My First Booth Part 4
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! (And that all the international folk enjoyed watching the Americans gorge on food.) I am feeling very thankful and blessed for the amazing year I've had. This is my final installment about Market and, in my mind, the most important. I owe the biggest shoutout and thank you to all those friends and family that made something/finished something for my booth! (And everyone that listened to me talk about my plans ad nauseam the past few months.) I really cannot ever thank you enough! First of all, let's talk about Shirley Bailey, you might know her as the owner of my main local quilt store, Sew Original. For me, she's the binding fairy. She hand bound almost every quilt in my booth. You might know that I'm picky and her binding is PERFECT. Absolutely perfect. Shirley, I owe you:) I seriously don't know what I would have done without you.
My sweet friend Tessa pieced and quilted this beauty! I had cut the fabric and knew that I wouldn't get to it. I mailed it to Tessa and the USPS ate the package. So, I cut it again and mailed it off. She finished it (in about five days!) and shipped it directly to my hotel in Houston. She's a really good friend. A really, really good friend. It's going to be a free pattern coming soon:)
Sarah made this table runner with my Blue Ridge Quilt Pattern. We facetimed and picked really great fabrics. I love her quilting choices! She's the best!!
Kelly Wood quilted this for me! I've stolen the image from Quilters Dream Instagram account; they took a fabulous photo. Kelly used two layers of Quilters Dream Select batting to make the quilting really show. I pieced this top with half square triangles based on my All Squared Up pattern.
She hid so many little gems in this piece. There's a bee that's an homage to the Flora & Fauna fabric that I used.
And she quilted honeycombs. Needless to say, she's pretty amazing.
It was over:( I sent my quilts off to Country Fabrics in Minnesota for a trunk show. This was a huge relief as it cleared some room in the car.
Taking it all down is MUCH faster than putting it up!
My last big thank you is to my Mom & Dad. My Dad built my booth and went on countless Home Depot treks! (More on that later.) The booth was amazing and exactly as I wanted it to be. My Mom was my right hand man/The Guru/Chief Minion. She abandoned all her own sewing projects for the past two months to help me. I could not have done it without her. When I decided to do my first market booth, I asked them to help and they both jumped on board. I'm not sure any of us knew what we were getting into. I always joke that it's a miracle that they answer my calls.
I'm already looking forward to Minneapolis in the Spring!xo LC