Spring Quilt Market

Spring.

Quilt Season.

Spring Quilt Market.

International Quilt Market, Spring.

#quiltmarket

call it what you will but it is one of two 'seasons' in the quilt world

Spring Market/Fall Market

a time when you see a flurry of new designs

fabrics. patterns. books.

when people post and blog and photograph

color.  pattern.  content.

for some it is big, big, business

and for others it is all of their hopes and dreams and wishes

on display for all to see for three short days

all of this piles on (usually) a sleep deprived designer of one thing or another

that has arrived after days of driving

or hours of flying with tons of bags full of quilts and products rolled through the airports

like some modern day gypsy

by friday, that sleep deprived designer

must give up their t-shirt and jeans for their pearls and sundress

and stand in their booth to receive the comments of the crowd

"I LOVE the quilting on that quilt," one person says.

"Is that Kona?  The colors, that fabric is great," another says.

and I am reminded once again

it isn't just the pattern designer

or the fabric designer

or the quilter

it is all of us

everyone in that big giant convention center

(well, in this case, the whole lot of us that has quite possibly taken over the whole city of Portland)

we are all the sum of our parts

and I remind a quilt shop owner that they are another part

and the quilt shop owner reminds me

that their customers are another part

and someone else reminds me

that the recipient of the quilt, bag, project for the home, is yet another part

given with love

all of it

the most important part of all

is that

we have all given with love

natalie

be.do.create

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com