I snuck out of the house early Saturday and spent the whole morning and a good bit of the afternoon looking at all the offerings in the vendor hall. There were about 200 booths with a variety of products. My favorites (of course) were all geared toward quilting but there were also booths for clothing design, knitting, doll making and many different sewing machine manufacturers.
Here is just a little sample of some of the things I brought home with me at the end of the day.
Thank goodness Sew Expo is only once a year or I'd be broke!
Time for an embarrassing confession.
I have been taking an Italian class for the past few weeks at the local community college. I'm sorry to say it's not going well. In my imagination I see myself speaking fluently while basking in the sun and ordering a beautiful dinner in Rome. Not so much! My teacher uses the Italian word, "allora" quite a lot while speaking in Italian to the class. It means "then" or "well then" or "so" and is used when transitioning to another thought. It sounds like "Ah, Laura" which confused me. For the first four weeks of class I thought she was referring to someone named Laura in the class although sometimes when she said it, she was looking directly at me and I thought, "Does she think I'm Laura?!". I tell you I am clueless! So much for my imaginary trip to Italy. I think I will have to stick to my Rick Steves' guide and use his preconstructed phrases that are written phonetically for any communication when and if I ever get back to Italy!
Let's just keep this whole Italian thing as our little secret. Okay?
Thanks for stopping by.
Kara
