Quilt Market Day Two....

I slept pretty well last night and was ready to hit the Convention Center when it opened at 9:30 this morning! This first picture is of the Convention Center. Aren’t those spires cool? It really is a beautiful facility.

I tried to start at the beginning and work my way through the many aisles of booths before my first appointment. There were more things in the first ½ hour that I wanted to do than I would have time for in the first ½ of the year!! Jan called and we met up before my first appointment with E.E. Schenck Co. who distributes for many different fabric lines, including their own “in house” line of Maywood Studio. It was a real treat for me, because we got to work with Marcia, who was their rep for our territory when we first opened 11 years ago. We had fun catching up and I ordered some pretty cool fabrics too!

I thought that all of that excitement deserved lunch, so Jan and I had a delightful lunch at Burgerville, a few blocks away. (See picture!) They had fun 50’s music that we sang along to as we showed each other some of the exciting brochures we had picked up along the way!

Then it was back to the fabric buying business full force. We saw some wonderful prints from Blank and Robert Kaufman, picked up some patterns that we think you’ll like and have a list of things to look at tomorrow before I head home.

The day ended with a visit to the E.E. Schenck Open House. We had a fun time with the groups form Tangled Threads and Folktales. It was still really warm down here, and even warmer in their warehouse! So, I headed back to the hotel for the evening.

I’ll try and upload this tonight and get ready for another day of fabric fun on Sunday before I hit I-5 for that long drive back!