Shannon Sales Meeting

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I've just returned from a short trip out to LA for a sales meeting with the folks at Shannon Fabrics and the other sales reps. What a great time! I can't thank Arvin and his team enough for all their hospitality during our stay. They were wonderful! We were only there for a couple of days, but used them to the max. I took loads of photos with my cell phone, so I'll apologize in advance if the color or the clarity isn't perfect, but I was trying to capture the moments to share them with all of you.

We got together for an initial meet-and-greet dinner with Arvin and his wife, Shirley (an absolutely delightful woman - did you know they're still newlyweds???), the "inside" folks at Shannon's headquarters, and the rest of the sales representatives. It was great to meet everyone, share stories, and exchange ideas.

Arvin also gave us an update on the new products coming out soon; you're going to love the holiday stuff! and I'll leave this one up to your imagination, but just the name says it all: Ice Cream Cuddle!!! Yummy!!!

Ever wonder what it looks like inside a fabric warehouse? I know, you're thinking yeah, it looks like my store! Well, not quite, but here's a peek at a portion of the Shannon warehouse.



And, another, just to give you a feeling of what it's like there . . .




After our tour of the warehouse, Arvin shared some new patterns and samples of items made using their trademark Cuddle fabrics. Here are just a few!







Finally, we got a sneak preview of what's in store for spring quilt market and I know you're all going to love this stuff!!! There are three different prepackaged items that will be available:

* Cuddle Hugs (adorable soft little blankie-type kits that can be made in literally 20 minutes),

* Cuddle Cubes (bundles of 19" squares of various coordinating Cuddle prints, along with a free pattern), and

* Cuddle Strips (bundles of 5" strips of various coordinating Cuddle fabrics, along with a free pattern) - all of which are absolutely to die for and can be made up very, very quickly.

I'm only going to post a couple of pictures to whet your whistle for now. Shannon will be having a schoolhouse session to show off these great new creations, and will also be at Sample Spree. I highly recommend that those of you who will be at Sample Spree head over to the Shannon tables right away, because I guarantee you they will sell out in record time!

Cuddle Hugs:


and Cuddle Cubes:


and a sample of one of the great "guy quilts" that can be made using one color version of the Cuddle Cubes . . .



Finally, did you know you can embroider with Cuddle? If not, just take a look at this adorable quilt:



I'd show you the entire quilt, but I'm afraid it's proprietary, so can only show you a portion of the quit to give you an idea of how versatile this product really is!

I'm off to an appointment right now so will have to end here for this particular post. Watch for another post tomorrow with a list of some of the patterns out on the market that are made using Shannon Cuddle products.

Tammy