Quilt Market Part 2

Earli­er this week I wrote about some of the quilts I was lucky enough to get to see in per­son at Quilt Mar­ket.   To tell the truth I’m still a little wide eyed in won­der about everything I saw at mar­ket.   It was such a great exper­i­ence and one that I’m look­ing for­ward to hav­ing again next year in Salt Lake City! 

Today though it’s all about the people.   For this chick from little old Bris­bane Aus­tralia it was so great to be able to chat to some of the big names of the quilt­ing industry.   Every­one was so wel­com­ing and I’m very grate­ful for that and the kind­ness and sup­port that was shown to me.

From right here at home Di Mill and Jen King­well both of whom I had the pleas­ure of see­ing every day and spend­ing some time with at the Moda Party.   (You really think I would have remembered to take a pic­ture of Jen’s booth but nope… too dazed!).   Also please for­give the frizz fest hair — it was rain­ing a lot in Houston.

And, the gor­geous girls from Ella Blue Fab­rics, Emma Jean Jansen (pic­tured), Jod­ie Carlton and Ros­a­lie Quin­lan.   I also got to spend time with the awe­some Car­oline (pic­tured) from Handi Quilter, anoth­er awe­some Aus­trali­an I’d met a few weeks before at the Bris­bane Craft & Quilt Fair.

Speak­ing of quilt­ing legends… here’s me with a couple of fel­low Farm­er­’s Wife 1930’s Sewalong friends, Mar­ti Michell and Kerry Goulder.   Nadra from Ellis & Hig­gins was also there, as was Brenda from Mar­ti Michell but I did­n’t man­age to get a photo with them which is such a shame because they were such lovely ladies.  It was a pleas­ure to meet them.   By the way — can you tell I’m really bad at get­ting pho­tos!   I think I’ll have to make it a new years res­ol­u­tion for 2016.

And then… Moda mag­ni­fi­cence!   I’d been lucky enough to attend one of the classes Cam­ille did in Bris­bane last year so it was lovely to see her again and meet her Mum, Bon­nie.   These guys are my quilt­ing her­o’s so I may have asked for a fan girl photo (I’m so happy they said yes!).

After cre­at­ing the Goose­berry Star Patch Quilt for the Moda Bakeshop it was so lovely to meet Vanessa Goertzen of Lel­la’s Boutique.    She’s just so sweet.    Don’t you just love her new fab­ric line — Little Miss Sun­shine???  I know I do!

I was also lucky enough to meet Joanna Figueroa from Fig Tree who is one of the spark­li­est people I’ve had the pleas­ure of meet­ing.   Joan­na’s work and designs are amaz­ing. It was such a treat to meet her.

And of the pho­to’s I man­aged to get, last but not least Lissa Alex­an­der (with a photo I stole from her Ins­tagram feed)!   I love Lis­sa’s work and it was so great to be able to meet with her at Mar­ket.   In fact, it was awesome!

There were so many oth­er people who were so lovely to me, Car­rie Nel­son from Moda was one and I’m just so sorry there isn’t a photo because Car­rie is so much fun.    And also Amy Sin­i­baldi, we’re both kick­ing ourselves that there’s no photo!

So… Quilt Mar­ket was AMAZING!!!!   I loved every single minute of it and I can­’t wait to do it all again.   It could well be my favour­ite thing ever!   And next time… I’ll be bet­ter at pho­tos I promise.