Quilt Market Preview – Part 2

Last weekend we attended Quilt Market, and placed our orders for the next several months. Here is Part 2 of our Quilt Market preview. These are some of our favorite collections – which will be arriving here at eQuilter through summer and fall. Watch the newsletter as they arrive!

Paradise by Jason Yenter
Arts & Crafts (William Morris) by Michelle Hill
Totem – a Pacific Northwest collection )
Hot Rod – Muscle Car Collection
Pearl Essence – Pearlescent Prints
New Pam Kitty by Holly Holderman
New Star Wars collection!
Imperial Garden & Hydrangeas – Chong-A Hwang
Artisan Spirit Falling Leaves – Elaine Quehl
Good Vibrations by Deborah Edwards
Texas Our Texas – Sara Khammash
Atelier by 3 Sisters – French Country Provence
Fancy by Lily Ashbury
Niwa – Asian collection – Florals & Butterflies
Bohemian Rose by Sandy Clough – Digital Prints
Flutter by Laura Gunn – Botanic collection
North American Wildlife by Terry Doughty
Tucson by Andrew Farley – Native American Totems
Paint by Carrie Bloomston – Paint Swatches

One of the themes we really loved at Quilt Market was the Geek/Science/DNA trend, with a modern/retro twist. If you are a fan of Big Bang Theory and other science/nerdy stuff, you'll love how this category expands over the next several months!

With my background in fashion design, draping and patternmaking, I was fascinated by this year's costume exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Charles James is the designer in this year's new exhibit, which has been relocated to a new space in the museum. It is actually split between 2 spaces in the museum, which frankly is a little clunky, but we still enjoyed looking at his impeccably constructed silk confections up close. The more you know about couture construction and draping, the more you will appreciate this exhibit.

All 3 parts of our DAR Museum video tour are online now – you can find them all on our eQuilter video page. Watch for our video interview with Yvonne Porcella coming up on Tuesday.

2014 Quilty/Design Travel:
June 11 Quilt Canada, St Catherines, Ontario
July 15 Quilt Colorado
July 24 IQCAfrica, Johannesburg South Africa
Sept 19-21 Quilters Take Manhattan
Sept 29 Quilt Exhibit, US Embassy, Rome
Oct 13-19 Polar Bear Tour, Churchill
Nov 14-16 Color Marketing Group, Orlando
Jan 2015 – Quilt Symposium in Manawatu, New Zealand