Creative Thursday: Locally Grown

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I’m so charmed by Locally Grown by Creative Thursday for Andover. The two colorways are Neutral and the vintage-kitchen-inspired Kitsch. It started with family members’ search for the perfect chicken fabric, and grew from the inspiration of urban gardening and farmer’s markets.  It’s in stores now.

 

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{ photos courtesy of Creative Thursday - thanks Marisa! }

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Fall Quilt Market 2012: Modern Quilt Studio

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Weeks Ringle tag-teamed with her husband Bill Kerr this Market. Bill talked about the modern quilting movement to a standing-room-only crowd at schoolhouse (yeah!), then Weeks took the bulk of the booth-staffing through Market and into Festival. The recently rechristened Modern Quilt Studio booth showcased their distinct and cerebral take on modern quilting, as well as introducing their upcoming fabric collections for Andover. It’s been a few years since they’ve had a fabric collection, so I’m glad they’re back! I hesitate to show you the prints from Victorian Modern separately,



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Spring Quilt Market 2012: Andover Fabrics – Ever Kelly

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Ever Kelly, aka Kelly Lee-Creel, made her big debut with Andover at Spring Quilt Market with a booth for her collection Storybook Lane. You can make a whole world with her craft panel print, and the regular scale prints are just as captivating. Her Falling Star Quilt (pattern now available, amongst others!) shows off the palette so well.

See more of Kelly’s booth and projects on her blog here, here, and here.



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Spring Quilt Market 2012: Andover Fabrics

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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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Spring Quilt Market 2012: Modern Quilt Studio

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{Weeks Ringle in the Modern Quilt Studio booth}

Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr of Modern Quilt Studio have lots of exciting news.

They have partnered with Andover Fabrics and will be releasing a line of fabric at Fall Market called Victorian Modern. Weeks described the line as pretty and soft with a hand-drawn feel. No pictures yet, but surely it will be lovely.

Weeks and Bill released their magazine Modern Quilts Illustrated at Fall Market 2011, and now there is talk of the magazine being available nationally and internationally.

Weeks alluded to



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Kelly Lee-Creel: Storybook Lane

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Kelly Lee-Creel (aka Ever Kelly) is the lastest designer to join the growing modern ranks of Andover Fabrics. I met Kelly a few quilt markets ago and through email, her blog, and in person have been following her journey toward her dream of becoming a fabric designer. Her tenacity and talent have finally paid off, and I couldn’t be happier for her! Her debut collection is called Storybook Lane, and it features 18 prints in 2 mix-and-match-able colorways. And it’s awesome. It includes two fabric panels which



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Fall Quilt Market 2011: Andover – Thomas Knauer

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I finally got to meet Thomas Knauer at Quilt Market and he is a really great fellow. He impressed the crowds at schoolhouse not only with his public speaking skills (he is a former professor, remember?) but also with the stories behind the three collections he had showing with Andover. AND the great quilts and projects he has designed to go along with the collections.

Pear Tree, his first collection, just arriving in stores now, was inspired by The Partridge Family.



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Fall Quilt Market 2011: Andover – Meet the Gang by Creative Thursday

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Meet the Gang is Marisa Haedike’s first fabric collection. Marisa is the powerhouse behind Creative Thursday — she paints, illustrates, designs, embroiders, podcasts, blogs, and runs workshops and e-courses. She originally set aside Thursdays for being creative when she worked a 9-5job, and now she gets to be creative full-time.

The collection — in stores now — is so sweet. Who is your favorite chum?



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Fall Quilt Market 2011: Andover — Mary Engelbreit

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This new collection from popular artist/designer Mary Engelbreit is not at all what you’d expect from her, so I thought you’d all like to see it! I also failed to get the name on this one (and the release date — sorry!) but, again, if anyone knows please leave a comment.



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Fall Quilt Market 2011: Andover — Jane Dixon

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Today we’ll look at what’s new and coming from Andover Fabrics, including Lizzy House, Thomas Knauer, Creative Thursday, and Mary Engelbreit. First up, Jane Dixon’s new collection. I didn’t write down the name — maybe some kind passerby can let us know in the comments?

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