eclectic elements fall quilt market 2014…

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we’re back from the fall quilt market and excited to share some of the highlights with you.  i’m always amazed by this market and the incredible things people create with fabrics. we arrived on the show floor early friday morning to unpack our crates and begin setting up the booth.  mario, paula, and richele were there to help get the booth looking amazing, and of course it’s always fun when you get a visit from our great friend monica…

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for the fall market we added 5 new color ways to some of the most popular eclectic elements prints including: travel labels, numbers, clocks, postale, and melange…

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making the total collection of eclectic elements – 42 fabric designs…

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take a look at these amazing projects in the booth using the entire line of eclectic elements fabrics.  everything from quilts and pillows to bags and home decor – simply awesome to see my paper designs brought to life as fabrics…

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this market i did a “schoolhouse” presentation to a group of retailers and shared this faux cathedral window project richele created at the spring market (i love the fusion of incorporating products from paper crafting into the fabric world).  since sizzix also has a booth at market, they teamed up with coats by giving everyone one of the frameworks dies, phoomph and fabrics used to create this including a how-to sheet…

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we didn’t come back from market empty handed, we have some frameworks kits as well as cut pieces of the new fabrics to giveaway!  for a chance to win, just post a comment on the blog and winners will be announced on friday.  also be sure to check out paula and richele’s blog posts about quilt market to see their perspective of the show – hope you feel inspired…t!m

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