Happy Memorial Day! Hope you're all having a lovely day celebrating our armed forces! I'm hanging out with Michael at the lab today. It's cold and rainy out, so I don't think we're missing out on too much! I feel so much more like myself today, I think I have finally recovered from Spring Quilt Market! So, without further ado, here are the photos I promised you last week! I'll have posts about the projects themselves (and the fabric, yay!) later this week!
This was the first Quilt Market where I had my own booth. In the Fall, I shared part of one of the Art Gallery booth's with Angela Walters. This was slightly more scary, and a lot more work. I was breathing a lot easier when it all started to come together. It's so hard to decide how much to make. I just sewed and sewed until I could not sew anything else! I started sewing with strikeoffs at the very end of March, and got a couple yards of each print about a week and a half before Market.
That pretty much explains the lack of projects around here lately! I promise, I was sewing my fingers off! I'm so glad that it was worth it. I was really happy with how my booth came together, and I think (hope!), I was able to demonstrate lots of ways to use my new fabric line, Nordika.
I was so thankful to be able to receive sample yardage just in time to whip up some fun garments. I love that Art Gallery's base cloth is so versatile. It's great for quilting and hangs wonderfully for garments, bags, and home goods too.
On a whim I snatched up this dress form on Amazon, and I'm so glad I did!
The day before Market I made some SUPER easy pillows, just 20" of yardage, folded the selvedges in to form a 19.5" front and sewed up the two sides. Now I can just unpick (or trim off) the seams and use the fabric for something else! It's so nice when crazy last minute ideas work out!
The first thing I made for the booth was this floral version of my Color Hex Quilt Pattern. I shared some sneak peeks of the quilting way back here. I was happy to have paper versions of my patterns along with the fabric. They're now available for wholesaling if you're interested in carrying them!
Had to stitch up a Staple Dress (pattern by April Rhodes) using one of the special panel prints from the line! Woot! Cannot wait to share more this week!
This crazy pillow is one of my favorite things I made for the booth. I'm going to try to figure out a better way to make it, don't even ask how I made this one, haha! It was one of those fly by the seat of your pants projects. That's what happens when you sew after 11pm!
Can't wait to share more about the fabric, Nordika, this week!
Happy Monday!
Beautiful fabric and a stunning stall Jeni, well done, you should be very proud of all of your hard work.
ReplyDeleteI love your color combinations! That panel print is fabulous...must get my hands on some.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fabric, Jeni, congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome panel print, waiting to see it in stores. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteI've been waiting for the photos since I first saw some peeks in instagram. So beautiful!!!! Congrats on such a hard work and your new line (which is my favourite from the two you've done, love how you mix black with all the colours).
ReplyDeleteAnd love the panel too!!! Please show us more photos of the projects, that pretty bag and the crosses quilt which is terrific!!!
Congrats once more, hope you have a great success!
Every time I see "my new fabric line" in one of your posts I get all excited for you all over again....can't wait to have some Jeni Baker in my stash! Your booth looks(ed) great!
ReplyDeleteWonderful booth, projects, and fabrics. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteWoo! Nordika was one of the highlights of Quilt Market for me - I'm so excited to sew with it!! Loved your booth, too! :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty and vibrant booth, I love everything in it. You really must have been so busy making everything. I really like the 2 quilts folded up on the cubed shelves. Plus the fabric is great too, well done :)
ReplyDeleteLove that crazy pillow/cushion. Think it deserves a pattern. Happy to be a tester... (shameless hint)
ReplyDeleteI love your new fabric line! When will it be available in stores? I'm currently shopping for THE line to make a baby quilt for my first due in Sept. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! It will be out in July! :)
DeleteI am drooling over THAT skirt! Yum!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful Jeni! Love your new blog banner too! :)
ReplyDeleteyour booth looks lovely and I am sure you attracted loads of visitors to it who all raved about your work, think the crazy cushion gets first place for me followed closely by the dress.
ReplyDeleteYour new line is wonderful. Your booth was very impressive and I liked what you made with your Nordika line. The colors blend well together and makes the overall project appealing...and I love, love, love your pluses quilt.
ReplyDeleteYour booth looks so great!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your booth! LOVE your new fabric!
ReplyDeleteHi Jeni,
ReplyDeleteI think your booth looked terrific. I love the skirt and that pillow. Your will definitely have to let us know how you made that! And I love Nordika. How did you come up with that name? Fun stuff!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your new line. It was just so pretty in person and I can't wait to get my hands on the panel print. I really loved it on the simple tote you made with the leather handles. By the way, did you make the handles yourself or buy them somewhere? There is a leather shop in Portland, I didn't even think about that we should have gone to it while you were here. Such a great line!
ReplyDeleteoh i'm so excited about your new line!! i love the clothes you made, i neeeed that staple dress, its incredible!! well done jeni!!
ReplyDeleteThese colors in your in excites me. I can't wait to play with them.
ReplyDeleteI am in love with your crosses quilt....any chance of a pattern? You did a fabulous job with your booth. Congrats on your new line. Looking forward to seeing More!
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Your booth looks so beautiful, I wish I had a chance to see it in person! Love your new line, congrats!! =)
ReplyDeleteOh, I love it all! The projects and prints are all so beautiful! Great job!
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely creations and your booth looked awesome!! I LOVE your new fabric line, can't wait for it to come out so I can snatch it up :o)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I am so in love with your new line! And your new blog header is awesome. Great job, Jeni!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous collection, Jeni! So many wonderful prints! And your apartment must be overflowing with quilts at this point, so feel free to send me one. ;)
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