Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Festival of Quilts 2012


Oh My Word.  I am exhausted!  But, I did it! 

Thank you so so much if you came to visit me on my *tiny weeny* stand at the NEC.  Honestly, meeting all of you people, and all the other lovely quilty ladies was the best bit.

Thursday to Saturday was heaving and Sunday was a bit like a deflated balloon, but I had such a good time.  I met so many of you for the first time Trudi, Anna, Laura, Ali, Katy, Laura, Judith, to name but a few - really there are so many of you that I can now put faces to names and addresses.

A special mention to Florence who put me into such a spin of excitement that I kissed her.  I'm really sorry about that Florence - It was Sunday and I was feeling a bit emotional.  The rest of you got off lightly with a regular handshake or a polite and friendly wave.

Anyhow I am now pooped but will leave you with a couple of pics of my bijoux stand... honestly the smallest space that the Festival of Quilts people will let you have.

14 comments:

  1. The stand is gorgeous! I so wish I could've been there in person to see it =D

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  2. The best things come in small packages... or so they say ;-)

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  3. small but perfectly formed! It was lovely to meet you :-D

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  4. like Laura Jane said! glad it all went great! x

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  5. Who would have known that you had room for a pet person in there too?! Such a delightful haven of loveliness. It was a delight to meet you and to come away with yummy cross-hatch fabrics too!

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  6. It was great to meet you Alice. I still haven't got a proper plan for the FQs I bought but I'm enjoying unfolding, looking at and folding them again all the same!

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  7. It was lovely to meet you and I now follow you everywhere :-)

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  8. The stand may have been small but it was jam packed with the best stuff! It was lovely to meet you in person.

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  9. It was a great little stall, and I was lucky enough to be your second customer on the first day, whilst the rest of the visitors were still making their way back through the stalls, so I had it virtually all to myself. It was great, as it meant i could really take a look at your beautiful fabrics, when i passed by later you were so STACKED with customers, it scared me!! I haven't gotten round to cutting any of them up yet, i'm still stroking them and trying to decide which of my project ideas to use them in. I will definitely be ordering online again, when my self imposed fabric buying ban is over!! Angela

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  10. Thank goodness I visited on Sunday - I would have been so offended not to have come away with a kiss!

    Your stand looked beautiful and it was so lovely to meet you! x

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  11. Really glad you had a good time and that it went well for you. Wish I could have met you too (sob!)..

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  12. Didn't get a kiss but did get some lovely fabric thank you! It might have been small but the fabric you brought was beautiful!

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  13. Good things come in small packages! The stand looks lovely, I do hope it was a successful weekend for you. I really wish I could have come to see you. Next year I am going to refuse to discuss any holiday plans with the family until I've reserved a day to come up to the NEC!

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  14. It might have been the smallest stand, but it was my second day and the first where it went realy wrong;-), with me buying the whole flea market fan;y FQ-bundle and some sketch fabrics too.

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