After a whirlwind visit to my first market, I have returned full of wonderful memories and inspiration. I met the most delightful people, had little sleep and revelled in all the gorgeous new fabrics ready to hit the streets.
Still very exhausted, I thought I would share with you a collection of photos. I am not the best photographer, especially using and iPhone/ipad and bad lighting.
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| Tula Pink |
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| Linda Lum DeBono |
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| Bari J display at the Art Gallery Fabrics booth |
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| Pat Bravo, Jenn, Bari j, Sarah |
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| Kelly with her AG winnings |
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| Kate Spain |
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| Sarah and Santa |
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| AMH Booth |
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| AMH Field Study |
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| Parson Gray (David Butler) with new collection – Seven Wonders |
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| Tula Pink Anchor – Sea Salt |
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| Me and My Sister |
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| Aneela Hoey |
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| Moda Glamping Display |
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| Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr |
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| Cluck Cluck Sew |
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| Melissa Corry and mum from Happy Quilting |
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| Bari, Cara and Julie |
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| Jessica and Angela |
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| Sew Kind of Wonderful |
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| Signed copy of Melody’s new book |
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| Sarah and Jocelyn from Fatquartershop |
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| Pat Bravo |
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| Minick and Simpson |
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| A very tired Sarah Watson amongst her new collection – Luxe in Bloom |
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| The iSewAcademy girls |
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| Lynette Andersen |
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| Michael Miller Booth |
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| Heather (Fiberosity) and Suzy (Szyhomemaker) |
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| Emily Herrick |
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| Kokka |
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| Valori Wells |
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| Anne Sutton Bunny Hill Designs |
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| Deb Strain |
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| Melody Miller |
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| Jemellia hiding behind our very colourful cocktails |
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| Jona (Fabritopia) and Susanne (Craftsy) |
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| Bari J and Suzy |
One of the many highlights of the market was getting to meet Pat Sloan. Stay tuned because you may hear a familiar Aussie voice on her radio show soon.
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| Pat Sloan (Squeeee!) |
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| Alex Veronelli (Mr Aurifil) |
It was wonderful meeting the other contributors to the Sweet Celebration book and participating in the book signings and schoolhouse presentation.
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| Left- April, Natalia,Angela,Aneela, Stephanie,Sherri,Mary,me and Melissa signing the Sweet Celebrations book |
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| Comma by Zen Chic for Moda |
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| Thomas Knauer in a skirt |
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| Cara Wilson (Talknt) and Susanne Woods (Craftsy) |
I had a brief chance to wander through the international quilt exhibition. Wow, breathtaking!
I will be definitely booking for 2013! Can’t wait to see all the lovely and talented people again that make up one of the most enjoyable industries in the world.
A wonderful post–you got a lot of wonderful photos! It was so very nice to meet you!
Great pictures. Looks like you had a great time.
Wow! how amazing meeting all those gorgeous crafty folk. Gald you had a wonderful time. Hope jetlag is not being too unkind to you. Jacinta
Quilt market must be the most amazing place to visit. Thanks for sharing some of it with us.
Looks like you had a wonderful time! I am only a little green LOL
Fantastic!!
Great pictures, great memories. It was a wonderful time! Very nice to meet you. Glad to see you got home safely.
Great round-up Jane! Such a lot of quilting celebrities you got to meet 🙂 It sounds like a wonderfully inspiring visit. I hope to make it there one day. Xxx
Haha, I feel like that's what the Quilt Show was to me. Every day that I ditched the booth and ran through the show, but didn't really soak up that much. Next year, an extra day to actually look at everything! Great wrapup. I might have to steal the picture of me asleep…