Once again, time seems to be spinning out of control, and I’ve lost track of the days. Maybe it’s because I turned 57 this week. Whatever the reason, here’s my sewing update a day late. The Iris Quilt? No progress to report. But honestly, who cares... I met Corey Yoder!
She did a trunk show at Love It Sew one of our local quilt shops. Normally I would never pay to meet fabric designer. But when I saw that she was going to be here the day after my birthday I said what the heck. I almost always buy fabric for my birthday and had planned to buy from both of the local shops why not just go on the day that Corey is in town. It was only $20 or in quilter cash one yard of wide quilt backing.
I've been following Corey since around 2011 or 12. Back then she was a Moda Bakeshop designer, that's how I found her. She had posted a quilt pattern in the Moda Bakeshop website and there was a link to her blog at the end of the pattern post. Here's a link to the Candy Scraps Quilt I remembered from way back then. Why was it so memorable? Linen! That's right she used an unbleached linen in the quilt and I was in awe. So I went straight to Joann's and bought some linen that looked like what she had but wasn't designer fabric. I didn't use it for another year or two, you know how it is...SQUIRRELL!
Anyway, back to Corey, she was in town for a trunk show featuring her new fabric line, Fruit Salad. I had already come across it online since I often browse manufacturer websites for upcoming collections.
Of course, she brought all the sample quilts for this line and a lot more from other lines.
I took pictures of some of the quilts just for show and tell here on the blog. But I didn't bother to write down the names of any of them. So, if you like any of them here's a link to her pattern shop. It's rare that I buy a pattern, but when I do I prefer to buy directly from the designer, if possible, they make more profit when you purchase from them.
She shared a good 20 to 30 really cute quilts. This one below was my favorite. Again, I have no clue what it's called. It reminds me of the traditional quilt pattern called Grandmothers Flower Garden. Y'all know I'm s sucker for posy quilts. Did I buy the pattern? No. I forgot about this one when it came time to shop.
What did I get? Let's start with the goodie bag put together by the quilt shop. In the bag was 2 FQ's, scissors, a wristlet and 3 pieces of candy. The candy is not pictured because...well...it was yummy chocolates. HAHA! We also got to choose one Corey pattern free of charge. The goodie bag more than paid for what we paid for the trunk show. Let me just say I love this quilt shop, they carry all the pretty stuff I love. Thank goodness it's about a 40 to 50 minute drive. If it were closer, I'd be in big trouble with hubby all the time.
Of course, I bought a few things while at the shop. Some half yards of the blue prints in the Fruit salad line and the black dot on white is also a Corey Yoder fabric but not from the current line. We'll talk more about that black dot fabric next week. Some must have low volume prints came home with me because one can never have too many of those. And last but not least Corey brought new patterns for her next line of fabric, Joysome, it will be in stores this fall. I chose a pattern that looked like it would be good for scrap busting small squares.
Corey had a YouTube Channel. She posts a new video almost every Saturday. Her channel isn't just for plugging her new lines of fabric and patterns, she also does Q&A, free block of the months and the occasional tutorial. I watch it every week without fail. Below is her video for the Fruit Salad line. Click on the image below to watch or click this link to watch it on YT and help her YT channel grow.
See you soon! Monday is the plan, but you never know!
