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This was my first time to Quilt Market.  And WOW!  What an experience.

To see so much talent and so much loveliness in one place…  was amazing… INSPIRING.  I think I’ve been suffering from sensory overload since.

Even if you don’t quilt or sew, I hope you enjoy the mini tour of the show I captured on my trusty camera.  I apologize ahead of time for the length of the post.  And this is just a fraction of what I want to share.  I’ll break up the tour over the next few days…

The piece of art above is made from embroidery floss from Anna Marie Horner’s booth.  I loved all the hanging strings.  It may have just been for display, but it is a piece of art I wouldn’t mind having in my craft space… if my craft space wasn’t my kitchen table, that is.

Here’s more from Anna Marie… the use of petite pom poms in a spiral circle is brilliant and something I haven’t seen before.  Anna Marie’s booth had lots of embroidery too.  LOVE IT.

One more pic from Anna Marie Horner’s booth.  Tunics were big at this market.  I love the piecing work on the tunic pattern above.

There were also lots of fun project made with laminated fabrics.  Here’s Anna Griffin’s booth.  I got a kick out of the pink flamingos.

Here’s Cabbages and Roses from Moda.  It was fun to see the Union Jack quilts… also another mini trend.

The Union Jack has never been so sweet as in these lovely pastels… also from Cabbages and Roses.

Hands down, my favorite part of Market was meeting some of the designers I’ve loved over the years.  Here’s Sandy Klop of American Jane from Moda.  She was so delightful… just as cheerful and wonderful as her fabric.  We talked pie… pie crust recipes… the superiority of a good pie over most other desserts.  She gave me her recipe for “Party Pie” which I can’t wait to make.  Sandy’s quilts and fabrics have been some of my very favorites over the years.

Speaking of favorites, here’s Joyce and Norma of Geoff’s Mom Pattern Co.  They are two incredibly talented quilters and close friends of my mom.  In fact, some of their quilts are designed by my mom.  I loved seeing all the beautiful (many of them hand quilted) quilts in their booth… and both women are just as lovely as their quilts.  Maybe someday I can become as talented and masterful as they are.

Camille Roskelley’s booth was very cheerful.  It made me realize, my sewing machine needs a fashionable cover.  Love the zigzag.

I especially loved the quilt above her bed and the pillow with circles.

Speaking of fun quilt design.  What a great quilt from Gigi’s Thimble.  It has a nice balance of color and pattern… and stood out with the wonderful appliqued blocks.

The designer is Amber from A Little Bit Biased.  Amber lives in my hometown.  Yeah Amber!  I’m not even remotely biased, I loved your quilts and your booth!

And last but not least for today.  One of the highlights of Market for me.  This booth spoke to me.  Can you tell why?

It’s Sarah Jane of Sarah Jane Studios.  I fell head over heals for her lovely new fabric line for Michael Miller.

Just look at this!  It’s her family tree illustration on fabric.  What little girl wouldn’t love to have their own family tree, embroidered with their family members on their wall?  Mine would love it.

Sarah Jane outdid herself with a such a bright and cheerful booth.

Can you get a taste of the fabric line?  The line is called Children at Play and includes has many of Sarah Jane’s illustrations…. combined with FABULOUS basics in stripes, checks and polka dots.  I see lots of her fabric in my future.  At over 50 fabrics in the line, there will be so much to choose from.

My dear friend Amy from Diary of Quilter made some of the projects for Sarah Jane’s booth, including this paper airplane quilt.

I know for sure this Make it Do embroidery pattern is in my very near future, just as soon as it’s available.  Hurray!  It’s an iron-on pattern!

Well that’s a wrap for today.  Much, much more to come over the next few days.

Saturday night was the Blogger’s Quilt Market Meetup.  After three days of Market Madness, I thought everyone (especially me) would be a little tired…

Are you kidding me?  This is Quilt Market!  I’ll sleep when it’s over!

Thank you to all of you who came!  The turn out was SO wonderful, we were bursting at the seams.

Back in November, when we started planning this Meetup, we thought we might have 50 to 60 people join us for a get together. As it turned out, we far exceeded our capacity with as many as 150 friends (maybe more)!

Lucky for us, the afternoon thunder showers cleared out just in time for us to spill out onto the patio.

The Meetup was the perfect chance to see old friends.   It was also so fun to meet friends whose blogs I love and have never met before in person.

On the lower right it’s me with Sachiko from Tea Rose Home.  She is even nicer in person than on her blog!  Is that possible?  The other photo with me is just after I met Kari Sweeten from Ucreate.  I feel like we know each other from email… she is just as lovely as she appears in writing.  We are with the DIY Dish girls in the photo.  They are SO much fun.  Kris of the DIY Dish is opening a quilt shop in June in Logan with her husband.  It’s called My Girlfriend’s Quilt Shop.  It will be a worth a trip to Logan this summer to see it!

It was also a chance to meet some of our favorite designers, editors and quilt shop owners.

I only wish I would have had hours more to meet and talk with everyone!

A BIG THANK YOU to our amazing sponsors.  You made this event possible!

Slice Fabrique from Making Memories

Jennifer Paganelli of Sis Boom

The Fat Quarter Shop

Where Women Create

The Creative Connection

The DIY Dish

You Can Make This.com

Boutique Cafe

Canton Village Quilt Works

Burgandy Buttons

Fabric Lovers.com

Crazy Girl Quilts

Green Fairy Quilts

Sugar Town Quilt Co.

Prairie Grass Pattern

Our sponsors giveaways were incredible!  Making Memories gave away not one, but FOUR Slice Fabriques.

Sugar Town Quilt Co. gave away an awesome Beach Cruiser Bicycle.  Are you so jealous?  Me too!  But it couldn’t have gone to a nicer mom and daughter team, Alex and Ronni Chavez, who blog over at The Road Home Quilting.

Other fabulous giveaways included books, fabric, gift bags, thread, and gift certificates to our favorite online quilt shops.

Our sponsors also provided wonderful goodies for the swag bags!

Between the good food and all the wonderful people, it was perfect night.

Did you come?  Did you blog about it?  Be sure to head over the The Quilt Market Meetup Site and link up!  Or post your pictures on our Flickr pool.

Tomorrrow, I’ll begin posting photos of Market.  It was inspiration overload.  It may take a few days to post all the wonderful things I saw.