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Nov
21

Meet Moda's new designer, Laura Muir

For Laura Muir, art is a way of connecting with joy in the moment. And she hopes that sewing with fabrics from her upcoming Brightly Blooming line will give quilters that same feeling. Laura, who hails from Utah, has been painting since she was a young girl and took art lessons, which she continued...
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Linzee McCray
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May
31

Spring Market 2019 - Part 2

Get a cup of coffee or a cuppa of tea. Sit. Get comfortable. There's still plenty to share from this month's Spring Market in Kansas City. (Today is the last day I can write that.) Mr. Dunn is ready. This picture was taken Thursday, the day before Market started. He was getting his "gear" in order...
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Carrie Nelson
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May
24

Spring Market 2019 - Part 1

I guess that means I'm committed to doing a Part 2. It will be necessary as I'm only going to be able to share one side of the Designer booth today. Moda Marketplace - Spring Quilt Market 2019, Kansas City, Missouri. (This is actually the back of the booth, looking toward the main center aisle and...
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Carrie Nelson
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Apr
4

Meet Mara Penny, Moda's new designer

California girl Mara Penny is exploring the United States…in fabric. Moda’s newest designer was born in Lake Tahoe, lived briefly in San Diego, and today makes her home in the San Francisco Bay area. But her new line for Moda, Desert Song, is taking her out of state. First up is a visit to the...
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Linzee McCray
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Apr
6

Robin Pickens: Celebrities, Flowers, and Fabric Design

Can you design with the both Kardashians and Moda in mind? If you’re Robin Pickens, the answer is a definite YES! Robin signed on as a Moda designer in 2015 after winning the Moda and Spoonflower Fabric8 design competition from a field of nearly 800 entries. At the time she was doing broadcast...
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Linzee McCray
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Apr
6

Robin Pickens: Celebrities, Flowers, and Fabric Design

Can you design with the both Kardashians and Moda in mind? If you’re Robin Pickens, the answer is a definite YES! Robin signed on as a Moda designer in 2015 after winning the Moda and Spoonflower Fabric8 design competition from a field of nearly 800 entries. At the time she was doing broadcast...
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Linzee McCray
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Nov
16

Moda Designers Chill Out (or not) After Market

In the days and weeks that lead up to Quilt Market, Moda designers are in a frenzy of sewing. While sewing on-the-job sounds like a dream come true, trying to get it done on a tight deadline can be tough. And trying to create multiple quilts, bags, garments, and other items and display them...
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Linzee McCray
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Betsy Chutchian, Bonnie Olaveson, Camille Roskelley, Chelsi Stratton, Christopher Wilson-Tate, Corey Yoder, Debbie Maddy, Designers, Jan Patek Quilts, Jo Morton, Linzee Kull McCray, Lynne Hagmeier, Minick & Simpson, Moda Designers, Pat Sloan, Sherri McConnell
Oct
19

Welcome new Moda designer, Christopher Wilson-Tate!

From 4,679 miles away, it’s clear that Christopher Wilson-Tate’s adores textiles. That’s the distance between Dallas, home of Moda, and London, where Christopher buys and sells quilts through his shop, the Antique Textiles Company . Though the difference in time zones precluded a phone interview,...
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Linzee McCray
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Jun
2

New beginnings...

Appetizers first - then the main dish. Because I know so many of the names entered, one of the ladies in the office wheeled the computer mouse back-and-forth and picked a random winner from the comments... Michelle of Island Life Quilts. To everyone else - thank you! I promise to save more stuff "...
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cnelson
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1Canoe2, A Quilting Life, Betsy Chutchian, Chelsi Stratton, Corey Yoder, Designers, Lella Boutique, new designer, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing, Sherri McConnell, Vanessa Goertzen
May
16

M O D A M O D A M O D A...

The official group Designer picture with Moda Mark Dunn, Director of Design Cheryl Freydburg, the awesome Jamie Chupik and the ladies who design the fabric that Moda Fabrics printed on the selvage... And a little video with some pre-official group Designer picture fun... IMG_1501
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