Author Archive | Brooke Sellmann

As we continue on our Market tour, our first stop today is at Tula Pink’s booth… Have you seen Tula’s new book City Sampler??  Since they were such a hot ticket, she was selling and autographing them in her booth.  Here Donna bought one, so the deal was Tula signed her and you signed Tula’s. […]

This week these goodies are heading out to Jan Baker!!  Congratulations!!  I am emailing you… Meeting new designers…either new to the industry or just ones we have never met before is a fun treat at Market!  Here Tiffany, Sally’s sister, is with Tamara is a new designer with Michael Miller.  We all loved her booth!!  […]

Exciting day!!  Today each Design Team member of the Quilted Fish will be sharing tutorials for our Modern Mini Madhuri quilts that debuted at Spring Market. My piece was titled “Don’t be blue”.  Let’s get started…. We each received an assortment of scraps of Madhuri.  I also asked for 1/2 yard of the blue solid. I […]

The next stop on our Quilt Market tour….Mo Bedell….oh my!! Here is the lovely Mo with my bestie talking about this to die for quilt!! The colors in this booth were so refreshing! Donna and I finally caught up with the lovely Sally and her sister Tiffany!  We had so much fun hanging out together!! […]

This week…this lovely group of scraps goes to….Marcia W!  Hooray!  I am emailing you…. We are continuing our Market tour…. The lovely Amanda’s quilts in Riley Blake’s booth….I am in love with the solid ombre! Next we move to Art Gallery….this is Jeni Baker’s booth… (oh and I just love it when blogger does this!) […]

Ready for more from the Quilted Fish??  The mini quilt in this picture is from Jackie! This one is mine…. I am in love with the diamonds!!  This is a new ruler coming out soon from Amanda! This mini is by the amazing Jana!  (and once again blogger….agh!!) Another diamond quilt on this divine velvet […]

Ahhh, let the Spring Market in Portland begin…. One of the first booths we saw…Newcastle Fabrics and Victoria Finley Wolfe’s new line…. Of course you knew I will be at the Quilted Fish’s booth!  Love, love, love Amanda’s design! What do you spy??  Love the Glamps, the bunting, the….my list goes on! (and of course […]

The winner of this week’s giveaway is…. Tammy!!  I am emailing you!  Congratulations! Packed and ready to head out to Spring Market in Portland….notice I left room for goodies!! I made it to Portland safe and sound!  Caught up with Miss Sally and Miss Amanda!! My bestie even saved me a spot in line – […]

Awhile back I shared this photo with you….my Color Me Retro blocks. I finished piecing my blocks…finally! After auditioning a few different layouts, this is what I decided on…. It is all sewn together…now to quilt it!   I am thinking about a circular quilting design….  Happy Sewing! ps- so just to let you know, I […]

PB&J….love this line by basicgrey! I made three different groups of five fabrics. Then I cut about an 8 inch section of each grouping. After sewing the units together and then quilting them, the next step was to decide on binding.  (oh silly blogger….I wish it would stop acting up!) The finished piece 12 x […]