers from my go dies and have my mom lay out a flower design for a wall hanging for her room at an assisted care center and also a hanging for my house. I keep telling her I am going to cut out flowers and we are going to make something is summer. Those colors look great for flower petals!
Thanks for the chance to win! I have a ton of quilts to finish for the San Diego Quilt Show. Hope to get to do something fun with my stack of great fabrics prize. haha
Those are awesome colors! This summer, I hope to make a quilt for a friend of mine who is expecting her first baby in October. I also want to make some Christmas presents for the extended family, and maybe a quilt for each of my kids and the Spousal Unit. Assuming I can find the time, what with a day job, and a book in the works…
Great fabrics! I am finishing several quilts and doing some machine quilting. Thanks for the chance to win!
I have 2 granddaughters who are expecting babies 1 girl and 1 boy. Have the girl’s quilt pieced but not quilted yet. Need to make a quilt for the boy this summer. Could sure use the fat quarters to do so. Also am working on one wedding quilt and need to start another. These granddaughters and son are keeping me busy.
This fabric is bright and beautiful! I plan on sewing and quilting a Project Linus I Spy type quilt.
OMG!!! Polka dots!!! I’ve been collecting them for a while, added to that collection while in SLC….these would be the icing on the cake!! Such wonderful colors, and the great big dots!! Oh my!! Can’t wait to get my hands on this collection! Hopefully I can find time this summer to do something with all those dots!
Oh! I have a new granddaughter that I need to make a baby quilt for!! Those fabrics would be great! Good job on the blogging at market looking forward to reading tomorrow’s post!
I have some baby quilts to finish..And then there are always those fun thing to try…
I’m going to finish up a couple of unfinished quilts including a Kaffe Fassett ” Sunlight in the Forest” that is for my bed. Then I’m going to try some small projects that I can attempt to quilt myself on a domestic machine. Practice practice practice!
Got to get me some Sorbet! Working on paper pieced hexes and some larger pieced ones.
I will be designing and making a Native American theme quilt to enter in the Choctaw Nation Labor Day Festival contest. Also, making a quilt from my former basketball coach’s shirts for his widow.
I love hearing about your trip to Portland. I made the trip in Oct. to MQX and won’t hesitate to go back. It is very easy to get there from airport and the max! I will be sewing a baby quilt for a nephew and a thank you quilt to a charity for the 2 transplants I received in 2012 and I hope many more exciting projects and machine quilting my brains out with the longarm I bought at MQX!
I have been pushing to crank out a few UFO’s that have been nagging at me from the shelves. Also will be making time for a couple baby quilts and supporting my 11 yo daughter as she finishes her 1st quilt!
I’m working on a quilt called Summer of Love, which uses these colors. among others! 🙂
I am in a “Swoon Quilt Block” swap. I will be making 6 blocks to swap. I am planning a bento block quilt!
This summer, I’m making Jelly roll quilts for each of my SIX grandchildren. Their birthdays are June, July, August, September and 2 in October.
I have not tried my hand at a Modern Quilt. I would love to give it a try
Thanks SOOO much for sharing the pictures with us. So much trouble to get into at Quilt Market!!!
Glad you had a great time. Love the fat quarters – would look great in a little girl’s quilt. Going to a couple of retreats this summer, so will have lots of time to make something out of them!
This bundle of Sorbet is awesome and I would love to make napkins and placemats for the summer. It would be so beautiful on my table! Thanks for the give away
A TARDIS quilt! Just need to finish a lone star quilt first…
I am working towards getting my several finished quilt tops quilted! I have learned so many tips on this wonderful site, it’s time to put them to use!
I plan to make several quilts for both guilds than I am in for their Charity projects. The fabrics would be AWESOME for those quilts!!!!