Tossing ideas around
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 12:08PM Today I finally have a few hours to get back to work on the baby quilt borders. The center is done (sans embroidery/applique, should I decide to add it to the center blocks). I am absolutely loving my AccuQuilt for cutting my quilts out!
I spent a little while on the phone this morning with the marketing director for APQS, I am interested in becoming a rep for them, and offering service and training in my area, and of course sales. I am very impressed with the the company’s service and support, and how it is handled. You typically have to own a Millennium for a year before they will consider you, but I’m hoping I can get that waived. Either way, I believe I’m going to schedule a week and go tour the factory, and take their maintenance class.
Tomorrow I am going to give a beginner’s class to two new Millennium owners here in the River Valley. One just bought her new Millennium, the other has had it for a year (purchased used) and has been afraid to touch it. Some might think I’m crazy, offering free classes to future competition, but I dont see it that way. Judy has offered me endless help over the years, and I consider this a bit of “pay it forward”.
Not to mention, I think it will just be plain fun! Quilters always have a blast together, and I would love to get an area longarmers group going! It’s more fun to learn with other people, and I would so much rather work together with everyone as a team, than view each other as competition.
I’m off to the chiropracter again this afternoon, my back stays in place for a month or so at a time, but then goes all out of whack again, and then my head hurts too!
Reader Comments (5)
Sounds like you have a lot going on and some good ideas floating around. Boy, touring the factory would be a lot of fun and such a learning experience.
Funny, I went to the chiropractor this morning, also. Wanted to make sure I was aligned for our trip. Have a great day!
where is the factory at? It will be good for you to take the class in maintenance and you will see for sure how it all works for yourself and to teach others. you sure do like to stay busy!!
Karen
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Cool CJ. You'll be a novice in no time.
Sounds like just the thing for you. Hope your back is doing better now.
Hey--CJ, Judy from Missouri again. They have a longarmers group here in Taney/Christian/Greene Counties. I have a friend, Quiltin' Bill, who lives in Branson and he belongs to it as well as another person here in Forsyth. Bill is a fabulous quilter--does everything freehand, and I just saw his name in the AQS magazine for quilting an award-winning quilt. Anyway, you might get ideas from him about starting a group. They just had the Machine quilting convention in Overland Park, KS. If you have never been, it is fabulous. They have all kind of classes mostly geared to longarmers and a great shop. It is every year in May. Your quilts are beautiful, by the way!!!