Home never felt so good…sleeping in my own bed, with my own pillows.  Oh the comforts of home after a very long trip!   I arrived home to a bouquet of beautiful flowers from my assistant Brigette, a nest with two new baby birds outside my back door, and kisses from Ross and all the pets. 

I have jet lag on top of jet lag.  Staying up for 24 hours after leaving the Eastern Time zone hit me really hard yesterday.  This morning I woke up at 4:30 Pacific Time.  Just couldn’t sleep so I got up.  I’ll be glad when my time clock is adjusted. How long does that take? 

Market was so much fun!  I had lots of laughs with Pam who declared a war when she found out I had been at market for two days before her and blogged photos.  Lots of laughs over silly things.  I met so wonderful customers, saw lots of old friends and made new friends too! 

So many people came into my booth to thank me for the free basket blocks.  I head story after story and they were wonderful to hear!  Barbara brought along her basket blocks to show me! 

And Jane in Virginia, this photo is for you! 

Here I am just after signing the Breast Cancer quilt that Homespun Hearth is going to auction off.  You can read about it on their blog The Quilter’s Vine.  It was such an honor to be asked to sign!

And here’s the beautiful Tammy Tadd and Jennifer just after the announcement that Tammy’s shop will be in the next Quilt Sampler magazine!  Congratulations Tammy!

Vicki Bellino and I announced that we’ll  have a joint quilt design featured in an upcoming issue of American Patchwork and Quilting…we are SO excited!

In my next post I’ll show you what was in the package from Carrie and Miss Rosie, plus LOTS of other designer photos.

Hugs all! 

Anne

I swear Pam Kitty has jinxed us. I have proof…

She’s here in the Atlanta airport! Pink sweater in the back of the zoo store. See her? Can you believe she would follow me here? She’s the queen for sure…PAM YOU WON! GET OUT OF THAT ZOO STORE and come and get your kitty crown. She must have been on the same plane as we were! And wait until you hear what we had to go through to get here!

We left the hotel at 3AM Eastern time, got to the Pittsburgh airport, even got on the airplane. Then the pilot announced the plane had a bad battery and it would take 3 hours to get it replaced. We all got off the plane, rebooked our connecting flights and finally left Pittsburgh at 9:40AM. I never saw her on the plane, but just look at that photo. She’s IN the store!

I’m in Atlanta until 7:45PM Eastern time and Pam is here too! By the time we arrive in Sacramento we will have been up for 22 hours That’s if you can trust my addition. Give or take a few hours. Pam wll be wearing that darn crown, probably on the airplane!.

So what do you do in an airport for 7 hours? You can blog! It’s time for some pictures! This one is for Anne Bryson over at cottons n’ wool. I saw this wool quilt in the special exhibits and just knew she would love it!

Have you ever seen anything like it? And how about this appliqué? It is so pretty! Unfortunately I only brought my 50MM camera lens so I can’t take any wide angle shots. Note to self…bring another lens next market.

See this sweet innocent Brenda in the photo below? Well turns out the squirrel is perfect for her because wait until you hear what she did to me.

Just before market started she came running over to the booth with what she said was an early birthday gift. I gave her a big hug and a thank you, wondering why on earth she was giving me such an early gift…and then the squirrely things started happening…

Next day EVERYONE was coming by my booth saying Happy Birthday Anne! Some even brought presents. Then Pam blogged about it and the emails started coming.

But when we went to dinner that night and the cake arrived I just couldn’t believe it! Seems my sweet, sweet friend got the markets mixed up! My birthday comes during Fall market!

We still had a great time and the cake was “red Velvet! Brenda just made this market SO much fun and gave us so many laughs! Thank you my friend!

A really special quilt we got to see as we were leaving the convention center was “The Pittsburgh Quilt”. It’s thousands and thousands of little squares, all signed by the people of Pittsburgh, and then stitched together into quilts. The display was amazing.

The Pittsburgh Quilt must be 16 ft. long, and it’s put together in gradations of color. It’s truly an amazing thing to see! The quilts are behind acrylics I’m getting a bit of reflection off the glass but you can at least get an idea!

I just can’t wait to get back and see my pets and my hubby. I had hoped to have the day to spend with them, but it will be off to bed as soon as the wiggles and barks are over. No, not from my hubby, but barks from Bitsy, and wiggles from Chelsea. I can’t wait! Oh, and Bitsy is doing just fine. Her biopsy came back negative. She may be old but she’s a feisty one!

Hugs everyone!

Next time I write I’ll have more photos and it will be from my own studio! (I hope).

Anne

 Bird Body Guard Hired by Bunny Hill Designs…

First thing when I walked outside this morning this bird was waiting for me.  I hired him as my body guard for today.  He eats Pam kitties for lunch.   So don’t worry.  Pam will never get me with this guy around.

Pam’s still stalking me, but I’m trying to ignore her. 

I tried to get out today and visit.  Vicki Bellino of Bloom Creek was giving demos of English Paper piecing.  Look at that framed picture next to her!  Isn’t it darling?  I’ll be back tomorrow to get photos of her booth.

And my friend Pearl from P3 Designs with her new Christmas Block of the month!    Elizabeth warned me that Pam has something up her sleeve like maybe even a kidnapping!.  But I have a body guard and remember I have kitties too!  Oh no! Does that sweet little white kitty of mine have her tongue out?

More pictures on Monday or Tuesday.  Tomorrow is the last day of market and it’s usually the time we can get out and about for photos and a bit of chatting with friends.  We leave on Monday AM at 5:20 for home! 

Be back soon! 

Anne

Hi Everyone.  Not sure how much longer I can keep this up.  Strange things are starting to happen here at market.  I’m being stalked by Pam Kitty Morning!  Ever since she and Elizabeth got here they are everywhere I am!  It’s really SCARY! I’m trying to be nice and smile like I don’t notice but…

I have to hurry get my posts in.  Anything could happen. So let’s go…

Here’s the walkway on opening morning.  What a difference! 

I am on a mad hunt for this pink wallet.  One of my customers has it and it’s PINK!  I may have to fly to the Seattle airport…that’s where she got it!

Brenda and Carrie tried to steal some of my fabric from Sample Spree!  Can you imagine?  All I did was leave it in Carrie’s booth by accident!  This is a dangerous market!

Mark Lipinski  came by and of course it got wild.  I heard his airplane story and if you haven’t heard I think you should ask him!  I’ll never tell…

And Kevin and Debbie from the Fat Quarter Shop came by. I am so missing Kimberly.  She’s at home with Emma and the twins she’s expecting.  I can hardly wait to see those babies, but market isn’t market without her.   

I have more pictures and a funny story about our dinner last night.  More to come later.  But it’s time to go to work!  See you later!  Wish me luck today, from you know who…

Hugs,

Anne