I got to go on a little fabric odyssey today and it was a pretty good time. Nick had a seminar or some such thing over at Google in San Jose, so I drove him down there this morning & spent the rest of the day finding fabric stores. I went to 3 quilt fabric shops and 1 very large JoAnn store that I've already been to 3 times. Can I help it if Sisters n Stitches is off the same exit as the big JoAnn? Nope.
Here's some of what I got today...
I finally got a call back from the Marin County Farmer's Market today too. Their next jury selection will be July12th. That gives me a little less than 6 weeks to get some things made and get my booth in order. They require photos or drawings of my booth, and I've never done a show. I figure I'll just set it all up in the driveway and take some pictures. That'll give me some practice too. I want to get a tent and hang a quilt in the back with my logo on it. I got the fabric for that today too, so I hope to get it made pretty quickly. I got some fabrics to make more of my pennants (the fat quarters upper left corner, there's some boyish ones too) so I can hang them in the tent as well.
Those tags you see there were only $1.00 for a pack of 88 and I liked that they were so colorful. I plan to make my price tags out of them. Not sure yet what I'll do with the red floral print, but it was on sale for $5.99 a yard and it's sooo pretty. I got that at the first shop, Prairie Queen Quilts, in San Jose. It was a pretty big store, and had lots of great stuff on sale. Nick would be proud of how little I actually got at these places.
Tomorrow maybe I can work on situating my sewing room. What a mess of boxes everywhere. eugh
that sounds like a wonderful day to me! Love the red fabric!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice day you had : )
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see your booth evolve - take lots of pictures to show us!
And yay for getting your things delivered!
Setting up in the driveway for both practice and pictures is a great idea! I did that before I began my booth at my weekly farmer's market. It set my mind at ease a bit since I'd never really set one up before. You may want to review the pictures with a critical eye as if you were a customer yourself and change things around to create the most appealing booth possible. Show your pictures to your friends and get their advice too. Best of luck and I hope you're selected!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to set up a booth - at least it sounds fun to me. Please keep us updated on the progress. We have a farmer's market here - maybe next year I'll be ambitious enough to try to sell some things there.
ReplyDeleteI've caught up on your last three posts! (I'm a slow blogger).
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you've been having wonderful success, and a fantastic time in general. That would have me beaming to have the ladies gush over the monkey and then buy it, then and there! Good luck with the fair, I can't believe it's on every weekend (did I read that right!?). So, Canadian residency? I'm Canadian, and I wonder if we could trade? ;)
Love the red fabric.
Good luck getting everything together for the jury!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see how your progress goes with the tent, making stuff, the jury process. It's new to me & I love being able to take this journey with you & see how it goes! (I hope for a show someday too!)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the booth you put together--it sounds like you have some really good and eye-catching ideas. Make sure you post pictures for us! Once you get it together the way you like it, be sure to have a pic printed and bring it along with you for when you set up at the actual market (believe me, you will be glad you did!). Sounds like a fun day--and you got some nice things--quite a steal on those tags!
ReplyDeleteSmiles!