This is the photo of Eddie Vedder and me that I did not get as I stood for 5 minutes right next to him in front of the Heathman Hotel Friday evening. He was waiting for a cab and I was waiting for Sarah and Sarah. The problem was not that I didn’t have my camera with me. The problem was that I didn’t know who he was. I surmised he was famous based on the other guy that walked by and gushed and took a photo with him and that beatup guitar case he was carrying and, of course, that undeniable sex appeal he was exuding!
This is the photo I didn’t get of Liz Porter and me waiting for the MAX outside the convention center on Saturday afternoon. I am a total fan of Fons and Porter and meeting the gracious and friendly Liz Porter was an experience I wanted to savor. She asked me about my purse and my patterns. I thanked her for teaching me to quilt late at night on TIVO.
I’m still giddy over meeting Liz and thankful I know who the real rock star is.
And speaking of stars… this talented young lady made quite the splash at market. The quilt hanging on the right features her next line of fabrics for Michael Miller. Look at those apples! I marched right on over to Michael Miller and placed my order. Everyone I bumped into at market was buzzing about Sandi Henderson. Way to go girl!
The Free Spirit row of designers was SPECTACULAR. A true feast of color and fun.
Anna Maria Horner’s Drawing Room. A fabulous collection of coordinating prints and colors in home decor weight cotton. Anna was just as cute as her booth and let me tell you, that booth was CUTE. So many clever ideas for presenting her wares. I just added some of these prints to the shop last night. I LOVE the bird.
Joel Dewberry also debuted a line of home decor weight fabrics. I’ll be getting these in in the burnt orange colorway. I liked the simplicity of using the big prints on big pillow forms.
Amy Butler created a gorgeous display to match her beautiful personality. Here’s two more:
Cute, cute, cute aprons from Valori Wells using her new line Olive Rose:
Gosh, there’s a million more things I saw swirling through my brain. I had the wonderful opportunity to meet so many fabulous people. Kaffe Fassett and Liza Lucy, Gina Halladay of Quilter’s Buzz and Threaded Pear Studio, Pokey Bolton and Helen Gregory from Quilting Arts, Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree Quilts, Robin Mynatt of Paris Bebe (here’s a picture of Robin’s booth on The Fat Quarter Shop’s Flickr group – I had the pleasure of having dinner with Robin on Saturday night – this girl is actually producing her own fabric line, not just designing, printing it!), Sue Spargo (I’ll have some of Sue’s patterns in the shop later this week), and… and… and… I’ll keep adding as I think of things! Now I really need to get back to work!
Kathy Mack
Carrie + Diana
Too funny! I’m sure Eddie is kicking himself for leaving you behind too. We should have gone where he was. It was a spoken word show/concert that Viggo Mortensen was also in. YUM! Eddie sang at the end.
Eddie Vedder and quilt pr0n in the same post? I’m in heaven
Oh my gosh! Such a quilter’s mecca! Thank you so much for sharing your pics, I was squealing at every one. Good thing us riff raff can’t get in, I would probably embarrass myself with all the gawking.
Kate: Those of us in there did our fair share of gawking, no would be able to tell the difference!
I’ve “known” Sandi for a little while, since before she started designing fabric. Katrina has a few outfits she made. Anyway, she is just a lovely person and I am so happy for her success. I hope all went well with your networking. I can’t wait to see your shop fill up with your finds.
Hahahahaha.. I’d love to go in that shop!!! OMG
Thanks for all the fabulous photos and keeping all of us up-to-date with Quilt Market. I love the first two pictures! HA HA! So funny!
I can’t wait until Sandy’s line of patterns come out too. Those little clothes hanging up behind her look adorable.
And I LOVE anna Maria’s bird fabric too. My girls already have curtains in their room in the rose color and I’m waiting for the fabric to make living room ones.
Wow, how visually, overwhelmingly beautiful. Which thing to look at first. Oh if this could be open to the public. So sad because such inspiration. I am soo thrilled you got to go. I am sure soo you will have an amazing booth there xoxoxox Clarice-ps Eddie Vedder, you lucky girl.
I went and found Amber’s post about her curtains. Wow! Fabulous, here they are: http://oneshabbychick.typepad.com/one_shabby_chick/2008/05/check-it-off-my.html
What a fantastic post! I’m off to wipe the drool off of my keyboard.
I’m loving the sneak peek into the market! I bet those booths are so inspiring. Those photo-shop’d pictures of you are great. That cracks me up. ~jen~
So glad I found your Blog! Just wonderful info.
Oh thank you for sharing Quilt Show Pictures. They are great!
My mom and I were going to have a booth…but I have a pink cast on…and she was feeling under the weather! So sorry we missed it.
She will be thrilled when I have her look at your pictures too!
kayellen
Those are great pictures! I wish I could go to the Quilt Show. It looks fabulous. I can’t wait to get my hands on Sandi’s new fabrics.
I’m drooling! Thank you so much for sharing so we can all live vicariously though you. Did you just walk around the whole time with a smile?
Kari: Yes I did and I’m still smiling
I almost feel like I was there! I was so sad to miss it. I really wanted to see if there would be a different feel in Portland than Houston. Looks like such fun! An overload of color and graphics!!
Oh my…! Thanks so much for putting these pictures up!
I was dying to go there but I couldn’t, so I had so much fun reading your post and looking at these fabulous jobs! I love your blog!
Wow, what great photos, thank you for sharing them. I think that you have posted in your shop some of the best photos of Anna Maria’s Drawing Room…i.e. the “Branching Out” design. It really helps to see the entire pattern. I hope you have more photos or stories that you will be sharing about market, it is so much fun to read about it and see all of the great fabric that we all need!
Thank you so much for sharing with those of us who couldn’t be there! I am drooling all over my keyboard
I’m agog..celebs, fabric, purses, furniture, fabric, designers, fabric….ahhhhhhhhh!
Tanya: I totally understand why most sites don’t post the big pics. It was quite the production to set up the photo shoot, get the lighting right, and make sure I had everything just so. It’s much easier to scan an 8″ x 8″ swatch. Now that I have it figured out though you’ll be seeing it on all the big prints!
Unfortunately I get the egghead award for taking pictures. This is all she wrote!
Totally have been eying Sandi Henderson via the computer though…but thanks for the eye candy…and Eddie..whoa…
We can always count on you for the most detailed report! Thanks for taking the time to do this post for all of us who could not be there. The pictures are great and are definately getting my blood pumping to get ahold of those beautiful new fabrics. Looks and sounds like you thoroughly enjoyed yourself. I probably would have hyperventilated from all of the overwhelming excitement. I am totally in love w/Sandi’s new line. Oh the things I’ll be sewing. Take care.
Thanks for the updates Kathy! It has been so much fun reading them. I would love to be able to go to one of the quilting shows! It must be really exciting. I LOVE Fons and Porter as well. I watch them on PBS every Saturday morning. I am looking forward to seeing more shop updates and I agree your pictures are marvelous!!
I touched Eddie Vedder’s butt once. Wish I could say the same about Anna Marie Horner. : )
Oh to have been there. Thanks for posting pics! I have been searching for some evidence of that awesome weekend! How cool!
You met Kaffe?!? Did you lick him? I would have licked him.
Wow!!!! That’s pretty much all I can say!
Thanks so much for posting pics from the Quilt Market – it’s so good to see the new designs and see them used/displayed in different ways (rather than just folded nicely on a table). Looking forward to seeing these designs make it across the seas to Australia too
Its fun to see pics from the ‘big league’. Those booths are amazing.
You did it!! Two very casual drops of “oh, and by the way I’ve opened my very own online shop filled with fantastic things.” Maybe you’re thinking we won’t notice when you quietly take over the world?! CONGRATULATIONS!! I wish you all the best with this new venture
Your Quilt Show round up has been my favorite to read.
Good luck with the shop, I look forward to checking it out.
Cheers!
OHMYGOSH how did I not know you were going to be there?
It sounds like you had a great time at the Quilt Market. But oh my goodness I feel like I’ve been out of the loop. I knew that you had another pattern on the way but I didn’t realize that you had expanded your shop from the patterns into a full-blown fabric shop as well. Congrats!!!
Great reporting! Thanks for sharing.
Cool. I think I could convince my husband to escort me to so many more crafty things if I could promise he would meet Eddie Vedder.
Sorry for the second comment – just wanted to say thank you! I just got my fabric and pattern order in the mail today. The fabric looks great, it arrived so fast, and your site was really easy to navigate. Thanks again! Tracey
And I thourght I was the only one who LOVES Eddie and crafting, what a mix hey? MMMM Ed.
Totally dig your blog. It’s so informational and I love you pics and your ideas!!!
I love all your photos! What an amazing experience.
Kathy, your new shop is just gorgeous – I’ve been sitting here salivating over the fabrics when I should have been packing school lunches…
I’m busting with excitement for you.
HOLY MOLY! That post was almost too much for me to take in. Everything was so beautiful. I can’t imagine being at Quilt Market in person. I wouldn’t know what to look at. Lovely.
Ooohhh…. to be surrounded by SO MUCH BEAUTY would be overwhelming!! Just talking yesterday about my desire to make it (all the way from Australia) to the Quilt Market. Thanks for beautiful photos.
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