17 Apr Cinci – the people

Before I get to some of the people I met in Cincinnati, let me mention the lovely ladies I traveled with – Brenda of Pink Castle Fabrics and justabitfrayed, Anna of woollykat and Ashley of SassafrasGirl.  They were great traveling companions and didn’t even complain when I missed a few turns that threatened to cut our time at Sewn Studio short!

I also have to apologize for the lack of pictures.  As I said before, my camera battery was very low, but, honestly, I’m not very good at remembering to take pictures of events while they are happening.  I get too caught up in what is going on to think about recording it.  It is only afterward that I smack my head and think “I should have taken pictures!”  I did manage to snap this one, not very good shot, of the MQG meet up hosted by the Cincinnati MQG.

Soon after we arrived in Cincinnati, we met up with Heather of Olive and Ollie.  I’ve been following Heather’s blog since I first saw her fantastic quilts as part of the Project Modern challenges.  Of course, she is just as nice as can be!  Aren’t quilters wonderful?  Heather has lots of things going on these days including some great patterns she has recently released.  Check out her blog to see what else she is up to!

The next morning, we had hardly been at the quilt show more than a few minutes when Brenda and Anna ran into Faith of Fresh Lemons Quilts.  Faith has a giveaway of some Marcia Derse fabric and other prizes going on over on her blog today.

Speaking of Marcia Derse, I was thrilled that she had a booth at the show.  Her fabrics are so wonderful and it was great to have a chance to meet her.  She had some sneak peaks available of her newest fabrics that she will be showing at Market.

If you’ve been reading my blog for long, you know that I am a long-time fan of the work of Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr of Modern Quilt Studio.  Their booth was filled with their wonderful books, (I wanted to buy some, but I have them all already!), their new magazine Modern Quilts Illustrated and great fabric.  It was fantastic to see them both again.  I was lucky enough to get a chance to chat with Weeks at the Modern Quilt Guild meet up – she is one amazingly creative, organized and energetic woman!  Check out her blog at Craft Nectar.

The Cincinnati MQG hosted a great meet up with lots of wonderful door prizes – thanks ladies for all the fun!  While I was there I also briefly got to meet Jessica of A Little Gray (she designed and made the most darling skirt for the Project Run & Play contest), Rachel of imagine gnats and popular quilter and teacher Anita Grossman Solomon.  Whew!  Quilters are such a wonderful group of people – I can’t wait to see some of these lovely people again at Quilt Market and meet some more amazing and talented quilters there.

Back soon with the FABRIC…