I {heart} Jennifer Paganelli

This is my favorite moment and story to share with you from Quilt Market. I still get butterflies in my stomach when as I type about it. (tee hee hee)

Jennifer and I have exchanged emails over the past year about projects I've done with her fabrics and she's featured me on her blog a a time or two as well. We also both knew that we would both be attending market. Her girlfriends line was the first designer line I absolutely fell in love with and still love to use to this day. It really changed my designs and the course they took. To say the least it holds a special place in my heart because of that and so does she. I was so anxious to meet up with her at market. I was able to pin her down on our last there and "thrilled" to meet her doesn't even begin to describe how I felt!

She is an absolute doll! I felt right at ease with her, which I was thankful for, so at least I didn't stumble over my words! LOL!!! I took the Boutiquecafe girls over there to meet her as well and Jennifer started filling our hands fabric samples and cards. We were all chatting around - why didn't I pull out my camera I can't even remember! - and somehow it got brought up that I was expecting and Jennifer dives back into her bag before I knew what was going on and pulls out the sweetest triangle flag banner done in her Bell Bottom Fabric line and holds it out to me and says, "here for the babys room!"

I seriously started tearing up! LOL! I didn't know what to say and now that I think about it, I'm not entirely sure what I did say! My sweet friend Amelia did grab her camera though and snapped a few pictures. So glad she was thinking!

And of course since this baby isn't arriving until the Fall, I am enjoying my gift from Jennifer in my office. (and it just might stay there! wink)



Amelia and I actually ran into Jennifer again that evening in our hotel lobby when we were yet again making another trip to Starbucks (*snicker). She saw us and paused to chat with us again - felt like old friends meeting up again. As we parted ways again and left the lobby I leaned over to Amelia and said, "I think I'm going to adopt her!"

Thank you Jennifer for taking time to chat with me, snap some photos and listening to all my silly stories and comments. I truly feel blessed to have had a chance to meet up with you and get a glimpse of the talent behind some of my favorite fabric lines.