Here’s a look at Timeless Treasures‘ designer collections from Spring Quilt Market 2012. These are all in stores now. Ship Shape is a dramatic and graphic take on nautical by the awesome Alice Kennedy. I’m seeing patriotic kids’ clothes as well as modern nursery decor and quilts.
Hoodie is keeping with the produce theme — last year it was Fruit a La Carte, now it’s the vegetable garden with
Andover is becoming a major player on the contemporary/modern scene — they’re one of the small handful of companies who is going to be exhibiting at Quiltcon early next year, so that should tell you something! Here’s what we got to see at Spring Quilt Market, and we know there’s lots more excitement to come. First up, once-Austinite, now-Chicagoan Jane Dixon’s City Scenes, an awesome, funky, beatnik-vibed collection.
All the fabrics you see here are out in stores now.
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Oh, Tula Pink always gets me in my rainbow-lovin’ heart.
Tula was at market in full force, with a huge booth to showcase two lines, Nightshade (out now) and The Birds and the Bees (July/August). The space was divided down the middle with the two line’s color palettes, but still meshed beautifully together, like a really well-adjusted split-personality.
The Book! You have it, right?
The Birds and the Bees features 29 quilting cottons,
In the weeks leading to Quilt Market, Dear Stella announced their second round of collections, which take their debut collections to the next level. Dear Stella was introduced to offer a unique and focused set of fabrics that differ from many manufacturers or licensed collections. With a set of coordinates that can work across all or most of the collections, they’re making it easier to select focal prints and know you’ll have more to work with just one collection.
What stood out at market was the metallics in person as well as the
Stepping into Valori Wells’ booth was like stepping in to a summer picnic, with fabric EVERYWHERE, including the floor! Somehow I resisted the urge to climb into her hammock filled with quilts, but I was definitely tempted. Valori’s nature-inspired designs and friendly demeanor really seem to embody the idea of a free spirit!
{ Mod Squad by Dan Stiles }
Judging from the sheer number of collections and projects they had to show them off, Birch Fabrics is clearly growing! The market really seems to be embracing their innovative designs on organic fabric, which is great news.
{ Mod Squad, Mod Basics, and Next Stop projects }
{ Commute and Mod Basics projects }
