Heading to the Midwest

We left on Saturday for the Minnesota Quilters Quilt Show and Conference. This is our first of three shows in the Midwest. One of the biggest challenges in getting ready for the trip was getting the truck packed for these shows. We had to order extra product since some of our vendors don't drop ship.

Fortunately my husband, Alan, is really good at packing. We were recently at a show and when another vendor drove by our packed truck he asked if we still had room for a can of sardines. This trip we have even more in the truck.

This is what the back part of the truck looked like the day before we left.

Those two orange straps are what holds our hand truck on the back of the truck. There might be a tiny bit of room above our poles on the right side but if there is it isn't much.

You can see our two DMC thread chests.They sit on top of the boards that give us some elevation in the back of the booth. Underneath that is all of our grid wall. Anything that is skinny enough to fit gets stuck in the little "dead space" created by the wheel well.

Crates are stacked on top of each other and small boxes that hold patterns are piled on top of them. You can see our tables and the racks that sit on the tables with our tea towel models on them.

Tuesday is set up day for the show. We will unload everything and get all of this in our 10' x 20' booth. I did a Blog Post about that process awhile back. That was before we added Bird Brain Designs and all the RedWork Accessories. But you'll get an idea of what is ahead of us tomorrow.

Happy Quilting and Stitching,

Carol