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My Favorite Things...235...More with my Peeps

Here's me with the lovely Jennifer Bosworth at her beautiful new Shabby Fabrics booth at Salt Lake City.  She had some exquisite new quilts, and of course she pointed out her favorite "shimmer dot" that she used in the quilt behind us.  It's our LH 03035 Champagne -- one of our top 5 best sellers in the history of LakeHouse.

I also got to meet the irrepressible Pat Sloan for the first time...we have so many friends in common, and somehow we've not been introduced until SLC...

Last but not least for today are Pam & I trying to contain our glee (and our fatigue at the same time), at the end of our first day on Friday...it was a labor of love -- it was many months worth of work and we were toast!

still lots more to show & tell...

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My Favorite Things...234...And Kitty Makes Three!

Here's a picture of Pam Kitty, McCall's Quilting's Beth Hayes & me (looking dazed & bloated--LOL) at Quilt Market this year, taken by Laura Roberts (also from McCall's -- thanks Laura!)...

Is it just me, or does Pam look like her feline alter ego?

A little bird told me that PKM is on her little quilt retreat, so it looks like she hasn't totally scooped me on photos from the booth (yet)...

Many Thanks to Nadine Woodraska for loaning us all sorts of cute things from her shop in South Jordan Utah...The Material Girls...We love you Nadine!

We had lots of giveaways at the booth.  Pam made up the cutest little fabric strawberries...with a pattern on a recipe card, called Strawberry Delight.  She also made up a free pattern for the circle pot holder...(hint: with googly eyes that pot holder turns into a hand puppet!)  We also gave away lots of little jars of Pam Kitty Jam, and Pam Kitty Candy (cinnamon hearts)...And of course Ric Rac was from our buddy Adam at CheepTrims.com (Oh, and can you tell that these pictures were taken b4 the show actually opened...that's the boxes from our tables & benches in the background ;o(

That's one of Nadine's antique child's sewing machines from her collection on the top shelf.  On the tabletop is the New Pam Kitty Morning sales booklet, and more of that delicious Pam Kitty Jam.

Here's a picture of the large Jars of Pam Kitty Jam we had on display...

Wouldn't you know that the crack security team at the SLC airport confiscated the Pam Kitty Jam that was in my carry on (on my way home)...Wondering who gets the spoils from all they confiscate...The man who checked my bag was rather chubby.  I'm just saying...

Oh, and if you are wondering where the playful pink dotted fabric on the table top & strawberries came from, it's the Annie's Farm Stand fabrics we introduced last fall, that are just hitting Independent quilt shops near you right now!  (Most of you know by now, that we really try to make our fabrics play well with others, so have fun mixing & matching the new "Annie's" fabrics with the "Pammie's" when they arrive in October '11...

The LakeHouse fabric for quilts motto: 

"Matchy Matchy":  No!   "So Happy Together":  Yes!

More pictures from SLC coming soon...so y'all come back now...

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My Favorite Things...233...Being back in Salt Lake City!

Four years ago, when I was first in Salt Lake City, we did the glass lamps from Pottery Barn that were filled with yo yo's made with fabrics from the La Belle Rose collection.  Those darn lamps caused quite a stir...

Here's me and McCall's Quilting editor (my absolute favorite magazine editor ever!) Beth Hayes back then...

Somehow we both got the dress code memo and showed up in coordinating black & white outfits. That's me on the right.

Last time in Salt Lake City, I sponsored a blogger's dinner for quilters who were attending the show. 

Here's a snapshot Penny Sturges took of the event:

It was a fate-filled dinner 4 years ago.  With backs to the camera are Elizabeth Scott of Late Bloomer Quilts, me, Pam Vieira-McGinnis of the now famous Pam Kitty Morning blog & our friend Tammy Tadd.

Here's part of the re-cap from that dinner that I wrote in my blog back in May 2007...

Pam Vieira McGinnis and Elizabeth Scott were both great to meet.  I have admired Elizabeth and Pam's work from a far but hadn't really had much time to get to know them before our dinner...they are lots of fun and full of ideas.

Most of you know by now that our latest collection of fabric has a been a collaboration with Pam Kitty & me.

If you haven't seen Pam's blogs lately, click here to see the first of her recent posts on this fun & colorful new line of Pam Kitty Morning fabrics we did together. 

Lots more to show & tell about the "Pam Kitty Morning" inspired booth in Salt Lake CIty.

Back in two shakes...

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