The Bear's Blog

Freebie Friday Winner 5/25/12

Congratulations to last week's Freebie Friday winner, Sue R. She won the LQ2 November Turkey pattern!

 

This Friday's Freebie is December Santa from the Little Quilts² Again! series!

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

International Quilt Market 2012 in Kansas City

We are back from spring market, and trying to reorganize.  It is always so much work- loooooong hours- to prepare for market.  Karol (aka my mother-in-law) always goes with me providing much-needed help with unloading, setting up, handing out literature, taking orders, all-around moral support, and loading back up again!  Thanks, Karol!  She's also the photographer for both market and Mueller family functions :o)  So here's a little scrapbook of quilt market through Karol's lens...

 

This is our "blank canvas."  We have already put our foamy faux-wood flooring down.  It's much easier on the old legs and back :o)

 

This is the booth ready for opening day!  We were showing the Little Quilts² Again! models for the first time at market, as well as our Hugs and Holly book (along with all models.)  Our big "theme" for market was Farmers Market for our new fabric line through Red Rooster!  We showed all of our models that will be in the upcoming book, also named Farmers Market.  (I'll show more on that later :o)

 

This is a picture of me and our big attention-grabbing tree.  It turned out great, and we had so many nice quilters coming by to give us a compliment or take a picture.  The quilting industry has THE nicest people :o)

This is a close-up of the tree.  I just did what I call "sloppy quilting" on the tree trunk.  Sloppy because you actually want that gathering and puffing of fabric that we all try so hard to keep out of our wallhangings and bed quilts.  I quilted in a sort of swirly ring pattern to mimic bark. 

 

Farmers Market apron coming soon!

 

Bees, flowers and bags will also be in the book.

 

This is one of the statues downtown called "Bronco Buster."  I always appreciate art like this, wondering how many hours it took the artist to make it... so life-like.

 

 In the evenings, we would head down to the Power and Light District for great atmosphere and WONDERFUL food!  This is a pic of Karol's halibut from the 801 Chophouse.  Soooooo good.  I had the prime rib which was the best I have EVER had.  It was perfection.  The next night we ate with the other Red Rooster designers at Bristol for some great seafood and even better company.  It's always so nice to chat with the Red Rooster ladies, and other designers like Terri of Whimsicals, Amy Barickman of Indygo Junction, Gudrun of GE Designs, and Helen Stubbings who had her first fabric line showing at market!  Congratulations, Helen!

 

One pleasant surprise in KC was Cosentino's Market.  We don't always have access to places like this when we do markets, but what a breath of fresh air to have this within walking distance!  We ate breakfast here every morning getting very tasty pastries and coffee, and even catching our last, quick dinner before packing up for the ride home.  A great little market if you're ever downtown.

So, now it's back to work with my biggest priority being the Farmers Market book.  It will release around July/August along with the fabrics.  More blogging on that coming soon :o)

Freebie Friday Winner 5/18/12

Whew!  Sorry for the delay.  I have been trying to reorganize here in the office, as well as my personal life, after getting back from the International Quilt Market!

Congratulations to last week's Freebie Friday winner, Barb B. from Wyoming, IL. She won the October Jacks pattern!

 

This Friday's Freebie is November Turkey from the Little Quilts² Again! series!

 

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

Freebie Friday Winner 5/11/12

Congratulations to last week's Freebie Friday winner, Shelly S. of Severn, MD. She won the September Schoolhouse pattern!

 

This Friday's Freebie is October Jacks from the Little Quilts² Again! series!

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

Freebie Friday Winner 5/4/12

Congratulations to last week's Freebie Friday winner, Ellie M from Filer, ID. She won the Ladybugs Patternlet!

 

This Friday's Freebie is September Schoolhouse from the Little Quilts² Again! series!

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

NEW Little Quilts Squared Again! Now Available!

 

Our new Little Quilts series is now available! We also have button packs to make life easy :o) Click here to see the series on our website.

 

Quilts shops, be sure to check out our Bear Bundle bags for kitting!

 

 

Freebie Friday Winner 4/27/12

Congratulations to last week's Freebie Friday winner, Kathy K. from Hamilton, IL . She won the Just 2 Tea Towels- Fall Set!

 

This Friday's Freebie is the Ladybugs Patternlet!

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

Freebie Friday Winner 4/20/12

Congratulations to last week's Freebie Friday winner, Maryann C. from New Castle, DE. She won the Just 2 Tea Towels- Love Set!

 

This Friday's Freebie is the Just 2 Tea Towels- Fall Set!

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

New FREE Goodies!

We just posted some new free downloads on our website that go along with our Hugs and Holly line!  We have some cute recipe cards and a pattern for mason jar baskets.  (Get the fabrics on our website starting April 25th!)

Click here to check out the free goodies!

Freebie Friday Winner 4/13/12

Congratulations to last week's Freebie Friday winner, Cathy T from Paris, KY. She won the Hummingbird Patternlet!

 

This Friday's Freebie is the Just 2 Tea Towels- Love Set!

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.