Kansas City Spring Market 2012

Spring Market has come and gone...what a whirlwind!

This is one of the many fountains in KC.  The city is known for its beautiful fountains and only Rome, Italy has more. 

Here is the NESTLINGS booth and new designs are on my website ready for ordering:)  I really didn't get to leave my booth much over the 3 day market.  First thing in the morning before opening, I walked a bit of the floor and saw a lot of kids patterns and fabrics, bright colors, and supposedly we are trending back towards solids.  They aren't my personal favorite since I really like tonals that add a bit of texture and depth to my designing.  What do you think?

                                         BOOTH MATES

Perkins Dry Goods and my sweet friend Celine.



Suzn Quilts with my dear friend Susan and her daughter Chloe.

The ever energized Susan and Mary Jane of the Quilt Branch.

Our hotel room overlooked the KC Royals stadium and
one night we were treated to a fireworks show.  The city is beautiful and I would recommend a stop there if you are ever out that way.
In the meantime, keep quilting.

What have you been doing the last 2 months?? Final

Once home from my VA/NC trip it was time to kick it into high gear.  The spring tradeshow for the quilt industry is in May and I had a lot to do before then. Before I could start anything though, the dreaded taxes had to be done.  It would be so nice to be uber organized but no, receipts had to be organized and blah-blah-blah:)

After they were done though I got to the fun part--Finishing quilts and making final decisions about how my booth will look!  Patterns are heading to the printer very soon and there will be fresh new designs for everyone- Piecers and Paper Piecers, Appliquers, Red work enthusiasts....

Thankfully this year I found a long-arm quilter that I meshed with who took on the task of my 4 larger projects.  She seems to really understand what I like and they are coming back one by one looking fantastic!  It is like finding a new hair stylist whenever I move...hate that.
So above and below you will see small details of 2 new designs and Kathy's beautiful quilting.

Kansas City here I come!!