Hello there!  I am so happy to be back after my trip to the Fall Quilt Market in Houston.  I came home exhausted, but happy, and I have a memory card chock full of inspiration and eye candy to share with you.  (I’m hoping to have some big news to share with you soon too.)  I was only there for two days this time, so it was a bit of a sprint.  However, quite a few of the designers really stepped up their booths, and I think there will be more than a few things that you’ll love whether you are a fabric/quilting person or not.

Shall we start with Echino in the Seven Islands booth by designer Etsuko Furuya?  I nearly fell over when I saw these beautiful large-scale fabric deer.  (Um, where do we buy these?!  I don’t care what my husband says, we need this.)

I also really loved this large scale deer print (below).  The tree behind the deer was embroidered and gave this large panel just the right amount of texture.

I thought it was very clever how they used these small birds that you find in the floral supply/craft store to tie in with the Echino logo.

The little dots of color on this back wall are all three dimensional butterflies.  I  know you will not be surprised that I really wanted to live here for the day.

Maybe I will have to settle for a bag instead.

For all of you fabric fans, what are you most looking forward to seeing from the show? I’ll be back the rest of this week and next with lots more to see.  I hope you’ll join me!