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Rosemont’s International Quilt Festival: Trends & Hot Topics

June 27, 2014 by AllFreeSewing 2 Comments

Last week AllFreeSewing and FaveQuilts were able to make it to the International Quilt Festival in Rosemont, Illinois. To put it in a word, we were ecstatic. As one would imagine, we’re pretty happy when it comes to seeing what can be pieced together with a needle and thread. Browsing through the amazing finished quilts and cutting edge products had us absolutely giddy.

Janome

Paddycakes

Quilt Display Products

But to keep all of our discoveries and newfound treasures to ourselves would be selfish, so after a few days of calming ourselves down from the madness, we’re here to report the top trends from the International Quilt Festival.

Top Trends from the International Quilt Festival

3D – This is an age of innovation in the world of free motion and hexie quilts. No longer are we confined to keeping things flat with fabric. Ladies and gentleman, it’s time to go big, bold, and home with dimensionality in your quilting projects & products.

 

Handy Caddy

International Quilt Festival Display
Color! Now you might be thinking, “Duh, AllFreeSewing and FaveQuilts, color is always at a quilt festival,” but we’re here to tell you that it was like a color explosion in Rosemont. Brights prominently made their way into every kind of quilt and fabric available at the show.

Fabric Display at International Quilt Festival
Novelty Fabrics – Along with wild colors were uninhibited prints on tons of fabrics we saw available. Movie characters, animals, and even popular Pins made their way to the show this year.

International Quilt Festival Fabric

Robert Kaufman Fabrics
Embroidery – Designs and long-arm machines made our mouths water at the International Quilt Festival. We were particularly excited to see a lot of fabrics that made use of sparkly thread as a detail, similar to inlay thread.

BERNINA         Linda Z's Sewing Center

Needless to say, we’ll be returning next year. Watch out, 2015! Here we come!

International Quilt Festival

 

Have you ever been to a quilt festival?

 

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Comments

  1. Cindy Sherwood says

    June 27, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    No, just quilt shows at our local shops (my mom usually has many gorgeous entries).

  2. Kathay Iskrzycki says

    June 28, 2014 at 5:49 pm

    Where are these festivals….
    how can I be put on a list for email about the shows and
    Festivals?

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