Ms Ficklesticks is just back from what seemed like a tornado tour of Kansas. Back and forth across the state she went TWICE! Tossed like a will 'o the wisp, Ms Ficklesticks landed in Kansas City, swept through Lawrence, Kansas ( and checked out Sarah's Quilts) to Denver and back again on a "family" road trip, headed back and forth to a family reunion. Of course, they all stopped to see the world's largest Van Gogh reproduction, standing on a giant easel in the town of Goodland, KS: Sunflowers, of course!
Ms Ficklesticks also grabbed an opportunity to sell and promote her new book FFE Fabric Ficklesticks by C&T Publishing. Through the glorious world wide web, she met Marge of The Creative Needle in Littleton, who had a booth at the Denver Sewing and Quilting Show, being held the same exact weekend as the family reunion. How convenient! Now Ms Ficklesticks wants an ELNA after sewing on one of Marge's! She sold all her books. Cheryl of the store, wants to teach Ficklesticks classes!
It was an interesting show and gave her some ideas for the Long Beach quilt festival booth (#2156)she has been getting ready for and stewing about. She decided that the poster she had made will certainly anchor passing eyes to the booth, sort of smoothing out the chaotic first impression a booth full of Ficklesticks made from myriad patterns and colors of fabric can create! Money well spent, she thinks. The charming Ficklesticks birdcage she made to hang in a birdcage stand she purchased recently at Oakland's Depot for Creative Re-Use will make a great hand-out holder. But can she fit everything into her RAV4 along with two grandchildren? Fishbowls, a folding screen, a drying rack, the birdcage stand, beverage bins, vases, credit card machine, office supplies, bath mats, a shower curtain and Ficklesticks kits, 100 copies of FFE Fabric Ficklesticks, and actual Ficklesticks made into all manner of jewels and baskets and wall art! Yikes AND suitcases!
Just back from Denver, she attended the Northern California Quilt Council's "meet the teachers" meeting in Pleasant Hill, CA. She was too late to get on the roster, but nonetheless passed out some info about her classes, and met some guilds and shops interested in having her in. She also dropped off samples at C&T to go to the Craft and Hobby Assn. show in Illinois this week. FICKLESTICKS are launched!
Bend, Wrap, Weave and Wear!
So, am I gonna have to read your blogs to find out what you're doing, or at least a lot of what you're doing? May I make two suggestions: Use the first person in your blog entries and use
"Email" instead of URL. I've found only a few people who know what a URL is.
Posted by: Frank | July 28, 2008 at 05:52 PM
I didn't mean "email." I meant to write "Web Address" as in URL (Web Address).
Posted by: Frank | July 28, 2008 at 05:55 PM
I didn't mean "email." I meant to write "Web Address" as in URL (Web Address).
Posted by: Frank | July 28, 2008 at 05:55 PM
I didn't mean "email." I meant to write "Web Address" as in URL (Web Address).
Posted by: Frank | July 28, 2008 at 05:56 PM
I didn't mean "email." I meant to write "Web Address" as in URL (Web Address).
Posted by: Frank | July 28, 2008 at 05:56 PM
I didn't mean "email." I meant to write "Web Address" as in URL (Web Address).
Posted by: Frank | July 28, 2008 at 05:56 PM