I finally got to meet Mark Cesarik and his wife Cara at this Market and they are the greatest people! Cara is the sewist and marketing side of the team, and she somehow squeezes this all in between studying at med school. In their booth they were showing off Mark’s new collection for FreeSpirit, Morning Tides, which [...]
Here’s what’s next from Art Gallery Fabrics: Poetica (above), in stores February 2012. Pat Bravo has been brining some rougher, more natural looking lines to her motifs, which I love. Summerlove has a warm-season palette befitting its name, and with lots of Tangerine, which happens to be the Pantone color of the year. It’ll be out [...]
Art Gallery Fabrics showed off their most recently released collections by Patricia Bravo with some magnificent, glowing, colorful displays. Their booth won second place in the double booth division, and I think you can easily see why from these photos. Thanks to Art Gallery Fabrics for sharing these! This pillow shows off Art Gallery’s Pure [...]
Above All Fabric: Shop closing sale – 25-50% off storewide and $5 shipping in the U.S. (while supplies last) Bobbin’s Nest: 10% off most regularly-priced products from our online store with coupon code TRUEUP10 (through 12/31/11). Does not include gift certificates, Honorary Bobbin memberships, or merchandise already on sale. Not valid with any other discount [...]
Brandi Frey, marketing coordinator for Clothworks, is one of my favorite Quilt Market people! I got to sit down with her again at this market, though it felt too short. Clothworks has some lovely new collections coming in Spring 2012. You can see all of them here. First, we have Robin by Erin Ries, a [...]
Alyssa Thomas of Penguin & Fish was at Quilt Market spreading the embroidery love, celebrating the recent arrival of her debut organic fabric collection Safari Sweet, and previewing her next collection with Clothworks, Picnic Pals Organic. I can see this going older or younger depending on the combination of prints, and all together it’s a [...]
Let’s not forget about Anna Griffin‘s fabrics in the excitement over Blend. Honoka, meaning “harmony flower,” is “an elegant collection of antique Asian patterns and original Japanese silk screen prints. Symbolic subjects like dragonflies, fish and flowers create a harmonious balance of patterns for sewing enthusiasts. The color palette of steel gray, plum, gold and [...]
Blend Fabrics‘ team also includes accomplished art director Jules Davis. She used to work for Cartoon Network! Her collection is called Garden of Delights. Melody Ross‘ Homespun Chic. A little Betty Draper action! It’s also out now. Jone Hallmark has come over to Blend from FreeSpirit. Her collection is called Believe, as in, “do you [...]
Maude Asbury may or may not be a real person, but she can make a mean fabric collection or three. Calypso, out now, is an exciting mix of graphic florals and geometrics. By the way, I love Anna Griffin/Blend‘s fabric ladder displays. Kitchy Kitchen is also out now. Tinsel is for Christmas 2012 [...]
Anna Griffin just launched her own fabric company last fall, and already she’s launched a new division, Blend, featuring licensed artists from around the world of the mostly-modern type. The rookie team includes Jessica Swift and Sarah Watts. I believe you’ve already met Jessica here, but not Sarah, since this is her first fabric collection. [...]
Above All Fabric: Shop closing sale – 25-50% off storewide and $5 shipping in the U.S. (while supplies last) Banberry Place: All patterns on sale, and lots of fabric on sale too. (through tomorrow only, 12/18/11) Bobbin’s Nest: 10% off most regularly-priced products from our online store with coupon code TRUEUP10 (through 12/31/11). Does not [...]
Cloud9 is gearing up for their next release, Monsterz by Michéle Brummer Everett. It’s so adorable and I think captures exactly what the modern parent wants to sew with. You could definitely say the same for all the Cloud9 Kids collections: Michéle’s follow-up, Seven Seas, and new Cloud9 Designer June Craft‘s Hey, That’s Swell!, which [...]
In the first post I mentioned how Cloud9 is growing. Not only are they moving in to bona fide headquarters soon, they have a new partnership with the legendary artist Ed Emberley. He formed (at least) an entire generation of artists with his drawing books, so I can’t be more excited to see him on [...]
I think this is true of all the small organic fabric companies, but I think Cloud9 Fabrics, with the caliber of their designs and the breadth of artists they are getting onto fabric, is pushing the industry forward in a big way. The collections they were showing at Market — their current collections as well [...]
Jennifer Moore was booth-ing it at Quilt Market for the second time for her organic fabric company Monaluna, showing off her recently introduced collections Marin and Anika, the earlier Monaco, and her brand-new collection Taali. I love them all! And I think it’s so cool how she designs distantly different styles for Birch, Robert Kaufman, [...]
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