Clever retailers — of patient chickens and baseball games

Jun 11, 2010

Clever retailers — of patient chickens and baseball games

I love to hear what creative and clever events you are all hosting! Today, retailers are in the entertainment business, and as Kizer and Bender explained in one of the American Quilt Retailer Schoolhouses at Quilt Market in Minneapolis — you have to make your shop a fun place to be! Listen to these great examples:

Lulu Guterrez owner of Quilting Dreams in Mexico City wrote recently to tell me about her “Concurso Gallinitas Pacientes.” The FREE-to-use pattern in American Quilt Retailer, Issue 91 is called “Patience the Sittin’ Chicken.” Lulu recently hosted a contest in her shop of “gallinitas pacientes” — patient chickens using this AQR pattern! Just look at a few of the entries shown here!

They are all so creative and fun! If you go to the shop’s Quilting Dreams Facebook page you can see more pictures and what appears to photos from the “voting” party.

Then leave it to Roseann Kermes of Rosebud’s Cottage (and an AQR columnist!) to successfully combine quilting and baseball in one event! She organized 80 enthusiastic quilters to attend Tuesday night’s Minnesota Twins game in the new Target Stadium. The event called Baseball Bats and Bindings was a bit hit! Everyone brought a quilt to bind and prizes were awarded for rounding the quilt’s corners faster than others.

Quilting attendees received an All Star Needle Keeper Kit, goodie bag and later Roseann even had Seventh Inning Stretch Doorprizes! Read Roseann’s blog and Rosebud’s Cottage Facebook page for more details and pictures!