A week ago today, we packed up the family and drove from Chicago down to Kansas City for Spring International Quilt Market. Typically I wouldn’t bring the whole family to a work related trade show, but I’m still nursing my little guy so there really was no other option. Luckily, I have a super-amazing husband who was willing to entertain the kids during the day while I was busy at market. And my mom (Grandma Jane) and her husband, Pepo, agreed to fly in from Texas as well. That meant mom and I could focus on market while the guys and the kids did fun things like the aquarium and lego land.
What is International Quilt Market? International Quilt Market is a trade show for the quilting and fabric industry. It is where the designers / manufacturers debut their new lines and where most quilt shops and store owners place their orders for new lines of fabrics, patterns, notions, trims, ect. Fabric is ordered by the bolt and most everything is sold at wholesale pricing. The show is not open to the public and you need to present credentials to get in. There are hundreds of booths showing off all things related to fabrics and quilting.
The pictures I am about to share with you are from the types of booths that interest me, but there is truly something for everyone. Lots of reproduction fabrics and very traditional quilting and sewing as well. I didn’t take as many pictures as I would normally and we skipped some of our regular stops at market as we were focused on scouting some fabrics for an upcoming project I have in the works. But I definitely think I got enough eye candy to give you a little taste of our experience.
So I’ll take you on a little tour…….let’s start at the very beginning……..
Our first appointment with with my rep. from Moda and after we met with her we stopped by Bonnie and Camille’s darling booth to check out their new line ‘Marmalade’. They always have such a fresh sense of style and I’ve been wanting to meet Camille in person for some time. They were lovely, just as I had expected.
Mom and I stopped off at Lauren and Jessi’s booth (another Moda designer). I used some of their new line ‘Birds and Berries’ for a sample of one of my patterns that was displayed in the United Notions booth. I adore this apron and the pencil quilt, which they said is done with just a jelly roll of fabric.
The lovely ladies from Izzy & Ivy. Their line of girls patterns is always totally adorable and they were just lovely. So glad I finally got to meet them in person!
I had to take a lot of pictures at the Birch Organic Fabrics booth because I had so many pieces on display with them. Not only did I have a big display, but my friend Shannon from Luvinthemommyhood had lots of pieces on display too!
And look over here!! Cynthia (owner) did such a nice display of the garments and photographs from The Cottage Mama. She also had a handout promoting the sewing patterns. How sweet was that? I just absolutely love working with them!
I didn’t get a ton of pictures of the Riley Blake Designs booth……I think I was too busy chatting with Cindy (owner) and Jina (Design Director). But I did manage to take a few. Above you can see my Shortcake Reversible Romper and Dress pattern. I did not actually sew this one……the lovely Julia from Riley Blake Designs made it, but it was still fun to see it on display!
Lindsay Wilkes is the owner and designer behind The Cottage Mama. She creates timeless, vintage inspired sewing patterns for children’s clothes. She is also a fabric designer for Riley Black Designers / Penny Rose Fabrics, author of the book ‘Sew Classic Clothes for Girls’ and can be seen teaching nationwide and online in her video series ‘Lessons with Lindsay’ sponsored by Baby Lock Sewing and Embroidery machines.
Awesome pics! Seriously…how cute is Caspian?! Little man has more rolls than the bakery, absolutely adorable! It was great meeting you!
wow, how amazing! gosh what eye candy…and so cool to see shannons dress there as well as your goodies. congrats ladies!
Thanks so much for providing the awesome pics of market!! It’s the next best thing to being there.
What a fantastic time it looks to be! I’m hoping that maybe someday, somehow, I can get to Quilt Market….I just the pictures that every one posts and am blown away by it!
What a completely fun round up of photos from Quilt Market. You just made me so incredibly happy, to see those photos of the new Sarah Jane line – YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Such incredible, gorgeous, fantastic, exciting lines coming out. I cant wait to see what you do with them all!!! If you are ever up for it, I would love to hear more about how you got involved with all of it, made the contacts with the fabric reps, etc. I think you have a really interesting story that we would all love to hear!
Glad you all had such a great trip! One day I’m going to work out a reason for being there lol
Wow! I love all the great pics from Quilt Market. Thank you so much!
I would love to attend one of those markets. I’m going to have to see the dates so I can try to attend one!!
Simply gorgeous and inspiring – thanks for sharing!!!
What a fun tour of the quilt market! Your designs looked great…so nice that you are a part of the market! Also, your children are adorable!
yay!!!!!!!!!!! loved all the pics hun! Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking so many of our lovely outfits together!!!! Hugs!!! I’m so glad we got to have our stuff on display together! yay!!!!!!
WOW! I almost had to take a break half way through to rest my eyes from all the beautiful photos. Thank you for posting so many pics of the wonderful booths and for giving us a sneak peek as to what will be available soon!
Oh my goodness! So much eye candy and such cute ideas!!