Houston Quilt Market 2016, part three

Not all of the beautiful quilts are in the show part.  The vendors have wonderful samples up in their booths, 

Laura Heine

Andover Fabrics, Alison Glass

some minis...

primitive Gatherings, fro moda fabrics, a wool quilt,

more minis! at Laundry Basket, Edyta Sitar

and some other moda samples

gingiber

zen chic

lots of rainbow brights still going strong

Tula Pink

some really cute train cases

more Westminster fabrics, their solids,

Elizabeth Hartman's booth was adorable, and she won the prize for best single booth, unsurprisingly

she had made dozens of these really sweet fabric plants

Camelot fabrics:

Art Gallery Fabrics

Tim Holtz

the view of the show floor from above, 

in one direction

and the other direction

My Current Favorite Fabrics,

 Well, being summer and all, my current Favorite Fabric grouping is Lucy's Crab Shack, by Sweetwater, mixed with a lot of white,

 I've been working on a small quilt made completely with half-square triangles that uses some of these fabrics,

I have the pattern for it mostly written up, so hopefully it will be available soon.  This is a crib size quilt, and I quilted it simple vertical straight lines.  I think that might be called "channel quilting". 

 I love shelves of colors,

Beautiful Day,

it is an absolutely perfect day in Savannah in terms of weather.
 So it is bittersweet to be leaving tomorrow to go to Saskatoon tomorrow.  Sweet though because I'm looking forward to seeing all the people there.  I Have done the blocks and most of the patterns for the final Saturday Surprise Samplers though, and liked one of them enough to sort of play with the design a bit more,

(again with the strange lighting in the sewing room)

I had resolved to make smaller projects, like table runners, but I think this might turn into a baby quilt.  I had started with the two patterned fabric blocks but they got way too busy for my liking. So I made a few with just one pattern and white.  They seem to be a lot calmer, so I might scrap the busy ones.  However, I'll just put this project on hold for a while.
On thursday I'll be seeing a fabric rep and ordering a big chunk of fabrics for the fall months, so if there's any thing you really are hoping to see, let me know!  I.e. styles, colors, designer-- no guarantees but I'll keep any suggestions in mind.  I'll also be on the lookout for fabrics to use for the new Saturday Sampler blocks for the fall, so again, I would welcome any suggestions for how to go with that...
Well, I'm looking forward to shrimp and grits tonight!
Take care, m