The heart of the quilt world this week is Houston at Quilt Market.
Here are pictures from the first day, Friday October 29th.
Quilt shop retailers come from all over the world
to see what's new and buy for the fall and winter seasons.
It's a trade show and a quilt show.
Exhibitors rent booths to display their wares.
When the thread company, pattern designer, ruler wholesaler, etc. arrives on Thursday afternoon or Friday they find each assigned booth ready. The booth contains a white plastic covered table, three horizontal poles to divide them from their neighbors and white nylon drapes. At many trade shows this is the standard for display.
But not for a quilt trade show.
Exhibitors transform their booths into quilt wonderlands.
The big companies ship a lot of stuff. They might rent 20 neighboring booths.
The small companies ship a lot of stuff for their one or two booths.
Penny at Electric Quilt
Silver and crystal for Blackbird Designs
Quiltmania Magazine
And everybody spends Friday transforming their booth.
Returning the white nylon curtains...
Doodle Press
Leaving the table in the aisle so the guys with forklifts can come by and pick it up
Joe and Mary Koval
And arranging stacks of stuff from button cards to antique quilts.
AQS Publishing
By the late afternoon MOST booths are ready for the Saturday morning rush of customers.
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