Quilt Market: Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched

Anni Downs designer and owner of Hatched and Patched comes all the way from Australia to Quilt Market. She brings all of her treasures to share with shop owners around the world. Through her artistry, we catch a glimpse of the fun personality of this talented designer. At Quilt Market in Pittsburgh Henry Glass was excited to introduce Anni's latest collection, "About A Boy ... About A Girl..." You can get a preview of this adorable range on the Henry Glass website by clicking here. If you are a shop owner, please ask your local sales representative to order Anni's new collection. For consumers, the collection will be in shops in November. It's darling!

We've put together a tour of her Quilt Market experience. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!

-hg

Quilt Market Spring 2014: Quilt Something Beautiful

After months of planning, the Henry Glass crew was ready to set up our booth for the International Quilt Market in Pittsburgh recently. A lot of work goes into preparing the booth and then there's a lot of hard work on the days of setting it up.

Booth designer [and also fabric/quilt designer] Jill Finley of Jillily Studios did a wonderful job designing the booth and the tote bags for Henry Glass. The theme for our booth was "Quilt Something Beautiful." 

Mary Ellen Von Holt of Little Quilts helped us out by setting up the sign for the Henry Glass booth and hanging the beautiful Folio quilt. This lovely quilt is made from fabric that showcases the Folio collection. These ladies have serious handy dandy tool talent.

Jill pre-made the flowers using prints from the Henry Glass market releases to dress up the entire booth.

This special corner hosted the designers as they presented their demos in the Henry Glass booth throughout the show.

[Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched]

 [Dana Brooks of My Lazy Daisy]

[Jacquelynne Steves]

[Jill Finley of Jillily Studios]

[Martha Walker of Wagons West Designs]

[Leanne Anderson of The Whole Country Caboodle]

 [Mary Ellen Von Holt of Little Quilts]

[Mary Jane Carey, Holly Hill Quilt Designs]

Come back for more International Quilt Market news!

-hg

Quilt Something Beautiful!

(Mary Jane Carey, Leanne and Kaytlyn Anderson)

We are recovering from the hard work that we put into Quilt Market but it was a great show for us. When the Henry Glass crew returned from Pittsburgh, we headed over to the surface design show, Surtex. Thanks to all for such a crazy but inspirational week. We're sharing a few photos but the rest of our photos will follow soon.

(Mary Jane Carey and Jill Finley)

Meanwhile, we do have some winners to announce! Congratulations to all.

(Dana Brooks)

Winners from our Quilt Something Beautiful Giveaway.

Day 1:
Linda said...

Booth number 727. What fun!

May 14, 2014 at 7:16 AM

 

Day 2:

Lee Ann L. said...

You have quite a few designers showing up! Awesome!

Jacquelynne Stevens
Dana Brooks
Mary Ellen Von Holt

May 15, 2014 at 9:51 AM

 

Day 3:

Becky said...

At the zoo
About a boy/girl
Crazy like us

May 16, 2014 at 5:07 AM

 

Day 4:

Margaret said...

I love shades of teal

May 17, 2014 at 4:52 PM

 

Day 5:

PK Sews said...

Mainly fabrics, but notions and rulers that make sewing faster are always fun! Thanks for the chance to win some Henry Glass fabric!

May 18, 2014 at 5:06 PM

 

Facebook winner: We chose a name for an extra prize - a bundle of fabric from our stash. Our choice and no substitutions.

Mary Jo Baird Booth number 727!! Sure wish I could come to market!!

May 14 at 5:20pm

 

Winners please e-mail karen (at) jaftex (dot) com and give us your contact information. Stay tuned for some market photos.

 

-hg

Quilt Market May 2014

The Henry Glass family had a great Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. We came back to attend another show, Surtex, in NYC. Winners of the Quilt Something Beautiful party and market news will be available tomorrow! Thank you to all who stopped by our booth.

- hg

Quilt Something Beautiful Market Party: Day 5

The Henry Glass crew is heading to Pittsburgh for the International Quilt Market this week. We look forward to seeing all of our wholesale customers at the booth. We didn't want you to miss out on the exciting stuff so we thought that we'd let you have fun at home.

Each day you are eligible to enter by answering the question that we pose. You can answer once a day each day of the party here on the blog and Facebook [for two entries]. At the end of the week we will pick out a winning name. Guess what you'll win? 

You will win a bundle of fabric goodies [our choice] and one of our lovely Quilt Market totes. This lovely tote bag was designed by Jill Finley of Jillily Studios. Adorable!

You have until midnight May 18, 2014 to get all of your entries in.

The fifth question:

What are you looking forward to seeing in your local quilt shop from Market? Patterns? Notions? Fabric?

Let your friends know about our party! The more the merrier.

Good luck!

-hg

Quilt Something Beautiful Market Party: Day 4

The Henry Glass crew is heading to Pittsburgh for the International Quilt Market this week. We look forward to seeing all of our wholesale customers at the booth. We didn't want you to miss out on the exciting stuff so we thought that we'd let you have fun at home.

Each day you are eligible to enter by answering the question that we pose. You can answer once a day each day of the party here on the blog and Facebook [for two entries]. At the end of the week we will pick out a winning name. Guess what you'll win? 

You will win a bundle of fabric goodies [our choice] and one of our lovely Quilt Market totes. This lovely tote bag was designed by Jill Finley of Jillily Studios. Adorable!

You have until midnight May 18, 2014 to get all of your entries in.

The fourth question:

What color would you like to see trending in fabric design?

Let your friends know about our party! The more the merrier.

Good luck!

-hg

Quilt Something Beautiful Market Party: Day 3

The Henry Glass crew is heading to Pittsburgh for the International Quilt Market this week. We look forward to seeing all of our wholesale customers at the booth. We didn't want you to miss out on the exciting stuff so we thought that we'd let you have fun at home.

Each day you are eligible to enter by answering the question that we pose. You can answer once a day each day of the party here on the blog and Facebook [for two entries]. At the end of the week we will pick out a winning name. Guess what you'll win? 

You will win a bundle of fabric goodies [our choice] and one of our lovely Quilt Market totes. This lovely tote bag was designed by Jill Finley of Jillily Studios. Adorable!

You have until midnight May 18, 2014 to get all of your entries in.

The third question:

Name three of our most current lines. [Hint: The photos are on the main page of our website.]

Let your friends know about our party! The more the merrier.

Good luck!

-hg

Quilt Something Beautiful Market Party: Day 2

The Henry Glass crew is heading to Pittsburgh for the International Quilt Market this week. We look forward to seeing all of our wholesale customers at the booth. We didn't want you to miss out on the exciting stuff so we thought that we'd let you have fun at home.

Each day you are eligible to enter by answering the question that we pose. You can answer once a day each day of the party here on the blog and Facebook [for two entries]. At the end of the week we will pick out a winning name. Guess what you'll win? 

You will win a bundle of fabric goodies [our choice] and one of our lovely Quilt Market totes. This lovely tote bag was designed by Jill Finley of Jillily Studios. Adorable!

You have until midnight May 18, 2014 to get all of your entries in.

The second question:

Name three designers who are attending Quilt Market and doing a demo at the Henry Glass booth #727.

Let your friends know about our party! The more the merrier.

Good luck!

-hg

Quilt Something Beautiful Market Party: Day 1

The Henry Glass crew is heading to Pittsburgh for the International Quilt Market this week. We look forward to seeing all of our wholesale customers at the booth. We didn't want you to miss out on the exciting stuff so we thought that we'd let you have fun at home.

Each day you are eligible to enter by answering the question that we pose. You can answer once a day each day of the party here on the blog and Facebook [for two entries]. At the end of the week we will pick out a winning name. Guess what you'll win? 

You will win a bundle of fabric goodies [our choice] and one of our lovely Quilt Market totes. This lovely tote bag was designed by Jill Finley of Jillily Studios. Adorable!

You have until midnight May 18, 2014 to get all of your entries in.

The first question:

What is the Henry Glass booth number at Quilt Market in Pittsburgh this week? [Hint: Click on of the buttons on the right hand side of our website.]

Good luck!

-hg

Inspiration: Little Quilts In Paducah

Little Quilts returned from another successful show in Paducah recently. We love to see our designers at quilt shows! It is always fun to see a booth from start to finish. Great job Little Quilts and thanks for sharing.

Were you in Paducah? What do you like about going to quilt shows? Do you buy more kits or fabrics?

-hg

Desire To Inspire Challenge - April 2014 Edition

The Henry Glass team is busy prepping for Quilt Market later on this month. Do make sure that you stop by our booth to see and buy our wonderful new collections. We'll share the details soon.

We are excited to present you with the April Edition of the Desire To Inspire Challenge. [It is May 1st but we think that this was worth the wait!] We sent our challenger a bundle of Shelly Comiskey's "Honey Bee Mine."  Shelly's critters are always so adorable and the prints in this range are colored with some lovely colors including yellow, blue and black. How many ways can you say cute?

The April 2014 Desire To Inspire Challenger is Kristin Brand.  She's from Bloomington, Indiana and she's a talented self-taught quilter. Kristin's project and as usual it was fun to get to know her too! Let's get to the interview.

Tell Us About Your Family

I am married to my wonderful husband Dale and we have one daughter named Bailey

How long have you been quilting?

I started quilting 23 years ago when my mom and I took a hand quilting class where we learned how to hand piece and hand quilt, my mom stuck with it I however did not.  I started quilting again about 9 years ago when my mom and I went to a local quilt show, I purchased a quilt kit and have been quilting ever since.

What's your favorite technique?  

I am learning how to free motion quilt with my home sewing machine, it has been challenging at times but I am having a lot of fun.

Who taught you how to quilt? 

I have taught myself how to piece with the sewing machine, I love to watch videos and I have taken some of the classes on Craftsy.

Do you belong to any guilds? 

No, we do have a local guild, I have gone to a couple of meetings over the years but I have not joined.

Anything else you would like to share with our readers? 

Besides quilting I love to bake and we plant a huge garden every year and I can a lot of your harvest for the winter months.

Thank you so much, Kristin. We love your quilt.

If you want to be considered for the Desire To Inspire Challenge, you can always send us a photo that best illustrates your quilting talent. We will certainly look at your entry.

-hg