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Volume 4, Issue 9
November 2009


In this issue

  • Fall Market wrap-up
  • Best Booth Awards
  • Quilts in the City
  • New Product Spotlight

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Market now a "thirtysomething"

International Quilt Market celebrated its 30th anniversary last month in Houston. But don’t break out those black balloons yet, because there was much to celebrate about in the current state of the industry!
More on Market numbers here…

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Best Booth awards

It’s a cut-throat (or is that cut-fabric?) competition among Market exhibitors to “wow” buyers and the Super Secret Booth Award Committee with dazzling décor. See who took home a ribbon, a shiny plaque, and bragging rights.
More on Best Booths here…

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Gritty City Quilts

If there are eight million stories in the naked city…somebody needs to cover them up with quilts! In the heart of the Big Apple lies The City Quilter, and owner/Market attendee Dale Riehl discusses the ups and downs of his urban locale—and how he got quilts to light up the Great White Way.
More on this New York yankee here…


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New Product Spotlight

Our usual look at some of the best and most interesting new items coming out from manufacturers large, small, and everyone in-between—just in time for holiday shopping!
More on shelf-stuffers…

QUILTS, INC.
UPCOMING SHOWS

2010
International Quilt Festival/Chicago
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, Illinois, USA
April 16-18
Preview Night April 15 * Classes begin April 15

International Quilt Market/Spring
Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
May 21-23
Classes begin May 20

International Quilt Festival/Long Beach
Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
Long Beach, California, USA
July 23-25
Preview Night July 22 * Classes begin July 21

International Quilt Market/Fall
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, Texas, USA
October 30-November 1
Classes begin October 29

International Quilt Festival/Houston
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, Texas, USA
November 4-7
Preview Night November 3 * Classes begin November 1


For information on these or any other Quilts, Inc. shows, visit www.quilts.com


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