Okay, I finished Twilight and I'm waiting on the second one just to prove everyone wrong. I can have self control (and I seriously have a ton of work to get done around here)!
Today I'm just going to share lots of booth pictures!
This is Heather Ross's booth which is showcasing her Weekend Sewing book (don't tell me you haven't bough it yet!) and her Far Far Away fabric collection.
Here are some bags by Kokka. I love Kokka fabrics (they know how to put "cute" on a bolt!) and hope to carry it in the store if I can find more space here.
More adorable Kokka bags (little ones!).
I love this vintage button booth!! Love it!
Westminster now has "Lifestyle Products" and they make me ga-ga!! Umbrella's, rugs, plates, lots of things made from your favorite designers fabrics.
More!
Here is Lila Tueller in her booth (Joey made a joke about the mannequin being Elinor Peace Bailey and I elbowed him hard in the ribs, but it made me laugh). Lila always uses such pretty colors in her designs.
And here is Chelsea of Pink Fig Designs (Lila's niece!) in her darling booth. I ordered a bunch of Chelsea's pattern (and have some to give-away later this week so don't go away!).
Here is the Michael Miller suite. Colors galore!!
Here's another view. See those curtained areas?? We'll they store supplies behind them and I found out one of them is just stuffed with snacks! Smart (and good to know in case of a power outage which locks the doors and we can't get out)!
Pillow and Maxfield booth. I had no intention of ordering this fabric when I arrived. Now I'm getting all of it. In fact I'm getting a lot of things I had no intention of getting and I'm not quite sure how to explain it to Joey. He does this whole "how are you going to pay for this?" thing and I just smile and say "oh, stop being so silly!".
Laura Gunn's booth. Laura was the only one there with a tree in her booth. I can't wait to get this fabric!!!
Laura and Heather getting things ready. You know you've arrived when Heather Bailey is doing the grunt work setting up your booth!
Here are Kathy Miller and Jon Young (Patty's husband) after setting up the Pillow and Maxfield booth. Kathy is such a nice person (so is Jon)!
This is Vicki Payne (and me!) in her beautiful booth. I really picked her brain (more like the Spanish Inquisition!) about her fabric. It's decorator weight (and 54 inches across!) but I really wanted to know how it held up when used for clothing. It would be a shame to just hang it in your house when you can wear it on your body (unless you placed the flower print wrong and had a flower smack dab on each boob, which I think we've all done at least once). So I ended up ordering a ton of it (self control with Twilight, no self control with fabric....I'm sensing a weakness here...).
Oh, and that's the blouse I dyed with the top I made at the last minute (great colors together)!
Here's a pretty view of the Allegheny River. This is the view out the window of the convention center. So nice.
Here's a great quilted outfit called Lookin "Fur" Bigfoot by Virgie Fisher. Check out that cantene! I love this!
Look at the back of that velvet cape!! Golly!
We were on our way to dinner when we ran into Mary of Flourishes sitting outside of the Sonoma Grille and were quickly distracted by the hat on the guy behind her. It's a cowboy hat made from a Coors beer case!! Haha!! That's Sandi Henderson on the left.
Here we are the first night we arrived eating dinner at the Sonoma Grille (pretty food, tasty food, but dainty proportions. And we were starving!). Left to right is Lori who owns Buy the Bolt, Jennifer Storey, Myrinda of Fabric Hound, Bari J. Ackerman, Paula Prass, me, and Jamie Miolanen (she owns Maricopa fabrics and Lori is her mom). Joey and I ran into Lori and Jamie everywhere and were exchanging "so...what's the scuttlebutt???" conversations the whole time. We love them!
Okay! The winner of yesterdays give-away is Dorothy, who said "
love reading your recap and checking out the photos!" at 1:35 on 5/19. Congratulations Dorothy!! Yippy!!
Today's give-away is this awesome stack of 320 2.5 inch squares and a pincushion pattern you can make with some of them (in this sweet little box). I love it! I love Moda!! I love my Moda rep (he makes us laugh)!!
I have some great stuff for tomorrow and I'm having a MASSIVE sale at Fabritopia to clear out some space (and pay for the goo-gobs of stuff I ordered at market)!!! Don't go anywhere (except to my store and then back!)!
