Our Chaos!!!

We've been trying our best to get everything organized and ready to go to Houston in a week!! We're testing out all the new product we're getting in and trying to get models ready to show. Today has been a fun day of play!!


I made this the other day out of Joel Dewberry fabric and following an Indygo Junction pattern.

Look at our mess of boxes of inventory! Can't even get to the radio right now to listen to some music.

Look at all our lovely clutter!! Should have it out of the upstairs tomorrow!

Karla's been playing with the new Glimmer Mist that just came in. These are all the tags to show all the colors.

This was Jan's project. Mixing a whole bunch of beads.

Hopefully should have some more pics shortly. Will also try my best to take photos during Houston and post them daily!!

Help Support the Troops & Houston Update

We've been working like crazy preparing everything for Houston! We have 2 of the 3 workshop kits complete and are quite happy with them. Thanks to some generous donations the other one is almost complete as well. The show merchandise has been arriving at record pace as well so forgive us the clutter in the shop as we sort things out. Things are starting to come together nicely but we are starting to get nervous about leaving the end of next week.

Thanks to all the people that have helped out/are going to help out in the preparation for this. We never could've done this without you guys!!

also.....

**Help Support the Troops** With the holidays fast approaching many troops are away from their families. Any small token of our appreciation means a lot to them. A good friend of mine is a 2nd Lieutenant currently stationed in Iraq. Previous care packages I've sent are split amongst the platoon and affect many troops. If you would like to donate items for care packages or simply write a letter to be included with them please bring the items to Fiber on a Whim no later than Wednesday Oct. 24th. I'll ship off all items on the 25th which allows plenty of time for them to get there by Thanksgiving. If you need any ideas you can find them on this website: http://operationmilitarypride.org/packages.html Keep in mind that these packages will be split among men and women.

Houston Int'l Quilt Festival Updates!!

We are going to be located in booth #1256 in the heart of Make It University. We are working hard to make sure that we will have the best merchandise/models/demos/workshops to offer all of those who are going to be able to go. We have quite a few announcements about our time there:

Wednesday 10/31 - Preview Night - Since opening is on Halloween we decided to join Patricia Bolton, editor of Quilting Arts & Cloth Paper Scissors, by dressing up in costume. Come on by to see what ghoulish delights we'll have on hand.

Thursday 11/1 - Laura Cater-Woods will be doing an autograph signing of her new workbook Idea to Image from 3-4PM. Quantities Limited. Cost of workbook $17.50.

Friday 11/2 -
12-1PM - Janome Sew It & Take It workshop - Water Soluble Lace Pin w/Janelle Girod
3-4PM - Laura Cater-Woods will be doing an autograph signing of her workbook Idea to Image. Quantitites Limited. Cost of workbook $17.50.
4:30-5:30PM - Make It University Workshop - Grab Bag Fiber Collage

Saturday 11/3
10:15-11:15AM - Make It University Workshop - Fabric Bead & Found Object Bracelet.

Sunday 11/4
All 3 of us will be in booth all day long.

Here's the schedule with the entire list of Make It University workshops:
http://quiltingarts.com/cpsmag/HoustonMIU.html


We have jam packed our Houston trip with lots of fun and events. We want to make sure that our trip as well as yours is filled with fun and excitement!!!