Well I have been home a week, so I guess I have recovered. Time to get back to work! I have been playing catch-up this last week after being gone for 12 days. It always takes a while to get things back to normal. Whatever that is.
Quilt Market was great for me. It was so good to have a booth again after missing that for the last 2 Markets. I did Market alone so I could save my help for the busy show--Festival. Because of that I really simplified my booth. No awning, no walls, no shelving, and all the little things that take so much time to get set up. But I did do my signature black and white checked floor. It is a requirement!
So some simple draperies and hang a few quilts, and I'm in business. I decided at the last minute that I needed a "little something." I picked up a cute red cabinet at Target and put it together in my booth. I just took my time a worked slowly getting everything done. I had plenty of time and it worked out great.
This gave me some extra surface area to display handouts and quilts!
Since I was at Market alone, I don't have a whole lot of photos because it was hard to leave my booth. I was near the Henry Glass booths, and we had an area where each designer did a demo each day. That kept us busy and with my new fabric and patterns, things were always hoppin'.
The bicycle tote bag was quite a hit. I just whipped it together right before leaving for Market. In fact, I finished it in my hotel room! It was a way for me to showcase the panel from my new fabric collection--Bicycles and Blooms.
I did not even intend to offer a pattern. But that changed. Everyone was so interested in it that I quickly decided to take orders and get a pattern written. I will also be offering a kit, but I don't have it up on the website just yet. First I need to re-make the bag, doing it right this time and using the real fabrics from the collection. I am good at making more work for myself!
One of my favorite things about going to Market is seeing all my quilty friends. Here are a few:
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| Pat Sloan and I try a selfie. |
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| Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill |
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| Me and Emily Herrick |
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| Heidi Kaisand is the new owner of American Quilt Retailer! |
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| Kim Niedzwiecki is an Aurifil star! |
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| Alex Veronelli visits my booth. |
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| Edyta Sitar had a beautiful booth. |
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| Amy McClellan of Under the Garden Moon. |
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| Carolee McMullin of AdornIt |
That's all I have about Market for now. I will post again soon with all the pics from Festival. So stay tuned. . . . .
4 comments:
Great post, Jill. Loved seeing your booth!
Your booth looks fantastic, Jill! And to think you just "threw it together". What talent!
Oh my heavens, I have to have that bicycle bag! Can't wait for the pattern and kit. Thank you!!
I think your booth looked great, and I can't believe that you did it alone!! So glad to see you up and looking like you're feeling well. Your hair is so cute!! Love the curls! :-) Big hugs to you!! I'm so happy for you!! Helen
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