My friend Marie and I ventured to the Rocky Mountain Quilt, Craft and Sewing Festival at the Douglas County Fair Grounds today. Marie is an accomplished quilter, knitter, seamstress...and any other craft that you can think of. On a whim, I thought it would be fun to go to this festival and she just happened to have free VIP passes!
Right when we walked in we were attracted to a booth showing how to make toothbrush rugs. No, they're not made out of tooth brushes but strips of fabric using a special needle. Simple enough to add to my "some day" collection! Then it was sensory overload with all of the booths selling all sorts of items that were foreign to me. A smart entrepreneur would have had a booth just for beginner quilters to educate them on everything they need to enter this creative world and then box it up for an easy sale! But it wasn't that simple and I relied on Marie to educate me. I decided that I probably didn't need to buy an $8,000 sewing machine to begin with but instead we decided that I should start with a simple project- a pillow using my "like new-except-for-the-occasional-Halloween-costume"machine. Even with all those vendors I wasn't able to find the fabric I had in mind so we stopped at a quilt shop on the way home!
Marie has agreed to take me on as a student so we will have our first class on Monday. I'll let you know how it goes......
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