Having been
to markets with my fabrics several times now I thought I had developed a
certain routine. I felt safe, because, after all, I know what to do! Feeling
safe is dangerous, though. Especially if you leave too many things until the
last minute. This includes buying new (light) tables for my stall, which the
supporting quilter wanted to have a say in, but he was away on Monday, so it
had to be done on Tuesday. It also includes wrapping 58 new colours onto cardboards
for presentation, which my expert wrapping assistant Hildegard could only do on
Tuesday.
And then I realized that some of my boxes which had been bought for
transport of fabrics had been taking on lives of their own and needed to be
emptied... And many other things, which I won’t go into exact detail about.
But I made
it.
The new tables changed my packing of
the car, but fit in well.
The huge storm during the night was ‘over’ in that
there were only many rain showers on the way, gusty winds to deal with (I could
now point to several suitable locations for wind mills along the German
autobahn!).
I left 45 minutes later than I had planned, caught the morning
traffic jam and a following extensive detour right at the beginning of my trip,
and then there was one road construction site following the other. And then I
had not realized how difficult a city like Cologne
After 760
kms, exactly one hour before the closing of the halls for the night I arrived
at the venue, and managed to set up my tables and the wooden holders for the
fabrics.
Fine tuning
will have to be done tomorrow, between eight and ten. I am pretty sure I will
sleep safe and sound tonight!
My stall is
no. 23 – if you find me here during the next four days, and tell me how many
kilometres I drove to get here, you will get any fabrics you buy for the
pre-Oct.-15th-price of €19/m! Looking forward to seeing you here in
Veldhoven.
