Quilt Market 2012

Sorry for the lack of blog posts while we were away. Market is always so busy, plus having the flu of all flu's didn't help (down time was spent sleeping, not blogging). I also find the internet painfully slow in hotels over there. As stupid as it sounds it makes me love the internet access we have down under (it's the little things in life, right?)

The journey over was long. Melb - LA - Dallas - Kansas City. Nobody seemed to sleep on the long haul flight heading over, leaving both the Boss Lady and me very tired.

But we made it in once piece.

The quilt shop tour was great. We got to see a few surrounding areas of KC downtown. A small town called Parkville stole our hearts. I couldn't get over how green Kansas City was. Beautiful trees everywhere, and the gorgeous weatherboard American style houses were really something.

Shopping for fabric is never a chore so this was a nice day out!

This visit was my second Quilt Market. It always amazes me how big it is. There's so much energy and excitement there.

I get a little star struck at times. Chatting to the big names like Tula Pink and Anna Maria Horner was lovely.

Anna Maria Horner was one of my favourite booths. Cannot wait to have her new range Field Study in our store!

Jen and Anna Maria Horner having a chat in the booth. Check out Anna Maria Horner's blog HERE.

Another amazing booth was Denyse Schmidts. Loved the free flowing feel of the inspiration wall.

 

Seeing familiar faces at Quilt Market is always nice.

Kel from Don't Look Now is always a smiling face to find. Her booth really stands out with her bright and fresh style. It's nice to see home grown talent, and I mean home grown! Kel shops with us, and also did classes many years ago with Jen!

Check out Kellie's Blog HERE.

It's amazing the effort that goes into the stands at Market. Michael Miller fabrics won best booth. Their circus theme was very cute and these huge elephants (taller than me and I am 5'10") made a huge statement!

BUT... my favourite? The absolute favourite thing I saw at Market.
Liberty of London's new patchwork fabric range. I cannot wait to have these in the shop. They have just been released, so not too sure on how long the wait will be but beautiful, amazing new Liberty fabrics come to those to wait. That's how the saying goes, no?

 

More to come from Kansas City. I will share with you some of the pics I took around town but I might save that for another post (maybe tomorrow, if there's time).

xoxo

amitie girl