Yep, you guessed it, the International Quilt Market in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The stars and planets must have aligned for me. I was so lucky that Minneapolis is just a couple hour drive from my house, otherwise I probably wouldn't have made it. Of course once I heard who else was going to be there, I knew I had to find a way to go!
If I wasn't me, I'd be so jealous of anyone who got to even go to quilt market, much less meet up with some of the coolest bloggers around.
It was a whirlwind of a day.
I circled the Kokka/Echino booth roughly 18 times. The projects they had made up were right up my alley!
Rubbing elbows with the biggest designers. Well, I didn't rub elbows with anyone, but just stood in amazement when Vanessa and I went to talk to none other than Amy Butler herself! For all your knitters out there - Amy's coming out with a whole collection of yarn and knitting patterns! She's also got a new book on the way: Amy Butler's Style Stitches.
Anna Maria Horner was always busy interviewing for her new book whenever I strolled by.
Sandi Henderson was such a sweet person! Luckily I had just gotten her book, Sewing Bits and Pieces, and had made a few projects with one of her fabric collections Meadowsweet. (Yep, Meadowsweet 2 is on the way soon). She was so pretty and gave me some great advice, too!
I met up with Dana and we got to sit and chat about life. I was so nervous about meeting her, I mean, Dana from MADE?! wow.
We met up with Vanessa for a little fabric shopping, we had a blast. The store had the most fabrics I had ever seen. It was so fun just being able to talk and laugh with those two ladies, they're both amazingly talented and just fun to be around. And yes, I had to take them to the Mall of America, it's just one of those places you have to go. By the time dinner was done I was totally wiped out and we parted ways, hopefully we'll all be able to get together again sometime!
