fall quilt market: the quilts part I
Ah the quilts! I could stare at fabric all day. I mean, I do stare at fabric all day. And I love it, but when they are put into a quilt they take on a whole new life. The quilt I kept coming back to every day of market is this Denyse Schmidt quilt featuring her new fabric line, Hope Valley. These colors are more muted than her previous collections, which is part of why I’m so drawn to this quilt.
I also love that askew cream diamond between the print and the off-white background.
This will probably end up being a free pattern from Free Spirit and there’s a good chance I’ll be making it as soon as the entire Hope Valley collection arrives here in a month or so.
Speaking of muted colors, one of the directions that fabric is going that I’m liking is the trend towards less saturated colors. We love the brights at Suppose, but I also like the sophisticated look you can get with grayed down colors, like in the Japanese Taupe movement. And in this Jean Wells quilt seen in her schoolhouse series presentation. I wouldn’t call them pastels, but low-intensity hues. Gorgey.
More quilts of new fabric lines… Here we have Amy Butler’s “Sexy Hexy” quilt showing off her new Love collection. A free download of the pattern can be found here. There are some gorgeous prints in this collection including laminates (like oilcloth) that we’re looking forward to.
This photo is unfortunate because it doesn’t give the true effect of the colors in this quilt. The salmon and greens are so bright. This quilt features the Botany fabric collection by Lauren and Jessi Jung, new fabric designers for Moda. They have a great website where you can get project ideas and preview the fabric, which will release this March. (And yes, we will carry every single print in the collection too!)
Getting excited about all these quilts is exhausting. I’ll save the last few for next time…
Tags: amy butler, denyse schmidt, hope valley, jean wells, moda