November 2, 2008 – 1:25 pm
I’m back from Houston, TX –the home of the annual Quilt Market trade show. Encompassing the entire convention center, this show is where shopowners come to buy fabric for their stores, and this year there were 551 exhibitors with fun booths to show off their wares. And the good news is that 60 of them [...]
October 22, 2008 – 11:03 am
This time of year there are often lots of sewing and quilting shows happening. I leave tomorrow for Quilt Market, which is the BIG trade show for the industry–only those with a business can get in to it and this is where shops buy the products and fabrics you see in their stores. Since consumers [...]
September 29, 2008 – 2:18 pm
I’m getting ready to teach a workshop this weekend for the Salem, Oregon American Sewing Guild chapter–it’s a day-long event on needle felting and fabric printing, two topics I’m familiar with from writing books on them. I’ve got lots of kits to put together and handouts to create for the group, but I do LOVE teaching! [...]