Pictures from Fall 2011 Quilt Market

I know it has been awhile since I posted anything - it seems to be easier to post things to Facebook.  I have a bunch of pictures from Market, so I am going to post some of them here. 

The first bunch were taken at Schoolhouse, which is kind of a crazy race around from classrooom to classroom to see the latest and greatest products, ideas and techniques.  There are 13 time slots in about 8 hours.  Crazy! 

This first group of pictures is from the schoolhouse that Betsy Chutchian & Carol Staehle presented with most of the quilts from their new book, History Repeated.  If you have been to the shop recently, you have probably picked up this great book!  The book is about a group of women that call themselves the 19th Century Quilt Divas.  What they do is exchange blocks to make quilts based on antique scrappy quilts.  Below you will see some of the blocks with the resulting quilts, and more beautiful quilts from this book:

Quilted Crow Girl, Leonie, helping Betsy.

There's Leonie, again!

Edyta Sitar showing some drop-dead gorgeous quilts.  Fun and cute as always:

Edyta's new fabric line - beautiful!

Froncie Quinn is coming out with a line of fabrics based on the quilts of Florence Peto.  Here she is at here Schoolhouse demonstration:

Lynn Roddy Brown - Martingale Author.  Talking about some of the quilts and techniques from her new book. 

 Notice how arranging the same pieces in different ways can make completely different blocks



Jo Morton featured some quilts from her new book, Prairie Flowers revisited:

 The bigger version.  Katie will be doing this one for her next wool BOM. 

Look at all the people at Jo's Schoolhouse!

Moving along to the main part of quilt market....



Believe it or not, we were sucked in by this adorable little dress and ended up buying some Anna Griffin fabric.  We think it will make some beautiful quilts and matching accessories.  Here are a few pix of the stuff we bought in their booth:

 We bought a lot of this line - isn't it pretty?

 The other quilted crow girl, Diedre.  This was their booth. 

For more pix, visit their blog at: http://thequiltedcrowgirls.typepad.com/the_quilted_crow_girls/

Katie picked up the pattern to do this great tabletopper or wall hanging.

This is Kaye Moore.  We liked her wallhanging, among other things.  Maybe one of our staff will pick this up as a BOM?

We fell in love with this pretty line at Marcus.  I was impressed with all the cool things they did with it.  Inspiration!

 Our friend Renee Plains at her Schoolhouse, showing all the cute things from her new book.  They always look so much cuter in real life!

 And at her booth - we will definitely be kitting the great quilt behind her.

Some of the stuff we picked up from Valdani.  On the left is the new silk floss.  Very pretty!

 And here are a couple of examples of embroidery using this new product:



 

Some new friends from Ireland!  Button Tree Farm...

 And their wonderful Irish wool.  We might have gone a wee bit overboard ordering their wonderful wool!

Check out the wonderful colors in the Primitive Gatherings newest line, Seasonal Little Gatherings.   

 And, this interesting little line appeared without warning. 

We are still not really sure when we are going to get any at the shop.  I think the fact that fat quarters showed up at Sample Spree is a good sign.  I will just keep holding my breath!

Hope you have enjoyed the show. 
Happy Quilting - Carrie



Hello Pieceful Quilters,

I have had a request to publish the winners and other pictures from our 5th Anniversary Quilt Show on our blog, since not all of you do Facebook.  I know - some people are afraid of doing Facebook, my husband for one. 

Anyway, I am going to try to copy and paste the pictures and descriptions from Facebook.  Hope this works!  

Viewer's Choice - Ladies of the Sea by Carlene Moeller. Made in Pieceful Gathering's Baltimore Album Club

Pieceful Staff Favorite - Dear Jane by Violet Klein. Started in Dear Jane Club at Pieceful Gathering using many Pieceful Gathering Fabrics.

 

Best Quilt Academy Quilt - Marina by Helen Olson. Made in Beginning Hand Applique Class. (Hand Quilted, too!)

 

Most Unique Quilt - Shattered Suns by Dawn Swim. Quilted by Pieceful Gathering's Gammie Girls.

1st Place Wall Hanging/Table Topper - Crimson Tweed by Kathleen Widmer. Quilted at Pieceful Gathering

 

2nd Place Wall Hanging/Table Topper - Stars All Around by Jane Velander - Quilted by Pieceful Gathering's Gammie Girls

 

3rd Place Wall Hanging - Anita Johnson - we need a picture!

 

1st Place Lap Size Quilt - Garden Jubilee by Kathleen Widmer - A Pieceful Gathering Block-of-the-Month quilt - Quilted by Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop

 

2nd Place Lap Size Quilt - Shaded Wedding Ring by Sarah Stannard - Quilted by Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop.

 

3rd Place Lap Size Quilt - Union Stars by Janice Griffith. Made at Pieceful Gathering's 1st Annual Retreat with Kathleen Tracy using the pattern from her book, The Civil War Sewing Circle. Quilted by Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop

 

1st Place Bed Size Quilt - Civil War Diary Quilt by Geri Haddon. Made in the Civil War Diary Club. This quilt was also show in Paducah! Congratulations Geri!

 

2nd Place Bed Size Quilt - Irish Stars by Janice Samsa - made from a Pieceful Gathering kit with the first Pieceful Gathering Pattern by Carrie Quinn.

 

3rd Place Bed Size Quilt - Unlocking the Future by Stephanie Matz - Quilted by Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop.

 

Our youngest exhibitor, Alivia H. with a quilt she made for her teacher using fabrics mostly purchased at Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop.



Demi, one of our first employees, and Ellen, our newest employee, greet visitors to the show.

I will try to add more pictures later.  Gotta go work - imagine!

Happy Quilting - Carrie

 



A 4th of July Tribute

WHEN A SOLDIER COMES HOME

When a soldier comes home, he finds it hard....

 ..to listen to his son whine about being bored.

....to keep a straight face when people complain about potholes.

...To be tolerant of people who complain about the hassle of getting ready for work.

...to be understanding when a co-worker complains about a bad night's sleep.

..to be silent when people pray to God for a new car.

....to control his panic when his wife tells him he needs to drive slower.

...to be compassionate when a businessman expresses a fear of flying.

....to keep from laughing when anxious parents say they're afraid to Send their kids off to summer camp.

....to keep from ridiculing someone who complains about hot weather.

....to control his frustration when a colleague gripes about his coffee being cold.

....to remain calm when his daughter complains about having to walk the dog.

.....to be civil to people who complain about their jobs.

.....to just walk away when someone says they only get two weeks of vacation a year.

....to be forgiving when someone says how hard it is to have a new baby in the house.

The only thing harder than being a Soldier...

Is loving one.

Sarah's Sewing Circle - Summer Session Plans

Hello Pieceful Quilters,

It is hard to believe that May is already ending!  I lost a week somewhere, but Katie and Diane helped me pull together a great little quilt for the first meeting of Sarah's Sewing Circle this session.  The quilt is based on this antique top from my collection:

Antique Quilt that inspired Criss-Cross Applesauce

We had wanted to use Jo Morton's beautiful Carolina collection for something, and this seemed to be the perfect choice.  It is pretty quick and simple, and, of course, kits are available.  Of course, if you were a member of Sarah's Club, you would have received 15% off at the first meeting.  You can join this club at any time, and we are especially looking for daytime members.  Call the shop to sign up and pay only for the remaining meetings this session. 

Criss-Cross Applesauce
Sarah's Sewing Circle, May 2011 - Kits Available

   We talked a little about changing the format of Sarah's Sewing Circle a little bit.  We will still have a project each month - sometimes biggish and sometimes small - sometimes both!  I would also like to make it into more of a real sewing circle.  Of course, that means some hand work.  For those of you that want to learn a new skill, we started an English Paper Piecing project.  If you that have been in Sarah's Club for awhile, this will not be a new skill, but we will be doing hexagons this time, instead of diamonds.  Here is my ongoing hexagon quilt project.  It is still growing:

If you want to do the hexagons, we will be working on those next time, again.  Talk to me if you have questions about what to bring.  If you don't want to do hexagons, you can work on your own favorite hand project - bindings, embroidery, knitting, etc.  We also talked about doing a little reading.  I am hoping to read Gone With the Wind - one of my all time favorites.  It seemed appropriate, somehow.  If you guys have other ideas that excite you more, I am easy - but you know that.

Next month I will also have a project based on a quilt that is owned by one of our members:

 Blocks from quilt owned by Club Member Karen Schultz
Inspiration for upcoming Quilt, Karen's Stars our June project

I haven't started it yet (there's a shock), so I am not sure how large I will do it.  Maybe I will give you a choice?

Karen's Star Block - Quilt to come

You will also get instructions for our quarter-square triangle exchange.  We will be doing this with Triangulations Software print-outs so that the blocks will be easy and accurate.  Here is the inspiration for this project:

Sarah's Hourglass Sashed

The exchange will take place at our July meeting.  You will be able to choose your own sashing if pink isn't your color.

Finally, in August, we will be duplicating this wonderful quilt that I acquired recently.  I am in love with this quilt, and I can't wait to get started on it.  I will probably do it full-size, but I will definitely have options for you to do it in smaller sizes, or as a tablerunner - or something like that....

Sarah's Checks and Steps

So, that is the plan for this session.  I am always open to suggestions - this is your club.
Hope to see some new faces next month and in the future - come and join the fun!

Piecefully Yours,
Carrie

Spring Quilt Market 2011 - Our favorite things!

Hello Pieceful Quilters!

My mom and I just got back from Salt Lake City where we spent four days looking at all of the newest fabric, patterns and notions.  We had a great time in a beautiful city and our heads are spinning with all kind of new information and ideas.  Our market review demo isn't for a couple of weeks, but we just couldn't wait to share with you some of our favorite things.  So here they are, Carrie and Katie's top three Market finds:

Carrie's #1 - My THREE fabric lines!  (Obviously)

Cynthia's Scrapbag

Carrie's Madders

The Captain Phillips Collection

Katie's #1 - Generals' Wives B.O.M.

This is a new BOM by Windham that's going to be starting in October.  We got to see the actual quilt and it is gorgeous!  Each month, in addition to the pattern and fabric, you'll also get a little bit of history on a Generals' wife. We manages to snatch up a fabric bundle of this fabric at Sample Spree so you'll want to come and see it at our Market review demo. 

General's Wives Block-of-the-Month

Carrie's #2 - The Accucut Studio Fabric Cutter




Accucut Studio Fabric Cutter

 You all know what a gadget gal I am, so you will understand why this caught my eye.  I have been thinking about getting one of these for awhile, but the show special sucked me in.  I can't wait to get it so that I can start playing!  
 
Katie's #2 - Goodnight Moon Fabric by Quilting Treasures

We didn't get to the Quilting Treasures booth until the end of the day on Saturday.  By this point I was really missing my little Sam and I just couldn't resist this fabric.  This is one of my absolute favorite children's books.  It's been around forever and I'm sure that all of you have either been read this book or read it to someone special.  The fabric doesn't seem to be up on their website yet but I can tell you that there is a panel of "the great green room" along with a handful of great accompanying pieces.  They did a wonderful job on the colors, they really are exactly like the book.  This fabric will be arriving in September and we plan to do some baby quilt kits. 

My Favorite Childhood Book, EVER!

Carrie's #3 - Cool Gadgets from Guidelines 4 Quilting

These are the folks that make that nifty ruler we have been carrying with the fabric guide:

So - at this market we picked up this nifty add-on thing that takes the math out of cutting squares, half-square triangles and quarter-square triangles:

Quilt Ruler Additions

I think a lot of you will get into this neat little tool that you can use to trim your points for more accurate piecing:


Guidelines Prep-Tool


The guy that sells this stuff is like the Sham-WOW guy, if you have ever seen him (I think he died - RIP), but the tools he has are so cool!  We ordered some other new gadgets that aren't even out yet - you will have to wait for the details on those!

Katie's #3 - Sew many patterns!

We found so many great new patterns, I couldn't pick just one to share with you.  I found a couple of new and different wool patterns.  One that I thought was especially cool from "Heart to Hand" used yarn to add some embellishment which looks really neat!  Here is a cotton and wool project from one of my favorite companies "The Quilted Crow" in Australia.  They always have cute stuff.

We also got some great new patterns from Lori Smith, Carol Hopkins and many more (probably too many!).  Come to our Market Review Demo on Saturday May 28th at 10:30 to see them all. 

Happy Quilting!

Carrie & Katie