Jay McCarroll, Project Runway winner, debuts new fabric line at Quilt Market

Jay McCarroll, the winner of the first season of Project Runway was at Quilt Market with two new collections of fabrics with Free Spirit.  And I had the delight of meeting Jay as well as have my picture taken with him.

I read more on the internet about Jay.  As a winner of Project Runway, he was awarded $100,000 but turned it down.  At the time, their contract said that they would own a percentage of all his professional ventures in perpetuality.  Wow, what a clause! It had to have taken a lot of courage to turn down the money and I admire him for it. (Project Runway no longer has this clause, thank goodness.)

Please check back as I have much more to show from Quilt Market as well as information on my newest fabric collection – coming soon – Its a Dog’s Life!

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6 Comments

  1. hi phyllis!
    wow! what a great trip! you met so many wonderful people.
    how fun! each booth you show is so amazing!
    xo
    melissa

  2. Wow – that clause was a doosey! Everybody wants a piece of the action, eh? Glad to hear that they did away with that clause! Good for Jay for turning it down!

  3. Well, how fun to meet someone from the show…that is one of my favorite shows! I think they should give him back the money, now that they have changed the clause! don’t you???

    how was his collection received? I know he had strange ideas.

  4. Denise, you can look at the booth that shows in the photo and get a feel for his fabric. I don’t have any idea on how it was received. The colors were good for quilters and I think his fabrics were too, but who knows.

  5. Amazing works of art all those quilts! And getting to meet Jay, who happens to be one of my fave Project Runway winners, that is awesome. I had no idea he turned down the money, good for him.

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