Quilt Market Part II...........

One of my favorite booths was Indygo Junction. We stopped by Saturday morning so Myrinda had to show off her dress she had made with their pattern and Anna Maria Horner's fabric...



isn't it fab! I can't wait to make one for myself ;)

we thought Eileen looked great in this coat & had her model for the camera!



adorable yo-yo pincushions!



I also go to meet some wonderful new fabric designers....BariJ for Windham..her collection is gorgeous - full of soft colors, and gorgeous florals and her quilt was a true work of art....the border was amazing!





Over at Michael Miller I had the pleasure of meeting Paula Prass and Laura Gunn. Paula was there showing her second collection adn Laura was there with her debut collection. Both full of color and beautiful patterns. Laura's have a very unique style as they have been reproduced from her oil paintings showing lots of texture and depth to the prints.





Paula Prass's new Collection





Laura Gunn's collection and the paintings that inspired it all!

.............to be continued!

Quilt Market 2009

sorry to have taken so long to share my adventures at Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. I think writing the blog post really meant it was over for me and it was such a fantastic experience I did not want to admit it was over.

It felt a bit like Thelma & Lousie...Renee & I escaping from the daily grind...hoping in a car and hitting the road to Pittsburgh! We got a late start and ended up pulling in around 2am....our gracious host the Divine Lady M was there to greet us with a smile on her face and we stayed up chatting until almost 3am!

I was so excited to get to market the next morning I was up before 7am! We headed over the market and over to the Moda booth for my first ever Tweet Up! Arranged by the amazingly talented April Cornell



It was too cool to meet all of these people I had only met online before...I even offered to go to India if April needed help with her new endeavors!



some faces from the crowd...



(left to right)genevieve gail, BariJ, fat Quarter Shop, Patty Young & April Cornell.


me & mary from Confessions of a Craft Addict


me and April Cornell!!!

after the Tweet Up we headed to Westminster via Serendipity Studio



loved this dress & coat pattern!



and I loved Kay's gorgeous patchwork floorcloth & adorable toes!




Jennifer Paganelli, Me, BariJ

I am so excited that I get to see Jennifer again next month at the SisBoom show at her home in Connecticut! Her 3, count them 3 new limes for Westminster are Gorgeous!

While at Westminster we also got the meet Project Runway winner and fabric Desinger Jay McCarroll! we even got a sneak peek of his new collection coming out this summer!



From there we headed to Patty Young's booth - the reason for coming to market!

Patty and I have been online friends for 3+ years so when I found out that Market was being held a short drive away I knew I had to come down to meet her. It was so fun to finally see her in person and meet her fabulous husband Jon. Pattys newest desings are gorgeous - LOVE the Mezzanine collection! I had actually placed my order for it BEFORE market and was excited to see it in person.





....to be continued