Wow, what a week it's been!!! But the good news is that we made it to Houston and are ready for Quilt Market in the morning!!!
I
had no idea when I headed to the Beehive one week ago just how crazy
and hectic things would be over the next seven days. I got to town
Friday evening, enjoyed a nice dinner out with my parents and the kids,
and that night started work on an Elsa dress for a customer. I'm
getting out of the costume business, so she was my last official custom
order. In between chasing kids and cutting out Elsa and also Layna's
Halloween costume (a vampire mermaid), I was also making sure the
website was ready for our Second Annual Quilt Market Sale. Little did I
know that that was the calm before the storm.
Sunday at 4:00, the
sale went live. I gotta say, my abs were hurting so bad after all the
laughing we did!!! Things were going fast, we had minimal issues on the
new website, it was a blast! Granted, our previous plan of starting to
cut fabric as orders came in was pretty much shot. Here's what the
shelves looked like before the sale:
Nice
and full, right? Like I said, calm before the storm. I wasn't able
(ok, I forgot) to take a picture of the shelves when I left the Beehive
today to head to Houston. However, the night of the sale, I did manage
to get a picture of Queen Bee for you all!
After
the chaos of the sale, we needed that drink!!! But the work was only
beginning. We spent the next few days cutting like crazy, and I was
also still sewing like crazy to finish the Elsa dress. I finished Elsa
on Tuesday afternoon and I cannot wait to see my customer in it with her
hair and makeup all done! She loved the dress and is going to be a
beautiful Elsa!!! Here is the dress on the dress form before she picked
it up.
Of
course, Layna didn't want an Elsa dress until she saw this one. I told
her tough, she's getting a vampire mermaid. Which I will be working on
here in the hotel room this weekend. Nothing like confusing the
bellhops as they unload sewing machines from your truck. They were
really confused by the serger. I was amused.
Now
it's time for me to get off here and get the sewing machines set up. I
want to make a new infinity scarf to wear tomorrow out of some Art
Gallery voile. Be sure you follow us on Instagram to see what we're up to tomorrow!
~*~Princess Bee~*~
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