And they all came tumbling down

Thank you for everyone who stopped by and visited at the Oak Creek show! I had a great two days and met a lot of new folks. If you missed the show you missed a great guild on display. Wandering Foot's quilt show had a wide variety of quilters from the very beginning to the very advanced, and everyone of them was nicer than the next. Congratulations to the winners!

I had a good time previewing some of the upcoming new fabrics from P&B and Moda. As always, Funky Monkey sold well and I'm almost out a the shop, so if you have yet to pick up your Sock Money fabric, you need to stop in or email to buy some soon. Xanadu sold well and everyone agrees that the new collection from P&B is simply "charming".

My next show display will be at the Slinger Show Nov 4. It may be your last chance to pick up the full collector's set of charm pack/CD tins for Spencer Museum, A Day in the Country, and Faded Memories, so be sure to hit Slinger early if you are looking to collect them.

The quilt show ended with a big bang for when the guild started to disassemble the display: an entire row got misaligned and collapsed to the floor! Luckily no one was injured and all quilts were spared. Proof yet again, if you wait until the end of a show to see a quilt, you might just miss it.

On a closing note, this show was a particularly difficult one to prepare for. As most of you know, my family background ties me a bit more closely to the American Amish culture than some people. With the recent events in the Lancaster area of Pennsylvania, my thoughts seemed a bit scattered this week. I did find some relief in knowing that the community was able and willing to receive help from others which is always a difficult decision to make.

If you are interested in helping any of the families affected by the tragic events, please consider giving through the Mennonite Central Committee which has direct contact with local relief efforts. You can do that here in Milwaukee by giving at the shop, or around the country by directed donation to any MCC site or by looking for informational updates at mcc.org.