Boy, I’ve had a little trouble finding time to blog this week. It’s been pretty hectic since I got back from quilt market — lots to do. I had a great time though — market is always so fun — seeing people and lots of inspiration.
I met Kellie at market and we had a great time. Kellie is opening a gorgeous new shop in Melbourne (you Victoria residents are SO lucky) and she was shopping for stock. I joked how much fun I had spending her money, but it was really fun to sit down with vendors and see lots of fun stuff. I hardly even know where to start. My pictures are all over the place, so I’ll just jump in. I also posted a lot of pictures over on Instagram and I’ll try not to repeat any here — although there are one or two.
One of the first booths we hit was Birch fabrics. They had tons of adorable little baby onesies hanging on two racks. I want ALL of their beautiful knits NOW ;-D.
Another early booth was Art Gallery Fabrics. They have such beautiful fabrics (I have a few sample spree bundles left over from them that will appear in my etsy shop in a few days) and there were lots of pretties in their booth. I really like that big text fabric — it reminds me of the IKEA fabric that has been used a lot for quilt backs.
Art Gallery had all of their chairs covered in some of their basics fabrics — I loved it!
Lecein was another favorite. And that cute little guy there taking orders was playing magnetic darts with people and giving prizes — lots of fun. I LOVE LOVE their new lines of fabric — how I would love to have them all!
Brenda Riddle for Moda (more moda booths on my Instagram) — her new Windermere line is so soft and beautiful.
And here is the famous Small World quilt by Jen Kingwell (there’s a new quiltalong starting for this quilt on IG if you’re interested).
While we were talking to Jen, she asked what the quilt market buzz was, since she’d been unable to escape from her booth. I noticed two things —
Darker, richer colors — almost like the jewel tones of the 90’s, yet different (also a lot of purple) …
and gauze. Gauze in a lot of booths. People mentioned using it in quilts, but I think I would worry that the quilts would wear out too fast. I would use it for things like clothing, swaddling cloths, and scarves. A few booths sucked me in and there will be a few bolts arriving in my little etsy shop later this summer.
This was an interesting booth. Chenille-It. They have strips of fabric on rolls and you sew it to a background fabric. Then, when you wash the quilt, the strips bloom and make chenille. It looked like it could be fun.
And here’s a quilt that was on display as you entered market. I thought it was your basic applique quilt until I got closer to it.
It’s basically a bunch of quilted and bound mini-quilts that have been joined by a double row of yoyos that make sashing. Very clever, and beautiful!
I didn’t take as many pictures this year as I have in past markets. I was probably just enjoying market — we had so much fun talking to people. This was Kellie’s first market without being in a booth and I felt like she was at market for the first time!
All in all, it was a perfect (exhausting) weekend! Well, except for one little mishap.
Some wanker decided that he wanted an old rolly briefcase that I had totally forgotten was in the back of my car and he smashed in the window to get it. (I wish I had a picture pre-patch-job — it was pretty dramatic.) Luckily, the case was empty. And even better, he didn’t take all my sample spree loot that was in the back of the car – that would probably have ruined the trip. It made the ten-hour drive home a little noisy, but I survived.
And now, there’s so much to do around here! The weeds are waist-high, the house is a disaster, and there’s the matter of a little swap that needs to be completed. AND, SweetiePie and Winston are coming for a visit this weekend. So there will be a lot of playing and even a 5k to add to my already tired state. Busy is good, right?
Have a wonderful weekend!
XOXO,
Anna
lovely photos x
have a wonderful weekend, don’t worry about the weeds and the house, Sweetie Pie is coming to see you, not do an inspection. enjoy xxx
Lots of exciting stuff there, Anna. I’m sure Sweetie Pie and Winston couldn’t care less about the messy house and garden. I mean, with a fun MIL/Granny like you to visit, why would they care about that? :o)
So glad you had a good time Anna. I love reading market recaps, so thank you for blogging about it.
sorry your car was broken into – sounds like this person thought the brief case held important stuff and didn’t realize the fabric was the important stuff!! what a jerk. thanks for sharing. I read one more thing that seemed to be popular was more big stitch hand quilting – I don’t remember who’s blog I read that on that had went to market.
grrrr…sorry about your truck window. jerks. so glad they left the treasures in the back! that yo-yo bound quilt is super cool. have a great weekend.
Oh, Anna, you know I depend on you to keep me up to day. What a lovely lot of interesting things you’ve shown here today. I’ll have to come back later and take a closer look. ;) Thanks!
okay so the worst part ever is the car window. i can’t imagine breaking into someone’s car… that is just so brazen. ew. okay. on to happier things.. fabric, lecien, art gallery and gauzy cats wearing glasses. i heard that most of the *gauze* is muslin. my mom used to put muslin on the back of quilts sometimes, so idk, i guess it would wear out more quickly… but it was very soft.
welcome back. love your recap and i’m glad you got to spend quality time with kellie instead of both working yourselves to death at market.
:waves madly
What great stuff! Love the little yo-yo sashed quilt
Great pictures. Wow, it’s amazing how much I missed. I think I hit the two ends of the rows but never got to the middle! Thanks for showing me how much I didn’t get to see. :) So good catching up with you!
i can’t believe I didn’t see you!! you took pictures of a booth 2 from mine! AND our car was also broken into.. City parking sucks!
busy is good!
Your poor car – how horrible for you! Glad they didn’t take your quilting loot.
Thanks for the fun visit to market. Did you have a booth?
Have a really fun visit and weekend
Welcome home. Back to reality. :) I am going to do my best to figure out instagram and what a quilt along on that would entail. I NEED that small world quilt. I will dream of that for a while.
So glad you had a wonderful trip, despite the setback. Hope your car is all better now. Enjoy the long weekend!
Horrible people and pretty quilts sharing a post, that is life. Glad they didn’t completely ruin your day.
Amalia
xo
What a rotten ending to an otherwise perfect weekend. I can just imagine the fun the two of you had buying for Kellie’s new shop. Of course now that we are in Switzerland the chances for a quick trip to Australia are minimal, not like before. Oh well, luckily she will have mail order too, so I can still indulge, although a visit to her shop would be amazing.
Looks like you had a great time at Market (so sorry about your car!) and thank you for sharing so much. Hoping to get to Kellie’s new shop in the next week or so………..
What a bummer about your car. Glad they left the good stuff! I am almost paralyzed with all the stuff going on around Its a Small World….or maybe it was the 3x I rode It’s a Small World last Sunday with my Granddaughters????????????
Busy is not good, in my opinion :( I’m looking forward to some rest – next week :P I wish some for you, too. Love your pics, thanks for sharing. I have never been to a quilt market, sounds fun!
Karen
Lovely to see your gorgeous pictures from quilt market! I hope you have lots of time to relax soon and have a nice rest after the tiring marketing time and all that noisy driving back too (so sorry about your car).
I hope you had a lovely weekend.
Helen xox
What a great time Anna! I’m so glad you could be there and even more happy that you could share it with us. I love the new darker bolder colors and the Small World Quilt. I have to confess that your red yoyo quilt is one I really want to do. I’ve loved that one ever since first seeing it. So I guess I should start making red yoyos. I’m so sorry about your car! Karma people… Thanks again for sharing with us!!!
what your on instagram……….thought you didn’t like the dark side……….
better post more pics here as you know I don’t do Instagram………
bet you had fun shopping with Kelly……….thanks for sharing the pics………….
I think you’re right about the deepening colours, I’ve noticed the same thing with yarns.
It does look like car issue aside you had a great time.
What a great tour of Quiltmarket! I think it would blow my mind to be there in person.
Did you see Jodie RicRac? Just imagining the two of you there in the same space makes me smile :)
What a bugger having your car broken into like that but such a relief they didn’t get the fabric!!
Now relax, ignore the weeds and the mess and enjoy the family xxx