The International Quilt Market started on Thursday and runs all weekend long in Houston, Texas. It’s an insane industry trade show that happens twice a year. Fabric companies and quilt shop owners attend to view new fabric lines and show off and sell/buy like mad. They transform a huge warehouse into a fabric mecca. I’ve never been to Quilt Market but I’ve followed it (read: stalked it) on Instagram and it looks insane and amazing. Quilt Market also involves an incredible amount of behind-the-scenes sewing (what better way to sell fabric than to see it sewn into something fabulous, after all?). For the last few Quilt Markets I’ve sewn for the lovely Cloud 9 fabrics folks. But, this time around it was extra exciting because they have released organic knit fabric. Knits!! Organic Knits! I die. In classic Cloud 9 style, they are super soft and the designs are so sweet and classic.
I made a tank top in each of the newly available prints, 22 in all. Here’s a little sampling:
I will be releasing an exclusive free pattern for the tank top through Cloud 9 soon and I’m so excited. Nothing beats a basic tank, after all! I want to do some tweaking, but these are the basic look. I’m thinking about narrowing the top of the tank top and adjusting the arm scythe but I love the sweeping hemline.
These stripes are some of my favorites from these new knit fabrics. Totally delicious. I love how the stripes look running in two different directions here.
In addition to making the tank tops, I also made Gina, Michelle and Jess (the beautiful women behind Cloud 9) each a Julia Cardigan. I’m hoping to catch glimpses of them being worn on Instagram. Don’t these cardigans show off the amazing fabric so well? Bonus is they are super cozy/comfy.
Are you stalking Quilt Market on IG? It’s quite the event, right?
They are gorgeous! I might have to make another Julia!
The Julia is the most wearable, comfortable item! And so quick to make, especially the second time. Do it!
Oh those knits are so pretty! You are quite the one-woman production with all of that assembly line sewing – that’s so hard to do (for me anyway)! Nice work!
I find a certain amount of production line sewing kind of enjoyable in a methodical sort of way. But, too much is burn-out-central. It’s not always easy for me to know when I’ve crossed the line, that’s the problem.
beautiful and so professional. wow!!
Lovely! I adore that last fabric in particular. I really like the neck of the tank top as you have it now I must say, but I do like a (slightly) lower neckline. 🙂
Is this a design hint? I will take it!
Haha, nooooo – only in as much as to say as I like it the way it is here a lot.(Just in case you were thinking of revising it). As a lady of reasonable bustage, it’s always heartening to see a nice rounded, scooped tank neckline, so my aforementioned bustage doesn’t appear to be reaching my knees. Hope you get to visit the show!
Is there a link to the pattern? these all look so lovely!!
Thanks so much Tracy! The pattern is still in development…may apologies about that!
I love the tank top..I too like the sweeping hem line. I’m looking forward to the pattern.
Aw, what a sweet thing to say! I appreciate it so much!
We’re is the pattern to the tank
Oh can’t wait for the pattern