The Quilt Festival is here! I’m putting on my comfortable shoes and getting ready for all the excitement. I’m very methodical about my approach….I start on one side and go up and down each and every row….trying to make note of anything that I might want to come back to and take a second look. I attended Preview Night and was most impressed that there were many new kits and notions to ponder. I purchased a miniature quilt kit “Lancaster Country Quilt” and a civil war kit “Salute To Our Veterans” -- both purchased from Schoolhouse Quilts. The kits were different than any I had seen before and therefore caught my eye. I also purchased a small iron manufactured by Bohin. It was so cute and would be great to have right next to the sewing machine to press those seams right away. I also noticed that some vendors that had always been there in the past were not present. I spent three hours there and my feet were very tired….of course, I purchased my kits early on in the evening so I had to carry them around the hall the rest of the evening. There were so many new items that I returned on Saturday evening. It turned out that it was a great time to go. The crowd had dwindled and I could take my time while looking. I took stock of what I needed before I went back to the quilt show and decided that I needed more quilting thread and bobbins. I own a Janome Quilting Companion and wanted specific bobbins for my machine. I went to the Janome booth and they didn’t bring any accessories with them to the quilt show. How strange….if you purchased a new sewing machine during the quilt show you wouldn’t be able to also purchase additional accessories…seems like Janome is missing additional revenue by not stocking these types of notions. Anyway, I found the bobbins at the same booth that I purchased the miniature iron at and they seem to work fine. I also wanted Mettler thread which you’d assume that buying thread at the quilt show would be a breeze…not exactly. There were so many different types of embroidery thread but no Mettler quilting thread. I went to the information booth and they searched their database of vendors that carried Mettler thread and gave me the booth number. I went to that particular booth and they had the thread that I wanted. Yeah! I then went home and lovingly unwrapped my purchases, found a special place for each item and I can’t wait till next year!