SPRING QUILT MARKET 2009: THE BEST AND MOST FUN PLACE TO BE (part 1)
May 23, 2009
Hey girls!
I have finally arrived home on Tuesday night... OMG! What a marathon! Quilt Market is an experience so intense that you need a couple of days to process all the information, the emotions and all the joy... So many things to see, so many people to meet and talk, so many ideas that come out of my mind for the future...
I want to thank you all the people that visited our booth; they were all so kind to Walter, our staff and me! Thank you from the bottom of my heart...
I'm so exhausted but so happy at the same time. We were driving 21 hours to go and same thing to come back; but boy, what a beautiful country this is!
This post is gonna be quick in text, but big in pictures, so you can know everyone! Don't worry, I will introduce each one to you...
First of all I want to show you how one section of my booth looked like. I know, I know, more pictures coming soon....
Meet my hubby Walter, having a great time with one of our best customers. I'm going to tell you who they are in the next picture...
They are Roxanne and Stuart Lasky, from The Quilter's Alley. A beautiful Quilting and Sewing Creative Center in Connecticut. I will blog in detail about many of our customer in future posts.
Look at these two dynamite couples (here with my Walter)... Hello Roxy and Stu!!
And do you know who this incredible guy is? Not other one that the most FUNNY STAR on the quilting industry: Mark Lipinski, from Quilter's Home Magazine. I love him, he is so authentic, and fresh...
Can I tell you a secret? One of my quilts goes to his magazine for the October issue... Which quilt? Be sure to subscribe to his magazine to see... You'll have a pleasant surprise, with splashes of color!
Another authority in the quilting world? Please meet Joan Hawley, the owner and creative force behind Lazy Girl Designs. You know that her bag patterns are number one in sales in USA? I'm specially in love with her Miranda Bag... Another secret? She will start working with my fabrics on some of her new designs! I'm so proud...
How about a picture of myself at my booth? At Quilt Market, I always have the best time of my life... Oh! Look at my eyes! I am a little bit tired...
Another great designer, Kay Capps, from Cross Cuts. A great quilting friend --I'll never forget her kindness and generosity on my beginnings. Many of you may know her as "The Black and White Lady", and her quilts are stunning. Be sure to buy one of her books, you'll learn tons and some of my fabrics will be on her new book!
I will post more great quilting friends and more great pictures on a second part.
Now I want to introduce to you the person who help me to make everything possible; my right hand. A woman so creative, that she is shining on Art Gallery Fabrics: my graphic designer and assistant Angelina Meneses...
She is 23, and I can tell you for sure that she's a beautiful person inside and out. This is her first picture, because she's very shy. But I will convince her to let me put more pictures and talk a little bit about her. I'm very proud that she's part of our Art Gallery Fabrics' family.
Well, this the beginning of a series of posts about Market.
To be continued...
Handmade rocks... so let's keep on stitching
Patricia