Quilt Market Portland

Spring Quilt Market was in Portland this year…so just a short drive down from Seattle for me. 

By now the set up is pretty simple….I hauled my big blue dresser down (it’s so heavy!), hung some quilts, and we were done!

My booth was in the Windham Fabrics section across from Heather Ross.  I had such a great time getting to know her and she’s just as sweet as she looks…even after I told her I was big dorky fan.

We were also there with Carrie of Such Designs…and her beautiful quilts.  She is so.much.fun.

I didn’t get to walk around much this time, but there were some great colorful booths here and there when I did.

I spotted a Scout quilt in the Robert Kaufman booth.

Loved these cute fabrics by Monaluna.

Heather Bailey had this amazing embroidered (?) bird on the wall of her booth.

Jeni did such a great job on this cute modern booth!

Moda cut thousands of leaves out of fabric to hang…it was really beautiful.

I flew through a book signing…and only managed to spell a couple of people’s names wrong and write a "Brenda" instead of "Brandy".  By now my brain was mush.

It was a whirlwind weekend and I am happy to be home, unpacked, and back in my stretchy pants. ;)

To the Point

I couldn’t decide whether to make a boy version or a girl version of this one…so I made both. 

The pattern comes in 3 sizes, crib, throw, or twin…the crib size doesn’t have borders.   It uses fat quarters, scrap rectangles, or 10" -precut squares (Layer Cakes)…and no templates.

The girl version I quilted all over with loops.  The boy version I did straight line quilting first, outlining the triangles, then I went back and did small-ish meandering on the white triangles.  The borders got some loopty-loops…but I left the print triangles un-quilted…it makes them really pop!

These were really fun quilts to make…I see many more of them in my future!

You can find this pattern in my shop.  Happy Quilting!

Wallflowers

This quilt is a biggie…Queen size to be exact.  The blocks are 20" finished.

These blocks are really fun to make, with no templates and nothing too tricky.  My Mom made a block into a pillow…and Trish was wonderful and tested this one for me.

You can make this as a throw (9 blocks), twin (12 blocks), or queen (16 blocks).

You can find this pattern in my shop.  

Dixie

This is probably my favorite quilt of the new bunch…it’s a simple design and I love love these colors.  

This one is also made with Wallflowers, and is Layer Cake or yardage friendly.  I have to mention that Kathy speed quilted 3 quilts for me including this one…she saved my back big time.

This picture pretty much sums up my last couple of months…wayyyyyy too much soda. 

I’m going to need a major detox after quilt market.

You can find this pattern in my shop.  

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