NOTES FROM THE LODGE Sunday, October 19, 2008


Back from Bel Air and the Flying Geese Quilt Show. What a great show!!!!. Those gals really know how to quilt and shop. The booth was busy the whole time. My daughter, Rhonda helped me and also had her Bee Bags for sale. We enjoyed hanging out together and seeing all the great gals from that area. I also so a number of great people that make their way to Nutmeg Lodge on a regular basis. The quilts were great and they also had the Ami Simms Alzheimer's exhibit. What a stirring group of quilts---well worth seeing.

I am at a loss to tell you everything that is happening at the shop. Because I have been gone for several days and, quite frankly am really tired, my mind is a blank. I can tell you that I will not be in Houston this week. I had decided some weeks ago that I just didn't want to make the trip and be depressed by what I saw. My friend Robyn is coming for a visit after Market and I have someone who is covering the market floor for me and will get me all the info I need to order all of the new patterns, etc. We won't miss out on too much except some of the gossip. I will be able to give you a good reporting about the market reaction to Robyn's new fabric line. I can tell you already that it has already been delivered to Australia and has already sold out there and the Australian distributors have reordered. Hang on to your hat---I predict that this line will once again break all records for sale of a single line of fabric. Robyn currently holds that title and I think this new line with RJR will beat her old record. I'll let you know more about that in a few weeks.

Hope you had a great weekend---I look forward to seeing you at the shop this week. Barbara