Spring Quilt Market 2013: Andover
Andover brought their A-game to market along with a fresh new red and white logo featuring a circle with a lower case ‘a’. Along with a host of fresh new collections, the buzz in the Andover arena centered around a new Textured Solids collection and the announcement that Andover was unveiling an exclusive Downton Abbey Collection. The Andover design team worked closely with the show’s costume designer to create historically accurate textile prints inspired by the upstairs women of the series. Stay tuned for these turn of the (19th) century beauties to be reveled!
{ Textured Solids image from Andover’s Facebook page }
Just for Fun, by Marisa and Creative Thursday, is an adorable collection of prints filled with whimsical party-clad kiddos and animals riding on scooters, wrapped up in tiny gift boxes and floating by balloons. This follow-up to her popular collection, Locally Grown, is sure to keep her fans coming back for more! Her sweet illustrations, delicately outlined in black, are colored with a mix of pale pinks, grays and aquas and popped with bright bold kelly greens, reds and yellows. There was also a sneak peak at her collection Zaza Zoo, filled with swinging monkeys, parading elephants and pink zebras (oh my!) which will be available in December 2013. Just for Fun is available July 2013.
Kyoto Garden is Portland designer Lori Mason‘s first collection with Andover. Her prints are elegant and sophisticated and have a modern Japanese aesthetic. Colors range from rich indigos, chestnut, aubergine, and Chinese lantern reds to pale, poetic greys and neutrals. Kyoto Gardens is available June 2013.
Also debuting was Mineral Forest, by Lori Mason, a collection of vibrant prints which draw inspiration from the shapes, colors and textures found in rocks and minerals. Mineral Forest comes in three colorways: browns and neutrals, cool blues with lime green, and a warm pink and orange range. Available October 2013.
Thesaurus is a chatoyant collection of perspicacious prints by Thomas Knauer inspired by his love of multisyllabic words. The vernal prints have a flower-power vibe and come in three effulgent colorways. These prints will most definitely inspire a plethora of projects and multiple trips to the dictionary. Thesaurus is available now.
Catnap is Lizzy House‘s latest collection of modern prints with her signature Scandinavian flair. This time she woos us with smiling cats, butterflies and funny little mice. According to Lizzy, Catnap is inspired by her “love of home, cats and napping.” Catnap spans a wide range of color from deeply saturated darks to pale pastels. She plays with combinations of navy, aqua and whites; forest, kelly, mint greens and golden yellows; and browns with fuschia, pale pinks and orange. These prints coordinate perfectly with everyone’s favorite Pearl Bracelets which has over 25 new colors plus new range of tone on tones. Purr! Cat Nap will be available October/November 2013.
Sun Print is by Alison Glass, a crisp, modern collection of two-color prints which plays bright clear colors off whites and halftones. Included in this collection is a fun ‘typed’ text print and coordinating colors of Glass’s popular Bike Path, which debuted in her collection Lucy Penny. Andover plans to add more colors to the range offered for Bike Path in the future. Several of the prints from Sun Print also coordinate with Alison’s collection Field Day (images on Alison’s site here), a richly colored mix of Bohemian-inspired large and small scale florals. Sun Print is available June-November, 2013. Field Day is available June 2013.
Clover Sunshine, another collection debuting by Alison Glass, is full of bright happy colors and motifs which celebrate love, happiness and relationships (think rainbows, octopi and rotary phones!) The large scale prints coordinate with her paint-sloshed ‘Kite Tail’ stripe and the sure-to-be-a-favorite, ‘Snow Globe’ dots. Clover Sunshine is available July-August, 2013.
Kim’s Hand Dyes – Series 1 by Kim Schaefer is a new collection of modern, multi-hued prints based on Kim’s actual hand-dyed fabrics. The vibrant jewel-toned mix of soft-focused geometric shapes and stripes give the illusion of being highly textured. You will be surprised that they are not!
More Andover posts to come!
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Michelle Freedman is an Oregon-based designer and author whose work has been featured in a variety of sewing and quilting publications. She is the 2013 president of the Portland Modern Quilt Guild. Read about her creative endeavors on her blog designcamppdx.blogspot.com.
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