{"id":6822,"date":"2013-05-29T11:09:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T15:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=6822"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:13:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:13:57","slug":"spring-2013-quilt-market-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/05\/spring-2013-quilt-market-recap.html","title":{"rendered":"spring 2013 quilt market recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like I should say something about Quilt Market since so many of you have asked about it after the show.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-before-lights.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6826\" alt=\"booth-before-lights\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-before-lights-580x472.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-before-lights-580x472.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-before-lights-275x224.jpg 275w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-before-lights.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I usually forget to take photos of our booth, and this trip was no exception. There were a few photos taken as we were setting up, but when I&#8217;m standing in the booth I always forget to take photos. (Somehow I manage to remember when I&#8217;m walking around the show, however!)<\/p>\n<p>My favorite part of Market is meeting and talking with everyone who drops by our exhibit. We&#8217;ve been doing this show for about five years now, so we&#8217;ve made a lot of friends during that time. It&#8217;s always wonderful to both catch up with those friends and to make new friends.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some of the new friends we met this trip were Kristin of <a href=\"http:\/\/skirtastop.com\/\">Skirt as Top<\/a>, who lives in Portland and who helped us enormously with setting up and taking down the booth. We had time to chat while we worked and over a few meals. We also had the great pleasure of meeting Cherie of <a href=\"http:\/\/youandmie.com\/\">You and Mie<\/a> and Gail from <a href=\"http:\/\/probablyactually.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Probably Actually<\/a> at the show. It&#8217;s wonderful to meet internet friends in real life, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/with-friends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6827\" alt=\"with-friends\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/with-friends-580x486.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/with-friends-580x486.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/with-friends-275x230.jpg 275w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/with-friends.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our good friends from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?B=404942&#038;U=854358&#038;M=42943&#038;urllink=\" target=\"_blank\">Creativebug<\/a> were there, as well, and they produced a nice little film about the fabric design process featuring some of our favorite people at Market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spring Quilt Market Portland: A Fabric Story I Creativebug\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BCFYL6KgkY0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In between days spent on the floor, there were dinners with old and new friends (during at least one of which we laughed so hard we could hardly eat!), a few parties here and there, and walks along the pretty streets of Portland. At these shows we don&#8217;t have much time to relax or explore, I&#8217;m sorry to report.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/quilt-market-inspiration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6825\" alt=\"quilt-market-inspiration\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/quilt-market-inspiration-580x719.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/quilt-market-inspiration-580x719.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/quilt-market-inspiration-221x275.jpg 221w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/quilt-market-inspiration.jpg 1148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our self-imposed challenge for this show was to mail our booth. We usually ship a big pallet via freight, but this time we wanted to just send a few boxes. Above is my inspiration board for the booth. Tissue paper flowers, striped chevron floor, and the bright color palette. Initially I wanted to have mostly white tissue paper flowers and walls, but Quilt Market is all about color, so color is what we brought. And Todd had a great time opening up the paper flowers the day before the show began. At least he got to sit down for the job.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ToddFlowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6834\" alt=\"Todd Opening Flowers\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ToddFlowers-580x773.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ToddFlowers-580x773.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ToddFlowers-206x275.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Considering that everything got shipped in nine boxes, I think it turned out pretty well. And it looks quite a bit like the sketch that S and I drew on the iPad beforehand when we were planning, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-sketch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6824\" alt=\"booth-sketch\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-sketch-580x490.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-sketch-580x490.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-sketch-275x232.jpg 275w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-sketch.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love it when things turn out that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a quick recap of our experience at spring 2013 Quilt Market in Portland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/booth-before-lights.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-1M2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4120,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2012\/05\/spring-2012-quilt-market-recap.html","url_meta":{"origin":6822,"position":0},"title":"spring 2012 quilt market recap","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"May 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It's taken a few days to recover and to unpack all our materials, but we're finally back from Quilt Market. 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