Quilt Exhibition 'Made in New York: City Quilting'

The City Quilter is organizing a quilt exhibition, "MADE IN NEW YORK: City Quilting," to be shown from September 22, 2009 through November 14, 2009 at the Williams Club, which is located at 24 East 39th Street. More than 60 quilts are expected to be hung. The quilts will be available for viewing from 8 am until 8 pm, every day.

For submission a quilt must have been made while the quilter was living or working in the New York metro area. The quilts will be juried. As part of the show, there will be a special exhibition of Dear Jane quilts.


This exhibit follows The City Quilter's successful show in Winter, 2007 that commemorated the 10th anniversary of our classroom-and our shop. At that time, 45 juried quilts were displayed for seven weeks at the Williams Club. The Club was pleased with the response, and has invited us back.

Picture from the 2007 showing

Cathy Izzo, the shop's co-owner commented: "There are so few opportunities for the public to see quilts in New York City, and the vast range of quilting styles will surprise--and please--all the visitors. We expect a big response to a show that will help advance New Yorkers' interest in quilting."

So, if you live in the area or want a weekend trip, plan for this great New York Experience!

Winner & Answers

We had a great response from this giveaway and are proud to announce RACHEL the winner of this giveaway! She commented:



This is my first time to your site, but it looks great! Nice sharp pictures. -Rachel


We used RANDOM to determine our winner so we wouldn't be burdened with the task, so congratulations Rachel!! Comment with you e-mail so we can get your address.



ANSWERS:

We thought it would be good to answer some questions people had while commenting about our new FreeSpirit website.

One comment someone said:
My only wish is that you had that info available for older lines (that way it's easier for me to figure out what I need to track down!) :)

Oh but you can! And this is how you get there! When you are on the homepage and click on 'Our Fabric' you can then click on 'Recent collections'. This brings you to all of the past lines that have been out for awhile or are on closeout. So there is still a place on the website you can go to look at all of these great lines, we just wanted to keep them separate from our current lines.

Ok, on to a few more tid-bits that might help you navigate our website.

We have a 'Your Favorites' section you can go to that allows you to select your favorite swatches and then lets you print these out. Why is this useful? If you are a shop owner you can select everything you want to buy, print them out, then place your order with customer service or your local rep. If you are a sewer, this allows you to select what you want to use for a project, then print the swatches out and bring the print-out to your local quilt shop and easily snag what you are looking for.

Updates, Updates, Updates! (Giveaway CLOSED)

Hey Readers! Well we have big updates at Westminster Fibers that involves our FreeSpirit website. If you have not been to the FreeSpirit site in a while, it's time to stop by because we have made many updates that makes the website more eye-catching, and easier to navigate. Also, a HUGE addition as well!

We wanted to not only show our fabrics, but also show what you can do with the fabric. On the homepage, pictures will fade in and out of finished projects using our new fabric collections, with swatches beside the projects. Also, we have added some 'sort' features that will help you find your favorite collections fast. Last but not least, we have our Westminster Fibers Finished Products on the website as well! This includes Umbrellas, Fabricware, Fleece Kits, Backpacks and Reading Glasses with many more additions on the way.

Due to the Finished Product addition on the website, we are giving away this large Fabricware tray! So post your comments on what you think about the website makeover and we will randomly pick a winner on Thursday, June 11th! Enjoy the website and good luck!

Quilt Market Round 2

Now is the time we show you all our pretty quilts that our quilt designers put together for us. You can see the quality and hard work that they put in to them! We also will give you a sneak peak at free downloads that will soon be on our website!

From left is the Monaco quilt; both quilts to the right are Deer Valley quilts

To the left is a honeycomb quilt out of the Wildwood collection, and to the right is an all around the world quilt from Picnic Parade

Jennifer Paganelli introduced three collections at market and this picture displays each of the collections

Scott Hansen proudly stands beside his quilts he made for the collections Be A Man on the left and Christmas Snowflower on the right

We created this tailgate display for Be A Man that was very eye catching

The Lion of Judah was quite the colorful display! We handed out brochures that told the general story of the movie and we were showing the trailer for this movie

Libby Brooks, our New Business Manager for Finished Products, was able to stop for a picture between her busy moments at her booth!

Libby and Nancy Jewell were busy giving presentations for the many Finished Products that are new to WestminsterNancy Jewell is the Manager of New Business Development for Sewing and was busy telling people about her Embroidery Kits. You will here more about those later!

And of course, Scott Jarrard was at market giving everyone a sneak peak at his Boogie Monsters line that is coming out in August!

Market Update!

Everyone at Westminster Fibers survived yet another quilt market and we have plenty to talk about. While driving to the hotel from the airport we found ourselves lost on top of a mountian, overlooking Pittsburgh. Not a bad place to get lost! It was beautiful and we had to jump out of the car to take a few pictures. The town was filled with great architecture that really made some buildings stand out. Even the convention center was known for how 'Green' it was; filled with natural light to show off all of the booths.

Vicki Payne, a new artist under FreeSpirit, had an eye-catching booth that really showed off her new home dec fabric, For Your Home. She had large fabric pieces hanging from her light blue walls, covered cushions, large pillows and decorating ideas in her booth. This booth really showed what you can do with home dec fabric and how you can take advantage of the thicker texture of the fabric.

Here is a beautiful chair with a custom cushion made from the collection For Your Home. This animal print fabric really popped and the contrast fabric for the trim really stood out. Great choice for colors.

Valori Wells was also introducing her new line called Del Hi. The quilts on the left are a pattern that Valori designed for the free download on the FreeSpirit site. She does one quilt in the bright colorway of her fabrics, then a more earth toned quilt to the right. This collection was quite the hit at market and she did some fun stuff in her booth with her new fabric as well. She also had a booth for her fabric store called, The Stitchen Post that was right beside her Del Hi booth. Not only did she show off her great new fabric line, but she was also showing (and wearing) her new shirts that will be coming out that really catch the eye!

Valori Wells on right

More posts on quilt market coming soon!