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Houston Quilt Market 2017

Hi fellow quilters!

Quilt market in Houston last month was quite the experience. I was truly amazed at the strength and resilience of the city after enduring Hurricane Harvey. The extra excitement of the Astros playing 3 games of the World Series in Houston while we were there was exhilarating and having them go on to win the series the following week was such a thrill!

My Quilt Moments booth was next door to my good friend Lisa Amundson of Around the Bobbin patterns, who is also my partner in Twister Sisters Designs, home of the Twister© tools. We kept our two booths open so we could feature the twister tools and patterns on a table between our booths to show our collaboration.

Here are some pix.
Left side of my Quilt Moments booth

Middle of booth where you can see the Twister Sisters table and Lisa’s Around the Bobbin designs on the right.

Center table showing the Mini Twister Rings QM146 quilt and other twister projects. You can see more of Lisa’s bags in the background.

Designs featured in my booth include Ribbon Rainbow BOM QM147

Charming Friendship Stars QM148, version made with Moda’s Harmony collection by Sweetwater coming Spring 2018

Another version of Charming Friendship Stars, made with 5″ squares of Moda’s Bloomsbury collection

Kaleidoscope Garden QM110 updated to show Timeless Treasures’ Butterfly Grotto fabric collection

Entwined QM129 version made with batiks

The newest twister pattern I designed for Twister Sisters is a fun & easy placemat and table runner pattern called Strip & Twist TWS106, which uses the Mini Twister tool. This Mini size was introduced last October and works with 2-1/2″ strips or 4-1/2″ squares. With just 4 fat quarters and background you can make either four placemats or a table runner. You can see all of the other twister patterns including Lisa’s adorable Twister Gnomes pattern and new Center Twist Tote pattern at Twister Sisters.

Until next time, please remember to enjoy all your quilt moments:)!

Marilyn

Quilt Moments

Off to Pittsburgh Quilt Market

Hi fellow quilters,

Flying to Pittsburgh today for International Quilt Market. I’m bringing quilts to display at fabric companies booths and I’m helping my friend, Lisa Amundson, Around the Bobbin, in her booth #950, so please stop by and say hi if you are there.

If you’re looking for fabrics and quilt designs, you could always head down to your local Target to see if they have something in stock that you’re looking for – this could be useful if you’re not able to make it all the way to Pittsburgh! It’s worth checking online for any available coupons and promo codes on sites like this – https://www.raise.com/coupons/target. Discounts are always worth digging around for before your next shop or online purchase.

Here are images of my 3 new patterns available to ship the beginning of June and also images of the quilts that will be displayed in different booths.

QM136 Swirl – $8.50 retail – Strip friendly pattern in 8 sizes runners to queen

I pieced a throw size version in Timeless Treasures Tonga Reef batiks (fabrics shown on bottom right of pattern) which will be in their booth.

QM137 Charm Bracelets – $8.50 retail – Charm pack friendly pattern in 3 sizes: runners & lap/baby/wall

Here’s a quick photo of the sample I made with a charm pack of Moda’s Chance of Flowers collection by Sandy Gervais and quilted by my friend Sandi Moser

QM138 Coin Bracelets – $8.50 retail – layer cake (10″ sqs) & fat quarter friendly, 3 sizes: bedrunner, twin & queen

The twin size version made with one layer cake and yardage of Moda’s Best Day Ever collection by April Rosenthal will be in the Moda / United Notions area.

Here’s a topper version of my Ribbon Rings QM128 made with Maywood Studio’s Christmas Traditions. My friend Katie Rubatt pieced and quilted several versions of the topper and a runner. The pattern includes 6 sizes topper to queen. I love how the Christmas fabrics make the topper look like a wreath. Can’t you see this as either a wallhanging for the holidays or a topper on your table with a candle or flower centerpiece?

Here’s a version of my Celebration QM109 made in Timeless Treasures’ Tonga Hemingway batiks which will be displayed in their booth.

Here’s a queen size version of my Belle Kaleidoscope QM125 made in Timeless Treasures Zara collection. I pieced the twin size. Easy quilt to make with 4-patch kaleidoscopes.

OK, gotta run….

Until next time, enjoy all your quilt moments!

Marilyn

Houston Quilt Market

Hi Fellow Quilters!

Yes, I know quilt market was over a month ago but I’m still playing catch up so I thought I would share some of the photos I took with my cellphone. Quilt Market is the wild and crazy venue where quilt shop owners come twice a year to purchase fabrics, patterns, books and notions for their stores for the next 6 months. The convention center is filled to the brim with beautiful booths and people from all areas of the quilt industry, from those who make t-shirt quilts to the more traditional art of story telling by embroidering story panels.

I’ve had a booth at 5 spring quilt markets, but since I usually only manage to escape for one market per year, this is only my second time having a booth at the Houston quilt market. The first time was October 2007 a year after starting Quilt Moments so I was long overdue.

Here I am in the Quilt Moments booth. The quilt behind me is my newest pattern Twister Shimmer (QM135) which just started shipping November 15th and can be seen on my What’s New page. The quilt was pieced by my friend Karen Ytzen and was made with Robert Kaufman’s Kona solids and the Lil’ Twister tool. I pieced a version in Northcott’s Artisan Spirit Shimmer collection for Northcott’s booth and also one using my collection of Jinny Beyer palette fabrics and other Jinny collections in my huge stash! Karen also pieced another sample using Anthology Fabrics Chromatic batiks which is shown hanging in Anthology Fabrics booth below.

Here is the right side of my booth featuring my Starlight QM132 design. The quilt was made with Robert Kaufman’s Winters Grandeur collection and beautifully custom quilted by my friend Sandi Moser of Moonlight Quilting. She did such an amazing job with the quilting detail that many people thought the tree was embroidered rather than a large panel! The runner and topper on the left are my Ribbon Rings QM128.

Here is the left side of the booth. The large quilt hanging below my sign is Twilight Kaleidoscope QM117 made with Robert Kaufman’s Lumina collection in the Peacock colorway combined with Prisma Dye batiks. A version made with the Dawn colorway was hanging in Robert Kaufman’s booth.

Another sample of Twilight Kaleidoscope featuring Timeless Treasures Shimmer Mist collection was hanging in Timeless Treasures booth shown above. Sorry, the wacky lighting in the photo doesn’t do the quilt justice. I pieced this quilt and it was quilted by Sandi Moser.

My Check Out the Stars QM107 design was featured in Robert Kaufman’s booth in Artisan Batiks Colorsource 4 collection by Lunn Studios shown above. It was pieced by Ramona Burke and I was very pleased to see that it was beautifully quilted by Angela Walters. Detail of the intricate quilting is shown below. My Changing Ways QM123 design was also featured in their booth with Artisan Batiks Spring Mod collection by Lunn Studios. A version showing a dark background and different border is shown here.

The Elegance QM121 quilt that I pieced with Northcott’s Stratford Park was hanging in Northcott’s booth shown above. Below is a photo of their booth featuring the new Artisan Spirit Shimmer collection which I used for my Twister Shimmer QM135.

My friend and fellow quilt designer Lisa Amundson of Around the Bobbin helped me at market. Thanks Lisa! Check out her wonderful bag and runner patterns at Around the Bobbin. After market we quickly dismantled the booth and went to Pappasito’s TexMex restaurant to unwind and enjoy strawberry margaritas, guacamole, chips and amazing fajitas!

We were thrilled with the wonderful warm Houston weather. Definitely something to dream about today since we had a low of -9F here in St. Paul, Minnesota today!!!! What’s the weather like today in your neck of the woods?

Until next time, enjoy all of your Quilt Moments!

Marilyn

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