A Hat for Andrew Jack

So, I had a half skein let over from the Elodie Hat. It begged to be another kid's hat. Here's AJ (Andrew Jack) modeling this quick to knit topper for a little boy or girl. And, yes, I know these are girl colors. Boy shades to come.

Elodie's Hat

Here's the latest little hat for my grand-niece who turns one year old this week. It's knit with two yarns. One is a self striping sock yarn and the other is merino wool. I used the garter ridge stitch and added a rosette knit from the sock yarn. The rosette will have buttons sewn to the center and the buttons will come from Elodie's Great Grandma Pauline's button jars.

The cooperative model is Mr. Andrew Jack, the first and only teddy bear that I've ever had. Thanks, Andrew, for your furry help!

Bestsellers at Festival

Well, we have one more day on the big, big Quilt Festival floor. Today is Sunday and it is traditionally a day for lots and lots of lookers at Festival.

I did do the numbers for the first three days yesterday afternoon during a lull in the action and it looks like our preliminary bestsellers are:

The Zelda Hat -- an elegant hat for girls & women and our newest knitting design

Knitcushion Kits -- a periennial Quilt Festival favorite

Potholder Play -- our kitchen design book

Here's the link to purchase these items, although The Zelda Hat is so new that it is not up on the website yet. http://www.graywooddesigns.com/

I was thrilled to find Ruth Mundy's crazy quilted piece, On The Edge of Gold, right at the entrance to the exhibit on crazy quilting sponsored by the Alliance for American Quilts. You can see this quilt in my previous blog post which I posted from my cellphone.

Today I will take more photos of Ruth's quilt for her so she can get an idea of the scope of Quilt Festival. Ruth is from Elkton, Michigan which is also hometown to Graywood's Danielle Damen.

We Are SO Proud of Ruth Mundy!

Here is Ruth's crazy quilt, On the Edge of Gold, which received honorable mention in the Alliance for American Quilts exhibit here at Festival in Houston. Ruth got her start at a crazy quilt class at The Merc many moons ago. Well done, Ruth!

More Photos from Quilt Festival

Cathy Winter, our Houston friend, has been working in the Graywood Designs booth with us. She is an accomplished quilt artist and photographer. Here is a link to her blog with more photos from Quilt Festival:

http://cmwinter.blogspot.com/.

Scroll back a post or two and you will learn more about this Festival, the largest quilt gathering in the world!

We Gotta Keep Our Booth Clean!

Here's Wanda, sweeping the carpeting before today's very busy day at Festival. We sold out of our newest knitting design, The Zelda Hat, but will have more of that design tomorrow.

If you are in Houston, come see us in Booth #1452. There are two more days of fantastic quilt and fabric shopping!

Yeah! We got the Booth Done . . .

. .and the 2009 International Quilt Market has begun!

Stop by and Visit us in Booth #1452.

Quilt Festival Opens Tonight

Come see us In Houston! Wednesday hours are 5 pm to 10 pm. Doors open for the general public at 7.

We are in the middle of the hall, back near Make It University -- Booth #1452.

At Quilt Market in Houston

The Fall International Quilt Market enters its last day today and we are pleased to see so many of our wholesale customers here. Our newest pattern, A Little Night Music -- An Elegant Miniature Runner, is the pick of the booth. Modeled after our full size runners, this little specialty is coming to a quilt shop near you!

We'll be here through Sunday in Booth 1452 so you can come and shop. Be sure to stop by the booth and say hello. Danielle will join me in Houston on Wednesday for the show. We are the people behind the patterns and books published by Graywood Designs so come and meet us.

Houston's weather should be settled back into the 70's by midweek. Today looks like a sultry southern day, much different from Michigan's march toward the cool part of fall!