One of our favorites parts of International Quilt Market is having the opportunity to walk the aisles, visit with designers, industry partners, and friends. The booths are always breath-taking and the care and planning that goes into getting every detail right is always incredible. Our last Market post is a celebration of those booths! We hope you leave feeling as inspired as we did! 🙂
ANDOVER
Andover‘s booth was full of vivid colors (Alison Glass & Libs Elliott) and vintage vibes (Edyta Sitar & Di Ford-Hall). We loved getting a peek at the gorgeous upcoming collections and were thrilled to launch two new Aurifil collections for Libs Elliott with Wild Side and Edyta Sitar with Crystal Farm.
ANNIE SMITH
Aurifil Designer Annie Smith was at Market with a gorgeous range of patterns (including Color Pop, shown here) in a delightful burst of Robert Kaufman Solids! She had her Aurifil collections — Love is Spoken Here, Summerset and Winterset — to coordinate.
CAMELOT
We were just down the aisle from Camelot and had so much fun with their Star Wars display! They had some fabulous quilts, but what really stole the show were the appearances of Darth Vader, a Storm Trooper, and Chewbacca. We’ll admit that more than a few of us got videos with our childhood heroes and villains!!
ANNA MARIA HORNER
Anna Maria‘s booth was as stunning as ever, filled with gorgeous florals and bright and bold colors. Her new collection, Sweet Dreams, is every bit as lovely as we would all expect and I know we’re already plotting what to make once we get these fabulous prints in hand. There were some gorgeous projects on display, with more than a few featuring threads from Anna Maria’s collections — Stitch Gallery, Warm Reception, and Cool & Collected.
TULA PINK
Tula Pink‘s booth was a rainbow of wonder. We likely could have nestled into one of those chairs and just stayed there for the whole of Market. 😉 We loved her custom pillows, the stunning quilting on her color wheel quilt, and the beautiful parade of handbags.
HOFFMAN
Aurifil Designer McKenna Ryan is back with Hoffman Fabrics and we’re looking forward to working with her on a new collection for 2018. We were super excited to present two new collections for Fall — first, Me + You… a stunning Large box of 50wt thread to coordinate with your favorite Me + You Indah Batiks. We also debuted the new 2018 Hoffman Challenge box celebrating their 30th anniversary! Stay tuned for more info on the challenge in the next few weeks.
ISLAND BATIK
For Fall, we presented new Island Batik collections for Jackie Kunkel with Blue Moon and Ebony Love with Southern Blooms. We are so excited about these two colorways and have every confidence that you’ll all fall in love as quickly as we did:). We loved getting the full tour from Katie, giving us the opportunity to see all of the lovely batiks up close, including new collections for Aurifil Designers and friends Tammy Silvers, Nan Baker, & Cheri Good Designs.
MICHAEL MILLER
Michael Miller presented something a little different for Fall Market and we’re already smitten. Project Dovetail is a collaborative collection featuring one new design in two different colorways from each of Michael Miller’s licensed designers. The collection was launched with a heartfelt charitable goal — learn more about that here. We are thrilled to have a coordinating thread box and are looking forward to working with all of the designers on some fun promotion in 2018!
MODA
Moda‘s booths always make us smile:). We didn’t get a ton of photos this time around, but we did do a fairly extensive tour! From new designers to those who have been established for quite some time, we had a blast giving a shout out to some of our favorites!
JEN KINGWELL
Moda Designer Jen Kingwell had a gorgeous booth, full of color. Her collection, Beach Road, draws inspiration from her home and in looking at it, we could be instantly whisked away to the Australian beaches. We were thrilled to present Jen’s debut Aurifil thread collection — 10 sweet small spools of her go-to 50wt thread.
QUILTMANIA
Quiltmania launched the most spectacular subscription box. Featuring Andover and Aurifil designer Di Ford-Hall, the boxes features 6 individual drawers, each with a variety of must-haves, including fabric, thread, marking tools, piecing papers, and more. The boxes are limited edition, with only 400 available. We hear that these boxes have already sold out, so we’ll have to admire them from afar. <3 To learn more, head here.
RILEY BLAKE
Oh how we love Riley Blake!! We had two new collections launching at Market — Jill Finley‘s Quilter’s Palette and Minki Kim‘s Dear Diary. The booths were full of gorgeous fabrics and projects, including the awesome wall of fries (yes, french fries!!) in Christopher Thompson‘s booth. Oh, how we love Market so!
ROBERT KAUFMAN
We absolutely adore the team at Robert Kaufman! Once again, we got the grand tour from the illustrious Elisabeth Hardy. Did you know that our Robert Kaufman designers all have ‘Designer Palette’ thread collections? While each color may not necessarily be a perfect match with every fabric collection, the thread boxes represent the typical palette for each designer. It’s so absolutely fabulous because you can buy a Large box of Carolyn Friedlander‘s Favorites to stitch up projects using her Friedlander, Architextures, or even her new Manhattan fabrics. Perfection!
WINDHAM
We were delighted to see Windham and Aurifil designer Sarah Fielke in Houston! Though her WordPlay collection officially launched at Spring Market, she had a wonderful showcase at Fall. Sarah was one of our first 80wt designers and we just love seeing all that she does with it! New Aurifil Designer Shayla Wolf of Sassafras Lane had a bold and brilliant booth full of color to launch her debut collection, Foundation. *swoon*
That’s all for now! Thank you so very much for following along with us. International Quilt Market was a wonderful whirlwind and we’re so grateful we got to be a part of it! Until next time!
You posted a ton of photos but they were lost on me. Old eyes only see mish mash when the photos are so small……
One day – I will go to Market! Thanks for sharing! 😍😍😍
thanks for the photos!
an amazing explosion of colour…………..and inspiration…………gorgeous…………….