Quilt Market News

Yesterday was the first day of Quilt Market. We spent all day in workshops - they lasted either 15 or 30 minutes and went from 9 - 6. One of the seminars I attended was with Ricky Tims - he is so creative and a lot of fun!

After that we sat in LONG lines until 8pm to enter sample spree. This is vendors who are set up to sell product and there is usually  a limited amount available. It was worse than an after Christmas sale. After a bit we walked around with a glazed look and feeling and decided to head back to the hotel with our loot.

This morning we were up and at it early - 8:00 workshop - then the doors opened at 9:30 and let in hundreds of quilters to walk the floor. The isles are numbered and you have a list but it doesn't seem to matter. We started in the middle and started viewing the vendors and their product. By 1:00 we had covered 3 aisles - there about 8 on each side. We covered about 1/2 of the floor today and will go back for more tomorrow.
The quilt exibit has some beautiful quilts and wearables. Today we were looking at the Hoffman Challenge Items. They were beautiful!!

We left the convention center and went for a short ride to check out another quilt shop. This one was called Calla Lily and I picked up a new runner pattern. We had a nice chat and enjoyed our visit. Then headed back to the hotel for supper and collapsed! Another day tomorrow!