Report From Festival!

And I thought Market was good :-)! Carol and I had the best time. We wasted no time when we got there. Landed in Houston around 3, picked up our car and headed over to our hotel. Amazing, we didn't even get lost...well we had a slight wrong turn, but it all worked out well and we got checked in. We were so excited to hear that they had added a shuttle bus from our hotel, so we immediately went down, got the bus and we were on our way! Right off we met the nicest ladies on the bus. Some with tales to tell from past festivals, and some like us, experiencing it for the first time. We were very close to the start of the line and the minute those doors opened we were off and running. Carol and I had a master plan ...........................power shopping, which proved to work quite well. We started a few isles over and starting zooming up and down, picking up things along the way -OF COURSE :-)! By the end of the evening we were definitely worn out.....................but, tomorrow would be a new day and we would be at it again.

A sighting of Sharon and our Lil Miss Doe in line. Those girls were so excited to get in they were moving all around! Actually I think I was the one doing the moving!

A view from overhead of Festival - only a small portion of all the vendors! So many
amazing booths!
Carol getting a picture from up top.......probably figuring out which booth we need to head to next!

This is Penny Sturges and Jill from Qtuiltsillustrated. Loved their booth and all the cute purse patterns.. They were so friendly and helpful. And see the cute quilt behind them, well I just had to have that kit! Love that Lakehouse fabric!

Here's the nice gals from Plain Janes's -
again cute booth and loved all their kits.

Carol and I found a really cute turkey table topper that we ended up working on in the hotel room - that is after chasing all over the festival looking for Wonder Under. What quilters won't do to get going on a project. We ran around so much we had to find a wall to lean against and take a break. Notice the health food - now that will give us more strength to carry on :-)!

A few more shots of festival. They don't like you to take pictures but I found a few willing souls! A couple weary quilters getting a back rub in the Medi-Rub booth!!!

The nice lady from The Sewing Studio........Carol and Ella (who we met a Festival) sharing fabric for a quilt they want to make.....fabric from the Sewing Studio.

And one of my favorite pictures, Carol's Haul!!!!

We had the best time and there are so many more stories to

tell, I could just go on and on. Not to mention thinking we

were going to crash on the plane ride home.................well that's another whole long story :-)!! I have missed you all, hope I didn't bore anyone too much!

Later gators!