pretty...crazy lately

I'm a bad blogger.

I could summarize it with life being 'busy' but isn't everyone busy?

The truth might take a novelette to explain but I'll try to anyhow.

The month's of April and May were like a nascar race.

My dental office was beyond it's normal busy.

As a business that's a great thing.

As a human...it's tough some days.

Add in there that we took trips to South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Iowa,

plus 3 books signings,
a death in my family (my grandmother) and
my mom and in-laws visiting and you have a recipe for insanity.
 

I haven't even gotten to Quilt Market yet!!

I did go to Quilt Market in Portland.

Some of you might already know that if you follow me via Instagram.

I tried to post a few pictures on Instagram to prove I was there LOL

I was a 'busy' gal at market.

There's that busy word again.
 

I might present a different side to market than what you are accustom to.
I hope you still find it interesting.
First, I did Schoolhouse.

 

The goal of Schoolhouse is a 30 minute talk about my book,

 

the quilts in it and how quilt shop owners can market it, kits, pre-cuts etc.

It was a great experience.

I absolutely could not have done it without my friend Stefanie.

Really.

She was my partner in crime.

I also did some book signing for Martingale and EE schenk.

 

 

Again a great great learning experience for me.
I found that I had a lot of varying feelings at market.

lugging all 17 quilts to and fro was also a great experience.
I finally understand how much work quilt market can be.
Other markets I didn't have these responsibilities and it was truly enlightening.
I appreciate the hard work and dedication it takes to design, write
and publish books and patterns as well as fabric.
I am so thankful to have the opportunities that I do in the quilting Industry.

Sample Spree was a hoot.
Waiting in line for 4 hours to be the first ones inside
proved to be one of the highlights of market.
You get to know so many people or catch up with old friends.
I loved it and I bought some pretty cool fabric too!
I have several other pictures from market.
Someday, I'll share them :)