This was Daisy Janie‘s first Quilt Market booth (and owner Jan DiCintio‘s first trip to Quilt Market ever, in fact). I barely got to talk to her since we were both so busy, but I hope all your wildest dreams came true, Jan! She was there to introduce the QM world to her first two [...]
Oh, Michelle and Gina, my camera must have been weeping tears of joy after learning of the artists of your upcoming Designer Series (Heather Moore of Skinny LaMinx, Julia Rothman, and Geninne D. Slatkis) because just about all my pictures turned out super blurry. I managed a few nice shots of your new Forest Friends [...]
Wow, I really thought I’d be able to get through all the Quilt Market coverage before Thanksgiving, but we’ve still got a good week to go! I hope you aren’t bored with it yet. I got to site down with Benartex for the first time ever … VP of Marketing Susan Neill showed me their [...]
Wow! Thanks, everyone, for participating in the Quilthome.com giveaway of their exclusive Amy Butler Soul Blossoms Designer Sampler Packs. The last two winners (of the Passion colorway – my favorite!) are: #1: Eleanor who wrote: “This colorway is so beautiful. Amaranth is my favorite!” #2: Ciel who wrote: Wow! What a generous give away. I [...]
We started earlier this week with the Quilthome.com giveaway of six of their exclusive “designer sampler packs” of Soul Blossoms fabrics to True Up readers. These packs have 1/8 yard cuts (4.5″ x 45″) of an entire colorway. Cue drum roll … yesterday’s winners of the Bliss colorway are: #1: Erica who wrote: “I would choose [...]
Wow … all the fabric shops are getting in on the Black Friday madness! Enjoy this supersized sale alert, and be sure to tell them that True Up sent you! Artlandia: All of their popular pattern design plugins 15% off with code TRUEUP2010 (valid for all regular Artlandia products priced at $50+). (through 12/31/10 midnight [...]
Crafty Mamas (Australia): 10% off your order with coupon code pudding (through 12/24/10). Farbenmix patterns 20% off + free shipping; Hilco new season cords 20% off. (through 11/29/10) Favourite Things and Cinderella Zwergen Mode paper patterns 30% off. (while supplies last) Earthgirl Fabrics (Australia): 25% off all Heather Ross fabrics. (through 12/10/10) FabHub (Japan): Black [...]
We started yesterday with the Quilthome.com giveaway of six of their exclusive “designer sampler packs” of Soul Blossoms fabrics to True Up readers. These packs have 1/8 yard cuts (4.5″ x 45″) of an entire colorway. First up, yesterday’s winners of the Joy colorway: #1: Heather Scrimsher who wrote, “I do love the Temple Tulips in [...]
I got to meet the lovely Ms. Kate Spain for the first time, and let me say she is just the nicest person, and so easy to talk to! She had her first booth at Market to show off Central Park, her fourth collection for Moda, as well as her other surface design work for [...]
I know a lot of you, like me, have always wondered who the Urban Chiks are — I have always loved their collections, but there is nothing out there on the internet about them. Well, this market the Moda catalog finally revealed their identities! They are in-house designers Alison Scully and Holly Hickman, who also [...]
We interrupt this quilt market coverage to bring you another great giveaway. True Up sponsor Quilthome.com stands out from the crowd not only for their spectacular customer service, but also for “carrying deep” — they strive to carry contemporary designer collections in their entirety, and to keep carrying older collections as long as possible. For [...]
U.K. based Aneela Hoey is a new designer for Moda. She’s a talented quilter and needleworker, and active on her popular blog comfortstitching. She has a degree in printed textile design and started printing designs through Spoonflower last year. I think a lot of you will be freaking out over her debut collection, Sherbet Pips, [...]
I didn’t get photos of Joanna Figueroa’s Fig Tree & Co. booth this time — kicking myself! — but you can see several here and here. Her next fabric collection, Buttercup, includes quilting cottons, three laminates, and two double-sided, prequilted prints. The latter two are put to great use in her new kid’s cape/poncho pattern. [...]
Here’s a peek at MoMo’s next collection for Moda, called Just Wing It!. It’s a gorgeous, lively (and extensive) butterfly-themed group of prints will colorways spanning the rainbow. Even the tree leaves are butterflies! And, as usual for the MoMo collections, several prints will be available on cotton twill, which you can see in the [...]
Modern Workshop will be the second collection for oliver + s for Moda. Like the just-released City Weekend, the collection will include quilting cottons AND high-quality interlock knits, only this time we’re also getting laminates. These laminates are PU (polyurethane) coated and meet CPSIA standards for use in children’s clothing. See Liesl Gibson’s video introduction [...]
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