We have returned home from the Mid-Atlantic Quilt
Festival. I did not write anything while
we were on the road for several reasons.
First of all I caught a bug, or perhaps better said a bug caught
me. Food did not taste good for several
days. Second, I am not ready to write
what I would like to say it will just make people mad because they will have to
stop, think and make a decision.
But the show went well we were up slightly from last
year. For many of us that is the new
normal. Happy that sales were not down,
flat is good. I am just not ready to
accept that as the new normal. I think
the fabric dealers did very well as every one of them around us said they did
very well and at least one did not have much left after the show was over and
was going home to restock for the New Jersey Quilt Fest.
Of course we had to have snow, ice or rain somewhere during
this show. This time it was scheduled to
start about midnight on load out night.
Almost everyone who was going north or west hurried to get out of town
ahead of the storm. We waited because we
were going south to Rock Hill, SC.
Typically the storm had not hit Hampton by the time we got up. So we took off and drove into the storm by
midmorning just before we crossed into North Carolina. By Wisconsin standards it was not a terrible
storm, not even a bad storm, but people need to slow down. We saw three accidents in about 30 miles
before people caught on.
By late afternoon we were in Rock Hill, SC and visited with
Jim Miller at YLI. It was a very
interesting visit. Seeing all the
winders and braiders; equipment that is really old and probably not replaceable
at a reasonable price. Many of you know
I was in the military and I got to see the equipment that in all likelihood
made the gold stripes for my dress uniforms.
That was really cool. It is a
slow process, now I know why it was so expensive even 44 years ago. We had dinner with Jim, Kay and son James
before we checked into our hotel. Next
morning we caught a flight home.
I know this is sort of a ho hum blog this time. Winter has the best of me. I am tired of going to a show and coming home
to below zero temperatures. This morning
it was -4 degrees when I went out to feed the animals. I have over 24 inches of snow in the back
yard and the normal day time temperature is supposed to be 39 degrees. This week end time springs forward. I think I will spring with it.