Quilt Market Fall 2011: Wrap-Up

Well, Quilt Market has come to an end; we hope we showed you some great new fabrics and everything you wanted to see! With a mere three albums on Facebook there's not much to see...yeah right! You might have seen some big surprises here and there - we were definitely very excited every time we laid eyes on one of our It's Sew Emma quilts on display! We had EIGHT It's Sew Emma quilts at Market--can you believe it?!  In case you missed some of them, here they are in all their different displays:

Debbie Taylor's Adventures of Seuss quilt was on display at the Robert Kaufman booth!

This is a brand new, never-before seen quilt and we absolutely LOVE it! Here is Kimberly with The Magical Cat in the Hat quilt.  It will be on our Coming Soon page soon enough - don't you worry!

And we told you about our fun surprise on Friday- Debbie had the opportunity to speak at Patty Young's Schoolhouse! And then, Patty was nice enough to let us display the quilt in her booth! And while the quilt was int eh booth, and Australian distributor noticed it and asked to take it to Australia's equivalent of Quilt Market for display--how incredible is that?! (Maybe if I wrap myself up in it I will be able to go with it??)

Above is Debbie Taylor of It's Sew Emma and below is Patty Young. She's such a cutie!! And doesn't the quilt look great?!

These two quilts were up at the United Notions booth. The top is Debonaire which uses Rouenneries Deux by French General.. yummm!! Then on the bottom is Garnets and Rubies using Prairie Paisley II by Minick & Simpson.

And, yup! There's even an It's Sew Emma quilt right smack in the middle of Ann Kelle's booth! I almost dropped to the floor when I saw how gorgeous it looked with all her other adorable display aspects! And isn't she cute too, just as sweet as Dessert Party!

I might be a little biased, but I seriously think this quilt is so cute!

Here's our Apple Dumpling pattern using Aneela Hoey's Little Apples in the Brewer booth.

And from what we've been hearing, it sounds like you all are just as excited for Dear Stella as we are... so excited, in fact, that we also made an It's Sew Emma pattern, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, with the Anchors Away collection. It's available online now!

Alright, now that we have you super excited about all the great It's Sew Emma patterns, you should probably head over to the It's Sew Emma website and check 'em out in complete detail!

But before you go, we'd love to show you a few more of the highlights from Market!

You might remember the Magic Beans print from American Jane's Fairy Tale Friends collection...well it was so popular that they have added more colors and released it as Pezzy Print, its very own collection. On the right is the Pezzy Pizzaz Quilt Pattern. 

If you have visited Aneela Hoey's blog you have seen her darling new line, A Walk in the Woods.  It's Aneela's take on Little Red Riding Hood and it's inspired by her daughter-how cute!

Lynne of Kansas Troubles Quilters standing in front of her new collection Sandhill Plums- you should definitely check this one out, the colors are so rich and dreamy!

Oh! And we almost forgot to tell you about the Moda party and give you a chance to see just how Fat Quarter Shop lets loose!

 To kick off the party, Kimberly actually got on stage! She and Cheryl (the Creative Director at Moda) played the kazoo.. well, they tried to... they were laughing too hard half the time.. and so were we!

Before that Jim Salinas (our sales representative) walked up to our table - this was everyone's reaction - complete and utter shock! Jim is usually the suit and tie kind of guy! I'd say he looks pretty good as a sumo wrestler though- you should have seen him from behind!

And of course with Halloween being so soon and the YMCA blasting through the speakers, there had to be a few people in costume!  See the police officer in the back?  Yup, that's Mark Dunn, the owner of Moda!

And now, for your viewing pleasure, here is a quick wrap-up of all the new Moda collections we bought! You can also view the entire collections now on our Coming Soon page. Enjoy!!

Oh, and one last thing that you're all sure to love! Let's do a giveaway! Today we have one signed copy of Rachel Ashwell's book, "Shabby Chic Inspirations and Beautiful Spaces."

All you need to do is comment on this post telling us the funniest moment you experienced this weekend. Or if you were following us all weekend on Twitter, let us know what you thought our funniest moment was! Contest will close one week from post date.

Thanks for sticking with us and good luck!

Quilt Market Fall 2011: Day 2

Can you believe Market has come and gone so fast?! Here we are at the end of the second day, and we have seen so much incredible work. There is always something to marvel over. The hours have literally flown by! We were so fortunate to be a part of it all and we really want to thank y'all for following along with us and exploring Market together! We appreciate all of the feedback and support so, so much! And now as it comes to a close (we head back early tomorrow), we're sad to say goodbye but we're also incredibly excited to show you all the amazing booths, designers, projects, and collections that we saw today! And don't forget, we'll also be announcing the winner of the giveaway from last night's post!

Here is the sweetheart, Pat Bravo's booth, filled with her new line Modernology. She said it was influenced by Swedish and modern furniture but with the Pat Bravo twist. (And she won 2nd place for a double booth!)

Abbey Lane Quilts' booth is always so cute and I just so happened to catch these gals visiting with their whimsical witch hats!

Then the lovely Betz White with her very first collection ever with Robert Kaufman Fabrics! Stitch Organic will be coming next month (as in November - so super soon) to Fat Quarter Shop. 

Melody Miller's new Ruby Star line in the Seven Islands booth. I think it's super amazing what people can make with her line. 

So I know we already have some of this Batman and Superman fabric, but now the force will be coming to Fat Quarter Shop. I am SO incredibly excited for this Star Wars fabric!  AND guess what else.. 

We will be getting some "Femme Power" with Supergirl, Batgirl, and Wonder Woman.  (Who says superheroes are just for boys?) Then also a tots marvel super heroes line. Cute munchkin super heroes just running around everywhere!

Plume you have probably already seen on our website - it's an incredibly gorgeous Peacock kind of line. Orange Crush by Alice Kennedy in two pictures above just recently arrived. The really cool thing about these two lines is that Timeless Treasures is having a really awesome contest. By really awesome I mean $5,000 and a sewing machine just for the grand prize kind of awesome. Quilts are not due until June 1, 2012 - but you know that will creep up before you know it. You can find out more information about the contest here. 

Now here are a few more brand new just absolutely adorable lines in the Timeless Treasures booth. (Some of them we bought and some are already in store!)

Mechanical Genius by Mo Bedell

Sweet on NYC by Sugar Pixie

I know everyone went pretty crazy over Emily Herrick of Crazy Old Ladies first line, Going Coastal.  Well, here is her brand spankin' new line - Hall of Fame.  I absolutely love her locker room booth! (She was a single-booth winner as well, say what!)

Sound familiar, "wawawawawawaaa"... In love with Charlie, the everyman underdog? (Me too!)  It's a Charlie Brown Christmas!!!

I ran into these two cute gals - on the left Jenean Morrison, on the right Verna Mosquera. Jenean's booth is full of her Power Pop line arriving in November. Did you know that Verna is a soccer coach and actually still plays too!? I never would have guessed with her very feminine design style.  You can see what I mean with her line October Skies, a duskier fall take on her shabby chic aesthetic.

 AND now.. ready to see who won last night's contest of the California Girl Fat Quarter Bundle!?

shayshap 

"My favorite so far that you have show, is the Dr Seuss Quilt. I love Dr Seuss. Thanks, kathy"

Congratulations!! E-mail stephanie [at] fatquartershop [dot] com your full shipping address to claim your prize!

Fall Market 2011 may be wrapping up, but we still have more photos and Market sightings to show you, so check back tomorrow!

Quilt Market Fall 2011: Day 1

Let me just tell you, there are some pretty spectacular booths and projects and fabric lines and designers and manufactures and...well, if we're being honest, all of Quilt Market is pretty spectacular! So now we're going to show you just a few of our pictures of things that you specifically asked to see, announce the winner from last night's blog AND we're going to have another giveaway at the end of this post!  

So excited to meet Ty Pennington! Not only is he incredibly good looking but so is his fabric! We'll be carrying all of his new Impressions prints so be sure to check them out on the Coming Soon page! 

Mary and Barb of Me and My Sister Designs in their booth with their absolutely adorable new collection, Twirl! These two are absolutely hilarious! I mean, just look at them standing in the plant display like that! And seriously, how cute are those quilts?!

Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs standing in her super cute booth which was fully stocked with tons of amazing quilts! Check out the Merry Merry Snowmen on the right and Hoos My Baby? on the left! Gotta love the little owls and snowmen!

Ooh! I know you are all dying for a little taste of Hello Luscious, basicGrey's new collection for Moda! We're absolutely falling in love with this quilt and the fabric! Great prints and amazingly cheerful colors!

And here's a nice treat for everybody! A new collection and a new Moda designer! This is Quilt Blocks by Ellen Luckett Baker and let me tell you, it looks great in person and she is just as sweet as can be! You'll love her, I'm sure of it!

Mmm I love me some Sweetwater and their new collection, Reunion, is every bit as great as Hometown! And don't worry, they're going to be printing some canvas too!

And I think this might just be one of my personal faves--every time I walked by this quilt I think my jaw dropped a little more! The fabrics are absolutely stunning and this Clamshells pattern by Aunt Em's Quilts  is too cute! It's Salt Air by Cosmo Cricket for Moda!

And, as if all this great fabric isn't enough good stuff, we also got to hang out with a few of the Moda designers and some Fat Quarterly gals! These ladies are a hoot, let me tell you! And they're real people--that's right, they need coffee in the morning too! Just like me!

And now for some more new fabric and even more great stuff!

We're all falling in love with Amy Butler (above), her fabric, her projects, her displays, and now, yup, we're even falling in love with her husband...David Butler aka Parson Gray. Check out his great new collection, Curious Nature, due to ship in February.

His collection is masculine, so great for a man's quilt, but it's also beautiful and feminine enough to be women's apparel. I'm serious, ya'll will love this line, it's terrific!

We're so excited about all the great new lines that we got to see today and there are going to be even more new collections tomorrow! We really did see a little bit of everything today!

We're seriously loving all the great artsy prints and colors from Dear Stella, a brand new designer/manufacturer that is sure to knock your socks off! Check out all 9 collections on our site!

And now for a little surprise of our own...

One fish, two fish....green eggs and ham...the Cat in the Hat...seriously, who doesn't love Dr. Seuss?! Here are some of Robert Kaufman's newest Dr. Seuss prints, featured in an It's Sew Emma quilt! Awesome, right? Bet you didn't know we were going to have a bunch of It's Sew Emma quilts displayed all throughout Market! 

Did you get to see Debbie Taylor's newest It's Sew Emma quilt?!  This is Gumdrop Garden, using Patty Young's newest collection, Lush for Michael Miller. The fabric is great, the quilt pattern is great, the designers are great...what's not to love?!

If you've never had the pleasure of meeting Kelle Boyd of Ann Kelle for Robert Kaufman, you seriously should! She is super nice, incredibly sweet, above and beyond stylish, and oh so fun to talk to! Not to mention her fabric, including her newest collection Dessert Party and tons of new Remix prints, which are definitely to die for! (And there's one more It's Sew Emma quilt--Lollipop Shop!)

Super excited for some Daisy Cottage by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs! So many cute prints and projects!!

Are ya'll ready for Christmas yet!? Well this collection is for next Christmas if you can think that far ahead! This is Santa's Workshop by Doodlebug Designs for Riley Blake! Too cute! Loving the little elf!

And look how cute Fox Trails by Doohikey Designs looks! We're majorly smitten with this new Riley Blake collection, which is available now!

So now that we've really got your mouth watering for more delicious fabric, we will announce the winner of the giveaway from last night's post! The suspense must be killing you, so we'll get right to it! 

But first, don't forget to follow us on Twitter so that you can feel like you are literally following us through Quilt Market! And also, check back here tomorrow for even more great new stuff from other companies like Lecien, RJR, Hoffman, some more Robert Kaufman, and many, many more! There is tons to show ya'll and we can't wait to hear what you think of it!

And now...the winner of the Papillon Fat Quarter Bundle by 3 Sisters is...

the girlfriend gap 

"I am always stunned by the new patterns at market. everything always looks so beautiful. I can only imagine how much more beautiful it is in real life at the show. I look forward to the new fabric lines. thanks for the play by play for those of us watching from the arm chair :) Janita" 

 Congratulations! To claim your prize e-mail Stephanie [at] FatQuarterShop [dot] com with your full shipping information.

AND NOW FOR ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!!! Yup, that's right, another giveaway! All you have to do is comment on this blog post and let us know what your favorite thing you've seen at Market so far is, and then you'll have a chance to win this stunningly beautiful California Girl Fat Quarer Bundle by Fig Tree and Co.

Contest ends on Sunday, October 30th at midnight CST. Good luck!