Posts tagged: "Quilt Market"

  1. 35 Ways for Quilt-Industry Hopefuls to Break into the Business

    Posted by on August 5, 2019

    Ever wanted to break into the quilting industry with your designs, your inventions, or your business savvy? At Fall 2019 Quilt Market in Houston, Texas (October 25–28), there’s a new event that can give you the tools to make it happen: Threads of Success! Sponsored by Quilts, Inc., Threads of Success is a unique conference […]

  2. Beautiful blocks alert! A peek at Yoko Saito’s Traditional Block Patterns

    Posted by on January 15, 2018

    As promised, we’re continuing to share with you books from Stitch Publications, now distributed by Martingale. Today we’re taking a peek into Yoko Saito’s Traditional Block Patterns—but you may not have seen traditional beauties quite like this before! Did you know that famed Japanese master quilter Yoko Saito was first inspired to quilt after seeing […]

  3. Moda All-Stars share #sewingsuperpower in Mini Marvels (+15 fabric giveaways!)

    Posted by on November 11, 2016

    We just returned from Quilt Market—and boy did we have a “marvel”ous time with the Moda All-Stars! Martingale Publisher and Chief Visionary officer Jennifer Keltner (bottom center—the one with the googly-eyed cap and book-cover cape), flanked by the Moda All-Stars at Quilt Market. The All-Stars gathered for a one-of-a-kind event to show off their sewing […]

  4. Spring Quilt Market trends update!

    Posted by on May 26, 2016

    International Quilt Market is a trade show where quilt-shop owners, designers, and quilt-industry professionals gather to show the latest and greatest offerings coming soon to quilt shops near YOU. You might say it’s where independent quilt shops go to shop—looking for new fabrics, notions, books, club ideas, and more! This May, Quilt Market was held […]

  5. Fall 2015 Quilt Market: arrows, elephants, rainbows, and more

    Posted by on November 5, 2015

    Right before Halloween we were in Houston for Fall Quilt Market, and it was blustery and rainy all around town. But inside the exhibit hall, new ideas and inspiration were everywhere. Martingale sent a team of seven employees to the show to scope out new authors, showcase soon-to-be-released books, and spot new trends. So what […]

  6. Spring Quilt Market! Top 10 trends

    Posted by on June 4, 2015

    Quilt Market is a trade show where shop owners, designers, and quilt industry professionals gather to show the latest and greatest offerings coming soon to quilt shops near YOU. You might say it’s where independent quilt shops go to shop—looking for new fabrics, notions, books, club ideas, and more! The Martingale booth, where we shared […]

  7. The wonderful, whimsical world of Quilt Market: fall 2014 recap

    Posted by on November 6, 2014

    We went. We saw. And we’re back from Fall 2014 Quilt Market to share what we experienced with you! (For those of you who aren’t familiar, Quilt Market is a twice-yearly event where people who make quilt stuff—like us—and people who sell quilt stuff—like your local quilt shop—get together and find ways to get the […]

  8. 5 hot trends from Spring Quilt Market 2014

    Posted by on June 4, 2014

    We searched every aisle of Spring Quilt Market (a wholesale show that quilt shop owners attend) to see what’s hot. Here are five top trends that you’ll soon see coming to quilt shops: 1. On fabric, in quilt designs, BUTTERFLIES were everywhere! They were most definitely the “special species.” You couldn’t flutter by a booth […]

  9. Fall 2012 Quilt Market: It started with a whisper

    Posted by on November 6, 2012

    As I get ready to write this post, a song lyric is stuck in my head. It begins, “It started with a whisper,” and then continues with lots of other words I don’t remember. My Quilt Market recap wants to have a similarly catchy line: “It started with a bare booth.” I could be quite clever […]

  10. A peek at Spring Quilt Market, Kansas City 2012

    Posted by on May 25, 2012

    I’ve always enjoyed Spring Quilt Market because it gives me an opportunity to travel and see different parts of our beautiful country. Last weekend we were fortunate to travel from Seattle to warm, sunny Kansas City, Missouri. We began another Quilt Market experience the same way we’ve started all the others—with the arrival of our […]