If you haven't heard already, this picture will probably clue you in that Quilt Market was in St. Louis last week. Michelle is my partner in crime in the Mettler threads booth; in fact, she's the primary person at these events and I'm the tagalong. She knows everything about the cabinets, pricing and all the nitty gritty that dealers need to know to place orders; I help by explaining thread usages, weights and other facts to help them make their choices.
I also get to sew in the booth -- thank you, Cristen Jones of Quilt Sampler in Springfield MO and Tulsa OK -- for loaning me a Brother machine! Oh, and your car to haul it and myself all around both those states! I taught Ruler Play classes in both store locations on this trip, Springfield first, then Quilt Market, then Tulsa.
Even got to see the Mississippi River from my room on the 8th floor of the hotel!
As usual, I focused on the quilting rather than all the fabrics and notions and was happy to see some beautiful samples in the booths:
As usual, I focused on the quilting rather than all the fabrics and notions and was happy to see some beautiful samples in the booths:
The Patrick Lose booth was so colorful with all the bright solids; I especially liked the quilting on the chevron quilt in the top photo on the right hand side. Interesting motifs scattered about and a lot of ribbon candy quilting in the stripes.
This was intriguing in the way that the space was divided up with the straight line quilting before the fill stitching was added. Very striking!
Totally straight line quilting; interesting how the quilting was deliberately done off-center in each block.
This was a fun surprise! I had already taken a picture of the quilt and then leaned in to read about it and found that my friend Sam Hunter of Hunter Design Studio had made it! I think if I were to do this circle quilting, I would use the Circles on Quilts rulers that I have from Westalee Designs. It's one of the templates I teach in my Ruler Play 2 class and gives me the best circles I've ever stitched.
I thought the quilting was spectacular on this modern quilt -- lots of negative space as a canvas and Cathy did a great creative job on it. She and I have taught at a couple of conferences at the same time before, but I've never met her -- love love love her work!
This quilt from In the Beginning caught my eye also, an interesting piecing design that drew me in to analyze the construction.
Another example of show quality quilting with a lot of tiny fills.
This cute applique quilt was made by Leonie West, designer of the Westalee rulers. She did her ruler work on the background fabric with applique fabric on top, then trimmed and fused. Is this so adorable or what? I think she told me she'd made it for her granddaughter -- what a great gift for a child's wall!
St. Louis was fun and inspiring and, of course, there were always good meals with friends, good wine to share and great quilts to check out!
St. Louis was fun and inspiring and, of course, there were always good meals with friends, good wine to share and great quilts to check out!
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