The Famous Cheryl Brown's book

The Famous Cheryl Brown's Quilts on display in the Martingale booth

My friend and co-worker for the past few years is Cheryl Brown. She is a fabulous quilter and she is getting a book published that will come out in December.  We were so excited to see her quilt on the cover of the Martingale catalog and also hanging front and center in the Martingale booth at Market. Cheryl’s blog is www.elephantpatch.blogspot.com.

Jackie Robinson

Jackie has a company www.animas.com and she is a very gifted quilter and designer.  If there is an easier way to do something, she will figure it out. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Jackie for a few years now and she is a neat lady.

Jane Sassaman

I took a class from Jane at the last Utah Quilt Fest in September. She is an art quilter and she designs patterns and has a couple of fabric lines. I was so inspired by her class because it opened up a whole new world to me of art quilting where I can play with thread and all of those 180 decorative stitches on my machine. www.janesassaman.com.

Cheryl Styler

We ran into old friend, Cheryl Styler (right) who used to own Threads of Time in Centerville, Utah. Cheryl was with her friend from St. George and I’m embarassed to say I can’t remember her name (I’m so sorry!)

Charlotte Warr Anderson

Charlotte is a fellow Utahn, world class quilter and Pres. of the International Quilting Society. She is now working as a representative for Blank Textiles. She is an amazing woman. www.blankquilting.com.

Carol

This is Carol, a friend that I’ve been in classes with, and sister of my friend Kaye Nigh.

Rachel Brenchley, Rachel's Mom, Jen Williamson, Kim

Rachel Brenchley is my neighbor and she is a very gifted scrapbook paper designer.  Her company is called Basic Grey and now some of her designs are being printed on Moda fabric. Being in the right place at the right time I’ve had the incredible opportunity to design quilts using her fabric before it goes to market. This market Moda introduced her second line called “Sultry”. www.basicgrey.com.

Charm'n Pinwheels. The quilt I made using "Sultry".

The quilt hanging in the Moda booth using "Sultry".

A quilt I spotted that used Rachel's first line of fabric, Urban Couture.

A table runner using "Urban Couture".

International Quilt Market In Houston

I just got back from Quilt Market in Houston–My first time ever!  All I can say is IT IS SO BIG! What an amazing and exciting event!  I went with my friend and partner in crime, Kim Merrill.  We hit overload in about 20 minutes! We got to attend Schoolhouse classes all day on Friday and then went to Sample Spree Friday night.  We were so tired we could barely walk to the car. A gentleman passing by said encouragingly “Come on, girls, you can make it.”

A room with a view.

 We were told by the hotel desk clerk that we would have a room overlooking the pool!

Me with Annie Smith holding the quilt and coat she made.

On Saturday we met up with good friend, Annie Smith.  She modeled her coat and quilt that she made for a competition. What incredible works of art! Annie, as always, was busy getting interviews for her podcast. Her web address is www.simplearts.com.

Very Chic!

Annie with her good friend Mark Lipinski

I took a class from Mark Lipinski, Editor of Quilter’s Home magazine. He had us laughing so hard we could hardly breathe.

My webmaster, Dan Purcell

I was so happy to meet Dan in person.  Now I can put a face with the voice on the phone.  Dan is every bit as nice and polite as he sounds.  www.websitesforquilters.com.

Kim and me with Ricky Tims

Wow! How cool is that, to get our picture taken with Ricky Tims. I got a couple of CDs with his piano music and he even autographed them. www.thequiltshow.com.

Charlotte Angotti

I’ve taken a couple of classes from Charlotte and she is hysterically funny.  I consider her a friend now and I was really pleased to run into her and have a good visit. www.charlotteangotti.com.

The LizzieBCre8ive Girls

These two gals are just CUTE!  They are sisters-in-law (married to brothers) and they are both named Elizabeth. They are just like two peas in a pod with so much in common they started a quilting pattern business together. www.lizziebcre8ive.com.

Billie Lauder

Billie is the one that got me into Hitty dolls.  I took a couple of classes from her and she came to my home where a bunch of us got together to have a Hitty Party.  We are planning to do something similar next spring here in Utah.  Billie has a free ticket on Southwest Airlines that she is itching to use. www.easymade.com.

Lizzie House

This cute girl is Lizzie House, an up and coming star in the quilting world.  Kim and I met her at the airport on the way to Houston.  She is a 23 year old college student at BYU Idaho and she already has her second line of fabric in the works with Andover.

Lizzie's first line of fabric