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Quilt Show Suggestions Needed
Hello All!
My quilt guild is planning a Quilt Show for April 30 - May 1, 2005. I volunteered to be on the committee. (Musta been high on the fumes of the new fabric I've been buying!!) We had the first Show Committee meeting a few days ago and it was well attended. Jobs were assigned to whoever volunteered for them. I quickly got my name on the list for an easy job. I will be doing the 'Souvenirs and Pins' task. My job is to investigate possible souvenir items that we can sell at the Show. I will present options to committee and follow up with ordering from the manufacturer. I also have to get pins made up. The pin and other souvenir will probably feature the logo and the theme. So far we have the logo ... a blue and white Double Irish Chain Quilt. (That is our WIP Raffle Quilt.) We have not yet selected the theme, or name, for the Show. Now to my questions! First, do you have a good idea for the Show name? Next: What do you like as a Show Souvenir? What have you seen at Shows? What would you like to buy at Shows? Some items we've had at past events include coffee mugs, pocket address books, and retractable tape measures. I want to get something unique, fun, and useful. I will really appreciate your contributions!! In fact, I will send your some no-calorie chocolate! You know, the invisible cyber kind!! Thanks, PAT in VA/USA |
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-bags (like the ones we signed at IQF Houston)
- if you could find one.... i have forever been looking for a perpetual calender small enough to fit in a purse (for logging in bdays etc.) would be even better with the quilt block on it! - lanyards for scissors/glasses/??? - are pictures allowed to be taken? Maybe a small photo album/frame to keep their memories/ideas - magnets - ever popular t-shirts - key chains - sketch books/diary I'll keep thinkin on it for you! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos "Pat in Virginia" wrote in message news:EOhHc.358$hi.23@lakeread03... Hello All! My quilt guild is planning a Quilt Show for April 30 - May 1, 2005. I volunteered to be on the committee. (Musta been high on the fumes of the new fabric I've been buying!!) We had the first Show Committee meeting a few days ago and it was well attended. Jobs were assigned to whoever volunteered for them. I quickly got my name on the list for an easy job. I will be doing the 'Souvenirs and Pins' task. My job is to investigate possible souvenir items that we can sell at the Show. I will present options to committee and follow up with ordering from the manufacturer. I also have to get pins made up. The pin and other souvenir will probably feature the logo and the theme. So far we have the logo ... a blue and white Double Irish Chain Quilt. (That is our WIP Raffle Quilt.) We have not yet selected the theme, or name, for the Show. Now to my questions! First, do you have a good idea for the Show name? Next: What do you like as a Show Souvenir? What have you seen at Shows? What would you like to buy at Shows? Some items we've had at past events include coffee mugs, pocket address books, and retractable tape measures. I want to get something unique, fun, and useful. I will really appreciate your contributions!! In fact, I will send your some no-calorie chocolate! You know, the invisible cyber kind!! Thanks, PAT in VA/USA |
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In article EOhHc.358$hi.23@lakeread03,
Pat in Virginia wrote: snip Now to my questions! First, do you have a good idea for the Show name? Next: What do you like as a Show Souvenir? What have you seen at Shows? What would you like to buy at Shows? Some items we've had at past events include coffee mugs, pocket address books, and retractable tape measures. I want to get something unique, fun, and useful. Pat, I'm going to suggest something I've *never* seen at a show, but it's something I think *should* be a no-brainer. G What about a souvenir thimble? After all, quilters use thimbles for hand quilting and probably for hand piecing, too. I suspect that many of us have thimble collections, and thimbles don't take up much space. They might not qualify as "useful" in the same sense as a retractable tape measure, but I think they make perfect sense. Just my $.02. I will really appreciate your contributions!! In fact, I will send your some no-calorie chocolate! You know, the invisible cyber kind!! Thanks, PAT in VA/USA Drat! I like the fattening kind, as my hips will attest. But, if you do end up with thimbles, please pick one up for me to add to my collection. G I'll be more than happy to pay you for it! -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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It's never crossed my mind to buy a souvenir at a quilt show so I won't be
much help, but I do think your show date is very close to: Cinco de Mayo - probably not a big holiday in Virginia, and Mother's Day. What could you offer that those attending the quilt show might want to buy for their mothers? (Or, hee, he, he, for themselves for Mother's Day, just as a complete surprise, of course). Polly |
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"Kellie J. Berger" wrote: -bags (like the ones we signed at IQF Houston) - if you could find one.... i have forever been looking for a perpetual calender small enough to fit in a purse (for logging in bdays etc.) would be even better with the quilt block on it! - lanyards for scissors/glasses/??? - are pictures allowed to be taken? Maybe a small photo album/frame to keep their memories/ideas - magnets - ever popular t-shirts - key chains - sketch books/diary I'll keep thinkin on it for you! -- kellie Ohhhhh, good list. I just bought a plastic case - it's cheapie plastic and the top pops off - to put my rotary cutter in when going to a class. It was a couple of dollars and I love it. In fact, my little and my regular size cutter both fit inside nicely. The picture on the sticker label also said the container could hold glasses. I wonder if you could get your logo printed on one of those....? marcella |
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Oh, Marcella .... good one! A rotary cutter case would be
terrific. Do you still have the label? I was wondering who the manufacture is on this case. Also wondering if you bought at a chain store or what. Further info might move you up on the cyber chocolate list!! Grins and thanks, PAT Marcella Tracy Peek wrote: Ohhhhh, good list. I just bought a plastic case - it's cheapie plastic and the top pops off - to put my rotary cutter in when going to a class. It was a couple of dollars and I love it. In fact, my little and my regular size cutter both fit inside nicely. The picture on the sticker label also said the container could hold glasses. I wonder if you could get your logo printed on one of those....? marcella |
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Thanks for the great list, Kellie. I especially like the lanyard
for scissors ... maybe useful for membership card/name tag too! It could have the guild name printed into the ribbon. Not sure what this calendar would be, but it definitely has possibilities. Are you thinking g of something on the order of the Hallmark purse calendar, but perpetual instead of annual? TTFN, PAT Kellie J. Berger wrote: -bags (like the ones we signed at IQF Houston) - if you could find one.... i have forever been looking for a perpetual calender small enough to fit in a purse (for logging in bdays etc.) would be even better with the quilt block on it! - lanyards for scissors/glasses/??? - are pictures allowed to be taken? Maybe a small photo album/frame to keep their memories/ideas - magnets - ever popular t-shirts - key chains - sketch books/diary I'll keep thinkin on it for you! |
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Pat,
At our guild's quilt show in September 1996 we had mugs to sell. They had the logo of the guild and the date of the show on them. Bad mistake! Hurricane Fran plowed through a few days before the show and so our attendance was way down. People were too busy cleaning up after the storm to come look at quilts. We had dozens of mugs left, and since they were dated, we couldn't sell them at future shows. We really lost money on that one! So, my advise is: don't date whatever you plan to sell! SunnyQuilt "Pat in Virginia" wrote: Hello All! My quilt guild is planning a Quilt Show for April 30 - May 1, 2005. I volunteered to be on the committee. (Musta been high on the fumes of the new fabric I've been buying!!) We had the first Show Committee meeting a few days ago and it was well attended. Jobs were assigned to whoever volunteered for them. I quickly got my name on the list for an easy job. I will be doing the 'Souvenirs and Pins' task. My job is to investigate possible souvenir items that we can sell at the Show. I will present options to committee and follow up with ordering from the manufacturer. I also have to get pins made up. The pin and other souvenir will probably feature the logo and the theme. So far we have the logo ... a blue and white Double Irish Chain Quilt. (That is our WIP Raffle Quilt.) We have not yet selected the theme, or name, for the Show. Now to my questions! First, do you have a good idea for the Show name? Next: What do you like as a Show Souvenir? What have you seen at Shows? What would you like to buy at Shows? Some items we've had at past events include coffee mugs, pocket address books, and retractable tape measures. I want to get something unique, fun, and useful. I will really appreciate your contributions!! In fact, I will send your some no-calorie chocolate! You know, the invisible cyber kind!! Thanks, PAT in VA/USA |
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"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message news:EOhHc.358$hi.23@lakeread03... = Now to my questions! First, do you have a good idea for the Show name? Next: What do you like as a Show Souvenir? What have you seen at Shows? What would you like to buy at Shows? Some items we've had at past events include coffee mugs, pocket address books, and retractable tape measures. I want to get something unique, fun, and useful. Tote bags! Needle cases, mousepads, pens, quilted items like change purses, eyeglass cases, cosmetic bags. = |
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calendar... yes, kinda like the Hallmark purse calendar. Checkbook size or
even half that... something that you can mark the month/date in but doesn't have the days of the week. So if a festival is always the 3rd Saturday of Octember you can put that in. Or if Aunt Suzie Jo and Uncle Billy's anniversary is a *must remember* you can put that in too. There was something else I was looking for to tell you about, but I don't know what it is called. A lady at my quilting bee had them this week. They are clear vinyl, um... envelopes? file folders? that have elastic loops that fasten over a button to close them. They are about 12.75" square and expand to about a half inch wide. Just big enough to carry your 12 blocks around to classes or bees to work on them or to store them in order while they are waiting their turn. You could somehow maybe put your logo on them I would think. She said they were given to her, but she thinks she has seen them in Office Supply stores. oh... and I like the thimble idea too! -- -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net "Pat in Virginia" wrote in message news:8inHc.1580$hi.1193@lakeread03... Thanks for the great list, Kellie. I especially like the lanyard for scissors ... maybe useful for membership card/name tag too! It could have the guild name printed into the ribbon. Not sure what this calendar would be, but it definitely has possibilities. Are you thinking g of something on the order of the Hallmark purse calendar, but perpetual instead of annual? TTFN, PAT Kellie J. Berger wrote: -bags (like the ones we signed at IQF Houston) - if you could find one.... i have forever been looking for a perpetual calender small enough to fit in a purse (for logging in bdays etc.) would be even better with the quilt block on it! - lanyards for scissors/glasses/??? - are pictures allowed to be taken? Maybe a small photo album/frame to keep their memories/ideas - magnets - ever popular t-shirts - key chains - sketch books/diary I'll keep thinkin on it for you! |
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