Unique: Here are some cool/unique finds from Market.
Okay, this first one is really about Portland, not Market, but I love this business card from Cupcake Jones. Whenever I see a font that I love, I save it for Lizzy, to ask the name of it. If ever there is a game show called "name that font" Lizzy would surely be the champion.
Seven Islands Fabric...nothing fancy, but that fabric is adorable!
Late Bloomer Quilts...I had to save this...M&M's with QUILTS written on them. I'm so sad they got crushed.
Me and My Sister Designs - isn't this box wonderful? The box is full of Tic Tacs...perfect!
Andover Spring 2008 Free Quilt Patterns...this is brilliant, all of the free patterns for the new fabric lines are available on this disk.
Key Fabric from Bunny's Designs. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, but I just fell in love with it, and bought all the fat quarters they had.
Time Consuming: Every quilters dilemma
When I was preparing to quilt City News, there were so many choices to make...so many that I could have used a flow chart. Easy or Challenging? Easy - do an overall design, with a single color thread. No Challenging - Variegated thread, overall design? No. Variegated thread, two unique types of quilting? No. Individual threads to match the background fabric? Yes. Monofilament for the B&W fabric? Yes. Quilted all the same, or directional? Directional. I ended up purchasing 18 different colors to match the fabrics in the quilt...I thought I was never going to get the quilting done. After seeing the quilt at Market, hanging on Robert Kaufman's wall...I'm glad that I made the decisions that I did, it was worth it.
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Oh my gosh the quilting is so amazing. It is such a work of art. Truly none of the other pictures have done it justice up until that one and all that thread? Wowie.
Posted by: Nanette | May 26, 2008 at 12:45 PM
That quilting is stunning... Thanks for the closer shot of the City News! This is the first photo that does the quilt justice! You made the best of choices with the threads. When you say Directional, what do you mean by that?
Yummy goodies from Portland!
Guessing letterfonts, yep, love it!
Posted by: nicolette | May 26, 2008 at 02:12 PM
Loved the quilt and quilting. And you do it on your regular machine right? Wow.
Nice to see you and Lizzy at market. Proud moments for mother and daughter!
Posted by: pam | May 27, 2008 at 02:22 PM