Festival of Quilts 2018

Festival of Quilts 2018 - wow. 

What a show!

I though you might like to see my purchases. There are A LOT, but my excuse is it was near my birthday (and a significant one at that) and well - it's Festival. You only get to see this stuff once a year.

Simply Solids have a great range of fabric and are also lovely.

After the Frida Kahlo exhibition I'd decided that I needed more color in my life - so here is the start of my quest!

 Another great patron of colour is Kaffe Fassett.

 So I splurged.

 I do love Moda's Zen Chic range. A great mixer.

And as  lover of cats I thought I'd give Catnip a go too.

 I LOVE Paint-Box Threads.

Their thread is beautiful to sew with and the colour ranges are fabulous.

Their thread collections are so well put together.

If you see them at any show do buy a pack to try them out. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

They also had some fabric scrap bags and again I couldn't resist.

 FoQ is a great opportunity to meet up with friends and to see what they've bought and then go and buy it too.

So a great find (via a friend) was mud rabbit.

Beautiful designs on a variety of fabrics. 

I'm looking forward to some slow stitching.

Block Craft  had a good size stand at Festival that was always busy - they must have been shattered when they got home.

They had a great range of stamps with good deals on kits too. They demonstrated all day and had good examples of how they could be used.

 As you all know - I've become a fan of Elizabath Hartman's patterns - great designs, well written and easy to follow. What more could you ask for. I thought I could try out the Arctic Feather pattern in my new found bright colours.

I'd previously seen the Bubble Pods pattern by Beth. They look like they'll make great pressies.

 I do love a gadget and Festival is a great place to see them in the flesh as it were. 

But a word or warning - the same product can vary in price by quite a bit - so keep an eye out.

And I just had to get a book from Kaleidoscope.

On the recommendation of a friend I purchased Stitched Sewing Organizers by Aneela Hoey.

It's a lovely book and I'm looking forward to starting a project or two from it.

So that's my purchases!

If you went to Festival what did you buy?