I took Friday off to attend the annual PIQF held at the Santa Clara Convention Center. I am so lucky that this place is so close to where I live. While I was uploading photos from yesterday, I realized that this was my sixth year attending this event! It's one of my favorites shows, and I look forward to it every year. A lot may have changed over the years, but my love for 30's reproduction fabrics remain the same, and I was able to score quite a bit of them this year. I spent about four hours on the market floor and barely had time to visit the exhibit section.
Here are some highlights of my favorite booths:
American Jane: I adore all things American Jane. I bought a few charm packs again and "
A Baker's Dozen" book by Sandy. Sandy is the founder and owner of American Jane, and she signed my book! Oh so excited!
The "American Jane" booth.
Cotton and Chocolate Quilt Company: I visit this booth every year because I love their hexagon templates. I bought more this year including size 3/8"! They are tiny hexagons, but they are just too vintage and cute to pass up. I recently read about this company in a quilting magazine, and they were considered one of the top ten quilt shops in the US! The owner was so sweet and nice. I also bought this light gadget you wear around your neck.
I am going to make one of these using these tiny strips of 30's fabrics I got.
YLI: Their hand quilting threads are the best -- hands down.
Holly Hill Quilt Design: My new discovery, but gosh, everything they had was just so cute. I had to get "everything."
This is one of my favorite quilts on the exhibit floor. I love these aprons using reproduction fabrics.
"Chicken Aprons" by Barbara Bickford.
4 comments:
That sounds like the perfect day out. Wish I could have been there. They'd have to throw me out at closing time. LOL
Thank you for sharing your day with us. I also live so close to this but have never attended...maybe next year, it look like fun!
I mean LOOKS like fun.
It looks like the paradise for quilter!
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