Southwind Inspirations

Hi everyone- I can’t believe I already finished day 2 of Quilt Market. Time flies when you’re having fun. We met a lot of shop owners and industry professionals in the last two days and I’m glad I have a list to keep things straight. Here is a short trip through Market with some booth pictures. Mike in our Southwind Booth  Seams like a dream - Kate Colleran Booth Around the bobbin booth  Twisted sisters booth  Stof fabric booth  Tula pink booth 

And at the end of a crazy day - Sample Spree! Set up was easy since we prepared our suitcase. All set up so quickly  Now playing the waiting game till it opens  Our neighbor Cantik Batiks Crazy start - people are running. A taste of one of our new patterns Tequila Sunrise!

After waiting in line for about two hours we finally drove into the loading dock or more accurately the unloading area. Now we just had to get our stuff inside. Right away it became clear that bungee cords would have been a big bonus! Our stuff was slipping and sliding and we had to maneuver carefully around the frequent potholes to avoid triggering an avalanche.  Unfortunately our booth is located clear at the other end of the convention center 😟 who needs a gym?.  After lugging 5 loads of stuff to the booth we got our exercise for the day. It’s always a big mess to start ....  Then ... Floor - Drapes - Signs - lights ... about in that order -  a good start  And finally Quilts Ta Daa - no guarantees this won’t change again tomorrow - still have to build something to display pillows. Finally enough for today - we will pick it back up tomorrow ... 

In line to unload for almost two hours now - the joys of exhibiting- behind the scenes 😕 Only one dock open for POVs ..... this could take a while 

This is our second day on the road to Quilt Market Kansas City and I’m trying to learn and use this app that lets me post to my blog. So far so good. Our van is packed to the top ! And we got a later than anticipated start taking care of all the last minute stuff. The roads through the mountains have been curvy and steep, both up and down with lots of stops and road closures. No way to type and not get carsick :) Mike is doing all the driving and I’m glad for it. We are hoping to get past St Louis today than it’s just a few more hours in the morning and we can start set up at Market.  That is the plan anyway.