What's black & white & red all over?

There seems to be a lot of black & white & red all over my shop. How did that happen? Did I do that?
It's flying out the door faster than I can put it away!


We had a lovely day today at the shop. Lots of new customers came in & some old friends stopped by to say hello. We had shoppers who drove up to see the shop after visiting our booth last weekend at the Cotton Patch Quilters' Show in Bakersfield. Everyone seemed to find something that satisfied their sweet tooth - or maybe "color" tooth...or even "creative" tooth...or is that too weird?
Sorry.
Anyway.
It's so nice to spend the day downtown in such a beautiful space. I really enjoyed myself. You just never know when a new friend will walk through the doors. Everyone who came in today had a different project, a challenge & a story to tell.
Richard showed off his new quilting patterns on the Avante, & made some appointments for Avante rentals. I put out some new yarn cards for embellishing, & set up for tomorrow's Super Bowl Party.
All in all, a very successful, fun day at the Mermaid.
I'll just put my feet up for a little while & it will all be good.

Getting Ready!

We're spiffing up the shop for our Grand Opening party on Saturday. I spent this afternoon hanging quilts from some of our talented local quilters. They have done some amazing work. I'll post those pics as soon as I can. Right now I have cookies in the oven for Saturday - gotta go!

I get by with a little help from my friends...

Saturday the sky turned blue, the sun came out & my amazing friends & family toted everything out of the house & into the shop. I still find it hard to believe it was all in & took under 4 hours! Talk about an efficient crew! That's us.

The rest of the day was spent arranging & assembling. This is the view from the back door. We have a great parking lot in the back off Second Street & Oak.

There was mostly work, but a little silliness from certain involved parties. We won't name any names.
Here you see some of the fabric unboxed, ready for shelving this week.

We're looking forward to meeting you all face to face. We'll open next Saturday, April 2.
Open Sundays 1 to 5. Monday - Saturday 10 to 6.
Come see us at 122 N. Main Street in Porterville, CA.

There's still plenty to do, but we're almost ready for business. Drop in & see us sometime. Introduce yourself as a blog follower!

Photography by Kate Stover. She's terrific. I wonder who her Kindergarten teacher might have been???

Fabric ordering

We're in the process now of ordering fabric for delivery when the shop is ready. Check out the zillions of colors! It's a tough job, but someone has to sacrifice an evening to seeing & touching all these gorgeous new fabric samples!
It is such fun!