Jumbled Up quilt market

At Quilt Market, I often move back and forth between looking at quilt exhibits, and looking at sales booths.  the contrast from one perspective to the other keeps things more interesting

Jaybird Quilts, here you can see how large this quilt really is,

the next few are from the cotton and steel booth,

this dress is sewn from the new double-gauze fabric,

I'm sorry I can't tell which booth these were from, but the machine quilting on this sample was really great,

another shot of the RJR booth

more Tim Holtz,

Back to the quilt exhibits area, and the wide open aisles,

Beneath my Wing, by David Taylor

Bike Boys, by Lea McComas

Fade into Gray, by Stephanie Ruyle

detail, Fade into Gray, by Stephanie Ruyle

Cycles Two, by Leanne Chahley

detail, Cycles Two, by Leanne Chahley

Chloe a la Klimt by Helena Scheffer

Green Bee Patterns booth,

Kokka fabrics, at the Seven Islands booth

Some of the Quilts

Of course the most exciting part of Quilt Market/ Quilt Festival in Houston is the range of quilts displayed in the shows.  I think there were over 30 different shows this year. 
The most dramatic one for me was the installation of the red and white quilts that originally was hung at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City in 2011:

 As you can see, one of the main advantages of attending Quilt Market is being able to view these exhibits with almost no-one else around-- makes it so easy to take photos!  Later this week, these aisles will be crowded with tens of thousands of viewers!

 there was also an accompanying show, as described below, which was comprised of over 30 miniatures, I think, maybe over 40, I didn't count.  but they were nice.

 One last view of the ring of quilts,

Double Dutch by Shelly Burge

 This quilt was quite striking to view from a distance, but also lovely to see at close range,

Moody Beach, Maine, 1957 by Margot McDonnell

Dotting Inside the Box by Sandi Snow

 At first, I thought the yellow was all one fabric, but instead, it was quite intricately pieced!

 

 

Dotting Inside the Box by Sandi Snow

 This was one of the favorite quilts I saw,

All in the Family by Nancy Brown

detail, All in the Family by Nancy Brown

detail, All in the Family by Nancy Brown

detail, All in the Family by Nancy Brown

detail, All in the Family by Nancy Brown

Well that's a lot of photos for now!  I have lots more...

Houston 2014, on the sales floor

The Quilt Market show in Houston has three main components: the amazing quilt show displays, the class and lecture area on the upper floors, and the sales floor. 
Today I have some photos of the sales floor so you can get a bit of an idea of how the vendors set up their booths in order to attract our orders....
I took my real camera with me to attempt to get better quality photos than my cell phone!

 the large fabric companies have tables where the reps meet with the store buyers to look over the samples and write the orders: 

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 Of course they display enticing samples to show the new collections and draw attention to the fabrics and how they look sewn up,

 This year I noticed a lot of emphasis on other substrates that have supplemented the flat cottons,, such as voile, knits, Double gauze, canvas, linen,

 The individual designers always present lovely single booths to show their new collections,

 I love to see the displays that they come up with to catch your attention!

Westminster booth

westminster booth

Tim Holtz, tweaking his display

 There are a few vendors mixed in who sell antique quilts, and stacks of individual blocks waiting to be rescued,

 I'm sorry that I forgot to photograph booths of the other vendors, such as thread companies, longarm machines, pattern designers, notions companies, batting manufacturers, button companies, book publishers, and others.... I guess you can tell what my eyes are drawn to!

Michael Miller booth

Alison Glass fabrics for Andover,