I did something awesome. And by awesome I mean totally lame.  The only photos I took at the April meeting of the Suppose Creative Guild were of food.  But I guess food counts as something creative.  Kathy created it in fact.  This clam dip is a family favorite; we have it every Christmas and it’s great for parties and guilds and such.

And now you can have it too, if you so wish.  If you don’t love seafood, don’t be afraid that there are clams in it, you might still love it.

Clam Dip

(This always goes fast, so we usually double or quintuple this recipe.)
Mix well:
8 oz. cream cheese
1 small can chopped clams, drained
chopped parsley
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
3 drops tobasco sauce
lemon juice to taste
1 Tbsp grated onion

Heat over the stove and serve with bite-sized pieces of the most delicious bread you can find.  If you’re feeling a little fancy, put it in a hollow bread bowl, wrap it in tinfoil, and heat it in the oven before serving.

As we were leaving quilt market yesterday, we realized we hadn’t taken a single photo of ourselves during the trip. But really, aren’t we just interested in the fabric?  A lot of great things are happening in the fabric world. Here is just a bit of upcoming awesomeness we saw at market.

More and more patterns are becoming available from Australia, including designs from Don’t Look Now! This is a close-up of the Lilly Pilly quilt. We’ll have this pattern and more available soon.

Some of the best fabric we saw at market was City Weekend, the upcoming line from Oliver+S for Moda, available in September. The prints are on the softest cotton, and there will be some lovely interlock knits in the collection too! Here, Oliver+S have their children’s clothing patterns made up in the new collection. Plus, new patterns coming this fall, including some great designs for knits. Boy oh boy.

Here’s a closer look at the prints, in a sweet quilt that we will have available in kits.

The new Ice Cream Dress pattern made up in the new fabric.  Don’t you want one in your size?

There was a lot of talk at market about Liberty of London. Lots of fabric coming out made to have a similar hand to Liberty’s smooth & drapey Tana Lawn. Like Alexander Henry’s cotton lawns, of which we can hardly wait for the arrival.  And of course, there are the classic Liberty prints in new colors by Kaffe Fasset, on quilting weight cotton.  Always love Kaffe’s edgy color combinations made up in classic quilt patterns.  We’ll have these prints in soon!

And of course, we are always excited to see what Anna Maria Horner’s been up to. Her new book, Handmade Beginnings, is just out and it has so many fun things to make!

Here Anna Maria shows of lots of fun projects in the book, and some upcoming patterns–stay tuned for news on that.

This one makes me want to get embroidering.  And another exciting thing to look forward to: new fabric from Anna Maria later this year! (No sneak peeks yet. Can’t hardly stand it.)

That was just a tiny smidgen of what we saw, but don’t worry, there’s always more to come.

It’s that time of year again: International Quilt Market and its frenzy of fabric where we choose the coolest, most super duper stuff to bring into Suppose for the rest of the year.  This time around we’re here in Minneapolis.  But before all that work starts, we have to have just a little time for shopping, right?

During our explorations we found this amazing antique shop, Hunt & Gather,  that we got lost in forever.  We ran into Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree Quilts there, scouting for her booth (hers are always amazingly put together).  We later regretted not getting a photo of me with her (Joanna & Joanna!).

I could have stayed in the vintage toy room forever.  And just when we thought we were done, there was a basement. With secret treasures like a fish tank full of dolly bits. (Did you know Kathy once made a lovely bouquet of old doll arms? It was amazing.)

Coming up, more Quilt Market goodness.

Owlie here helped us celebrate our first anniversary recently. And now he is a free embroidery pattern! Go to the owlie embroidery pattern page to get full details and download the pattern!

Check out what our guild ladies have been working on. They never cease to impress.

Leann’s hardanger is amazing.  I think I have an idea for a guild class…

Jennifer completes another cross-stitch fairy.  2 down, 50 to go.

Nita finished the wedding anniversary kitteh quilt. So cute!

That cat with the glasses represents her bespectacled hubby.

A sweet Built by Wendy top with our favorite voile.

Faye’s machine embroidered rooster quilt is sashed with hay fabric. Perfect!

Is Debbie’s not the fanciest denim quilt you’ve ever seen?

Phew! Better get to work so I have something to show at the next meeting.

Guess what? There’s a way you can participate in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s celebration of quilts even if you can’t make it to the exhibit. They’ve invited quilters all over the world to share images of their quilts to create a quilt of quilts. You can see the stories behind the quilts, get all sorts of great ideas, add your own quilts, and get sucked in reading about stuff like the Samsui women in Singapore in the 30s who inspired a quilt. Get participatin’.