I spent Wednesday night in Stillwater, "the birthplace of Minnesota",
an historic town about 45 minutes north of Minneapolis.
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It's situated on the St. Croix River and these boats give tours of the area.
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There are also lots of old buildings and antique shops in the town, so I spent a few hours checking them out.
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On Thursday I drove south to Minneapolis to set up my booth for Quilt Market.
Here's a "before" picture.
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And here's the "after".
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I took this picture from one end of the Convention Center to give you an idea of how huge a venue this is.
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Today was the first day of Market.
The Martingale people wanted a picture of me with my quilts in their booth
and they had this frame handy for me to use.
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They also had scheduled me for a book signing at 10:00.
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So that's what I did this morning.
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Two more Market days to go!
Your booth looks great! Hope you are having some fun along with all that work:o)
ReplyDeleteLove seeing pictures of market and your quilts look so beautiful in your booth.
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