I'm back from a whirlwind trip to Houston for fall Quilt Market. I haven't fully digested it all yet but I wanted to share some of my favorites from the antique booths.You all know I have a weakness for quilts with tiny pieces. Have a look at these. I put my lens cap in the photos for size comparison.I love a good feathered star. There was a double row of the little sawteeth all the way around the quilt.
These snowball blocks were pretty sweet.
How about these little fans? Sigh.
It makes me want to cut and sew all my scraps.This star block was interesting in that not all of those star points worked out the same. This was made by a "make it work" quilter. The slice of muslin at the point on the right sure adds interest to the quilt.
International Quilt Market in Kansas City
Whew. I'm home from my trip to Quilt Market in Kansas City with Brenda, Anna, and Debbie. It was exhausting but lots of fun. I learned a lot and have many ideas in my head that I need to process and write out before I forget. Right now things are swimming around in my head in a blur.We took classes, attended school house presentations, experienced the madness that is sample spree, went to the Moda customer appreciation dinner, visited ALL of the booths, and went to the Modern Quilt guild meet up. 
(line for sample spree - This is the front of the line. We were in the way back where you can hardly see. The line went on and on after us too. Crazy.
(Alex at the aurifil table. A table piled high with Aurifil. Heaven.)I loved meeting lots of people I know from the web. The Fat Quarterly team was just as fun in person as I had expected. Here Brenda and I are with Katy and Tacha.
And here's Tia. I wish Tia were my neighbor. I think we would have lots of fun sewing together. 
It was a great few days - everyone was really nice and I learned tons. I hope I can go again! Next time I'll have to take an extra suitcase for the return trip. I brought home twice the amount of what I took on this trip. Crazy.
Cloud 9
Today I am happy to share the finished embroidery project, a laptop sleeve!
First, I embroidered some yardage of Nethercote, a fabric from the Miscellany line from Cloud9 fabrics . Cloud 9 fabrics are all organic cotton and printed with low impact dyes. They are beautiful and great to work with.
I quilted a piece of solid purple fabric for the back of the bag.The quilting lines run horizontally on the finished bag to help the flap stay folded closed.
I sent the bag off to Michelle Engel Bencsko of Cloud9 Fabrics for her booth at Quilt Market. I hope she likes it.I used the laptop sleeve pattern by Keyka Lou. I shortened the flap so that more of the embroidery shows and also omitted the velcro closures. I think the horizontal quilting lines help the flap lay closed.
