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May 28, 2013

Portland Spring Market {Part 2}

Welcome to Part 2 of my Spring Market posts. This one is jammed packed with pictures! Let's jump right in with this beautiful apron by Basic Grey. I seriously thought this was a dress.

Vanessa Christensen showing off her giant designer block. I love the use of her ombre solids here.

Here's a close up of that gorgeous quilt behind her.

There is always a quilt show at market too, with the most amazing quilts. This time there was a catergory for hand-stitched. Seriously talented ladies here.

Check out these tiny stitches! I love it!

Not only was this one hand-stitched, but also hand appliqued. The entire quilt.

Gorgeous!!

And speaking of dresses, Lila Tueller had this dress as her focal point in her booth last Fall. We, along with many others, begged her for the pattern. I was excited to see it displayed (along with the pattern) in a couple booths; including the Riley Blake booth, featuring her newest fabric 'Priscilla.'

I know this next dress has inspired me to keep my selvages.

You may have seen it circulating the internet ....

The Selvage Dress!!

This dress is beautiful! Although, I don't think I will be making an entire dress, since seeing this dress, along with other selvage projects on the Selvage Blog years ago, I have been saving my selvages for a can't-decide-project in the future.

Riley Blake featured their new ginghams with this gingham lone star quilt. Their theme for this year was "Gingham Style."

I spotted this adorable pocket pillow featuring Tasha Noel's new line "Little Red".

(hmm. which reminds me. I should have an order of this waiting for me at the warehouse. At least, I'm pretty sure I ordered it)

Sasparilla will be arriving in July.

I adore this row quilt by Pine Mountain Designs.

Who doesn't love a good bake sale!?

Lori Holt always has such cute patterns.

How could you not love the stand mixer and spatulas!

Amanda Herring, of the The Quilted Fish, had a great display of her new line, Madhuri.

Here is one of her new patterns:

Jewels.

She also had a great make-and-take, making Indian-inspired bead bracelets.

Check out her fabric-covered suitcases too. This chick knows how to travel in style!

Have you noticed the 80's seem to be making a comeback? I was at Old Navy a couple months ago and all their new summer jackets, along with some other wears, were neon. I've seen the same thing over at Target; and now at Market! Riley Blake showed off their new basics in neon!

This quilt was also spotted at the Michael Miller booth.

And lastly, the Talented Mo Bedell had a gorgeous booth to show off. I was lucky enough to grab her new line, Full Moon Lagoon, in fat quarters at Sample Spree. Only have a couple seconds to glance at the fabrics, when I got back to the hotel, I wished I had grabbed a few more.

She had some amazing quilts hanging in her booth, and I had to get a close up of each one.

After Market, we started our road trip home, but not without stopping at Multnomah Falls first.

Looking down on the Falls from the bridge.

Don't you just wanna jump right in :)

Clovers & Jam quilt pattern from Fig Tree & Co arrived today. You can find it here.

May 24, 2013

Portland Spring Market {Part 1}

I debated with myself whether or not I should go the market this May. Last year, I drove to Kansas City with my little family. 16 hours in the car with 2 young ones wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Happily we had a portable DVD player to entertain them. While I wasn't really looking to take the whole family again, mostly because my hubby couldn't afford to take the time off, I thought it might be fun to go by myself. When I mentioned that to my mum, she asked to come along. And, how could I say no to that! So another road trip it was!
Last time I was in Portland was around 9 or 10 years ago. I loved it! And with Portland being so close to the Ocean, how could we not go for a visit. We got to the city a lot earlier than planned on, and way too early to check in to the hotel. I didn't sign up for any schoolhouses, because I didn't know what time I would really get there. So we had practically a whole day before having to be at the convention center for sample spree. To the beach we went!

We found our way to Canon Beach. It is incredibly beautiful there.

I just kept thinking how nice it would be rent a beach house for the summer.

Our first stop the next morning was to Shannon Fabrics. I always love going to their booth. Not only is everything covered in minky, but the floor is so squishy. A nice break on tired feet. I wanted to crawl into this bed, and the walls were even covered in minky!

These adorable robots were spotted in the Robert Kaufman booth.

I was able to meet Angela Walters this market. She is amazing! I admire her quilting and was stunned to see this gorgeous quilt in person. The quilting was much smaller than the preview she gave on her blog. Which makes it all the more amazing.

One of my favorite booths was Emily Herrick's of Crazy Old Ladies.

Now this is my kind of movie theatre!

A couple months ago Emily had a contest to name her new quilt, and I had the honor of giving it's name: Boomerang (featured on the right).

This may be my favorite thing at market. I love the creativity Emily displayed in her booth, especially with this old movie reel. While I was going through pictures, I noticed she also had movie reels along the top of her booth. I'm so glad she won Second Place for a single booth. She certainly deserved an award :)

Quilt signing at the Sweetwater booth. This table runner was part of a giveaway.

The incredibly talented Tula Pink's booth was a show-stopper.

I can't get over this gorgeous butterfly quilt.

These woven pillows were just awesome.

Triangles and Hexagons quilt by Main Street Market Designs on display in the Riley Blake Designs booth, featuring Boy Crazy.

Allison Harris of Cluck Cluck Sew in her booth.

And lastly for today, Me with my girl, Valori Wells. I met Valori at the first market I went to, and she seriously was the nicest person I met there. She always welcomes with open arms, literally. This girl always has an amazing booth. I love all the little details she puts into her art.

Is it just me, or do we look like we could be sisters? just sayin'...

Hope y'all have a great Memorial weekend!!

I'll be back with another post about market.

May 21, 2013

Spring Sample Spree!!

I got back home from Quilt Market yesterday. I spent the good part of a day tracking down fabric images from all that I bought at Sample Spree and throughout Market. Today was spent listing it all. There was so many wonderful, beautiful, simply gorgeous fabrics debuting at market. Most of Sample Spree is always a guess. Not knowing what will be there, or even what I've picked up until I'm back at the hotel, or get to see the collection the next day. I have to tell ya, I guessed good! I love everything I was able to grab! My only regret, I wish I grabbed more!!

From Andover:

Locally Grown by Marisa Anne of Creative Thursday

Fat quarter bundle in Natural colorway