Last weekend I travelled to Melbourne to work at the AQM - a trade show for the Australian Patchwork & Quilting industry. It's always great to catch up with other reps, our amazing designers, and to see what's new in the market. It was a great weekend, but it's work - so I didn't get to see any part of Melbourne except for the short walk from the hotel to the convention centre.
This is part of the Lloyd Curzon booth and my sales table.

The quilt below is "Almost Oriental" by Sandra from The Secret drawer in Robe SA. and is made out of the Shadowplay fabrics by Maywood Studio.

The two stunning quilts below are both by Michel Hill and are made out of her latest fabric range - Morris Meadows.

I meet the lovely Nicole Mallalieu of You Sew Girl. Her booth was lovely and if you pop over to her blog you will see some much nicer photos!

Nicole has the cutest hat and bag patterns:

And her A-Line skirt pattern is on my "I want" list.


One of my favourite booths was HQW. Lynne always displays her products beautifully and she has some great new scrappy patterns that you will be seeing shortly in the shops.


I love catching up with Leanne, Rosie & Melly. We often only see each other once a year but we quickly catch up with what's has been happening in each other's lives.

Melly's new patterns are just adorable!

The softies below are by Ric Rac

Natalie Lymer's area was so cute. Natalie has her new fabric range out..Woodland, so it was nice to see what projects she had designed with the fabric.

Saffron Craig's booth is always a delight:

and Natalie Ross & Gail Pan are always 2 ladies I love to catch up with:




I'll be back on Friday with some more photos of AQM.
Take care....Di