Despite bad weather and flight delays (upon flight delays), I made it to Houston for Quilt Market! This shot of the floor was taken early in the morning Saturday before it got busy. 

 I can’t say whether traffic was up or down from previous shows since this was my first one, but my fabric partners, Studio E said that they had a fantastic show.

Here’s me & Marlene with whom I worked closely to get my collections ~ Trés Belle and Fresh-Aire ~ just right.

 

Besides getting to spend time with all the great people at Studio E, it was exciting to see the wonderful designs that their product development gals ~ Debbie and Laura ~ made from my fabrics.  Many of these patterns are available as free downloads from their website.

This coat is a great example ~ my friends, fellow artists Brenda Pinnick & Phyllis Dobbs stopped by and insisted that I try it on.  It was a little too big for me, but soooo cute! (Maybe a little longer and in my size as a great dressing gown?)

I spent a couple hours in the booth on Saturday and got to meet lots of great people, including some of my blog friends ~ thanks to everyone who stopped by!

Oh, and hey ~ how fun was this ~ I was walking down the aisle and saw a woman wearing a jacket made out of my Trés Belle pattern!  Turns out she, Margaret Van Cleve works for a EE Schenck, a distributor that works with Studio E. And yes, she made the jacket!  Love that jacket, Margret!

Yesterday morning, before I left the show, I walked the Quilt Gallery.

Some were traditional, some avante garde, some were intricate and detailed, some were innovative, some were political, some were weird, some were painterly while others abstract, but all were beautiful and inspiring.  I admit it~ I do not know how to sew (but plan to learn soon), but that doesn’t stop me from appreciating the creativity and hard work that went ito these designs.  I couldn’t take photos of all ~ there were hundreds ~ so I hope you enjoy the few here by some very talented people…

Cher Cartwright….

 

Crane Johnson…

Karen Buckley…

Katalin Szekel….

Lutggard Gerber-Billiau…

Inge Reinholdt….

Tanya Brown…

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