Whew! We’re finally back home after 12 whirlwind days at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival in Houston. What a fabulous time we had – and we have the aching feet to prove it!
I can’t tell you how marvelous it is to be able to sleep in my own bed, eat in the kitchen (not at a restaurant or in the car), shower in my own shower, and not have to be up and working. Not to complain at all, the work was fun, meeting wonderful quilters and Quilting Stash listeners, and the magic of actually being at Quilt Festival was a dream-come-true for me. I had the opportunity to walk the quilt exhibit and was profoundly aware that I was finally in the place where I have always dreamed to be able to go. I took lots of pictures, and we have lots of fun experiences to share in an all-new podcast. We just have to get it recorded!
I tried like crazy to be able to get some interviews with my favorite quilters, and to do some podcasts while I was there. I should have known better than to try to schedule podcasts while I was setting up booths, taking down booths, meeting with contacts, and all that goes with having a booth at both places. I did manage to get one great interview with Jenny Wilding Cardon, mom-to-be, that will be up shortly. A cool thing that I got to do was meet with vendors who provided prizes for future Talking Stash drawings — which will be forthcoming.
I can hardly wait to begin sewing again – I came with all kinds of inspiration for new quilts. The “Pickle Road Garden” quilt that is made with Mark Lipinski’s new “Katmandu” fabric will be featured in “Quilt” magazine after the first of the year, among other exciting opportunities that we’ll be talking about in the podcast.
So stay tuned… And in the meantime, Happy Quilting!
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Dearest Annie and Lovely Kristen,
It was so fun to meet you both at the Houston Quilt Nervina Experience. (I am shelly beth and you took a pic of my two quilting buddies and me at your booth). I had a super time met Mark Lipinski, Alex Anderson and a saw a ton of other Quilting super stars! I spent a ton of saved up money, my most exciting thing was a BabyLock felting machine and some feet for my Bernina 730E, (the only foot race I shall ever win, will be the sewing machine foot race)! I also got odds and ends of batiks, some very cool wondefil glitter threads for bobbin work and …so on and so forth. For the first time in my life I got tired of looking at fabric and sewing machine stuff…Nice to have met you…”I shall be hearing you soon”. Time to start saving for next year!!! shelly beth
Annie, can’t wait to hear the podcast about Houston–you and Kirsten describe events so well it’s almost like being there!
Hi Annie!
I’m so happy I got to meet you during Market (and Kirsten,too!). You are just as nice in person as you sound in your podcasts. Keep up the good work – we’re listening!!
Hello! I can’t wait to hear the podcast! I miss you guys already!