Besides just going to Stitches South, which was new, we also made our first attempt at putting a garment into the Stitches Fashion show. It was a duster-length jacket in Super 10 in a brilliant fuchsia color. Gosh, we were soooo nervous–we had no idea if people would like it. There were about 500 people at the show, and when they didn’t like something, there was a lot of silence.

I was so relieved after our entry went on the runway!! The Stitches people hire professional models, and have a first-rate “dresser” there to accessorize every garment to show it off, and she did an outstanding job. She chose a great model, dressed her in white, and hung the fuchsia jacket on top. There were oohs and aahs, plus applause, and we could hear people around us talking about it. Because of contracts I wasn’t able to get a photo of the jacket on the model, but here’s a picture of it hanging at the booth:

I was so pleased–it got a lot of appreciation from the crowd and we sold several kits for the jacket in the next two days. It will be up on the website soon.