Quilt Market is well underway, just look at the booth decor!
1. NEXT WAVE is featured in quilts, decor and children’s clothing, all with equal flair!
2. and 3. Vicki Bellino’s brand new patterns highlight our PRETTY SPECIAL baby girl and baby boy collections.
4. VISUAL EFFECT’s contemporary color and prints in a traditional block setting.
5. Marcus BOM’s – HAMPTON RIDGE (by Red Crinoline Quilts) and PARTY OF TWELVE (by Homestead Hearth)
See it all in person through Sunday, May 19 – BOOTH 2203
Check out our resident Strip-It(TM) expert, Vicki Bellino of Bloom Creek, as she demonstrates some of her favorite quick, fun & practical techniques for using Faye Burgos’ Strip-It pre-printed stripe fabrics. From easy half-square triangles to piano key borders to wedges (shown) and much more, you’ll learn how to achieve pieced looks with precision, in a fraction of the time. Watch the video now! We’d also love to see YOUR creative strip-It ideas, too! Send us a description and a photo or two, and we’ll send you a fabric thank-you!
Happy New Year to all of our quilting friends! Our January site took a few days longer than usual, but we think it was worth the wait — we’re unveiling a fresh look, and lots of fresh inspiration to go with it ; ). Have you seen the latest additions to our website for January? You’ll love the free projects, and new creative ideas including all-new Strip-It tips from Vicki Bellino, modern pillows, soft-sculpture pumpkins, decoupage and more!
We thought you’d enjoy seeing some adorably brag-worthy pix shared by one of our favorite quilt designers Vicki Bellino, showing her granddaughter, Lexi, with some of her quilting & sewing projects. Vicki explains, ”
Lexi started playing with scraps of fabric on my design wall at a very early age – between 3 and 4. I taught her to sew before she was 6 and she was a natural at it. She practiced sewing precut charm squares together and learning about 1/4” seam allowances. She made her first quilt at 7. After making several charm square quilts, she told me she wanted to make a quilt with triangles, so I taught her how to make half-square triangles. What followed shortly was a pinwheel baby quilt she designed all by herself, and a variation of an “O” block quilt.
She’s 11 now and has made 5 quilts, learned to do fusible appliqué and of course, English paper piecing. She’s now able to use a rotary cutter and is very proficient at choosing fabric and laying out blocks to design a quilt on her own. In fact, she prefers to do it all on her own without my help!
It gives me such joy to spend a weekend quilting with my granddaughter and to watch her grown into such a proficient quilter at such a young age!
How many of our other quilting friends are sharing your quilting passion with the next generation? Tell us about it! – lisa s
Kansas City — It was great to see so many of our friends, colleagues and customers again at International Quilt Market last week, where we introduced lots of new product — look for our latest to hit your favorite quilt shops in the coming months! Meanwhile, here are a few pix from the Marcus booth…
(l. to r.) Vicki Bellino of Bloom Creek, with Marcus’ own Indra Rampersaud and Laura Berrigner, in front of Laura’s SPINTASTIC ; a fun vignette featuring new STUDIO 37 fabrics; Helen Weinman’s BY THE SEA quilt; THE MILL GIRLS BOM quilt
